Julie Vlasto
Full name | Pénélope Julie Vlasto Serpieri |
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Country (sports) | France |
Born | (1903-08-08)8 August 1903 Marseille, France |
Died | 2 March 1985(1985-03-02) (aged 81) Lausanne, Switzerland |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (1923) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | SF (1925) |
Wimbledon | SF (1926) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | W (1925, 1926) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | F (1925) |
Pénélope Julie "Diddie" Vlasto Serpieri (French pronunciation: [ʒyli vlastɔ]; 8 August 1903 – 2 March 1985) was a female tennis player from France. She won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics in 1924 in women's singles,[1] losing the final to Helen Wills Moody. Vlasto also won the version of the French national championships in 1924 that was open only to French nationals. She was a doubles partner of Suzanne Lenglen in many doubles tournaments during the early 1920s.
She was born as Pénélope Julie Vlasto on 8 August 1903, in Marseille, France.
According to Wallis Myers of the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail, Vlasto was ranked in the world top ten in 1923 and 1926, reaching a career high of world No. 8 in 1923.[2]
She married Jean-Baptiste Serpieri on 17 February 1927.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 titles)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1925 | French Championships | Clay | Suzanne Lenglen | Kitty McKane Evelyn Colyer | 6–1, 9–11, 6–2 |
Win | 1926 | French Championships | Clay | Suzanne Lenglen | Kitty McKane Evelyn Colyer | 6–1, 6–1 |
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1925 | French Championships | Clay | Henri Cochet | Suzanne Lenglen Jacques Brugnon | 2–6, 2–6 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Career SR |
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Australia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
France1 | QF | NH | SF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 4 |
Wimbledon | 4R | A | A | SF | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 |
United States | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
SR | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 8 |
1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here for 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam or Olympic singles final
References
External links
- Julie Vlasto at the International Tennis Federation
- Julie Vlasto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Julie Vlasto at Olympics.com
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(national)
- 1897: Adine Masson
- 1898: Adine Masson
- 1899: Adine Masson
- 1900: Hélène Prévost
- 1901: Suzanne Girod
- 1902: Adine Masson
- 1903: Adine Masson
- 1904: Kate Gillou
- 1905: Kate Gillou
- 1906: Kate Gillou-Fenwick
- 1907: Comtesse de Kermel
- 1908: Kate Gillou-Fenwick
- 1909: Jeanne Matthey
- 1910: Jeanne Matthey
- 1911: Jeanne Matthey
- 1912: Jeanne Matthey
- 1913: Marguerite Broquedis
- 1914: Marguerite Broquedis
- 1915–1919: No competition (World War I)
- 1920: Suzanne Lenglen
- 1921: Suzanne Lenglen
- 1922: Suzanne Lenglen
- 1923: Suzanne Lenglen
- 1924: Julie Vlasto
(international)
- 1925: Suzanne Lenglen
- 1926: Suzanne Lenglen
- 1927: Kea Bouman
- 1928: Helen Wills
- 1929: Helen Wills
- 1930: Helen Wills Moody
- 1931: Cilly Aussem
- 1932: Helen Wills Moody
- 1933: Margaret Scriven
- 1934: Margaret Scriven
- 1935: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
- 1936: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
- 1937: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
- 1938: Simonne Mathieu
- 1939: Simonne Mathieu
- 1940–1945: No competition (World War II)
- 1946: Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1947: Patricia Canning Todd
- 1948: Nelly Adamson Landry
- 1949: Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1950: Doris Hart
- 1951: Shirley Fry
- 1952: Doris Hart
- 1953: Maureen Connolly
- 1954: Maureen Connolly
- 1955: Angela Mortimer
- 1956: Althea Gibson
- 1957: Shirley Bloomer
- 1958: Zsuzsa Körmöczy
- 1959: Christine Truman
- 1960: Darlene Hard
- 1961: Ann Jones
- 1962: Margaret Smith
- 1963: Lesley Turner
- 1964: Margaret Smith
- 1965: Lesley Turner
- 1966: Ann Haydon-Jones
- 1967: Françoise Dürr
- 1968: Nancy Richey
- 1969: Margaret Court
- 1970: Margaret Court
- 1971: Evonne Goolagong
- 1972: Billie Jean King
- 1973: Margaret Court
- 1974: Chris Evert
- 1975: Chris Evert
- 1976: Sue Barker
- 1977: Mima Jaušovec
- 1978: Virginia Ruzici
- 1979: Chris Evert
- 1980: Chris Evert
- 1981: Hana Mandlíková
- 1982: Martina Navratilova
- 1983: Chris Evert
- 1984: Martina Navratilova
- 1985: Chris Evert
- 1986: Chris Evert
- 1987: Steffi Graf
- 1988: Steffi Graf
- 1989: Arantxa Sánchez
- 1990: Monica Seles
- 1991: Monica Seles
- 1992: Monica Seles
- 1993: Steffi Graf
- 1994: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1995: Steffi Graf
- 1996: Steffi Graf
- 1997: Iva Majoli
- 1998: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1999: Steffi Graf
- 2000: Mary Pierce
- 2001: Jennifer Capriati
- 2002: Serena Williams
- 2003: Justine Henin
- 2004: Anastasia Myskina
- 2005: Justine Henin
- 2006: Justine Henin
- 2007: Justine Henin
- 2008: Ana Ivanovic
- 2009: Svetlana Kuznetsova
- 2010: Francesca Schiavone
- 2011: Li Na
- 2012: Maria Sharapova
- 2013: Serena Williams
- 2014: Maria Sharapova
- 2015: Serena Williams
- 2016: Garbiñe Muguruza
- 2017: Jeļena Ostapenko
- 2018: Simona Halep
- 2019: Ashleigh Barty
- 2020: Iga Świątek
- 2021: Barbora Krejčíková
- 2022: Iga Świątek
- 2023: Iga Świątek
- 2024: Iga Świątek