Janine Lieffrig

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Janine Lieffrig (born 12 April 1938) is a French former tennis player.

Lieffrig reached the doubles final at the 1965 Wimbledon Championships and the 1965 French Championships with compatriot Françoise Dürr. At the French, they were defeated in the final in straight sets by Margaret Court and Lesley Turner Bowrey, and at Wimbledon, they lost the final to Maria Bueno and Billie Jean King in straight sets.{{cite web |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1965/LD/rFs1.html |title=Wimbledon draws archive – 1965 Ladies' Doubles| publisher=AELTC}}

From 1963 to 1968, she competed in five editions of the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles, her best result was reaching the third round in 1968 and in the mixed doubles she reached the quarterfinals in 1963 with Boro Jovanović.{{cite web|title=Wimbledon players archive – Janine Lieffrig|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/b1464303-3090-4fe7-b6d1-9544d4ab526f/index.html|publisher=AELTC}} In 1965, she made it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships partnering Dürr.{{cite web|title=Australian Open players archive – Jeannine Lieffrig|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/13277.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}

Lieffrig played for the French Federation Cup team from 1963 to 1968 and compiled a record of 12 wins and nine losses.{{cite web|title=Fed Cup player's results – Janine Lieffrig|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100053247|publisher=ITF}}

She played on the seniors tour representing South Africa and became World Champion in the 70+ singles category.{{cite web|title=ITF player's details – Janine Lieffrig|url=http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100053247|publisher=ITF}}{{cite web|title=Curtain Falls On Super-Seniors World Individual Championships|url=http://www.tennis.co.uk/itf/curtain-falls-on-superseniors-world-individual-championship/267998|publisher=Tennis.co.uk}}