JEAN BOROTRA 1924 WIMBLEDON CHAMPION VINTAGE SIGNED TENNIS POSTCARD

Jean Robert Borotra (13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Known as "the Bounding Basque", he won four Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and All England championships. The 1924 French Championship does not count towards his grand slam total as the French was only open to French nationals, not internationals. He only failed to win the American championships, as he was defeated in the final by his countryman René Lacoste 6–4, 6–0, 6–4, thus missing a career Grand Slam. His 1924 Wimbledon victory made him the first player from outside the English-speaking world to win the tournament. His first appearance was in the French Davis Cup team of 1921. He also made the final of the World Covered Court Championship in 1922, losing to Henri Cochet, but won the doubles and mixed doubles. The other major he did well in was the World Hard Court Championships (played on clay) - he won the doubles with Henri Cochet there in 1922.

SUPERB ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPHIC TENNIS POSTCARD, PUBLISHED BY TRIM & Co OF WIMBLEDON, LONDON, DEPICTING JEAN BOROTRA FULL LENGTH HOLDING HIS TENNIS RACQUET. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED IN INK BY JEAN BOROTRA TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE IMAGE. TRIM & Co PHOTOGRAPHERS ACCREDITATION TO THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER, POSTALLY UNUSED IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION. PLEASE SEE THE DETAILED IMAGES ABOVE.

THIS IS ONE OF 48 SUPERB ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED TENNIS POSTCARDS BY TRIM & CO OF WIMBLEDON ON OFFER THIS WEEK DATING FROM 1926 THROUGH TO 1932 ALL IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION INCLUDING: BELA VON KEHRLING, NIGEL SHARPE, ESKELL ANDREWS, JOHN HENNESSEY, HENK TIMMER, CHRISTIAN BOUSSUS, FRANK HUNTER, GERALD PATTERSON, HENRI COCHET, PATRICK SPENCE, SYDNEY JACOB, RAYMOND CLARKE, D. R LARCOMBE, NORMAN LATCHFORD, JAN KOZELUH, GORDON CROLE-REES, J PENNYCUICK, D. M GREIG, JOHN GREGORY, G.W.V HURST, PIERRE LANDRY, MOHAMMED SLEEM, PAT HUGHES, HARRY LEE, Col CECIL CAMPBELL, FRIEDRICH RAHE, HEINRICH KLEINSCHROTH, NICOLAE MISHU, CHARLES KINGSLEY, FRIEDRICH FRENZ, VLAD LANDAU, JEAN BOROTRA, DON TURNBULL, JOHN VAN RYN, BUNNY AUSTIN, VERNON KIRBY, NORMAN FARQUHARSON, FRED PERRY, LESLIE GODFREE, HENRY MAYES ET AL.

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