Yvonne Prévost

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Yvonne Prévost
Hélène Pévost, championne de France de tennis en 1900 (ile de Puteaux).jpg
Yvonne Prévost (1900)
Country (sports)France
Born(1878-06-08)8 June 1878
Died3 March 1942(1942-03-03) (aged 63)
Medal record
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris Singles
Representing a Olympic flag.svg Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1900 Paris Mixed doubles

Yvonne[a] Prévost (8 June 1878 – 3 March 1942) was a French tennis player at the end of the 19th century. She won the French Women's Singles Championship in 1900.[1]

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris she won two silver medals. In the women's singles final she lost to Charlotte Cooper and in the mixed doubles event she and Harold Mahony were runners-up to Charlotte Cooper and Reginald Doherty.[2][3]

Olympic finals[]

Singles (1 silver medal)[]

Result Year Olympics Surface Opponent Score
Silver 1900 Paris, France Clay United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper 1–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles (1 silver medal)[]

Result Year Olympics Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 1900 Paris, France Clay United Kingdom Harold Mahony United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
2–6, 4–6

Notes[]

  1. ^ In some sources also known as Hélène Prévost.

References[]

  1. ^ French Open winners. Retrieved on 13 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Hélène Prévost Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Yvonne Prévost". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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