1932 FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: May 22-June 6
Venue: Stade Roland Garros, Auteuil, Paris, France
Surface: Clay
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Singles (Draw=52)
1st Round
Cilly Aussem (Ger) [2]-bye
Colette Bernard-bye
Sylvia Henrotin-bye
Marja Rudowska (Pol)-bye
Betty Nuthall (GB) [7]-bye
Germaine Fournier-bye
Josane Sigart (Bel) d. Leela Row (Ind) 6-0 6-1
Rosie Berthet d. Mlle Bellandier default
Simone Mathieu [3] d. Edie Rudd (GB) default
Edith Belliard d. Elizabeth Corbiere (US) 6-3 6-1
Simone Kleinadel d. Elizabeth Ryan (US) default
Jacqueline Goldschmidt d. Muriel Thomas (GB) default
Helen Jacobs (US) [6] d. Andree Freville 6-0 6-2
Anne Peitz (Ger) d. Jeanne Vaussard 8-6 6-1
Peggy Scriven (GB) d. Marie Danet 6-1 6-1
Doris Metaxa d. Susan Noel (GB) 12-14 6-4 6-0
Colette Rosambert d. Helen Dyson (GB) 6-1 6-0
Lucia Valerio (Ita) d. Germaine Golding 6-1 6-1
Suzanne Barbier d. Mence Dros-Canters (Neth) 6-1 6-1
Eileen Whittingstall (GB) [5] d. Simone Gorodnitchenko 6-3 6-2
Dorothy Burke (US) d. Jeanne Gallay 6-3 6-4
Ida Adamoff d. Francoise Holzschuch default
Leila Claude-Anet d. Elizabeth Macready 6-2 6-1
Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger) [4] d. Germaine Charnelet 6-2 6-4
Sheila Hewitt (GB) d. Violette Gallay 6-3 6-0
Lolette Payot (Sui) d. Daisy Speranza 6-1 6-3
Nanette Le Besnerais-bye
Lili de Alvarez (Sp) [8]-bye
Madzy Rollin-Couquerque (Neth)-bye
Bella Pons (Sp)-bye
Marcelle Beauge-bye
Helen Wills-Moody (US) [1]-bye
2nd Round
Aussem [2] d. Bernard default
Henrotin d. Rudowska 6-0 6-0
Nuthall [7] d. Fournier 6-0 6-0
Sigart d. Berthet 6-3 8-6
Mathieu [3] d. Belliard 6-3 6-1
Goldschmidt d. Kleinadel 6-2 6-3
Jacobs [6] d. Peitz 4-6 6-0 7-5
Metaxa d. Scriven 6-2 3-6 6-3
Valerio d. Rosambert 10-12 6-3 1-4 retired
Whittingstall [5] d. Barbier 6-2 6-2
Adamoff d. Burke 6-3 6-4
Krahwinkel [4] d. Anet 6-3 6-1
Payot d. Hewitt 6-2 retired
Alvarez [8] d. Le Besnerais default
Couquerque d. Pons 6-2 6-2
Wills-Moody [1] d. Beauge 6-0 6-1
3rd Round
Aussem [2] d. Henrotin 4-6 6-2 6-3
Nuthall [7] d. Sigart 6-4 6-2
Mathieu [3] d. Goldschmidt 6-0 6-2
Jacobs [6] d. Metaxa 6-3 6-3
Whittingstall [5] d. Valerio 6-2 1-6 6-2
Krahwinkel [4] d. Adamoff 1-6 7-5 6-2
Payot d. Alvarez [8] default
Wills-Moody [1] d. Couquerque 6-4 6-2
Quarterfinals
Nuthall [7] d. Aussem [2] 5-7 6-4 retired
Mathieu [3] d. Jacobs [6] 6-4 6-4
Krahwinkel [4] d. Whitingstall [5] 6-3 6-3
Wills-Moody [1] d. Payot 6-2 7-5
Semifinals
Mathieu [3] d. Nuthall [7] 6-2 6-4
Wills-Moody [1] d. Krahwinkel [4] 6-3 10-8
Final
Helen Wills-Moody [1] d. Simone Mathieu [3] 7-5 6-1
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Doubles (Draw=29)
1st Round
Elizabeth Ryan (US)/Helen Wills-Moody (US)-bye
Jacqueline Gallay/Violette Gallay d. Elizabeth McReady/Simone Marre default
Simone Barbier/Lolette Payot (Sui) d. Renee Olivieri/Leela Row (Ind) default
