Christiane Mercelis

Christiane Mercelis was a Belgian tennis player, born on 5 October 1931 and died on 14 June 2024, who was active from 1947 to 1969 and won 47 career singles titles. In 1949 she won the Girls' Singles at the Wimbledon Championships, and she competed at Wimbledon every year from 1951 to 1968. At the French Open she reached the quarter-finals in 1957. She played for Belgium in the Federation Cup in 1963 and 1964 and from 1966 to 1969, and at 37 years 231 days she is the oldest player to have played for Belgium. At home she won the Belgian National Indoors Championships 13 times in a row and the closed Belgian national singles championship 12 times.