Doris (Doë) Metaxa

Doris Metaxa (1928)
Full name	Doris Metaxa Howard
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1911-06-12)12 June 1911 Greece[1]
Died	7 September 2007(2007-09-07) (aged 96)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1931, 1932)
Wimbledon	4R (1932)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	QF (1931, 1934)
Wimbledon	W (1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1929, 1930)
Wimbledon	QF (1934)

Doris Metaxa Howard (née Metaxa; 12 June 1911 – 7 September 2007) was a Franco-Greek tennis player of the 1930s. She was born in Greece and grew up in Marseille, France.

Metaxa won the junior championships of France in 1927 and 1928.^[1] She was a member of Racing Club de France.^[1]

In 1932, she won Wimbledon title in the women's doubles with Belgian Josane Sigart against Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner.^[2]

Two weeks after this victory, she married the British rugby player Peter Dunsmore Howard. They had three children, including Philip Howard, a journalist who worked for The Times.^[3]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1931	Wimbledon	Grass	Josane Sigart	Phyllis King Dorothy Shepherd	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1932	Wimbledon	Grass	Josane Sigart	Elizabeth Ryan Helen Jacobs	6–4, 6–3

References

External links

• Doris Metaxa at Wimbledon
• National Portrait Gallery image of Doris Metaxa and family