Dorothy Andrus Burke (US)/Lucia Valerio (Ita) d. Lucette Culbert/Jeanne Vaussard 6-0 6-2
Lili de Alvarez (Sp)/Josane Sigart (Bel) d. Marcelle Beauge/Marguerite Chanove default
Rosie Berthet/Elizabeth Corbiere (US) d. Colette Bernard/Bella Pons (Sp) 6-3 6-4
Sylvia Henrotin/Doris Metaxa d. Helen Dyson (GB)/Susan Noel (GB) 6-1 6-4
Kitty Godfree (GB)/Freda James (GB) d. Edith Belliard/Simone Kleinadel 6-3 6-0
Mence Dros-Canters (Neth)/Madzy Rollin-Couquerque (Neth) d. Germaine Charnelet/Germaine Golding 6-3 4-6 6-2
Sheila Hewitt (GB)/Peggy Scriven (GB) d. Francoise Holzschuch/Nanette Le Besnerais 6-1 6-3
Marie Danet/Marja Rudowska (Pol) d. Leila Claude-Anet/Edie Rudd (GB) default
Simone Mathieu/Colette Rosambert d. Francine Isaac (Bel)/Daisy Speranza default
Ida Adamoff/Muriel Thomas (GB) d. Mlle Bellandier/Nadine Lanquest default
Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger)/Anne Peitz (Ger) d. Andree Freville/Jacqueline Goldschmidt 6-3 6-3
Germaine Emery/Simone Gorodnitchenko-bye
Betty Nuthall (GB)/Eileen Whittingstall (GB)- bye
3rd Round
Ryan/Wills-Moody d. Gallay/Gallay 6-0 6-0
Barbier/Payot d. Andrus Burke/Valerio 6-4 3-6 6-1
Alvarez/Sigart d. Berthet/Corbiere 6-4 6-2
Godfree/James d. Henrotin/Metaxa 6-3 4-6 7-5
Canters/Couqueroque d. Hewitt/Scriven 7-5 6-4
Mathieu/Rosambert d. Danet/Rudowska 6-2 6-0
Adamoff/Thomas d. Krahwinkel/Peitz 6-0 6-3
Nuthall/Whittingstall d. Emery/Gorodnitchenko 3-6 6-1 6-0
Quarterfinals
Ryan/Wills-Moody d. Barbier/Payot 7-5 5-7 6-0
Alvarez/Sigart d. Godfree/James 6-4 6-4
Mathieu/Rosambert d. Canters/Couquerque 6-4 6-2
Nuthall/Whittingstall d. Adamoff/Thomas 6-4 3-6 6-4
Semifinals
Ryan/Wills-Moody d. Alvarez/Sigart 6-4 1-6 6-4
Nuthall/Whittingstall d. Mathieu/Rosambert 6-3 6-4
Final
Elizabeth Ryan/Helen Wills-Moody d. Betty Nuthall/Eileen Whittingstall 6-1 6-3
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Mixed Doubles (Draw=54)
1st Round
Helen Wills-Moody (US)/Sidney Wood (US)-bye
Mence Dros-Canters (Neth)/Wilhelm Matejka (Aut)-bye
????-bye
Simone Durand-Mercier/Francois Terrier d. Muriel Thomas (GB)/Jiri Satoh (Jap) 6-2 6-3
Kitty Godfree (GB)/Patrick Hughes (GB)-bye
Simone Barbier/Jacques Grandguillot-bye
Ida Admoff/Christian Boussus-bye
Madzy Rollin-Couquerque (Neth)/Henk Timmer (Neth) d. Germaine Golding/Andre Coutanson 6-4 8-6
Josanne Sigart (Bel)/Jean Borotra d. Leela Row (Ind)/R.K. De 6-1 6-0
Jacqueline Goldschmidt/Gayau d. Elizabeth Corbiere (US)/Gasluu 6-4 6-2
Peggy Scriven (GB)/Roderich Menzel (Ger) d. Jacqueline Gallay/Takeo Kawabara (Jap) 6-1 6-2
Sylvia Henrotin/Jacques Bonte-bye
Lucia Valerio (Ita)/Giorgio de Stefani (Ita)-bye
Sheila Hewitt (GB)/Paul Feret d. Edith Belliard/Ryuku Miki (Jap) 6-1 5-7 6-4
Daisy Speranza/Edouard Leven d. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Pol)/Charles Aeschlimann (Sui) default
