Simonne Mathieu

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Simonne MathieuTemplate:Efn (Script error: No such module "IPA". Template:Nee Passemard;)[1] (31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, who was active in the 1930s. She won the French Championships singles title in 1938 and 1939.

During World War II, she created and led the Corps of French Volunteers in the Free French Forces, the first female unit in the military history of France.

Tennis career

Mathieu is best remembered for winning two major singles titles at the French Championships (in 1938 and 1939), and for reaching the final of that tournament an additional six times, in 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1937. In those finals, she lost three times to Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, twice to Helen Wills Moody, and once to Margaret Scriven.

Mathieu won 11 Grand Slam doubles championships: three women's doubles titles at Wimbledon (1933–34, 1937), six women's doubles titles at the French Championships (1933–34, 1936–39), and two mixed-doubles titles at the French Championships (1937–38). She completed the rare triple at the French Championships in 1938, winning the singles, women's doubles, and mixed-doubles titles.

Mathieu's 13 Grand Slam titles are second only to Suzanne Lenglen's 21 among French women.

According to A. Wallis Myers and John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail respectively, Mathieu was ranked in the world top 10 from 1929 through 1939 (no rankings were issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1932.[2]

The winners' trophy of the women's doubles event at the French Open is named in her honour as the Coupe Simonne-Mathieu.[3]

World War II

During World War II, Captain Mathieu was founder of the Corps Féminin Français, the women's volunteer branch of the Free French Forces, similar to the British Auxiliary Territorial Service.[4] Mathieu was succeeded in that position by Captain Hélène Terré.[5] For their service, each woman was named an Officer of the Legion of Honor.[6]

Honours

She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.[7]

In November 2017, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced that the third show-court at Roland Garros will be named Court Simonne-Mathieu in her honor.[8]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1929 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Helen Wills 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1932 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Helen Wills 5–7, 1–6
Loss 1933 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Scriven 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 1935 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Hilde Krahwinkel 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1936 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Hilde Krahwinkel 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1937 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Hilde Krahwinkel 2–6, 4–6
Win 1938 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Nelly Landry 6–0, 6–3
Win 1939 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–3, 8–6

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1930 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Simone Barbier Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan
Template:Flagicon Helen Wills		 3–6, 1–6
Win 1933 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan Template:Flagicon Sylvie Jung Henrotin
Template:Flagicon Colette Rosambert		 6–1, 6–3
Win 1933 Wimbledon Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan Template:Flagicon Freda James
Template:Flagicon Billie Yorke		 6–2, 9–11, 6–4
Win 1934 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan Template:Flagicon Helen Jacobs
Template:Flagicon Sarah Palfrey		 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 1934 Wimbledon Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Ryan Template:Flagicon Dorothy Andrus
Template:Flagicon Sylvie Jung Henrotin		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1935 Wimbledon Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Hilde Krahwinkel Template:Flagicon Freda James
Template:Flagicon Kay Stammers		 1–6, 4–6
Win 1936 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Billie Yorke Template:Flagicon Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Template:Flagicon Susan Noel		 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 1937 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Billie Yorke Template:Flagicon Dorothy Andrus
Template:Flagicon Sylvie Jung Henrotin		 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 1937 Wimbledon Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Billie Yorke Template:Flagicon Phyllis King
Template:Flagicon Elsie Goldsack		 6–3, 6–3
Win 1938 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Billie Yorke Template:Flagicon Nelly Adamson
Template:Flagicon Arlette Halff		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1938 Wimbledon Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Billie Yorke Template:Flagicon Sarah Palfrey
Template:Flagicon Alice Marble		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1938 US Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Template:Flagicon Sarah Palfrey
Template:Flagicon Alice Marble		 8–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1939 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Template:Flagicon Alice Florian
Template:Flagicon Hella Kovac		 7–5, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1937 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Yvon Petra Template:Flagicon Marie-Luise Horn
Template:Flagicon Roland Journu		 7–5, 7–5
Loss 1937 Wimbledon Championships Grass Template:Flagicon Yvon Petra Template:Flagicon Alice Marble
Template:Flagicon Don Budge		 1–6, 4–6
Win 1938 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Dragutin Mitić Template:Flagicon Nancye Wynne Bolton
Template:Flagicon Christian Boussus		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1939 French Championships Clay Template:Flagicon Franjo Kukuljević Template:Flagicon Sarah Palfrey
Template:Flagicon Elwood Cooke		 6–4, 1–6, 5–7

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Tournament 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 – 1944 1945 19461 Career SR
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A NH NH A 0 / 0
French Championships QF QF 3R A F QF QF F F SF F F F W W NH R A A 2 / 14
Wimbledon A 1R 2R A 3R SF SF SF QF SF QF SF SF QF QF NH NH NH 1R 0 / 14
US Championships A A A A A A A A A A A A A QF 1R A A A A 0 / 2
SR 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 2 / 30

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

1In 1946, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

See also

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