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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.

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


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