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Born | 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. [1]
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. [2]
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. [3]
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. [1]
Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
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Born | 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. [1]
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. [2]
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. [3]
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. [1]