Maxime "Max" Omer Decugis (24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a male tennis

Tennis

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 player from France

France

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 who holds the French Championships/French Open record of winning the tournament eight times (a French-only tournament before 1925) and his three Olympic medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics

1900 Summer Olympics

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 (Paris) and the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

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 (Antwerp). His only gold medal

Gold medal

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 came in the mixed doubles partnering French legend Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926...

.

He won the French Open in 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, and 1914 (also 14 times in doubles and 7 times in mixed). The interruption of World War I

World War I

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 denied Decugis the opportunity to defend his 1914 title. Decugis was also a 4-time runner-up, having lost the final in 1902, 1906, 1920, and 1923.

See also

• List of French Men's Singles champions and finalists