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Jean Borotra was a French tennis player and military officer. He competed right-handed for France in international competition, including the men's doubles event at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the France Davis Cup team and part of the group known as The Four Musketeers. His professional record included 103 wins and 22 losses in singles, and 0 wins and 1 loss in doubles.
Borotra was educated at Lycée Saint-Louis and the École polytechnique. He served in the military and later held the position of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. During World War II, he participated in Axis collaboration in France. He was detained at Buchenwald concentration camp, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and Itter Castle.
He received the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Croix de guerre 1914–1918, the Croix de guerre 1939–1945, and the Order of the Francisque. Borotra was born on August 13, 1898, and died on July 17, 1994, in Arbonne. He spoke French.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Jean Laurent Robert Borotra
- Country sports
- France
- Born
- ( 1898-08-13 ) 13 August 1898, Biarritz , France
- Died
- 17 July 1994 (1994-07-17) (aged 95), Arbonne , France
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Turned pro
- 1920 (amateur tour)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Int tennis hof
- 1976 ( member page )
- Career record
- 654–127 (83.7%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 2 (1926 , A. Wallis Myers )
- Australian open
- W ( 1928 )
- French open
- W ( 1931 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1924 , 1926 )
- Us open
- F ( 1926 )
- Whcc
- SF ( 1922 )
- Wccc
- F ( 1922 )
- Olympic games
- SF – 4th ( 1924 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 1927 , 1928 , 1929 , 1930 , 1931 , 1932 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- France
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- The Four Musketeers
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Biarritz
- Place of death
- Arbonne
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Educated at
- École polytechnique
- Political party
- French Social Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's doubles
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- France Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 76
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10990, Jean Borotra.jpg
- Height
- 186
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- Commons category
- Jean Borotra
- date of death
- 1994-07-17
- date of birth
- 1898-08-13
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- name in native language
- Jean Borotra
- place of detention
- Buchenwald concentration camp
- singles record
- 103–22
- doubles record
- 0–1
- end of work period
- 1956-00-00
- handedness
- right-handedness
- birth name
- Jean Laurent Robert Borotra
- nickname
- Le Basque Bondissant (The Bounding Basque)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Laurent Robert Borotra ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔbɛʁ bɔ.ʁotʁa], Basque pronunciation: [borotɾa]; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle during the latter years of World War II and subsequently fought in the Battle for Castle Itter.
Career
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