Christian Boussus was a left-handed French tennis player who found success in the 1920s and 1930s.
17 Facts About Christian Boussus
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Christian Boussus started playing amateur tennis in the late 1920s by entering one of his first tournaments at the age of 17 in the 1926 edition of The French Covered Courts tournament in doubles, which he won by teaming up with French veteran Rene Lacoste.
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Christian Boussus was the runner-up at the Pacific South-west Championship in 1928 although he won the mixed title trophy alongside American Anne Harper.
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Christian Boussus was on the victorious French team at the Davis Cup four times, in 1929,1930,1931, and 1932, although he never played.
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The members of the team became known as the "Four Musketeers" and Boussus was the "Fifth Musketeer".
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Christian Boussus finally got his chance to play at the Davis cup in 1934, when the Four Musketeers had retired.
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Christian Boussus was defeated in the finals of the 1931 French Championships by Jean Borotra.
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Christian Boussus played twice the Australian Championships, in 1928 and 1935, and won the mixed doubles that year, his only Grand Slam title.
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Christian Boussus competed in the French Championships 19 times between 1927 and 1953, which is the third most appearances in history right after Fabrice Santoro and Francois Jauffret.
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Christian Boussus twice won the German Championships in Hamburg and the British Hard Court Championships on one occasion.
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Christian Boussus was ranked number one French tennis player four times in a row in the consecutive years of 1934,1935,1936 and 1937.
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Christian Boussus takes the ball on the rise and hist his forehand with an easy swing and without much topspin.
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Christian Boussus further analysed his service game and found it be most unorthodox.
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Christian Boussus completely omitted to swing his racquet behind his head while serving making his serves rather ineffective.
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Christian Boussus was in a civil partnership with French parfume designer Germaine Cellier with whom he lived together for 30 years until she died in 1976.
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Christian Boussus died at the age of 95, the last surviving Musketeer.
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Christian Boussus had a brother Roland, amateur tennis player, with whom he won the doubles title of the Le Touquet Spa Championships in 1937, while winning the singles and mixed contest as well.