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The Four Musketeers (tennis)

Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet together in doubles in 1930 (top), Jean Borotra, « le Basque bondissant » (the bounding Basque), in 1931 (below-left), René Lacoste in 1929 (below-right).

The Four Musketeers, (French: Les Quatre Mousquetaires) named after a 1921 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel,[1] were French tennis players who were top competitors of the game during the second half of the 1920s and early 1930s, winning 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 13 Grand Slam doubles.[2][3] They also led France to six straight Davis Cup wins, 1927–32, in an era when Cup matches enjoyed a prestige similar to today's FIFA World Cup finals. At its creation in 1927, the men's French Open trophy was named the Coupe des Mousquetaires in honour of the quartet.[1]

  1. ^ a b Chris Bowers, "The New Musketeers", Davis Cup News, February 27, 2009
  2. ^ "French foursome remains fearsome", ESPN.com, January 22, 2009
  3. ^ Grasso (2011), pp. 104–105

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