Gail Chanfreau

Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a former French amateur and professional tennis player.

Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau made her first appearance in the Federation Cup for Australia in 1966. She played for France from 1969 to 1980.

When Gail beat her sister Carol Sherriff, who reached the third round of the Australian Open on five occasions, 8–10, 6–3, 6–3 in the 1966 Wimbledon Championships second round, that was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships when Maud Watson beat Lillian. The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000 between Serena and Venus Williams.

Chanfreau reached the quarter-final of the Australian Open in 1967 and 1972, and the quarter-final of the French Open in 1968 and 1971. She won the French Open doubles in 1967, 1970 and 1971 with Françoise Dürr and 1976 with Fiorella Bonicelli.

At the Cincinnati Masters, she reached the singles final in 1969, only to fall to future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Lesley Turner Bowrey, 1–6, 7–5, 10–10 (retired).

She was international veterans mixed doubles champion in 1968 and 1975 with Pierre Darmon.

Doubles: 6 finals (4 titles – 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1967	French Championships	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Annette Van Zyl Pat Walkden	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1970	French Open	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1971	French Open	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1974	French Open	Clay	Katja Burgemeister	Chris Evert Olga Morozova	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Winner	1976	French Open	Clay	Fiorella Bonicelli	Kathleen Harter Helga Niessen Masthoff	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1978	French Open	Clay	Lesley Turner	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 4–6, 6–8