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Francoise Durr (b. December 25 1942 in Algiers,
Algeria) is a former tennis player from France.
She is best remembered for winning the women's
singles title at French Open|Roland Garros in
1967. She also won 11 Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand
Slam doubles titles. 

Durr won both the women's singles and the women's
doubles titles at Roland Garros in 1967. (She was
the last Frenchwoman to win the coveted singles
trophy until 2000, when Mary Pierce ended a
33-year drought.) It was the first of a record
five consecutive women's doubles titles at the
event for Durr (the record has since been equalled
by Martina Navratilova and Gigi Fernandez). She
also claimed the mixed doubles title in 1968, 1971
and 1973.

Durr also won the women's doubles at the U.S. Open
(tennis)|US Open in 1969 and 1972, and the mixed
doubles at Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon in
1976. 

Durr was an integral member of France's Fed Cup
team in the 1960s and 70s, and then served as Team
Captain in 1996.

Over the course of her career, Durr won 26 singles
titles and 42 doubles titles. She was ranked the
World No. 3 woman player in 1967, and as was
ranked in the world's top-10 a total of nine times
between 1965 and 1976. Her titles were won using
unorthodox grips and strokes, giving way to
pinpoint accuracy. Durr was also the first woman
to travel the tennis circuit with her dog, named
Topspin, who became a star by carrying Durr's
racquet onto court.

Durr received the Women's Tennis Association|WTA
Tour's Honorary Membership Award in 1988 for her
contributions to the founding, development and
direction of women's professional tennis. In 1993,
she was appointed the first Director of Women's
Tennis for the French Tennis Federation. In 2003,
Durr was inducted into the International Tennis
Hall of Fame.

==External links==

*wta|id=40134|name=Francoise Durr
*http://www.tennisfame.com/enshrinees/durr.html
International Tennis Hall of Fame profile