Simone Mathieu
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 31, 1908 |
| Country |  France |
| Grand Slam singles championships (2) | |
| French Championships | 1938, 1939 |
Simone Mathieu (born January 31, 1908 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, died January 7, 1980) was a female tennis player from France.
Mathieu is best remembered for winning the singles title 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-Vivian.
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 28 among French women. Mathieu was ranked in the world top 10 for eleven straight years (1929-1939), reaching her highest ranking of No. 3 in 1932.
She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.
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[edit] Grand Slam singles finals
[edit] Wins (2)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1938 | French Championships |  Nelly Adamson-Landry |
6-0, 6-3 |
| 1939 | French Championships (2) |  Jadwiga Jedrzejowska |
6-3, 8-6 |
[edit] Runner-ups (6)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1929 | French Championships |  Helen Wills Moody |
6-3, 6-4 |
| 1932 | French Championships | Helen Wills Moody |
7-5, 6-1 |
| 1933 | French Championships |  Margaret Scriven-Vivian |
6-2, 4-6, 6-4 |
| 1935 | French Championships | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
6-2, 6-1 |
| 1936 | French Championships | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
6-3, 6-4 |
| 1937 | French Championships | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
6-2, 6-4 |
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 - 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | A | 0 / 0 |
| France | 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 |
| United States | 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 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
NH = tournament not held.
R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
[edit] See also
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