Jacques Brugnon

Born on May 11, 1895, Jacques Brugnon was known as one of the famed tennis players of France who made up the Four Musketeers. Brugnon was the eldest among the four famed tennis players which included Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and Rene Lacostte.

Brugnon was a master of the doubles circuit. In fact, he won Wimbledon four times, in 1926 and 1928 with Cochet and in 1932 and 1933 with Borotra. In the French Open, Brugnon continues his winning streak, winning the French five times and also winning an Australian title together with Borotra. In total, Brugnon won a dozen major titles. Brugnon was also an Internationalist. He was the first of the four to play on the Cup team in 1921.

It wasn’t only in doubles that Brugnon chooses to play. He also experienced victorious moments of his own such as the time when reached the Wimbledon semis in 1926.

Brugnon, otherwise known as “Toto” ranked number 10 and number 9 in the world for the yeas 1926 and 1927 respectively. He has a Davis Cup career tha ran for eleven years, and he had a hand in four of the Davis Cup triumphs gained by the team. His Grand Slam record consisted of one Australian Doubles, 5 French Doubles, 3 French Doubles Finalist, two mixed French titles, four Wimbledon Doubles titles and 4 Wimbledon Doubles finalist.

Brugnon also had a tournament record consisting of one Italian Doubles finalist, one Olympic Silver Medal in Doubles and was a Davis Cup Team Member in the years 1921, 1923-27, and 1930-34.

Brugnon entered the Hall of Fame in the year 1976 and died on March 20, 1978