Jacques Brugnon
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Jacques "Toto" Brugnon (May 11, 1895 – March 20, 1978) was a French tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
He was born in Paris and died in Paris.
He was primarily a doubles specialist who won 10 Grand Slam doubles titles in the French, American, Australian and British championships. He was also a fine singles player but never won a major title.
The Four Musketeers were inducted simultaneously into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1976.
[edit] Grand Slam record
- Doubles champion: 1928
- Doubles champion: 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934
- Doubles finalist: 1925, 1926, 1929
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1925, 1926
- Doubles champion: 1926, 1928, 1932, 1933
- Doubles finalist: 1927, 1931, 1934
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