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Country (sports)
  
Belgium

Name
  
Jean Washer

French Open
  
SF (1925)

Role
  
Tennis Player

Wimbledon
  
QF (1924)

Highest ranking
  
No.

US Open
  
3R (1927)


Jean Washer

Full name
  
Jean Marie Octave Constant Washer

Born
  
22 August 1894 Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium (
1894-08-22
)

Plays
  
Left-handed (one-handed backhand)

Died
  
March 23, 1972, Geneva, Switzerland

Jean Marie Octave Constant Washer ([ʒɑ̃ waʃe]; 22 August 1894 – 23 March 1972) was a Belgian tennis player successful in the 1920s.

Tennis career

Washer reached the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1925 (and the quarters in 1926); the quarterfinals of the 1924 Wimbledon Championships; and the final of the World Hard Court Championships in both 1921 and 1923.

He was ranked World No. 9 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph for 1923.

References

Jean Washer Wikipedia