Madzy Rollin Couquerque
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| Bio | She was a Dutch female hockey- and tennis player who was active from the 1920s until the late 1950s. She won 40 national tennis titles and made 37 appearances in the Dutch national hockey team. Her father Louis Marie Rollin Couquerque was a jurist. Her mother died in 1918. After she returned from a boarding school in Bloemendaal in 1921 she started a bookkeeping job at an insurance company which provided her with the income that allowed her to pursue her sports career. Rollin Couquerque became Dutch singles tennis champion 14 times between 1927 and 1947. Her varied game was too powerful for the classic baseline players for a long time. Particularly because of her drop shot, she was able to disrupt many people. In 1959, aged 56, she reached her last singles final at the Dutch Championships which she lost to Mientje Vletter-Tettelaar who was half her age. In addition she won 14 doubles titles and 12 mixed doubles titles, making a total of 40 national championship titles during her career (between 1927 - 1951). Her best singles results in a Grand Slam tournament were achieved at the French Championships. At the 1928 Championships she reached the quarterfinal which she lost in straight sets to eventual champion and World no.1 Helen Wills. In 1935 she again reached the quarterfinal and was defeated by Margaret Scriven. At the 1936 Championships she was seeded sixth but lost in the third round to Marie-Louise Horn. Her best result came at the 1938 Championships when, seeded seventh and at age 35, she made it to the semifinal in which she was beaten by Nelly Adamson. Between 1928 and 1951 she participated in 15 Wimbledon Championships. Her best result in the singles event was reaching the fourth round in 1937, losing to fifth-seeded Alice Marble. In the doubles she reached the quarterfinal in 1929 partnering compatriot Kea Bouman. With Joop Knottenbelt she reached the fourth round of the mixed doubles in 1932 and equalled that result with Henk Timmer in 1933 and 1936. In 1929 she won the singles title at the Spanish International Championships, played at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, after a three-sets victory in the final against Ida Adamoff. She took part in the 1956 Australian Championships, losing in the first round to eventual champion Mary Carter. She also achieved great success in international tennis, beating Elizabeth Ryan, former Wimbledon champion, among others. She remained interested in tennis until her death; she visited her club Leimonias every day. |
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