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Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.
Surnommée Frankie, Françoise Dürr est numéro un française pendant la quasi-totalité de sa carrière. Avec sa prise de raquette atypique, l'index tendu le long du manche, elle reste avant tout une grande spécialiste du double et du double-mixte, remportant onze titres dans les tournois du Grand Chelem dans ces deux disciplines.
Françoise Dürr (Alger, 25 de desembre de 1942) és una tennista professional francesa retirada. Va ser una de les millors tennistes de les dècades de 1960 i 1970, en què va guanyar més de cinquanta títols individuals i seixanta de dobles femenins.
20 de dic. de 2020 · Francoise Dürr’s Hall of Fame career brought 12 Grand Slam titles, including the singles at Roland Garros in 1967 – the last staging of her home Slam in the amateur era.
Seven times Dürr won a women’s title; four in mixed doubles. She captured five straight French titles (1967-71) in women’s play, sporting a 43-12 all-time record. She added three more in mixed doubles (1968, 1971, 1973), where she was equally proficient with a 40-10 all-time mark.
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To almost everyone’s sur- prise, Françoise Dürr wins Roland-Garros. In the final, she is up against Lesley Turner and finds herself 4-2, 30-0 down on the Australian’s service in the third set, only to turn it around, winning four games in a row and taking the decider 6-4.
