Helena Matouš

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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]

Helena Matouš
Country (sports) Czechoslovakia
 Italy
Born1921 (1921)
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1946, 1947, 1950)
Wimbledon4R (1951)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF (1950)
Wimbledon1R (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon4R (1949)

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Matous, l'hockeista-tennista che giocò a Wimbledon e fece grande il Bolzano". Alto Adige (in Italian). 27 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Drobny Slates Czech Match". The Salt Lake Tribune. 25 April 1948.
  3. ^ "Champ Brough, Hart And Fry Gain Victories". The Miami News. 30 June 1951.