Billie Yorke

Billie Yorke

Full name	Adeline Maud Yorke
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	19 December 1910 Rawalpindi, British India
Died	9 December 2000(2000-12-09) (aged 89)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1935)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	W (1936, 1937, 1938)
Wimbledon	W (1937)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1936)

Adeline 'Billie' Yorke (19 December 1910 – 9 December 2000) was a British tennis player of the 1930s.

At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simonne Mathieu (1936–1938). With the same partner, she also won Wimbledon in 1937.

She also won the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1936, along with Marcel Bernard.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
Runner-up	1933	Wimbledon	Freda James Hammersley	Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	2–6, 11–9, 4–6
Winner	1936	French Championships	Simonne Mathieu	Susan Noel Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	1937	French Championships	Simonne Mathieu	Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Jung	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	1937	Wimbledon	Simonne Mathieu	Phyllis Mudford King Elsie Goldsack Pitman	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1938	French Championships	Simonne Mathieu	Arlette Halff Nelly Adamson Landry	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1938	Wimbledon	Simonne Mathieu	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1939	Wimbledon	Helen Hull Jacobs	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble	1–6, 0–6

Mixed doubles

Runners-up (1)

Date	Championships	Partner	Opponents	Score
1936	French Championships	Marcel Bernard	Sylvie Jung Martin Legeay	5–7, 8–6, 3–6

References

• Billie Yorke's obituary