Lucien
Chessex
Male
Switzerland
1880-12-17
Territet, Montreux, Switzerland
1967-05-08
Territet, Montreux, Switzerland
Lucien Chessex was the son of Ami Rodolphe Chessex (1840-1917), a businessman and administrator and native of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and Rose (Rosine) Chessex (née Emery; 1847-1921). Lucien Chessex obtained a doctorate in law and later worked as a lawyer. On the death of his father in 1917, he took over some of the positions the former had previously held. Lucien Chessex married Adèle Cuénod in 1920 and they had four children together, including the tennis player Marc Chessex (b. 1923).
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From the Gazette de Lausanne, 11 May 1967:
The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr Lucien Chessex, who was 87 and had started out as a lawyer in Montreux in 1911. He played an important role in the life of Montreux as an administrator and as the head of several companies. He was notably head of the Mechanical Construction Workshops/Ateliers de Construction Mécanique in Vevey, the Print Works in Corbaz, Montreux, the Romany Electricity Company/Société Romande d'Electricité, the Power Plant and Waterworks/Forces Motrices de la Grande Eau in Geneva, the Territet-Mont Fleuri Hotel, and the Chemin d’Aigle-Leysin railway company in Chablais.
1907 - 1942
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1908 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
Quarterfinals
Lucien Chessex 1 *
Leo Dubler Sr
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Jost Spitzer 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-3
9-7
Round 1
Lucien Chessex 1 *
A. Pedroni
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Lucien Chessex 1 *
A. Brandenberger
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Bernard Wood-Hill 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-2
4-6
7-5
Round 1
Lucien Chessex 1 *
William Charles Youll
6-3
1-6
10-8
Quarterfinals
Pierre Camille Gautier 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-0
6-2
Round 2
A. Colombo 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-1
8-6
Round 2
Maurice Nathan 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Gino (Gingi) De Martino 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Lucien Chessex 1 *
Mr. Tauchnitz
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Mr. Bowen 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-2
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Thomas Jermingham Richard Quill 1 *
Lucien Chessex
w.o.
Round 1
Lucien Chessex 1 *
A.B. Gardner
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Lucien Chessex 1 *
F.A. Gardner
w.o.
Round 3
Étienne Micard 1 *
Lucien Chessex
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Lucien Chessex 1 *
Otway Scarlett Graham Toler
6-4
6-1
Round 2
J.E. Guarino 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-3
6-1
Final
Lucien Chessex 1 *
Charles Barde
1-6
11-9
6-4
7-5
Round 2
E. Morris Hall 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Lucien Chessex 1 *
G. De Krosinski
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-1
6-1
Round 1
R.R. Glanville 1 *
Lucien Chessex
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Armand Charles Simon 1 *
Lucien Chessex
4-6
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Lucien Chessex 1 *
C.B. Blair
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
E. Morris Hall 1 *
Lucien Chessex
7-5
6-2