1. Bernard Destremau won the 1941 and the 1942 Tournoi de France which in war-time was not counted as a grand slam event and later, won several national titles including the 1951 and 1953 French National singles championships.
10 Facts About Bernard Destremau
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Bernard Destremau remained an amateur, devoted his tennis mostly to the Davis Cup, the King of Sweden Cup and other French team matches and was ranked Nr.
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Bernard Destremau had been a Wimbledon familiar with numerous Championships' entries, Davis Cup ties and other fixtures.
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Bernard Destremau played occasional tennis tournaments in France, North Africa, Spain and Portugal as travel permitted.
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Bernard Destremau's platoon landed in Provence in July 1944 as an element of the 1st Army under De Lattre de Tassigny.
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Bernard Destremau fought in Provence, Burgundy, Alsace and the Black Forest, was shot in the back in La Valette-du-Var on the road to the critical port of Toulon and was wounded on two separate engagements by hand-grenade shrapnel.
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Bernard Destremau was awarded the Legion of Honour during the campaign from the hands of De Lattre and the croix de guerre.
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Bernard Destremau wrote his autobiography, Le Cinquieme Set, and biographies of General Weygand and Marshal de Lattre.
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Bernard Destremau married Diane de Pracomtal in 1954 and fathered a daughter and two sons.
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Sebastien Bernard Destremau, the sailing professional who has competed internationally is his great-nephew.