Esmé Emmanuel
Esmé Emmanuel Berg (born 14 June 1947) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
| Full name | Esmé Emmanuel Berg |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Africa |
| Born | 14 June 1947 |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 3R (1970) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1967, 1970) |
| US Open | 3R (1966) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open | SF (1967) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1972) |
| US Open | QF (1966) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| French Open | 2R (1966, 1971) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1972) |
| US Open | 3R (1970) |
Biography
Born in 1947, Emmanuel is a Sephardi Jew, with a mother who was Turkish born but raised in France. Her father was an emigrant to New York from Salonika, Greece.[1]
Emmanuel was the girls' singles champion at the 1965 French Championships and won a doubles gold medal at that year's Maccabiah Games in Ramat Gan.[2]
In 1966, she played a Federation Cup tie for South Africa against the Netherlands.
Emmanuel married husband Roger E. Berg in 1969.[3]
Her best performance at Wimbledon came in 1972 when she was a doubles quarterfinalist, partnering Ceci Martinez. She and Martinez also were students together at San Francisco State College.
References
- Congregation Shearith Israel (Fall 2016 ed.). p. 22.
- "Maccabiah Games". Pacific Stars And Stripes. 1 September 1965. p. 19.
- "Esme Emmanuel Is Engaged to Roger E. Berg of Harvard". The New York Times. 30 April 1969.
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