Max Decugis

Max Decugis

Decugis in 1913
Full name	Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1882-09-24)24 September 1882 Paris, France
Died	6 September 1978(1978-09-06) (aged 95) Biot, France
Turned pro	1900 (amateur)
Retired	1926
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	241–64 (79.02%)
Career titles	411
Highest ranking	No. 10 (1913, A. Wallis Myers)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	1R (1925)
Wimbledon	SF (1911, 1912)
US Open	1R (1925)
Other tournaments
WHCC	SF (1913, 1914)
WCCC	F (1919)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1911)
Other doubles tournaments
WHCC	W (1914)
WCCC	W (1913)
Mixed doubles
Other mixed doubles tournaments
WHCC	W (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921)
WCCC	W (1913, 1919)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1904)
Medal record Olympic Games Representing a Mixed team 1900 Paris Men's doubles Representing  France 1920 Antwerp Mixed doubles 1920 Antwerp Men's doubles Intercalated Games 1906 Athens Singles 1906 Athens Doubles 1906 Athens Mixed doubles

Maxime Omer Mathieu Décugis, sometimes spellt Decugis (French pronunciation: [maksim dekyʒiz]; 24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a French tennis player. He won the French Championships eight times (a French club members-only tournament before 1925). He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics and the 1920 Antwerp Olympics,² with a gold medal in the mixed doubles partnering Suzanne Lenglen.³⁴

Decugis' father was a merchant at Les Halles, the company's name was Omer Décugis et fils,⁵ however the accent mark on the é is missing from Max Decugis' birth certificate, and appears inconsistently in later English-speaking sources. The origin of the family name Décugis, spelled with accented é in an 1842 source, is "from Cuges-les-Pins."⁶

In 1905, he married Marie Flameng, the daughter of painter François Flameng, in Paris.⁷ After the death of Marie in 1969, Max married Suzanne Louise Duval in October.

Decugis won the French Championships in 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, and 1914 (also 14 times in doubles and seven times in mixed). The interruption of World War I denied Decugis the opportunity to defend his 1914 title. Decugis was also a four-time runner-up, having lost the final in 1902, 1906, 1920, and 1923. He won the International German Championship in 1901 and 1902.

In major tournaments, Decugis reached the semifinals of both the 1911 and 1912 Wimbledon Championships and the 1913 and 1914 World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) and the final of the World Covered Court Championship (WCCC) in 1919. He won the mixed doubles title at the WHCC on four occasions (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921) and at the WCCC on two (1913, 1919).

In May 1910, Decugis twice defeated Anthony Wilding at Wiesbaden, first in the final of the Wiesbaden Cup in four sets, followed by a victory in the final of the Wiesbaden Championship in three straight sets.

A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph ranked Decugis as world No. 10 in both 1913 and 1914.⁸

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1911	Wimbledon	Grass	André Gobert	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	1912	Wimbledon	Grass	André Gobert	Charles P. Dixon Herbert Roper-Barrett	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1919	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	Andre Gobert	3–6, 2–6, 2–6

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1913	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	Maurice Germot	Curt Bergmann Heinrich Kleinschroth	7–5, 2–6, 7–9, 6–3, 6–1
Win	1914	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Maurice Germot	Arthur Gore Algernon Kingscote	6–1, 11–9, 6–8, 6–2

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1912	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Anne de Borman	Heinrich Kleinschroth Mieken Rieck	6–4, 7–5
Win	1913	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Elizabeth Ryan	Anthony Wilding Germaine Golding	walkover
Win	1913	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	Kate Fenwick	Gunnar Setterwall Sigrid Fick	7–5, 12–10
Win	1914	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Elizabeth Ryan	Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten Suzanne Lenglen	6–3, 6–1
Win	1919	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	Winifred Beamish	William Laurentz Germaine Golding	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1920	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Suzanne Amblard	William Laurentz Germaine Golding	walkover
Win	1921	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Suzanne Lenglen	William Laurentz Germaine Golding	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1922	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	Jeanne Vaussard	Jean Borotra Germaine Golding	3–6, 4–6