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Jadwiga Jędrzejowska

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Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Jędrzejowska in 1933.
Country (sports) Poland
Born(1912-10-15)15 October 1912
Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Died28 February 1980(1980-02-28) (aged 67)
Katowice, Poland
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record317–96 (76.8%)
Career titles68
Highest rankingNo. 3 (1937) [a]
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenF (1939)
WimbledonF (1937)
US OpenF (1937)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenW (1939)
WimbledonQF (1933, 1935–37, 1947)
US OpenF (1938)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1947)
WimbledonSF (1935, 1937)
Jędrzejowska at Chiswick in 1938

Jadwiga "Jed" Jędrzejowska (Polish pronunciation: [jadˈviɡa jɛndʐɛˈjɔfska]; 15 October 1912 – 28 February 1980) was a Polish tennis player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja".

Career

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Jędrzejowska was a multiple Polish champion, with 65 singles and doubles titles nationally.[2] A baseline player with a strong forehand, she reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament on three occasions. In 1937 she lost in three sets to Dorothy Round in the Wimbledon final and at the U.S. Championships later that year she was defeated in the final by Anita Lizana.[3] In 1939 she was a runner-up at the French Championships, losing in the final to Simonne Mathieu in straight sets.

In women's doubles, Jędrzejowska won the 1939 French Championships with Mathieu, defeating Alice Florian and Hella Kovac in the final in two sets. Three years earlier Jędrzejowska's and Susan Noel were runners-up at the French Championships, losing the final to Mathieu and Billie Yorke. At the 1938 U.S. Championships Jędrzejowska and Mathieu lost the final to the American pair Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey Cooke. In the mixed doubles final at the 1947 French Championships, Jędrzejowska and Cristea Caralulis lost to Eric Sturgess and Sheila Summers without winning a game. At the age of 44, Jędrzejowska reached the women's doubles quarterfinals of the 1957 French Championships with partner Pilar Barril.

She won four consecutive singles titles at the London Championships from 1936 to 1939.[4] Jędrzejowska won the singles event at the Kent Championships in 1937 and 1938 and additionally won the singles title at the Irish Championships (1932), Austrian Championships (1934) and Welsh Championships (1932, 1935 and 1936).[5]

According to A. Wallis Myers and John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail, Jędrzejowska was ranked in the world top 10 from 1936 through 1939 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1937.[1]

Personal life

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Jędrzejowska married Alfred Gallert in 1947.[1]

Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 3 (3 runners-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1937 Wimbledon Championships Grass United Kingdom Dorothy Round 2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss 1937 U.S. Championships Grass Chile Anita Lizana 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1939 French Championships Clay France Simonne Mathieu 3–6, 6–8

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1936 French Championships Clay United Kingdom Susan Noel France Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke		 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1938 US Championships Grass France Simonne Mathieu United States Sarah Palfrey
United States Alice Marble		 8–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1939 French Championships Clay France Simonne Mathieu Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Alice Florian
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac		 7–5, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1947 French Championships Clay Romania Cristea Caralulis South Africa Sheila Piercey
South Africa Eric Sturgess		 0–6, 0–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1944 1945 19461 19471 1948 1949-1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A A A A NH NH A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France 2R A 1R 3R A 3R SF A F NH R A 3R 3R 1R A 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 11
Wimbledon 1R 3R 3R 4R QF SF F QF QF NH NH NH A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 10
United States A A A A A A F QF A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 3
SR 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 24

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 694, 715, 722. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ "World Sports Federation Foundation". worldsportfoundation.com. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  3. ^ "Wimbledon players archive – Jadwiga Jedrzejowska". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  4. ^ "Tennis Title Won". The Courier-Mail. No. 1497. Queensland. 20 June 1938. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1949). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1949. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 269.
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  • Le coup droit (French site, Jedrzejowska's tennis style appears in "Pologne")
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