Talk:Suzanne Lenglen/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 07:11, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

I'll pick this one up, will post review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 07:11, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Initial review

Lead

• I can't see any obvious ref for her full name. Could do with adding one either here, in the infobox or the early life section.
  • Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• A few things worth linking perhaps, Grand Slam, Paris, Wimbledon, French Championships (I'm assuming this is the French Open?).
  • Added all of those. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• The lead ends a little abruptly, no mention of her professional career or later life?
  • Filled in her honours. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 09:42, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Early life and background

• Could probably link French Riviera.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:53, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Maiden titles

• "After an opening round default", matches ending default are mentioned several times in the text but I'm not really sure what you mean by default. I assume it's the withdrawal of her opponent? Is there a relevant link?
  • That is correct. I made it clearer: "After her opponent defaulted in the opening round" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:55, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• "an American who moved to England a year earlier", who had moved perhaps? The tense sounds a little off in the current form I would say.
  • Yes, done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:55, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

World Hard Court champion

• "Her victory in singles at the against high-ranking British player", something missing from this sentence.
  • "at the" shouldn't have been there. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:00, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• "By April, Lenglen defeated Ryan in the final of another singles event in Cannes", I'm not sure by' ' April works here. It was either in April or it wasn't.
  • Changed to "during". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:00, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

World War I hiatus

• "some instances had the opportunity to play singles matches against male players", does the source mention if she won any of these matches. No doubt they were only Exhibition matches but it would be interesting to note if she did win matches over male players.
  • I looked, and it says there is no record of any results. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:01, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Classic Wimbledon final

• "The match set the record for most games in a Wimbledon final with 44", worth distinguishing that it was the longest women's final not overall final.
  • Specified. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:06, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• Centre Court can be linked.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:06, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• "Lenglen played and won two events", played is a little redundant here.
  • Changed to "won both of her". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:07, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Start of 179-match win streak

• "She did not played the singles event", a little off here.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:08, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Wimbledon misunderstanding

• "with a French partner in Diddie Vlasto", previous mentions of Vlasto have used her given name Julie. It's a bit confusing to refer to her by another name out of the blue.
  • Fixed (to Julie). Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:10, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• " followed by her second singles match the day", sentence is incomplete.
  • added missing "of". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:10, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

United States professional tour

• "previously turned down offer of 200,000 francs", I'm unsure if this should be an offer or offers but it doesn't work in its current form.
  • "an offer" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:12, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• Add links for Madison Square Garden, Public Auditorium and Grand Olympic Auditorium.
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:12, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

British professional tour

• Is Charles B. Cochran the same Charles Cochran mentioned here?
  • Yes, added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• Why do the links for Dora Koring and Karel Kozeluh not use the diacritics of the article titles?
  • They should, fixed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• Of the three football clubs mentioned, two use the F.C. format while Manchester United does not. I'm assuming this is due to the clash with place names but I would maintain consistency in the format otherwise it looks a little odd.
  • Added F.C. to Man U. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Fallout

• Is there a reference for the mentioned program that can be added to the quotes?
  • Yes, added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:37, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Lenglen vs. Mallory

• Link double bagel to Bagel (tennis).
  • Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• "The press built up the rivalry between Lenglen and Molla Mallory", is there a need to use her first name again at the start of the second paragraph?
  • No, removed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Other rivals

• "She never faced in Matthey in 1914", I'm assuming the first use of in is a typo but worth checking.
  • Fixed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:17, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Mythical persona

• "which were sold at as low as $2 for a seat", is the at necessary here?
  • Removed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:16, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Personal life

• There's not much on her life after tennis it seems. We go from 1927 to her death in 1938 with nothing in between?
  • Good catch, I expanded this section a lot. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 09:29, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
• Source for her burial site?
  • Filled in. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 09:29, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Career statistics

• Is the green and red colouring in the table denoting the tournament or the surface the match was played on?
  • It is denoting the tournament. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:18, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

References

• In ref 113, The New York Times should be using the newspaper parameter like the ref immediately after.
  • Fixed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 09:50, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
• Ref 119 needs an accessdate.
  • See below. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 09:50, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
• Ref 120 needs filling out, publisher, author and publishing date.
  • I think this one has everything? It's not an article. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 09:50, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
• Obviously I can't check the majority of references given they are offline but a spot check of the web pages appears fine.

This is what I picked out on an initial run through. I've performed some minor grammatical fixes where the mistakes were obvious. Feel free to review them though if you wish. A nice article overall on an interesting character. Placed on hold while the points above are addressed. Kosack (talk) 19:32, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

This has been on hold for nearly two weeks now. Most of the issues have been addressed but there appears to be one or two outstanding. Are there any issues with those? Kosack (talk) 08:45, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review and the time to go through such a long article, Kosack! Sorry for the delay, I had a few of these reviews to address at once. I believe I took care of everything above. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 09:50, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

No problem, didn't mean to rush you. This is an extremely thorough article and a nice piece of work. I'm happy it meets the GA criteria, promoting. Kosack (talk) 09:31, 12 March 2020 (UTC)