François Joseph Marie Antoine
Blanchy
Male
France
1886-12-12
Bordeaux, France
1960-10-02
Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
The following is a translation of the original Wikipedia article on François Blanchy in French, which can be viewed here: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Blanchy
François Blanchy was the son of Charles Blanchy (1851-1925), a cavalry officer and head of the Blanchy frères/Blanchy Brothers business, and of Henriette Blanchy (née de Georges de Bargeton-Verclause). François Blanchy married Marguerite Lagrave in 1914. She died in 1917 and he married again, this time to Marie Journu, granddaughter of the politician Jean-Paul-Auguste Journu, and aunt of another lawn tennis player, Roland Journu.
François Blanchy was runner-up in the men’s singles event at the French National Championships in 1910, but won the same title at the same tournament in 1923 as well as the men’s doubles title with Jean Samazeuilh. François Blanchy took part in the Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912, when he lost in the third round of the outdoor men’s singles event to the South African player Lionel Tapscott after winning the first two sets. In 1920, François Blanchy reached the semi-finals of the men’s doubles event with Jacques Brugnon at the Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
After his career as a lawn tennis player, François Blanchy became president of the Ligue de Guyenne, an association responsible for promoting lawn tennis together with the French Tennis Federation. He was also vice-president of the Villa Primrose sports club in Bordeaux and of the French Tennis Federation itself.
1902 - 1936
6
61
34
1927 - Biarritz (Amateur)
1924 - Bordeaux Tournament (Amateur)
1923 - French National Championships (Open)
1922 - Pau Indoor championships (Amateur)
1922 - Royan (Amateur)
1920 - Royan (Amateur)
Poule
David H. Williams 1 *
François Blanchy
6-1
6-4
Poule
Colonel Guy Randolph Westmacott 1 *
François Blanchy
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 1
Mr. Dunoyer 1 *
François Blanchy
w.o.
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
E. Canton
6-3
6-0
Final
François Blanchy 1 *
Édouard Borotra
6-8
9-7
6-2
6-1
Final
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh 1 *
François Blanchy
8-6
6-3
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Antoine (Coco) Gentien 1 *
François Blanchy
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Mr. Goyau
6-4
6-1
Final
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh
6-3
3-6
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Roger Danet
6-4
4-6
6-1
Final
Eduardo Flaquer 1 *
François Blanchy
8-6
3-6
6-4
Round 2
Georges Gouttenoire 1 *
François Blanchy
w.o.
Semifinals
Jean Borotra 1 *
François Blanchy
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Arthur Diemer Kool 1 *
François Blanchy
w.o.
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean-Richard le Besnerais
6-2
2-6
6-0
Final
Manuel De Gomar 1 *
François Blanchy
6-3
6-0
Round 1
François Blanchy 1 *
Leonce Aslangul
4-6
8-6
6-0
4-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Roger Danet
6-1
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Henri Cochet
6-4
6-2
6-1
Final
François Blanchy 1 *
Max Decugis
1-6
6-2
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Jean Borotra 1 *
François Blanchy
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Marcel Eugène Dupont 1 *
François Blanchy
3-6
11-9
6-3
Round 1
Marcel Eugène Dupont 1 *
François Blanchy
w.o.
Final
François Blanchy 1 *
Stephane Joseph (Joseph) Halot
6-2
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean-Richard le Besnerais
6-1
5-7
6-2
Final
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh
3-6
7-5
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
William Laurentz 1 *
François Blanchy
6-0
3-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
George Dodd 1 *
François Blanchy
2-6
6-2
6-1
9-7
Quarterfinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean-Richard le Besnerais
6-2
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Marcel Eugène Dupont
3-6
6-2
6-0
6-1
Final
André Gobert 1 *
François Blanchy
3-6
6-1
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Mr. Magny
6-1
4-1
ret.
Final
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh
8-6
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Maurice Germot
1-6
6-4
6-2
8-6
Semifinals
Georges Gault 1 *
François Blanchy
9-7
7-5
3-6
1-6
6-4
Semifinals
Jean Montariol 1 *
François Blanchy
6-3
6-3
Round 2
François Blanchy 1 *
Bohuslav Hyks sr
5-7
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Lionel Tapscott 1 *
François Blanchy
1-6
5-7
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
François Blanchy 1 *
Mr. Boyau
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
François Blanchy 1 *
Georges Tibor Aranyi
6-1
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Mr. Neau
6-2
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Jean Montariol 1 *
François Blanchy
6-3
6-3
ret.
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean Montariol
6-3
6-3
Final
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh 1 *
François Blanchy
5-7
6-2
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Georges Gault
12-10
6-1
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh
6-4
6-2
6-1
Final
Maurice Germot 1 *
François Blanchy
6-3
3-6
6-2
3-6
8-6
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Marcello Cossé
6-2
6-3
Final
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh 1 *
François Blanchy
7-5
7-5
8-6
Round 1
François Blanchy 1 *
Marcel Vacherot
w.o.
Round 2
François Blanchy 1 *
Georges Manset
6-4
13-11
Quarterfinals
François Blanchy 1 *
P. Daninos
6-0
10-8
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
Albert Canet
1-6
6-3
6-3
Final
Maurice Germot 1 *
François Blanchy
6-1
6-3
4-6
6-3
Final
Jean-Pierre (Jean) Samazeuilh 1 *
François Blanchy
4-6
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
François Blanchy 1 *
P. Fourgassié
4-6
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
François Blanchy 1 *
R. Chalés
3-6
6-3
6-3
Final
Daniel Édouard Lawton 1 *
François Blanchy
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 2
François Blanchy 1 *
Mr. Balaresque
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
René Charles Armand Samazeuilh 1 *
François Blanchy
w.o.