Sylvie Jung Henrotin (née Jung; French pronunciation: [silvi ɑ̃ʁɔˈtɛ̃] German pronunciation: [jʊŋ];10 July 1904 – 15 December 1970) was a French 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.

Sylvie Jung Henrotin
Country (sports) France
Born(1904-07-10)10 July 1904
Le Havre, France
Died15 December 1970(1970-12-15) (aged 66)
Lake Placid, New York, US
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938)
Wimbledon3R (1933, 1939)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenF (1928, 1933, 1937)
WimbledonF (1934)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1935, 1936)
WimbledonQF (1936)
US OpenF (1937)

She participated in the singles event of the Wimbledon Championships from 1930 to 1939, and her best result during this period was reaching the fourth round in 1933 and 1939.[1] Henrotin also took part in the French Championships, reaching the quarterfinals 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, New York with victories against Alice Marble and Helen Pedersen in the semifinals and final respectively. In January 1937, she won the singles, doubles and mixed-doubles title at the U.S. Indoor Championships.[2]

Grand Slam tournament finals edit

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1928 French Championships Clay   Suzanne Devé   Eileen Bennett
  Phoebe Holcroft
0–6, 2–6
Loss 1933 French Championships Clay   Colette Rosambert   Simonne Mathieu
  Elizabeth Ryan
1–6, 3–6
Loss 1933 Wimbledon Championships Grass   Dorothy Andrus   Simonne Mathieu
  Elizabeth Ryan
3–6, 3–6
Loss 1937 French Championships Clay   Dorothy Andrus   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
6–3, 2–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) edit

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

Grand Slam tournament timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
French Championships 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
US Championships 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 edit

Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
French Championships 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
US Championships 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

References edit

  1. ^ "Wimbledon Players Archive – Sylvia Henrotin". wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  2. ^ "Sports in Brief". The Evening Independent. 8 March 1937 – via Google News Archive.

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