Sylvie Jung Henrotin Explained

Sylvie Jung Henrotin
Birth Date:1904 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Le Havre, France
Death Place:Lake Placid, New York, US
Frenchopenresult:QF (1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1933, 1939)
Frenchopendoublesresult:F (1928, 1933, 1937)
Wimbledondoublesresult:F (1934)
Frenchopenmixedresult:F (1935, 1936)
Wimbledonmixedresult:QF (1936)
Usopenmixedresult:F (1937)

Sylvie Jung Henrotin (née Jung; in French pronounced as /silvi ɑ̃ʁɔˈtɛ̃/ pronounced as /de/;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)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1928 Clay 0–6, 2–6
Loss 1933 Clay 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1933 Grass Simonne Mathieu
Elizabeth Ryan
3–6, 3–6
Loss 1937 Clay Dorothy Andrus 6–3, 2–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1935 Clay 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1936 Clay André Martin-Legeay Billie Yorke
Marcel Bernard
5–7, 8–6, 3–6
Loss 1937 Grass 2–6, 10–8, 0–6

Grand Slam tournament timelines

Singles

Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR
Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 0
French Championships2RQF1R3R3R3R2RQFQFQFQFAA0 / 11
WimbledonAA1RAA4R3R2R3R2R2R4RA0 / 8
US ChampionshipsAAAAAAAAA1R1RAA0 / 2
SR0 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 10 / 00 / 21

Doubles

Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR
Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 0
French ChampionshipsFSFQFSF2RFSFSFQFF2RAA0 / 11
WimbledonAASFAA3RF3RSFSFSF1RA0 / 8
US ChampionshipsAAAAAAAASF3RQFSFQF0 / 5
SR0 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 10 / 24

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wimbledon Players Archive – Sylvia Henrotin. wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  2. News: Sports in Brief. The Evening Independent. 8 March 1937. Google News Archive.