Mathieu, Simonne

Simonne Mathieu
Born: January 31, 1908
Died: January 07, 1980
Hometown: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Citizenship: France
Handed: Right
Inducted: 2006

Grand Slam Record
French Championships     Singles Winner     1938, 1939
Singles Finalist     1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937
Doubles Winner     1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
Mixed Winner     1937, 1938
Wimbledon     Singles Semifinalist     1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937
Singles Quarterfinalist     1933, 1935, 1938, 1939
Doubles Winner     1933, 1934, 1937
U.S. Championships     Singles Quarterfinalist     1938

Career Results
World Top 10 ranking 11 straight years (1929-1939); highest rank No.3 in 1932
Captured 13 Majors; second highest among French women (Suzanne Lenglen, 21)
Captured rare “Triple,” French Championships 1938 (singles, doubles, mixed winner)

Highest Ranking
Highest rank No.3 in 1932

Simonne Mathieu was one of France’s finest female champions. She captured the French Singles Championships in 1938 and 1939 after reaching the finals in 1929, 1932-33, 1935-37.

She won 11 major doubles championships; three Wimbledon doubles titles (1933-34, 1937), six French doubles titles (1933-34, 1936-39) and two French mixed doubles titles (1937-38), completing the rare triple in 1938 (singles, doubles and mixed).

Her 13 majors are second only to Suzanne Lenglen’s 21 among French women.

Mathieu was ranked in the World Top 10 for eleven straight years (1929-1939), reaching her highest ranking of No. 3 in 1932.

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