Country (sports) France French Open F (1925) Highest ranking 8 French Open W (1925, 1926) Grand slams won (singles) 1 | Wimbledon SF (1926) Role Tennis player French Open SF (1925) Name Julie Vlasto | |
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Full name Penelope Julie Vlasto Serpieri Born 8 August 1903Marseille, France ( 1903-08-08 ) Olympic medals Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's singles Similar People Suzanne Lenglen, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Helen Wills | ||
Pénélope Julie "Diddie" Vlasto Serpieri ([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, losing the final to 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 doubles tournaments during the early 1920s.
According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Vlasto was ranked in the world top ten in 1923 and 1926, reaching a career high of World No. 8 in those rankings in 1923.
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
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.