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Jean Washer
Full name	Jean Marie Octave Constant Washer
Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	22 August 1894; Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium
Died	23 March 1972 (aged 77); Geneva, Switzerland
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	15–7
Highest ranking	No. 9 (1923, A. Wallis Myers)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1925)
Wimbledon	QF (1924)
US Open	3R (1927)
Other tournaments
WHCC	F (1921, 1923)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (1921)

Jean Marie Octave Constant Washer (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ waʃe]; 22 August 1894 – 23 March 1972) was a Belgian tennis player successful in the 1920s. He was the father of Philippe Washer.^[3]

Tennis career edit

Washer reached the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1925, beating Henri Cochet before losing to Jean Borotra.^[4] Washer also reached the quarters in 1926; the quarterfinals of the 1924 Wimbledon Championships; and the final of the World Hard Court Championships in both 1921 and 1923.

He was ranked world No. 9 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph for 1923.^[2]

References edit

^ "Big Bill Wins In 20 Minutes", Spokane Daily Chronicle, August 26, 1927, p. 12.
^ ^a ^b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 424.
^ "Jean Washer". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "French Open 1925". www.tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-10-05.