Gail Chanfreau also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a 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

Australia Fed Cup team

The Australia Fed Cup team represents Australia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Australia. They currently compete in the World Group I.-History:...

 in 1966

1966 Federation Cup (tennis)

The 1966 Federation Cup was the 4th edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 21 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at the Turin Press Sporting Club in Turin, Italy, from 10–16 May...

. She played for France

France Fed Cup team

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 from 1969 to 1980.

When Gail beat her sister Carol Sherriff, who reached the third round of the Australian Open

Australian Open

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 on five occasions, 8-10, 6-3, 6-3 in the 1966 Wimbledon Championships

1966 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Billie-Jean Moffitt defeated Maria Bueno 6–3 3–6 6–1 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.The second round match in which Gail Sherriff beat her sister Carol was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon...

 second round, that was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships

1884 Wimbledon Championships

The 1884 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. The men's doubles and women's singles were added to the Wimbledon championships, but these were not started until after the men's singles had been completed...

 when Maud Watson

Maud Watson

Maud Watson was an English tennis player.Born in Harrow, London, the daughter of a local vicar, she began playing competitive tennis in 1881. Undefeated in tournament play, in 1884 the nineteen-year-old Watson won the first ever Ladies’ Singles title at Wimbledon...

 beat Lillian

Lillian Watson

----Lillian Watson was an English female tennis player. Her sister was Maud Watson. In 1884, she was defeated by Maud at the first Ladies’ Singles tournament's final at the Championships, Wimbledon. It was the first match between sisters in the history of Wimbledon.-References:...

. The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000

2000 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport 6-3 7-6 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:...

 between Serena

Serena Williams

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 and Venus Williams

Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...

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Chanfreau reached the quarter-final of the Australian Open

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

 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 Durr

Françoise Durr

Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....

 and 1976 with Fiorella Bonicelli

Fiorella Bonicelli

Fiorella Bonicelli is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. During her career, she won the 1975 French Open mixed doubles title with Thomas Koch. She also won the 1976 French Open women's doubles title with Gail Lovera, defeating Kathy Harter and Helga Niessen Masthoff 6–4, 1–6, 6–3....

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At the Cincinnati Masters

Cincinnati Masters

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, she reached the singles final in 1969, only to fall to future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Lesley Turner Bowrey

Lesley Turner Bowrey

Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey AM is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French...

, 1–6, 7–5, 10-10 (retired).

She was international veterans mixed doubles champion with in 1968 and 1975 with Pierre Darmon

Pierre Darmon

Pierre Darmon was a French tennis player.In 1963, he reached his highest world ranking, # 8. He was also ranked in the top 10 worldwide in 1958 and 1964.-Tennis career:...

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Doubles: 6 (4-2)

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1967	French Championships	Françoise Durr Françoise Durr Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....	Annette Van Zyl Annette Van Zyl Annette Van Zyl is a former South African tennis player. She was ranked in the top ten female players during the mid nineteen sixties and in 1966, with Frew McMillan, she won the French Open Mixed Doubles title, defeating Ann Haydon Jones and Clark Graebner in three sets, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2... Pat Walkden	6–2, 6–2
1970	French Open	Françoise Durr	Rosemary Casals Rosemary Casals Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player.Rosemary Casals earned her reputation as a rebel in the staid tennis world when she began competing in the early 1960s. During a tennis career that spanned more than two decades, she won more than 90 tournaments and worked for...   Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1971	French Open	Françoise Durr	Helen Gourlay Helen Gourlay Helen Gourlay Cawley is a retired female tennis player from Australia.She was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia....   Kerry Harris Kerry Harris Kerri Harris is an Australian former professional tennis player, active from 1967 to 1975, who reached the semi-final of the 1972 Australian Open, and reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, of which she won one, in the 1972 Australian Open.-Career:Harris first reached a Grand Slam final in the...	6–4, 6–1
1976	French Open	Fiorella Bonicelli Fiorella Bonicelli Fiorella Bonicelli is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. During her career, she won the 1975 French Open mixed doubles title with Thomas Koch. She also won the 1976 French Open women's doubles title with Gail Lovera, defeating Kathy Harter and Helga Niessen Masthoff 6–4, 1–6, 6–3....	Kathy Harter   Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff is a former tennis player from West Germany. Her best Grand Slam singles tournament was when she reached the 1970 French Open final, losing to Margaret Court 6–2, 6–4. She won the German Open three consecutive years from 1972 through 1974, beating Martina Navratilova in the...	6–4, 1–6, 6–3

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1974	French Open	Katja Burgemeister Katja Ebbinghaus Katja Ebbinghaus is a German former professional tennis player active from 1969 to 1982, who reached five Grand Slam quarter-finals in singles, and a Grand Slam final in doubles, and who played for West Germany in the Federation Cup in all but two years between 1970 and 1979.-Career:Ebbinghaus...	Chris Evert Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...   Olga Morozova Olga Morozova Olga Vasilyevna Morozova is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the runner up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:...	6-4, 2-6, 6-1
1971	French Open	Lesley Turner	Mima Jaušovec Mima Jaušovec Mima Jaušovec is a Slovenian female former tennis player. She was born on July 20, 1956, in Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia). In singles she reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982, in doubles she reached a career high of No. 211 in 1986....   Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....	5-7, 6-4, 8-6

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