Autographs of Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total. Lenglen won six Wimbledon singles titles, including five in a row from 1919 to 1923, and was the champion in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the first two open French Championships in 1925 and 1926. In doubles, she was undefeated with her usual partner Elizabeth Ryan, highlighted by another six titles at Wimbledon. Lenglen was the first leading amateur to turn professional. She ranked as the greatest women's tennis player from the amateur era in the 100 Greatest of All Time series on the Tennis Channel in 2012.
Coached by her father Charles throughout her career, Lenglen began playing tennis at age 11, becoming the youngest major champion in history with her 1914 World Hard Court Championship title at age 15. This success, along with her balletic playing style and brash personality, helped make Lenglen a national heroine in a country coping with the aftermath of World War I. After the war had delayed her career four years, Lenglen was largely unchallenged. She won her Wimbledon debut in 1919 in the second-longest final in history, the only one of her major singles finals she did not win by a lopsided scoreline. Her only post-war loss came in a retirement against Molla Mallory, her only amateur match in the United States. Afterwards, she began a 179-match win streak, during which she defeated Helen Wills in the high-profile Match of the Century in 1926. Following a misunderstanding at Wimbledon later that year, Lenglen abruptly retired from amateur tennis, signing to headline a professional tour in the United States beginning that same year.
Referred to by the French press as La Divine (The Goddess), Lenglen revolutionised the sport by integrating the aggressive style of men's tennis into the women's game and breaking the convention of women competing in clothing unsuitable for tennis. She incorporated fashion into her matches, highlighted by her signature bandeau headwear. Lenglen is recognised as the first female athlete to become a global sport celebrity and her popularity led Wimbledon to move to its larger modern-day venue. Her professional tours laid the foundation for the series of men's professional tours that continued until the Open Era, and led to the first major men's professional tournament the following year. Lenglen was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1978, and the second show court at the site of the French Open is named in her honour.
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Traded items with a signature of Suzanne Lenglen
The most expensive item with a signature of Suzanne Lenglen (ANTIQUE FRENCH BRONZE 'SUZANNE LENGLEN' WIMBLEDON TENNIS PLAYER SIGNED C.CHARLES) was sold in June 2013 for £550.00 while the cheapest item (SUZANNE LENGLEN Signed Photograph - Tennis Player / Wimbledon Champion) found a new owner for £1.99 in August 2013. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2020 with an average selling price of £59.88 for an autographed item of Suzanne Lenglen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2013 with £550.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.45 was February 2018. In average, an autographed item from Suzanne Lenglen is worth £94.31.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Suzanne Lenglen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Collectors/Photograph/Photo/Print/Tennis/Wimbledon/Suzanne Lenglen/1920’s/Signed | £2.45 |  |
| ORIGINAL SIGNED AUTOGRAPH TENNIS STAR ‘SUZANNE LENGLEN’ -PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD | £231.00 | |
| ORIGINAL TENNIS AUTOGRAPH - SUZANNE LENGLEN | £50.00 | |
| Suzanne Lenglen (†1938) France - tennis - 2 Olympic Gold Medals - signed | £249.00 | |
| SUZANNE LENGLEN ,FRENCH TENNIS STAR & PHOTO CARD,VINTAGE GENUINE AUTOGRAPH | £80.00 | |
| SUZANNE LENGLEN - Signed - French TENNIS Champion - Autograph | £62.50 | |
| Suzanne Lenglen - Tennis player - autographed card | £95.00 | |
| SUZANNE LENGLEN 1899-1938 / TENNIS STAR 21 GRAND SLAM TITLES /GENUINE AUTOGRAPH | £125.00 | |
 | Suzanne Lenglen autograph photo & action shots from album, Knokke, Belgium, 1920 | £93.62 | |
| SUZANNE LENGLEN Autograph Signed Card Tennis Champion Wimbledon 1920’s | £59.88 | |
| SUZANNE LENGLEN Autograph Signed Tennis Postcard Wimbledon 1920’s | £22.00 | |
| SUZANNE LENGLEN Autograph Signed Tennis Postcard Wimbledon 1920’s | £117.00 | |
| Suzanne Lenglen Tennis Champion Autograph Signed 1920 | £29.99 | |
| SUZANNE LENGLEN TENNIS IDOL OF THE TWENTIES BIOGRAPHY SIGNED BY AUTHOR 1ST ED HB | £14.99 | |
| TENNIS PLAYER SUZANNE LENGLEN Autograph Signed postcard 1920s | £67.00 | |
Latest News about Suzanne Lenglen
Jack Draper dispatches teenage sensation Joao Fonseca in straight sets to reach (31/05/2025): MATTHEW LAMBWELL ON COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN: There will come a day when Jack Draper vs Joao Fonseca blossoms into a fine rivalry. But not this day. 
Coco Gauff storms into French Open third round with straight-sets win over Terez (29/05/2025): The 2023 US Open champion and No 2 seed in Paris, secured a 6-2 6-4 win on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Thursday. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal pay touching tributes to Andy Murray and hail him (02/08/2024): Murray gave a tearful, lingering wave to all sides of Court Suzanne Lenglen after he and Dan Evans were beaten in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men's doubles. US star Coco Gauff races into French Open quarter-final with win over Anna Karol (05/06/2023): The 19-year-old American failed to serve out the opening set at the first time of asking but was otherwise convincing in a 7-5 6-2 victory on Suzanne Lenglen on Monday afternoon. Cam Norrie eases into the French Open third round after beating Lucas Pouille (31/05/2023): MIKE DICKSON IN PARIS: The British number one progressed 6-1 6-3 6-3, to the displeasure of the crowd on Court Suzanne Lenglen, who booed Norrie as he sprinted to victory in the third set.
Older News Stories about Suzanne Lenglen
Novak Djokovic eases into French Open quarter-finals with straight sets win over (05/2022): The defending champion was given a less than cordial welcome by a significant portion of the crowd when he walked on to the Court Suzanne Lenglen to tackle Diego Schwartzmann.
