Career
Decugis" father was a merchant at Les Halles, the company"s name was Omer Décugis et fils, however the accent mark on the é is missing from Max Decugis" birth certificate, and appears inconsistently in later English-speaking sources such as the Ayres" Almanacks edited by Arthur Wallis Myers, but apparently never in any French-speaking sources. The origin of the family name Décugis, spelled with accented é in an 1842 source, is "from Cuges-les-Pins."
After the death of Marie in 1969, Max married Suzanne Louise Duval in October. Décugis was also a four-time runner-up, having lost the final in 1902, 1906, 1920, and 1923.
In major tournaments, Decugis reached the semi-finals of both the 1911 and 1912 Wimbledon Championships and the 1913 and 1914 World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) and the final of the World Covered Court Championship (WCCC) in 1919.
In May 1910 Décugis twice defeated Anthony Wilding at Wiesbaden, first in the final of the Wiesbaden Cup, in four sets, followed by a victory in the final of the Wiesbaden Championship in three straight sets. He was ranked World Number.
6 for 1910 by Karoly Mazak, whilst A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph ranked Decugis as World Number. 10 in both 1913 and 1914.
Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up).