Yvon Petra

Yvon Petra

Yvon Petra, 1938

Nation:

France

Birthday:

March 8, 1916

Date of death:

September 12, 1984

singles

Career record:

29:13

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	-
French Open	HF (1946)
Wimbledon	S (1946)
US Open	AF (1936-1938)

Double

Career record:

0: 1

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 2

Australian Open	-
French Open	S (1938, 1946)
Wimbledon	VF (1947)
US Open	VF (1936-1938)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	-
French Open	S (1937)
Wimbledon	F (1937)
US Open	F (1937)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Yvon Petra (born March 8, 1916 in Saigon , Vietnam , † September 12, 1984 in Paris ) was a French tennis player .

Petra was the successor to the “ four musketeers ” ( Henri Cochet , Jean Borotra , René Lacoste and Jacques Brugnon ) who caused a sensation on international tennis courts in the twenties and thirties. In 1946 he won the men's singles at Wimbledon . In doubles he succeeded in 1938 and 1946 a victory at the International French Tennis Championships , which he won in 1937 in mixed. He won the French Open Tennis Championships in Paris from 1943 to 1945, which, however, did not enjoy Grand Slam status in those years.

Petra went down in the history of Wimbledon with something special: He was the last tennis player to wear long trousers as a player on Center Court. His victory was also remarkable because of a war injury, since he sustained a serious injury to his left knee as a soldier in World War II . Until the end of the war he stayed in a prisoner of war camp.

In the Davis Cup , Petra played a total of 22 games for France , of which he was able to win 15.

In 2016 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

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personal data
SURNAME	Petra, Yvon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saigon , Vietnam
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1984
Place of death	Paris , France