Yvon Petra

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Yvon Petra (March 8, 1916 - September 12, 1984) was a biracial French Vietnamese male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, South Vietnam. He is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon championships men's singles title in 1946. He also won two French titles during World War II.

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Pre Open Era Wimbledon men's singles champions*

* Pre Open Era · (1877) Spencer Gore · (1878) Frank Hadow · (1879–80) John Hartley · (1881–86) William Renshaw · (1887) Herbert Lawford · (1888) Ernest Renshaw · (1889) William Renshaw · (1890) Willoughby Hamilton · (1891–2) Wilfred Baddeley · (1893–4) Joshua Pim · (1895) Wilfred Baddeley · (1896) Harold Mahony · (1897–00) Reginald Doherty · (1901) Arthur Gore · (1902–6) Lawrence Doherty · (1907) Norman Brookes · (1908–9) Arthur Gore · (1910–13) Tony Wilding · (1914) Norman Brookes · (1915–18) No competition · (1919) Gerald Patterson · (1920–1) Bill Tilden · (1922) Gerald Patterson · (1923) Bill Johnston · (1924) Jean Borotra · (1925) René Lacoste · (1926) Jean Borotra · (1927) Henri Cochet · (1928) René Lacoste · (1929) Henri Cochet · (1930) Bill Tilden · (1931) Sidney Wood · (1932) Ellsworth Vines · (1933) Jack Crawford · (1934–6) Fred Perry · (1937–8) Don Budge · (1939) Bobby Riggs · (1940–5) No competition · (1946) Yvon Petra · (1947) Jack Kramer · (1948) Bob Falkenburg · (1949) Ted Schroeder · (1950) Budge Patty · (1951) Dick Savitt · (1952) Frank Sedgman · (1953) Vic Seixas · (1954) Jaroslav Drobný · (1955) Tony Trabert · (1956–7) Lew Hoad · (1958) Ashley Cooper · (1959) Alex Olmedo · (1960) Neale Fraser · (1961–2) Rod Laver · (1963) Chuck McKinley · (1964–5) Roy Emerson · (1966) Manuel Santana · (1967) John Newcombe
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