Sylvie Jung Henrotin (née Jung; ;10 July 1904 – 15 December 1970) was a French 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.
She participated in the singles event of the Wimbledon Championships from 1930 to 1939, and her best result during this period was reaching the fourth round in 1933 and 1939. Henrotin also took part in the French Championships, reaching the quarterfinals 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, New York with victories against Alice Marble and Helen Pedersen in the semifinals and final respectively. In January 1937, she won the singles, doubles and mixed-doubles title at the U.S. Indoor Championships.
Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1928 French Championships Clay Suzanne Devé Eileen Bennett Phoebe Holcroft 0–6, 2–6Loss 1933 French Championships Clay Colette Rosambert Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan 1–6, 3–6Loss 1933 Wimbledon Grass Dorothy Andrus Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan 3–6, 3–6Loss 1937 French Championships Clay Dorothy Andrus Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Mixed doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1935 French Championships Clay André Martin-Legeay Lolette Payot Marcel Bernard 6–4, 2–6, 4–6Loss 1936 French Championships Clay André Martin-Legeay Billie Yorke Marcel Bernard 5–7, 8–6, 3–6Loss 1937 US Championships Grass Yvon Petra Sarah Palfrey Don Budge 2–6, 10–8, 0–6
Grand Slam tournament timelines
Singles Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0 / 0 French Championships2RQF1R3R3R3R2RQFQFQFQFAA 0 / 11 WimbledonAA1RAA4R3R2R3R2R2R4RA 0 / 8 US ChampionshipsAAAAAAAAA1R1RAA 0 / 2 SR0 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 10 / 0 0 / 21
Doubles Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Career SR Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0 / 0 French ChampionshipsFSFQFSF2RFSFSFQFF2RAA 0 / 11 WimbledonAASFAA3RF3RSFSFSF1RA 0 / 8 US ChampionshipsAAAAAAAASF3RQFSFQF 0 / 5 SR0 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 1 0 / 24
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