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René Lacoste was a French male tennis player, entrepreneur, fashion designer, and coach. He competed for France, holding a singles record of 76–10 and playing right-handed. His career included participation in the men's doubles event at the 1924 Summer Olympics and membership on the France Davis Cup team. He was also part of the group known as The Four Musketeers.
Born in 1904, Lacoste received the Officer of the Legion of Honour and induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He was the father of Catherine and Bernard Lacoste and spoke French. He died of cancer due to natural causes in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 1996.
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Key facts
- Country sports
- France
- Born
- ( 1904-07-02 ) 2 July 1904, Paris , France
- Died
- 12 October 1996 (1996-10-12) (aged 92), Saint-Jean-de-Luz , France
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Int tennis hof
- 1976 ( member page )
- Career record
- 262–43 (85.9%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1926 , A. Wallis Myers )
- French open
- W ( 1925 , 1927 , 1929 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1925 , 1928 )
- Us open
- W ( 1926 , 1927 )
- Olympic games
- QF ( 1924 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 1927 , 1928 )
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- The Four Musketeers
- Given name
- René
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Child
- Bernard Lacoste
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's doubles
- Field of work
- clothing industry
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- France Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- France
- Image
- René Lacoste.jpg
- Height
- 1.75
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- Commons category
- René Lacoste
- date of birth
- 1904-07-02
- date of death
- 1996-10-12
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- René Lacoste
- cause of death
- cancer
- singles record
- 76–10
- end of work period
- 1932-00-00
- handedness
- right-handedness
- birth name
- Jean René Lacoste
- nickname
- Le Crocodile
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean René Lacoste ( French pronunciation: [ʁəne lakɔst]; 2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and eventually founded the brand and its logo in 1933.
Lacoste was one of the Four Musketeers with Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, and Henri Cochet, French players who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles at the French, American, and British championships and was an eminent baseline player and tactician of the pre-war period. As a member of the French team, Lacoste won the Davis Cup in 1927 and 1928. Lacoste was ranked the World No. 1 player in some rankings for 1926, 1927 and 1929. He also won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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