Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Jędrzejowska in 1933.
Country (sports) Poland
Born(1912-10-15)15 October 1912
Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Died28 February 1980(1980-02-28) (aged 67)
Katowice, Poland
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career titles67
Highest rankingNo. 3 (1937) [lower-alpha 1]
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenF (1939)
WimbledonF (1937)
US OpenF (1937)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenW (1939)
WimbledonQF (1933, 1935–37, 1947)
US OpenF (1938)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1947)
WimbledonSF (1935, 1937)
Jędrzejowska at Chiswick in 1938

Jadwiga "Jed" Jędrzejowska (Polish pronunciation: [jadˈviɡa jɛndʐɛˈjɔfska]; 15 October 1912 – 28 February 1980) was a Polish tennis player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja".

Career

Jędrzejowska, a baseline player with a strong forehand, reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament on three occasions, a record for Polish tennis. In 1937 she lost in three sets to Dorothy Round in the Wimbledon final and at the U.S. Championships later that year she was defeated in the final by Anita Lizana.[2] In 1939 she was a runner-up at the French Championships, losing in the final to Simonne Mathieu in straight sets.

In women's doubles, Jędrzejowska won the 1939 French Championships with Mathieu, defeating Alice Florian and Hella Kovac in the final in two sets. Three years earlier Jędrzejowska's and Susan Noel were runners-up at the French Championships, losing the final to Mathieu and Billie Yorke. At the 1938 U.S. Championships Jędrzejowska and Mathieu lost the final to the American pair Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey Cooke. In the mixed doubles final at the 1947 French Championships, Jędrzejowska and Cristea Caralulis lost to Eric Sturgess and Sheila Summers without winning a game. At the age of 44, Jędrzejowska reached the women's doubles quarterfinals of the 1957 French Championships with partner Pilar Barril.

She won four consecutive singles titles at the London Championships between 1936 and 1939.[3] Jędrzejowska won the singles event at the Kent Championships in 1937 and 1938 and additionally won singles titles at the country championships of Ireland (1932), Austria (1934) and Wales (1932, 1935 and 1936).[4]

According to A. Wallis Myers and John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail, Jędrzejowska was ranked in the world top 10 from 1936 through 1939 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1937.[1]

Personal life

Jędrzejowska married Alfred Gallert in 1947.[1]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1937Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom Dorothy Round2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss1937U.S. ChampionshipsGrassChile Anita Lizana4–6, 2–6
Loss1939French ChampionshipsClayFrance Simonne Mathieu3–6, 6–8

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1936French ChampionshipsClayUnited Kingdom Susan NoelFrance Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke		6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss1938US ChampionshipsGrassFrance Simonne MathieuUnited States Sarah Palfrey
United States Alice Marble		8–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win1939French ChampionshipsClayFrance Simonne MathieuSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Alice Florian
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac		7–5, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1947French ChampionshipsClayRomania Cristea CaralulisSouth Africa Sheila Piercey
South Africa Eric Sturgess		0–6, 0–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament19311932193319341935193619371938193919401941–1944194519461194711948 1949-1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A A A A NH NH A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France 2R A 1R 3R A 3R SF A F NH R A 3R 3R 1R A 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 11
Wimbledon 1R 3R 3R 4R QF SF F QF QF NH NH NH A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 10
United States A A A A A A F QF A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 3
SR 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 24

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

See also

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 694, 715, 722. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ↑ "Wimbledon players archive – Jadwiga Jedrzejowska". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  3. ↑ "Tennis Title Won". The Courier-Mail. No. 1497. Queensland. 20 June 1938. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1949). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1949. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 269.
  • Le coup droit (French site, Jedrzejowska's tennis style appears in "Pologne")
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