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.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1933	Wimbledon	Grass	Freda James Hammersley	Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	2–6, 11–9, 4–6
Winner	1936	French Championships	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	Susan Noel Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	1937	French Championships	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Jung	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	1937	Wimbledon	Grass	Simonne Mathieu	Phyllis Mudford King Elsie Goldsack Pittman	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1938	French Championships	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	Arlette Halff Nelly Adamson Landry	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1938	Wimbledon	Grass	Simonne Mathieu	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1939	Wimbledon	Grass	Helen Hull Jacobs	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble	1–6, 0–6

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1936	French Championships	Clay	Marcel Bernard	Sylvie Jung Martin Legeay	5–7, 8–6, 3–6

References

• Billie Yorke's obituary