Simone Mathieu/Andre Martin-Langeay d. Simone Marre/Emanuele Sertorio (Ita) default
Betty Nuthall (GB)/Fred Perry (GB) d. Violette Gallay/Count Ludi von Salm (Aut) 6-3 6-3
Anne Peitz (Ger)/Heinrich Kleinsroth (Ger) d. Henriette Morel-Deville/Pierre Goldschmidt default
Colette Rosambert/Andre Merlin d. Elizabeth Macready (GB)/Edward Raymond Avory (GB) 6-2 7-9 6-3
Leila Claude-Anet/Hermann Artens (Aut) d. Francoise Holzchuch/Pierre Joba 6-0 6-1
Elizabeth Ryan (US)/Toto Brugnon d. Marja Rudowska (Pol)/Alexandre Goldryn 6-1 6-2
Bella Pons (Sp)/Jon Oliff (GB) d. Marie Danet/Jean Augustin 6-3 8-6
Lolette Payot (Sui)/Hector Fisher (Sui)-bye
Dorothy Andrus Burke (US)/Bela Von Koehrling (Hun) d. Germaine Charnelet/Edouard Thurneyssen 6-2 6-3
Doris Metaxa/Coco Gentien d. Colette Bernard/Ferenc Marseleck (Cz) 6-3 7-5
Freda James (GB)/Ian Collins (GB) d. Lucette Culbert/Pierre-Henri Landry 6-3 6-2
Rosie Berthet/Pierre Grandguillot (Egypt)-bye
Helen Jacobs (US)/Gregory Mangin (US)-bye
Hilde Krahwinkel (Ger)/Gottfried Von Cramm (Ger)-bye
Andree Freville/Andre Roche-bye
Francine Isaac (Bel)/Raymond Rodel-bye
Eileen Whittingstall (GB)/Henri Cochet-bye
2nd Round
Wills-Moody/Wood d. Canters/Matejka 9-11 6-3 6-0
Mercier/Terrier d. ???? default
Godfree/Hughes d. Barbier/J. Grandguillot 6-4 4-6 6-2
Adamoff/Boussus d. Couquerque/Timmer 6-2 3-6 6-1
Sigart/Borotra d. Goldschmidt/Gajau 6-4 6-2
Scriven/Menzel d. Henrotin/Bonte 1-6 6-4 6-3
Valerio/de Stefani d. Hewitt/Feret 6-3 6-0
Mathieu/Martin-Langeay d. Speranza/Leven 6-2 6-3
Nuthall/Perry d. Peitz/Kleinsroth 6-3 6-2
Rosambert/Merlin d. Anet/Artens 2-6 6-3 6-4
Ryan/Brugnon d. Pons/Oliff 6-1 6-2
Payot/Fisher d. Andrus Burke/Von Koehrling 4-6 6-4 6-4
Metaxa/Gentien d. James/Collins 6-4 6-4
Berthet/P. Grandguillot d. Jacobs/Mangin 6-3 6-2
Krahwinkel/Von Cramm d. Freville/Roche 6-0 4-6 6-0
Whittingstall/Cochet d. Isaac/Rodel default
3rd Round
Wills-Moody/Wood d. Mercier/Terrier 6-3 6-1
Admoff/Boussus d. Godfree/Hughes 3-6 6-4 6-3
Sigart/Borotra d. Scriven/Menzel 6-1 4-6 6-3
Mathieu/Martin-Langeay d. Valerio/de Stefani 6-4 6-2
Nuthall/Perry d. Rosambert/Merlin 6-3 6-4
Ryan/Brugnon d. Payot/Fisher 6-3 6-4
Metaxa/Gentien d. Berthet/Grandguillot 9-7 6-1
Whittingstall/Cochet d. Krahwinkel/Von Cramm 3-6 6-2 6-3
Quarterfinals
Wills-Moody/Wood d. Admoff/Boussus 6-1 4-6 6-2
Sigart/Borotra d. Mathieu/Martin-Langeay 6-1 6-2
Nuthall/Perry d. Ryan/Brugnon 6-4 4-6 6-2
Whittingstall/Cochet d. Metaxa/Gentien 6-4 3-6 6-2
Semifinals
Wills-Moody/Wood d. Sigart/Borotra 7-5 6-2
Nuthall/Perry d. Whittingstall/Cochet 6-2 2-6 6-3
Final
Betty Nuthall/Fred Perry d. Helen Wills-Moody/Sidney Wood 6-4 6-2
The mixed finalists: a drunk Sidney Wood is on the far right
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Draw Notes:
Rosie Berthet listed as Mlle P. Berthet by Le Figaro
Simone Durand Mercier=Mlle Durand-Mercier
Francoise Holzschuch listed as Mme Holzschuch in Le Figaro.
