Julie Vlasto

Julie Vlasto

Full name	Pénélope Julie Vlasto Serpieri
Country (sports)	France
Born	8 August 1903 Marseille, France
Died	2 March 1985 (aged 81) Lausanne, Switzerland
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)

Olympic medal record
Women's 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 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 doubles tournaments during the early 1920s.

According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Vlasto was ranked in the world top ten in 1923 and 1926, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1923.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles, 0 runners-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1925	French Championships	Suzanne Lenglen	Kitty McKane Evelyn Colyer	6–1, 9–11, 6–2
Winner	1926	French Championships	Suzanne Lenglen	Kitty McKane Evelyn Colyer	6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runners-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1925	French Championships	Henri Cochet	Suzanne Lenglen Jacques Brugnon	2–6, 2–6

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	Career SR
Australia	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
France^1	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

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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

References

1. Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.

External links

• Julie Vlasto's profile at Sports Reference.com