Sylvie Jung Henrotin
French tennis player

Sylvie Jung Henrotin

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French tennis player
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Birth:
10 July 1904(Le Havre)
Death:
15 December 1970(Lake Placid)
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Sylvie Jung Henrotin (née Jung; 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 had her best results in the doubles event, finishing runner-up in seven Grand Slam doubles and mixed doubles competitions.
She participated in the 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. Henrotin also took part in the French Championships, reaching the quarterfinal in the singles on five occasions (1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938).
She was a runner-up in the singles event of the 1933 German Championships after losing the final in straight-sets loss to Hilde Krahwinkel.
In August 1936 she won the singles title at the Eastern Grass Court Championships in Rye, USA after victories against Alice Marble and Helen Pedersen in the semifinal and final respectively. In January 1937 she won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles title at the US Indoor Championships.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: (4 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1928 French Championships Clay France Suzanne Dévé France Eileen Bennett
France Phoebe Holcroft
0–6, 2–6
Runner-up 1933 French Championships Clay France Colette Rosambert France Simonne Mathieu
United States Elizabeth Ryan
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 1933 Wimbledon Championships Grass United States Dorothy Andrus France Simonne Mathieu
United States Elizabeth Ryan
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 1937 French Championships Clay United States Dorothy Andrus France Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
6–3, 2–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles (3 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1935 French Championships Clay France André Martin-Legeay Switzerland Lolette Payot
France Marcel Bernard
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 1936 French Championships Clay France André Martin-Legeay United Kingdom Billie Yorke
France Marcel Bernard
5–7, 8–6, 3–6
Runner-up 1937 US Championships Grass France Yvon Petra United States Sarah Palfrey
United States Don Budge
2–6, 10–8, 0–6

Grand Slam tournament timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.

Singles

Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France 2R QF 1R 3R 3R 3R 2R QF QF QF QF A A 0 / 11
Wimbledon A A 1R A A 4R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 4R A 0 / 8
United States A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A A 0 / 2
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 21

Doubles

Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
France F SF QF SF 2R F SF SF QF F 2R A A 0 / 11
Wimbledon A A SF A A 3R F 3R SF SF SF 1R A 0 / 8
United States A A A A A A A A SF 3R QF SF QF 0 / 5
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 24

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.