Max Decugis was a French tennis player who won the French Championships eight times, in 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913 and 1914, when the event was still a tournament for members of French clubs. He also won the title 14 times in doubles and seven times in mixed doubles, and he was a four-time runner-up in singles. At the 1900 Paris Olympics and the 1920 Antwerp Olympics he won three medals, including a gold medal in mixed doubles partnering Suzanne Lenglen. He reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 1911 and 1912 and was ranked world number ten in 1913 and 1914 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.
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24 September 1882-6 September 1978
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He won the French Championships eight times
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He won the French Championships eight times
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He won the French Championships eight times
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with a gold medal in the mixed doubles partnering Suzanne Lenglen
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was a French tennis player
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was a French tennis player
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He won the French Championships eight times
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