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Julie Vlasto

Julie Vlasto
Full namePénélope Julie Vlasto Serpieri
Country (sports)France
Born(1903-08-08)8 August 1903
Marseille, France
Died2 March 1985(1985-03-02) (aged 81)
Lausanne, Switzerland
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 8 (1923)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenSF (1925)
WimbledonSF (1926)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenW (1925, 1926)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1925)
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
Silver medal – second place 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,[1] losing the final to the American 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 women's doubles tournaments during the early 1920s.

She was born as Pénélope Julie Vlasto on 8 August 1903, in Marseille, France.

According to Wallis Myers of the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail, Vlasto was ranked in the world top ten in 1923 and 1926, reaching a career high of world No. 8 in 1923.[2]

She married Jean-Baptiste Serpieri on 17 February 1927.

  1. ^ "Julie Vlasto". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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 978-0-942257-41-0.

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