Pierre Émile
Gillou
Male
France
1880-09-17
Paris, France
1953-01-13
Paris, France
Pierre Gillou was the brother of fellow tennis players Catherine (‘Kate’) Gillou, later Mme Fenwick (1887-1964), and Antoinette Gillou, later Mme Gentien (1883-1949). Antoinette Gentien was the mother of another tennis player, Antoine Gentien (1905-68).
As well as being a tennis player himself, Pierre Gillou was captain of the French Davis Cup team during the golden era (1927-32, excluding 1930) of the “Quatre Mousquetaires”/“Four Musketeers”. The four players in question were Jean Borotra, Henri Lacoste, René Lacoste and Jacques Brugnon, and they were instrumental in France winning the Davis Cup in those six years.
Pierre Gillou was also one of the founding members of the International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1913, and president of the French Tennis Federation for several years. From 1953 to 1978, the Coupe Pierre Gillou/Pierre Gillou Cup was awarded to the winner of the men’s singles championship at the International French Championships at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. This trophy is now called the Coupe des Mousquetaires/Musketeers’ Cup.
1899 - 1909
0
36
14
Round 2
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Lawrence Graham
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Allan Henry Dana-Muhr 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Edgar Peyton Biggs
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Kenneth Belben Anderson
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Pearson 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
w.o.
Semifinals
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
P. Millet
6-0
6-2
Final
Max Decugis 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Georges Gault
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Maurice Germot 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Max Decugis 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Georges Pascal Joseph Tixier
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
André Vacherot 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Paul Émile Lecaron 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
James Powell
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Robert Hough 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Mr. Bayare 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-5
1-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Albert de Luze
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
André Vacherot 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Henri Amy 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
9-7
6-4
Round 1
Georges Ferdinand Van der Stegen 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-3
3-6
6-2
Round 1
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
w.o.
Round 2
Réginald Arthur Villiers Forbes 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Georges Gouttenoire
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
R.P. Quin
6-2
6-0
Final
Arnold Herschell 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-0
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Baron Rodolphe Saillard
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Jacques François Marie Worth 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
2-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Marcel Vacherot 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Dr Paul Lebreton 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-3
7-5
9-7
Quarterfinals
Alfred G. Sterry 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Jacques François Marie Worth
7-5
5-7
0-6
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
André Adrien Hippolyte Prévost 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
Pierre Verdé Delisle
6-3
6-8
6-4
Quarterfinals
Pierre Émile Gillou 1 *
John Carlton Hunting
7-5
2-6
6-1
Semifinals
F. Alderson 1 *
Pierre Émile Gillou
6-4
6-1