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Olympic medal record Women's tennis Silver 1924 Paris Singles Julie Vlasto Serpieri (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. She 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, Serpieri 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]
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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 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 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.
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Categories:- 1903 births
- 1985 deaths
- French female tennis players
- Olympic tennis players of France
- Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in tennis
- French tennis biography stubs
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