Background
Madzy Rollin Couquerque was born on 14 April 1903 in The Hague, Netherlands. Her father Louis Marie Rollin Couquerque was a jurist. Her mother died in 1918.
Tennis player field hockey player
Madzy Rollin Couquerque was born on 14 April 1903 in The Hague, Netherlands. Her father Louis Marie Rollin Couquerque was a jurist. Her mother died in 1918.
After she returned from a boarding school in Bloemendaal in 1921 she started a bookkeeping job at an insurance company which provided her with the income that allowed her to pursue her sports career. Tennis
In 1959, aged 56, she reached her last singles final at the Dutch Championships which she lost to Mientje Vletter-Tettelaar who was half her age. In 1935 she again reached the quarterfinal and was defeated by Margaret Scriven.
At the 1936 Championships she was seeded sixth but lost in the third round to Marie-Louise Horn.
Her best result came at the 1938 Championships when, seeded seventh and at age 35, she made it to the semifinal in which she was beaten by Nelly Adamson. Between 1928 and 1951 she participated in 15 Wimbledon Championships.
Her best result in the singles event was reaching the fourth round in 1937, losing to fifth-seeded Alice Marble. In the doubles she reached the quarterfinal in 1929 partnering compatriot Kea Bouman.
With Joop Knottenbelt she reached the fourth round of the mixed doubles in 1932 and equalled that result with Henk Timmer in 1933 and 1936.
Hockey
In the winter months she played field hockey for HOC (HHV-ODIS Combinatie) in The Hague. Rollin Couquerque made her first appearance in the Dutch national team in 1926, playing against Belgium in Brussels as a leftback. She would make 37 national appearances and captained the team in the 1930s until the outbreak of the World World War II interrupted her hockey activities.