page_title: Max Decugis
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Max Decugis / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: French tennis player Max Decugis playing at the Margitsziget court in Budapest, Hungary in 1908. Published in the weekly periodical newspaper called Vasarnapi Ujság by the printing press inc. Franklin Irodalmi és Nyomdai Rt. in 1908.
context_page_description: Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis was a tennis player from France who held the French Championships record of winning the tournament eight times, a feat that was surpassed by Rafael Nadal in 2014. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics, his only gold medal coming in the mixed doubles partnering French legend Suzanne Lenglen.
context_section_description: Decugis won the French Championships in 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, and 1914 (also 14 times in doubles and seven times in mixed). The interruption of World War I denied Decugis the opportunity to defend his 1914 title. Decugis was also a four-time runner-up, having lost the final in 1902, 1906, 1920, and 1923. He won the International German Championship in 1901 and 1902.
  In major tournaments, Decugis reached the semifinals of both the 1911 and 1912 Wimbledon Championships and the 1913 and 1914 World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) and the final of the World Covered Court Championship (WCCC) in 1919. He won the mixed doubles title at the WHCC on four occasions (1912, 1913, 1914, 1921) and at the WCCC on two (1913, 1919).
  In May 1910, Decugis twice defeated Anthony Wilding at Wiesbaden, first in the final of the Wiesbaden Cup in four sets, followed by a victory in the final of the Wiesbaden Championship in three straight sets.
  A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph ranked Decugis as World No. 10 in both 1913 and 1914.
caption: Max Decugis playing at the Margitsziget court in Budapest, Hungary in 1908
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