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Billie Yorke

British tennis player

Adeline 'Billie' Yorke (19 December 1910 – 9 December 2000) was a British tennis player of the 1930s who achieved her best results as a doubles specialist.

At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simonne Mathieu (1936–1938). With the same partner, she also won Wimbledon in 1937.

In 1935 Yorke won the singles title at the South of England Championships in Eastbourne after a three-sets victory in the final against Susan Noel. In 1938 she won the singles title at the Egyptian Championship in Cairo.

She also won the mixed doubles at the French Championships in 1936, along with Marcel Bernard.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	1933	Wimbledon	Grass	GBR Freda James	FRA Simonne Mathieu
USA Elizabeth Ryan	2–6, 11–9, 4–6
Win	1936	French Championships	Clay	FRA Simonne Mathieu	GBR Susan Noel
POL Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1937	French Championships	Clay	FRA Simonne Mathieu	USA Dorothy Andrus
FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	1937	Wimbledon	Grass	FRA Simonne Mathieu	GBR Phyllis Mudford King
GBR Elsie Goldsack Pittman	6–3, 6–3
Win	1938	French Championships	Clay	FRA Simonne Mathieu	FRA Arlette Halff
FRA Nelly Adamson Landry	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1938	Wimbledon	Grass	FRA Simonne Mathieu	USA Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
USA Alice Marble	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1939	Wimbledon	Grass	USA Helen Jacobs	USA Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
USA Alice Marble	1–6, 0–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1936	French Championships	Clay	FRA Marcel Bernard	FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin
FRA André Martin-Legeay	7–5, 6–8, 6–3

References

(1939). "Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1939". Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd..
(1938). "Ayres' Lawn Tennis Almanack". F.H. Ayres Ltd..

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