Sylvie Jung Henrotin

Sylvie Jung Henrotin

Country (sports)	France
Born	10 July 1904 Le Havre, France
Died	15 December 1970 (aged 63) 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)

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 participated in 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).

In August 1936 she won the singles title at the Eastern Grass Court Championships in Rye, USA. In January 1937 she won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles title at the US Indoor Championships.^[2]

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: (4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1928	French Championships	Clay	Suzanne Deve	Eileen Bennett Phoebe Holcroft	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1933	French Championships	Clay	Colette Rosambert	Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1933	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Dorothy Andrus	Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1937	French Championships	Clay	Dorothy Andrus	Simonne Mathieu 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	André Martin-Legeay	Lolette Payot Marcel Bernard	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1936	French Championships	Clay	André Martin-Legeay	Billie Yorke Marcel Bernard	5–7, 8–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1937	US Championships	Grass	Yvon Petra	Sarah Palfrey Don Budge	2–6, 10–8, 0–6

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.