Krahwinkel=maiden name of Sperling
Moody=married name of Wills
Renee Olivieri=Mme Georges Olivieri
Marja Rudowska of Poland is listed as Mlle Rubowska. The NYT calls her Hedwiga Rudowska and her partner as Jean.
Daisy Speranza listed as Mme and Mlle Speranza by Le Figaro!
Whittingstall=married name of Bennett
Marselek, Ferenc. Listed as B. Marselek.
Missing full names for:
Mlle Bellandier
Missing male names for:
De, R.K. of India.
Gasluu
Gayau
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Sources:
Le Figaro
New York Times
For the French Federation's version of the draw please go to:
http://ww2.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1932_en.pdf
Thanks to Andrew Tas for filling in missing results, including entire 1st round of the doubles.
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Summary:
Helen Wills Moody wins her 4th French title. It's her 5th major win in Paris (she also won the '24 Olympics here), but she was never challenged until this year. The invincible Helen hasn't lost a set since 1927, twice this year she came within a point of dropping one.
Many hoped for a clash between Wills-Moody and Cilly Aussem of Germany. Mrs Moody skipped the Frencg and Wimbledon in 1931-with Aussem taking both titles. Cilly has been ill all spring however, and retires in the quarterfinals vs Betty Nuthall after splitting sets.
Helen doesn't have it all her way though. Swiss star Lolette Payot had 2 set points in set 2 of their quarterfinal. Lolette had the misfortune of twisting her ankle at the start of the match due to the court being over-sprinkled with water. Wills was up 4-0 before Payot even got a game. Perhaps more confident in her ankle, the Swiss Miss got tougher in the 2nd. Only in the last couple of games did Wills-Moody show the power she is famous for.
Payot was somewhat lucky to get to the quarters. In the round of 16 her opponent, #8 seed Lili de Alvarez, requested a delay in play. When French officials refused to grant the request Alvarez defaulted.
In the semis, Mrs. Moody was severely pushed when the Krahwinkel had a set point and a sitter volley. Hilde lost the first set 6-3 by trying to hit as hard as Helen. Even here she fought hard though, only going down on the 6th set point. Down 0-3 in the 2nd, the German changed tactics. She is also a cross country skier and can retrieve all day. Change of pace worked. Wills-Moody failed to close the match out at 5-3. She failed again ahead 6-5-when Hilde saved 3 match points. The German had her chance at 7-6 and 40-30. Set point. She had a sitter volley and missed the easy shot long.
The New York Times wrote of the final that, "Mrs Moody won today without exhibiting her customary exceptional qualities. She passed the last two days in bed because of blisters on her feet and was not in the best form...." Mathieu led 4-1 before Wills marched back to take the first set. Helen wore the Frenchwoman down with defensive play, a very uncharacteristic tactic from the usually hard hitting American. By 4 all Mme Mathieu was visibly out of breath. 5-4 for Mrs Moody. The next game was the best of the match. Deuces and ads went back and forth. When Mathieu won it with a crosscourt passing shot she got a standing ovation. This was her last stand however, as Wills-Moody took the next 3 games and the set. After the first set the inevitable result quickly came.
Thus after 3 tests Helen's streak of match wins and sets continues, but Paris held out hope for those who wish to find a rival for the world conquering Wills-Moody.