Sylvie Jung Henrotin

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)

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.

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

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

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

Mixed doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1935 French Championships Clay France André Martin-Legeay Switzerland Lolette Payot
France Marcel Bernard		 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1936 French Championships Clay France André Martin-Legeay United Kingdom Billie Yorke
France Marcel Bernard		 5–7, 8–6, 3–6
Loss 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# 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

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

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

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