Antoine Gentien

Antoine Gentien was a French tennis player who was born on 13 June 1905 and died on 2 September 1968; his career lasted from 1921 to 1951. He was the son of Antoinette Gillou and the nephew of Kate Gillou, a four-time French closed singles champion, and he was a friend of Suzanne Lenglen. He won several tournaments in France, and his best result at the French Championships was reaching the quarterfinals in 1927, when he beat Jean Borotra before losing to Pat Spence. He made his Wimbledon debut in 1923 and lost in the first round, and he reached the third round there in 1931, 1933 and 1935. He played at the French Championships until 1950 and wrote a book, Aventures d'un joueur de tennis, published in 1953.