Gail Sherriff
Alias: Gail Lovera
Gail Benedetti
Gail Chanfreau
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| Bio | She is a French former amateur and professional tennis player. Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau made her first appearance in the Federation Cup for Australia in 1966. She played for France from 1969 to 1980. Chanfreau reached the quarter-final of the Australian Open in 1967 and 1972, and the quarter-final of the French Open in 1968 and 1971. She won the French Open doubles in 1967, 1970 and 1971 with Françoise Dürr and 1976 with Fiorella Bonicelli. At the Cincinnati Masters, she reached the singles final in 1969, only to fall to future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Lesley Turner Bowrey, 1–6, 7–5, 10–10 (retired). The Sherriff siblings reached the semifinals -finals there in 1965, and Gail has won the French Open Doubles in three different names – Gail Sherriff, Gail Chanfreau and Gail Lovera! Carol and Gail lost to Francoise Durr and Janine Lieffrig. They also played a Centre Court Doubles match in 1965 at Wimbledon, going down to Justina Bricka and Mary Anne Eisel 5-7 2-6. In 1966 they reached the quarters of the Italian Open, going down to Margaret Court and Virginia Wade after leading 4-1 in the Final set. In 1967 the pair played together in Nice and Monte Carlo, (which were huge events) winning both, where they have their names etched in the columns that surround the Centre Courts. In 1968, they lost the quarter final of the French to Francoise Durr and Ann Jones 5-7, 4-6. Again (in 1969) at Wimbledon they got to the quarter finals, going down 7-9, 1-6, to a pair from USA. She was international veterans mixed doubles champion in 1968 and 1975 with Pierre Darmon. She married French tennis player Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau in 1968 and moved to France. Her second marriage was to another French tennis player Jean Lovera, the architect who created the "new look" extension to Roland Garros Tennis Stadium. |
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