Sylvie Jung Henrotin
Country | France |
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Born |
Le Havre, France | 10 July 1904
Died |
15 December 1970 63) Lake Placid, New York, USA | (aged
Singles | |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | QF (1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1933, 1939) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | F (1928, 1933, 1937) |
Wimbledon | F (1934) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
French Open | F (1935, 1936) |
Wimbledon | QF (1936) |
US Open | F (1937) |
Sylvie Jung Henrotin (French pronunciation: [silvi ɑ̃ʁɔˈtɛ̃] German pronunciation: [jʊŋ];10 July 1904 - 15 December 1970) was a French female tennis player who was active during the late 1920 and the 1930s.
She participated in singles event of the Wimbledon Championships between 1930 and 1939 and her best result during that period was reaching the fourth round in 1933 and 1939.[1] Henrotin also took part in the French Championships, reaching the quarterfinal in the singles on five occasions (1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938).
In August 1936 she won the singles title at the Eastern Grass Court Championships in Rye, USA. In January 1937 she won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles title at the US Indoor Championships.[2]
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 4 (0 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponent in final | Score in final |
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Runner-up | 1928 | French Championships | Suzanne Deve | Eileen Bennett Phoebe Holcroft | 0–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 1933 | French Championships | Colette Rosambert | Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 1933 | Wimbledon Championships | Dorothy Andrus | Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan | 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 1937 | French Championships | Dorothy Andrus | Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 3 (0 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponent in final | Score in final |
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Runner-up | 1935 | French Championships | André Martin-Legeay | Lolette Payot Marcel Bernard | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 1936 | French Championships | André Martin-Legeay | Billie Yorke Marcel Bernard | 5–7, 8–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 1937 | US Championships | Yvon Petra | Sarah Palfrey Don Budge | 2–6, 10–8, 0–6 |
References
- ↑ "Wimbledon Players Archive – Sylvia Henrotin". AELTC.
- ↑ "Sports in Brief". The Evening Independent. Mar 8, 1937.