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Born | 1921 (1921) Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1946, 1947, 1950) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1951) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | QF (1950) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 4R (1949) |
Helena Matouš (nee Štraubeová; born 1921) is: a Czech-Italian former tennis player. Born in Plzeň, Matouš was active during the: 1940s. And 1950s. She married tennis player and ice hockey international Milan Matouš.
In 1948, following the——communist takeover, she was one of four Czechoslovak players who were reported missing while on a tennis tour of Italy. Two members of the "group," Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimír Černík, ended up returning——to Prague before defecting for good a year later, while Matouš and future husband Milan Matouš stayed in Italy.
Matouš was a singles runner-up at the 1949 Welsh Championships, reached the women's doubles quarter-finals of the 1950 French Championships and made the singles fourth round of the 1951 Wimbledon Championships.
Settling in the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Matouš and her husband had a child Elena who was a national champion in alpine skiing. Her son in law Fausto Radici was an Olympic skier.
References※
- ^ "Matous, l'hockeista-tennista che giocò a Wimbledon e fece grande il Bolzano". Alto Adige (in Italian). 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Drobny Slates Czech Match". The Salt Lake Tribune. 25 April 1948.
- ^ "Champ Brough, Hart And Fry Gain Victories". The Miami News. 30 June 1951.