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Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis (French pronunciation: ​[maksim dɔkyʒiz, - de-]; 24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a tennis player from France who held the French Championships record of winning the tournament eight times (a French club members only tournament before 1925), a feat that was surpassed by Rafael Nadal in 2014. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics (Paris) and the 1920 Summer Olympics (Antwerp),[2] his only gold medal coming in the mixed doubles partnering French legend Suzanne Lenglen.[3][4][5]

Max Decugis

Max Decugis standing near a tent in 1913
Full name	Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1882-09-24)24 September 1882 Paris, France
Died	6 September 1978(1978-09-06) (aged 95) Biot, France
Turned pro	1900 (amateur)
Retired	1926
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	241–64 (79.02%)
Career titles	41[1]
Highest ranking	No. 10 (1913, A. Wallis Myers)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	1R (1925)
Wimbledon	SF (1911, 1912)
US Open	1R (1925)
Other tournaments
WHCC	SF (1913, 1914)
WCCC	F (1919)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1911)
Other doubles tournaments
WHCC	W (1914)
WCCC	W (1913)
Mixed doubles
Other mixed doubles tournaments
WHCC	W (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921)
WCCC	W (1913, 1919)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1904)
Medal record Olympic Games Representing a Mixed team 1900 Paris Doubles Representing  France 1920 Antwerp Mixed doubles 1920 Antwerp Doubles Intercalated Games 1906 Athens Singles 1906 Athens Doubles 1906 Athens Mixed doubles

Life

Decugis' father was a merchant at Les Halles, the company's name was Omer Décugis et fils,[6] however the accent mark on the é is missing from Max Decugis' birth certificate, and appears inconsistently in later English-speaking sources such as the Ayres' Almanacks edited by Arthur Wallis Myers, but apparently never in any French-speaking sources. The origin of the family name Décugis, spelled with accented é in an 1842 source, is "from Cuges-les-Pins."[7]

In 1905 he married Marie Flameng, the daughter of painter François Flameng, in Paris.[8] After the death of Marie in 1969, Max married Suzanne Louise Duval in October.

Career

Decugis won the French Championships in 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, and 1914 (also 14 times in doubles and seven times in mixed). The interruption of World War I denied Decugis the opportunity to defend his 1914 title. Decugis was also a four-time runner-up, having lost the final in 1902, 1906, 1920, and 1923. He won the International German Championship in 1901 and 1902.

In major tournaments, Decugis reached the semifinals of both the 1911 and 1912 Wimbledon Championships and the 1913 and 1914 World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) and the final of the World Covered Court Championship (WCCC) in 1919. He won the mixed doubles title at the WHCC on four occasions (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921) and at the WCCC on two (1913, 1919).

In May 1910, Decugis twice defeated Anthony Wilding at Wiesbaden, first in the final of the Wiesbaden Cup in four sets, followed by a victory in the final of the Wiesbaden Championship in three straight sets.

A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph ranked Decugis as world No. 10 in both 1913 and 1914.[9]

Grand Slam finals

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1911	Wimbledon	Grass	André Gobert	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	1912	Wimbledon	Grass	André Gobert	Charles P. Dixon Herbert Roper-Barrett	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7

See also

• List of French Men's Singles champions and finalists

References

External links

• Max Decugis at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Max Decugis at the International Tennis Federation
• Max Decugis at the Davis Cup
• Max Decugis at TennisArchives.com
• Max Decugis at Olympics.com
• Max Decugis at Olympedia
• Max Decugis at the International Olympic Committee

На других языках

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[de] Max Décugis

Maxime Omer Mathieu „Max“ Décugis (* 24. September 1882 in Paris; † 6. September 1978 in Biot) war ein französischer Tennisspieler. Er ist Rekordhalter für die meisten olympischen Medaillen im Tennis, wenn man dabei die Zwischenspiele 1906 mitzählt.

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- [en] Max Decugis

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[es] Max Décugis

Maxime Omer "Max" Décugis (París, Francia, 24 de septiembre de 1882 - Biot, Francia, 6 de septiembre de 1978) fue un tenista francés.

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[fr] Max Decugis

Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis (ou Décugis), né le 24 septembre 1882 à Paris et mort le 6 septembre 1978 à Biot, est un joueur français de tennis, huit fois champion de France en simple et triple médaillé olympique.

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[it] Max Décugis

Maxime Omer Décugis, detto Max (Parigi, 24 settembre 1882 – Biot, 5 settembre 1978), è stato un tennista francese, uno dei migliori di sempre nel suo paese. Ha vinto gli Internazionali di Francia ben otto volte fra il 1903 ed il 1914 in singolare e tredici volte in doppio tra il 1902 e il 1920. Nella specialità di coppia ha vinto anche il Torneo di Wimbledon 1911.

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[ru] Декюжи, Макс

Максим «Макс» Омер Декюжи (фр. Maxime "Max" Omer Décugis; 24 сентября 1882 (1882-09-24), Париж — 6 сентября 1978, Бьё) — французский теннисист, 29-кратный чемпион открытого чемпионата Франции, чемпион Уимблдонского турнира в парном разряде и чемпион летних Олимпийских игр 1920.

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