JW
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Belgian tennis player
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
22 August 1894(Antwerp)
Death:
23 March 1972(Geneva)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jean Marie Octave Constant Washer (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ waʃe]; 22 August 1894 – 23 March 1972) was a Belgian tennis player successful in the 1920s.
Tennis career
Washer reached the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1925 (and the quarters in 1926); the quarterfinals of the 1924 Wimbledon Championships; and the final of the World Hard Court Championships in both 1921 and 1923.
He was ranked World No. 9 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph for 1923.