British tennis player
Billie Yorke Full name Adeline Maud Yorke Country (sports) United Kingdom Born 19 December 1910Rawalpindi , British India Died 9 December 2000(2000-12-09) (aged 89) French Open 3R (1935 ) Wimbledon 4R (1934 ) French Open W (1936, 1937, 1938)Wimbledon W (1937)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) [ ]
Score
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
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) [ ]
Score
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.
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(1913 ) Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby
(1914 ) Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan
(1915-18) No competition (due to 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 (due to 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
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(1925) Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto
(1926) Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto
(1927) Irene Bowder Peacock / Bobbie Heine
(1928) Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Eileen Bennett
(1929) Lilí Álvarez / Kea Bouman
(1930) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan
(1931) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Betty Nuthall
(1932) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan
(1933) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
(1934) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
(1935) Margaret Scriven / Kay Stammers
(1936) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
(1937) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
(1938) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
(1939) Simonne Mathieu / Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
(1940–1945) No competition (due to World War II )
(1946) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne
(1947) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1948) Doris Hart / Patricia Canning Todd
(1949) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
(1950) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
(1951) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
(1952) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
(1953) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
(1954) Maureen Connolly / Nell Hall Hopman
(1955) Beverly Baker Fleitz / Darlene Hard
(1956) Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson
(1957) Shirley Bloomer / Darlene Hard
(1958) Rosie Reyes / Yola Ramírez Ochoa
(1959) Sandra Reynolds / Renée Schuurman
(1960) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
(1961) Sandra Reynolds / Renée Schuurman
(1962) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renée Schuurman
(1963) Ann Haydon-Jones / Renée Schuurman
(1964) Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner
(1965) Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner
(1966) Margaret Smith / Judy Tegart
(1967) Françoise Dürr / Gail Chanfreau
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Pre-Open Era (national) Pre-Open Era (international)
(1925) Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon
(1926) Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon
(1927) Marguerite Broquedis Bordes / Jean Borotra
(1928) Eileen Bennett / Henri Cochet
(1929) Eileen Bennett / Henri Cochet
(1930) Cilly Aussem / Bill Tilden
(1931) Betty Nuthall / Pat Spence
(1932) Betty Nuthall / Fred Perry
(1933) Margaret Scriven / Jack Crawford
(1934) Colette Rosambert / Jean Borotra
(1935) Lolette Payot / Marcel Bernard
(1936) Billie Yorke / Marcel Bernard
(1937) Simonne Mathieu / Yvon Petra
(1938) Simonne Mathieu / Dragutin Mitić
(1939) Sarah Palfrey Fabyan / Elwood Cooke
(1940–1945) No competition (due to World War II )
(1946) Pauline Betz / Budge Patty
(1947) Sheila Piercey / Eric Sturgess
(1948) Patricia Canning Todd / Jaroslav Drobný
(1949) Sheila Piercey / Eric Sturgess
(1950) Barbara Scofield / Enrique Morea
(1951) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1952) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
(1953) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
(1954) Maureen Connolly / Lew Hoad
(1955) Darlene Hard / Gordon Forbes
(1956) Thelma Coyne Long / Luis Ayala
(1957) Věra Pužejová / Jiří Javorský
(1958) Shirley Bloomer / Nicola Pietrangeli
(1959) Yola Ramírez Ochoa / William Knight
(1960) Maria Bueno / Robert Howe
(1961) Darlene Hard / Rod Laver
(1962) Renée Schuurman / Robert Howe
(1963) Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher
(1964) Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher
(1965) Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher
(1966) Annette Van Zyl / Frew McMillan
(1967) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson
Open Era