Rene Lacoste

Rene Lacoste (known as the Crocodile , or the Alligator ), born with Paris the July 2nd 1904 and deceased with Saint-Jean-with-Luz with the Pays Basque the October 12th 1996 was a champion of Tennis French.

One of the “Four Musketeers” of the Tennis French who gained the Coupe Davis for the France of 1927 with 1932, Rene Lacoste is to have succeeded first, quite front Yannick Noah, as well its career of player as his professional reconversion… not as a singer but like designer : its shirts Lacoste almost became a common noun in the world of the mode and the ready-made clothes. It was with its death, the October 12th 1996, the last from the “Four”, having thus had time to see its successor with the Porte of Auteuil, and, especially, the French victory vis-a-vis the team of Pete Sampras at the time of the Coupe Davis 1991.

Rene Lacoste was also a large inventor. Among his inventions one in particular counts, in 1963, the first racket of tennis out of steel: a revolution in the field of the tennis which blamed the supremacy of the racket out of wooden and opened the way at the models of today. This racket gained 46 titles of tournaments of the Large Slam of 1966 to 1978, distributed to the United States by WILSON, it was used in particular by Jimmy Connors and Billie Jean King.

It was appointed officer of the Légion of honor in 1977, and honorary president of FFT.

Prize list

  • Coupe Davis (between 1923 and 1928:51 disputed matches):
    • 1927 (it gains its 2 simple then), 1928

  • International of Simple France

    • : Winner in 1925,1927,1929: Finalist in 1924,1926 & 1928: eighth of finale in 1932 Simple
    • (finalist): 1926,1928
    • Double: 1925,1929
    • Double (finalist): 1927

  • Tournament of Wimbledon:

    • Simple: 1925,1928
    • Simple (finalist): 1924 Double
    • : 1925

  • Open US :

    • Simple: 1926,1927
    • Double mixed (finalist): 1926,1927

That is to say 10 titles of the large slam, including 7 titles into simple.

the Lacoste mark

    • historical
  • 1933 creation of the mark resulting from its nickname (the crocodile).
  • 1934 sale of shirts of high-quality to the general public.
  • 1940 stop of the company because of the second world war
  • 1946 resumption of the production
  • 1951 export of the mark towards Italy
  • 1952 export of the mark towards HAVE
  • 1960 launching of the striped sports shirts Lacoste
  • 1968 launching toilet water Lacoste
  • 1971 manufactures and sale of clothing in Japan
  • 1981 launching of the sunglasses and of sun Lacoste
  • 1984 partnership of Lacoste with Peugeot
  • 1987 launching of the shoes Lacoste
  • 1993 launching of the watches Lacoste
  • 1998 partnership with the golfor Colin MONTGOMERIE
  • 1999 partnership with the Spanish tennis player Alex Corretja

Lacoste and tennis after his retirement

  • 1960 invention of the anti-vibration pastille by Lacoste
  • 1963 Lacoste invents the racket of tennis out of steel
  • 1974 Invention by Rene Lacoste of the damper which will be used on the LACOSTE rackets out of steel
  • 1985 Creation of the shoes of tennis Lacoste
  • 1988 Launching of racket EQUIJET By its this one combines the advantages of a small sieve to those of a large sieve. Guy FORGET will gain the Davis cut later 3 years, in 1991, with this racket.
  • 1991 victory of the team of France of sponsored Davis cut by Lacoste.
  • 1996 victory of the team of France of sponsored Davis cut by Lacoste.
  • 1997 victory of the team of sponsored France of EDF cup by Lacoste.
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See too

Catherine Lacoste

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