William "Willy" le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle (French pronunciation: [wiljam lə mɛːʁ də vaʁtse dɛʁmal]; 7 March 1879 –1966) was a Belgian tennis player. He has been named as among the best male tennis players in Belgian history.[2]
Le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1904 and 1908.[3]
Le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle was born into the Belgian nobility, the son of Marie-Léon-Hubert le Maire Warzée d'Hermalle (born 1848) and Noëmie Constance Caroline Georgine Valérie de Warzée d'Hermalle (born in Beaufays in 1850). His elder brother, Marie-Georges-Gérard-Léon le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle, Baron de Warzée d'Hermalle (1877–1931), was a diplomat and Belgian ambassador to Iran, Japan and China, who married Dorothy Hall, daughter of Irish writer Owen Hall.[4]
References
- ^ Liège, Belgium, Civil Registration, 1676–1700, 1798–1901
- ^ Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780810872370. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Wimbledon players archive – William Lemaire de Warzee". AELTC.
- ^ La Noblesse Belge (in French). 1901. p. 2587. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
External links
- William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle at the International Tennis Federation
- William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle at the Davis Cup
- William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle at the Tennis Archives
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