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| Full name | Pénélope Julie Vlasto Serpieri | ||||||||
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| Country (sports) | France | ||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1903 Marseille, France | ||||||||
| Died | 2 March 1985 (aged 81) Lausanne, Switzerland | ||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (1923) | ||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
| French Open | SF (1925) | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1926) | ||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
| French Open | W (1925, 1926) | ||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||
| French Open | F (1925) | ||||||||
Medal record
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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 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.
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.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1925 | French Championships | Clay |  Suzanne Lenglen |
 Kitty McKane Evelyn Colyer |
6–1, 9–11, 6–2 |
| Win | 1926 | French Championships | Clay | Suzanne Lenglen |
Kitty McKane Evelyn Colyer |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1925 | French Championships | Clay | Henri Cochet |
Suzanne Lenglen Jacques Brugnon |
2–6, 2–6 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| France1 | QF | NH | SF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 4 |
| Wimbledon | 4R | A | A | SF | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 |
| United States | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| SR | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 8 |
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.
