Philippe Washer
| File:Philippe Washer and Ivo Rinkel 1950.jpg
Philippe Washer and Ivo Rinkel in 1950
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| Country (sports) |  Belgium |
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| Born | 6 August 1924 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Knokke, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Turned pro | 1940 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1961 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | QF (1957) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1948, 1949, 1954) |
| US Open | 4R (1952) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | SF (1953) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | SF (1954) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1947, 1948, 1952) |
Philippe Washer (French pronunciation: [filip waʃe]; 6 August 1924 – 27 November 2015) was a Belgian tennis player. He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1946 to 1961.[1]
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Early life and family
Philippe Washer was born on 6 August 1924 in Brussels. He is the son of Jean Washer, another Belgian tennis player and textile industry mogul.[2] Her mother, Simone van der Straeten, was the daughter of Ernest Solvay, founder of Solvay International Chemical Group.[2] Philippe had three brothers: Paul Washer, president of the Chemical Industry Federation of Belgium and director of the Solvay company; Jacques Washer, antiquarian who died in the Swissair Flight 316 crash; and Edouard.[2] They were also the cousins of famous sportscar racer Olivier Gendebien.[3] Philippe started playing tennis at the age of six.[4] He was coached by his father.[4] He won his first tournament on 9 May 1940 in La Rasante just one day before the Battle of Belgium during which he volunteered to join the Belgian Army.[4] In 1942 he won the French junior championships. [5]
Tennis career
Washer won the Belgian National Championships nine times between 1945–1954, the only exception being 1950 when he was forced to retire from the competition due to illness.[4] In 1952, he reached the semifinal of the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation Fiftieth Anniversary tournament.[5] In 1957, he reached the Inter-Zonal Zone Finals of the Davis Cup with the Belgium Davis Cup team.[4] The same year he won the Lebanon international tennis championships by defeating Warren Woodcock.[6] In 1967 he came back from retirement to win the Belgian National Covered Courts Championship doubles, partnering with Jacky Brichant.[4] Also after retirement, he won the Wimbledon Veterans' Doubles with Jaroslav Drobný four times from 1968 to 1971.[7]
Personal life
Washer retired from tennis in 1961, moved to Switzerland and subsequently started playing golf.[8] In 1964 he represented Belgium in the Eisenhower Trophy.[9] In 1955 he lent his own Ferrari 250 Europa GT Pinin Farina Coupe car to Olivier Gendebien who drove it in the Liège-Rome-Liège rally and finished third.[3] After retiring he served as the president of the Royal Léopold Club between 1983 and 1994, which his family saved from bankruptcy in 1948.[5][10] He remained its major shareholder afterwards.[10] Washer died on 27 November 2015 at the age of 91.[11]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Meuwissen 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chauvin 2010, p. 54.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Tasso 2002.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Royal Léopold Club website.
- ↑ Lebanon international tennis website.
- ↑ The Telegraph, 2001.
- ↑ Leonardi 1997.
- ↑ 1964 WAGTC.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 MIG. T. 2007.
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