Billie Yorke
British tennis player
Full name | Adeline Maud Yorke |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Born | 19 December 1910 Rawalpindi, British India |
Died | 9 December 2000(2000-12-09) (aged 89) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1935) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1934) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | W (1936, 1937, 1938) |
Wimbledon | W (1937) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | W (1936) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1933, 1934, 1938) |
Adeline 'Billie' Yorke (19 December 1910 – 9 December 2000) was a British tennis player of the 1930s who achieved her best results as a doubles specialist.
At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simonne Mathieu (1936–1938). With the same partner, she also won Wimbledon in 1937.
In 1935 Yorke won the singles title at the South of England Championships in Eastbourne after a three-sets victory in the final against Susan Noel.[1] In 1938 she won the singles title at the Egyptian Championship in Cairo.[2]
She also won the mixed doubles at the French Championships in 1936, along with Marcel Bernard.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1933 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Freda James | Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan | 2–6, 11–9, 4–6 |
Win | 1936 | French Championships | Clay | Simonne Mathieu | Susan Noel Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 1937 | French Championships | Clay | Simonne Mathieu | Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Jung Henrotin | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 1937 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Simonne Mathieu | Phyllis Mudford King Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 1938 | French Championships | Clay | Simonne Mathieu | Arlette Halff Nelly Adamson Landry | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 1938 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Simonne Mathieu | Sarah Palfrey Fabyan Alice Marble | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1939 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Helen Jacobs | Sarah Palfrey Fabyan Alice Marble | 1–6, 0–6 |
Mixed doubles (1 title)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1936 | French Championships | Clay | Marcel Bernard | Sylvie Jung Henrotin André Martin-Legeay | 7–5, 6–8, 6–3 |
References
- ^ Myers, A. Wallis, ed. (1939). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1939. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 428.
- ^ Myers, A. Wallis, ed. (1938). Ayres' Lawn Tennis Almanack. London: F.H. Ayres Ltd. pp. 700–701.
External links
- Billie Yorke at Wimbledon
- Billie Yorke's obituary
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- 1913: Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby
- 1914: Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1915–18: No competition (World War I)
- 1919: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1920: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1921: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1922: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1923: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
- 1925: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1926: Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1927: Helen Wills / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1928: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
- 1929: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
- 1930: Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1931: Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
- 1932: Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart
- 1933: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1934: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1935: Freda James / Kay Stammers
- 1936: Freda James / Kay Stammers
- 1937: Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
- 1938: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
- 1939: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
- 1940–45: No competition (World War II)
- 1946: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1947: Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart
- 1948: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1949: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1950: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1951: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1952: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1953: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1954: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1955: Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock
- 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson
- 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard
- 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson
- 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
- 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
- 1961: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1962: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1963: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
- 1964: Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey
- 1965: Maria Bueno / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1966: Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
- 1967: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1968: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1969: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart-Dalton
- 1970: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1971: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1972: Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve
- 1973: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1974: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
- 1975: Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu
- 1976: Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova
- 1977: Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell
- 1978: Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull
- 1979: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
- 1980: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
- 1981: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1982: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1985: Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
- 1986: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1987: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
- 1988: Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini
- 1989: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
- 1990: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
- 1991: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva
- 1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1994: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1995: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1996: Martina Hingis / Helena Suková
- 1997: Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
- 1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
- 1999: Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu
- 2000: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2001: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
- 2002: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2003: Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama
- 2004: Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs
- 2005: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- 2006: Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
- 2007: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- 2008: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2009: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2010: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
- 2011: Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik
- 2012: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2013: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
- 2014: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
- 2015: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
- 2016: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2017: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
- 2018: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2019: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
- 2020 No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2021: Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens
- 2022: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2023: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová