Sylvie Jung Henrotin

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.

Sylvie Jung Henrotin

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1904-07-10)10 July 1904 Le Havre, France
Died	15 December 1970(1970-12-15) (aged 66) Lake Placid, New York, USA
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938)
Wimbledon	3R (1933, 1939)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	F (1928, 1933, 1937)
Wimbledon	F (1934)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	F (1935, 1936)
Wimbledon	QF (1936)
US Open	F (1937)

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.[1] 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, U.S. by 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.[2]

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1928	French Championships	Clay	Suzanne Dévé	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)

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

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
2. "Sports in Brief". The Evening Independent. 8 March 1937 – via Google News Archive.