Julie Vlasto

Julie Vlasto

Full name	Pénélope Julie Vlasto Serpieri
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)
Medal record Olympic Games – Tennis 1924 Paris Singles

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, losing the final to the American 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 women's 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.

She married Jean-Baptiste Serpieri on 17 February 1927.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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
Loss	1925	French Championships	Clay	Henri Cochet	Suzanne Lenglen Jacques Brugnon	2–6, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(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	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	Career SR
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

External links

• Julie Vlasto at the International Tennis Federation
• Julie Vlasto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Julie Vlasto at Olympics.com