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Doris Metaxa Howard (née Metaxa; 12 June 1911 – 7 September 2007) was a French tennis player of the 1930s.

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Doris Metaxa

Full name	Doris Metaxa Howard
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1911-06-12)12 June 1911
Died	7 September 2007(2007-09-07) (aged 96)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1931, 1932)
Wimbledon	4R (1932)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	QF (1931, 1934)
Wimbledon	W (1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1929, 1930)
Wimbledon	QF (1934)

In 1932, she won Wimbledon title in the women's doubles with Belgian Josane Sigart against Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner.[1]

Two weeks after this success, she married the British rugby player Peter Dunsmore Howard.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1931	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Josane Sigart	Phyllis King Dorothy Shepherd	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winr	1932	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Josane Sigart	Elizabeth Ryan Helen Jacobs	6–4, 6–3

References

External links

• National Portrait Gallery image of Doris Metaxa and family

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