Léonce Aslangul

Léonce Jacques Aslangul (27 October 1898 – 19 November 1939) was a French tennis player of Armenian descent active on tour in the 1920s and 1930s.[1][2] He was also a French national champion in the sport of squash.[3]

Léonce Aslangul
Full nameLéonce Jacques Aslangul
Country (sports) France
Born(1898-10-27)27 October 1898
Paris, France
Died19 November 1939(1939-11-19) (aged 41)
Paris, France
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1927)
French Open4R (1926, 1930)
Wimbledon2R (1926)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1927)
WimbledonQF (1926)

Born in Paris, Aslangul was the son of a French-Armenian merchant. He twice reached the singles fourth round of the French Championships. As a doubles player he was a finalist at the 1923 World Hard Court Championships, quarter-finalist at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships and semi-finalist at the 1927 Australian Championships.[4]

Aslangul's wife Nena, an Australian, was the daughter of wealthy Greek-born Melbourne businessman Antony J. Lucas. Soon after Aslangul died in 1939, Nena and their two children fled occupied France and settled in Australia. Their son Tony skied for Australia at the 1956 Winter Olympics, while daughter June was a model.[3][5]

References
  1. "French Tennis Player Here". The Herald. 4 November 1926. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "New Tennis Star". The Herald. 3 January 1927. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Harry Hopman's Sports Talk". The Herald. 8 July 1947. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Hawkes Defeats Willard". The Age. 29 January 1927. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Australian Woman 'Has Not The Chic'". The West Australian. 19 December 1952. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
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