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Country (sports)
  
France

Name
  
Yvonne Bourgeois

French Open
  
SF (1925)

Wimbledon
  
2R (1928)

French Open
  
3R (1925)


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Full name
  
Yvonne Renee Suzanne Bourgeois

Born
  
6 May 1902 Paris, France (
1902-05-06
)

Died
  
12 May 1983(1983-05-12) (aged 81) Paris, France

Yvonne Bourgeois (6 May 1902 – 12 May 1983) was a French female tennis player. She competed in the doubles event at the 1924 Summer Olympics with compatriot Marguerite Billout. They reached the semifinal in which they lost in straight sets to Phyllis Covell and Kathleen McKane. In the bronze medal match they lost to Dorothy Shepherd-Barron and Evelyn Colyer, also in straight sets.

In 1928 she competed in the Wimbledon Championships, reaching the second round in singles, the third round in doubles and the first round in mixed doubles.

References

Yvonne Bourgeois Wikipedia