The Four Musketeers were four tennis players from France, given their name from the Alexandre Dumas story The Three Musketeers. They dominated the game of tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s, winning numerous Grand Slam titles. They also led France to six straight Davis Cup wins, 1927 through 1932, in the days in which Cup matches had national importance equivalent to today's World Cup finals. Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponents court. ... Alexandre Dumas redirects here. ... The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... A Grand Slam is a term in tennis used to denote winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments... Davis Cup logo The Davis Cup is the international team event in mens tennis. ... The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). ...

The Musketeers were:

• Jean Borotra (1898-1994)
• Jacques Brugnon (1895-1978)
• Henri Cochet (1901-1987)
• René Lacoste (1904-1996)

Brugnon was primarily a doubles specialist, but the other three, Borotra, Cochet, and Lacoste, won many singles titles. Between them, they won 3 United States Championships at Forest Hills, 6 consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1924 through 1929, and 10 titles in 11 years at the French Championships, 1922 through 1932 (until 1930, though, the tournament was only open to French nationals). During this time the only player to challenge their dominance was the great American player Bill Tilden. Cochet and Lacoste had occasional victories over Tilden in 1926 and 1927 but Tilden was the undisputed number-one player in the world from 1920 until 1928, when Cochet took over that position. The Musketeers were finally eclipsed by the arrival of Ellsworth Vines, Fred Perry, Jack Crawford, and Don Budge on the international tennis scene. Jean Borotra (1898-1994) was a champion tennis player, one of the famous Four Musketeers from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... Jacques Brugnon (1895-1987) was a champion tennis player, one of the famous Four Musketeers from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... Henri Cochet (1901-1987) was a champion tennis player, one of the famous Four Musketeers from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste (July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was a famous French tennis player, businessman, and innovator, nicknamed the crocodile by fans; he is now mostly known as being the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he invented in 1929. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... Forest Hills is the name of some places in the United States of America: Forest Hills, Kentucky Forest Hills, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston) Forest Hills, Michigan (a census-designated place) Forest Hills, Pennsylvania Forest Hills is also the name of a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New... Wimbledon logo Wimbledon is the oldest and for many most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ... William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 _ June 5, 1953), often called Big Bill, was an American tennis player. ... Ellsworth Vines was a champion tennis player of the 1930s, in the opinion of Jack Kramer the greatest player who ever lived. ... Frederick John Perry (May 18, 1909 - February 2, 1995) was a British tennis player and three-time Wimbledon champion. ... For the 18th-Century British war hero of the same name, see Jack Crawford John Herbert Crawford, known as Jack Crawford, was a great Australian tennis player of the 1930s who is largely forgotten today. ... John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 - January 26, 2000) was a champion tennis player who became famous as the first man to win in a single year the four tournaments that the Grand Slam of tennis comprises. ...

The four men were national icons in France and all of them lived to be at least 83 years old, basking in glory for many years after their retirement from tennis.

The four of them were simulanteously inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1976. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit tennis museum in Newport, Rhode Island, USA that also has a Hall of Fame for prominent personalities and players from the tennis world. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• List of male tennis players