Sylvie Jung Henrotin (née Jung; ;10 July 1904 – 15 December 1970) was a French

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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

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between 1930 and 1939 and her best result during that period was reaching the fourth round in 1933 and 1939. Henrotin also took part in the

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, reaching the quarterfinal 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 Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling ( née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German tennis player who became a dual-citizen after marrying Dane Svend Sperling in December 1933. She won three consecutive singles titles at the Fr ...

. In August 1936, she won the singles title at the

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in Rye, New York with victories against Alice Marble and Helen Pedersen in the semifinal 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)

Mixed doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Grand Slam tournament timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jung Henrotin, Sylvie French female tennis players 1904 births 1970 deaths Sportspeople from Le Havre 20th-century French women