Billie Yorke

Billie Yorke

Full name	Adeline Maud Yorke
Country	United Kingdom
Born	19 December 1910
Died	9 December 2000(2000-12-09) (aged 89)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1935)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	W (1936, 1937, 1938)
Wimbledon	W (1937)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1936)

Adeline 'Billie' Yorke (19 December 1910 – 9 December 2000) was a British tennis player of the 1930s.

At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simone Mathieu (1936–1938). With the same partner, she also won Wimbledon in 1937.

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

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

Titles (4)

Date	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1936	French Championships	Simone Mathieu	Susan Noel Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1937	French Championships	Simone Mathieu	Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Jung Henrotin	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1937	Wimbledon	Simone Mathieu	Phyllis Mudford King Elsie Goldsack Pitman	6–3, 6–3
1938	French Championships	Simone Mathieu	Arlette Halff Nelly Adamson Landry	6–3, 6–3

Runner-up (3)

Date	Championship	Opponents	Partner	Score
1933	Wimbledon	Simone Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	Freda James Hammersley	6–2, 9–11, 6–4
1938	Wimbledon	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble	Simone Mathieu	6–2, 6–3
1939	Wimbledon	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble	Helen Hull Jacobs	6–1, 6–0

Mixed doubles

Runner-ups (1)

Date	Championships	Partner	Opponents	Score
1936	French Championships	Marcel Bernard	Sylvie Jung Henrotin Martin Legeay	7–5, 6–8, 6–3

References

• Billie Yorke's obituary