Billie Yorke

Billie Yorke

Full name	Adeline Maud Yorke
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	19 December 1910 Rawalpindi, British India
Died	9 December 2000(2000-12-09) (aged 89)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1935)
Wimbledon	4R (1934)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	W (1936, 1937, 1938)
Wimbledon	W (1937)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1936)
Wimbledon	4R (1933, 1934, 1938)

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

Mixed doubles (1 title)

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

External links

• Billie Yorke at Wimbledon
• Billie Yorke's obituary