Susanne Lenglen was a French tennis player whom the French press called ‘The Goddess’.
She won 241 titles and had a 98% win rate. She won six times at the French Open and six times at Wimbledon. She also won eight Grand Slam titles and ten World Championship titles.
She was born in 1899 in Paris and was from a well-to-do family. She started playing when she was four years old. Her coach was only her father, until the end of her career.
She was ranked No1 in the world from 1921 to 1926.
In 1927 she retired and wrote books about tennis.
In 1997 the second court of the Roland Garros stadium in Paris was named after her.
There is also a cup with her name given to the winner of the French Open tournament.
She died in 1938 in Paris from leukemia and pernicious anemia.
[Source: el.wikipedia.org]
