Simonne Mathieu

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Simonne Mathieu
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Full nameSimonne Emma Henriette Passemard-Mathieu
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Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Chatou, France
PlaysRight–handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF2006 (member page)
Singles
Career record510-94 (84.4%)
Career titles147
Highest rankingNo. 3 (1932, A. Wallis Myers)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenW (1938, 1939)
WimbledonSF (1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937)
US OpenQF (1938)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenW (1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)
WimbledonW (1933, 1934, 1937)
US OpenF (1938)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1937, 1938)
WimbledonF (1937)

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Simonne Mathieu[a] (Script error: No such module "IPA". née 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 Honour.[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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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

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(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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

Notes

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  1. ^ Also spelled "Simone" in several sources.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Who is the real Simonne? – Roland-Garros – The 2022 Roland-Garros Tournament official site". Roland Garros. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701–2. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An A to Z of Roland Garros". rolandgarros.com. Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hammerton, John, ed. (10 April 1941). "Free French 'A.T.S.'". The War Illustrated. 4 (84). London: William Berry: 384. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."» Les volontaires féminines de la France Libre" (in français). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Franck Lehodey (December 2010 – January 2011). "Simonne Mathieu, libre arbitre" (PDF). Tennis Info (in français) (428): 24. ISSN 0221-8127.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hall of Famers – Simonne Mathieu". International Tennis Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simonne Mathieu, more than just a tennis great". rolandgarros.com. Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT). 23 November 2017.

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