Arlette Halff (née Neufeld; 16 April 1908 – 1 June 2007) was a French

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player who was active between the 1930s and the early 1960s. Halff participated in the singles event of the

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in 1931 and 1939 and reached the fourth round on both occasions. She also took part in the

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, reaching the semi-final in the 1938 singles event which she lost in straight sets to first-seeded and eventual champion

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. During the same championships, she achieved her best result at a Grand Slam tournament when she and her partner, compatriot

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, finished runners-up in the doubles competition against Simonne Mathieu and

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. She was a singles runner-up at the

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in 1931, 1938, and 1950.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: (1 runner-up)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halff, Arlette French female tennis players 1908 births 2007 deaths Tennis players from Paris 20th-century French sportswomen