Suzanne Schmitt

Suzanne Josette Marguerite Schmitt (18 October 1928 — 27 October 2019) was a French tennis player.^[1]

Suzanne Schmitt

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1928-10-18)18 October 1928
Died	27 October 2019(2019-10-27) (aged 91)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1954, 1956, 1958)
Wimbledon	3R (1951)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	F (1954)
Wimbledon	QF (1955)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	3R (1956, 1958)
Wimbledon	4R (1957)

Schmitt, a relation of tennis player Nanette le Besnerais, was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s. She made the women's doubles final of the 1954 French Championships, where she and Maud Galtier lost in three sets to Maureen Connolly and Nell Hall Hopman.^[2] In 1955 she was a women's doubles quarter-finalist at Wimbledon. She began competing under her husband's name in the mid-1950s after marrying French engineer Denys Le Besnerais.^[3]

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1954	French Championships	Clay	Maud Galtier	Maureen Connolly Nell Hall Hopman	5–7, 6–4, 0–6