Yvonne Prévost

Yvonne[lower-alpha 1] Prévost (8 June 1878 – 3 March 1942) was a French tennis player at the end of the 19th century. She won the French Women's Singles Championship in 1900.[1]

Yvonne Prévost

Yvonne Prévost (1900)
Country (sports)	France
Born	8 June 1878
Died	3 March 1942 (aged 63)
Medal record Representing  France Olympic Games 1900 Paris Singles Representing a Mixed team 1900 Paris Mixed doubles

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris she won two silver medals. In the women's singles final she lost to Charlotte Cooper and in the mixed doubles event she and Harold Mahony were runners-up to Charlotte Cooper and Reginald Doherty.[2][3]

Olympic finals

Singles (1 silver medal)

Result	Year	Olympics	Surface	Opponent	Score
Silver	1900	Paris, France	Clay	Charlotte Cooper	1–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles (1 silver medal)

Result	Year	Olympics	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	1900	Paris, France	Clay	Harold Mahony	Charlotte Cooper Reginald Doherty	2–6, 4–6

Notes

1. In some sources also known as Hélène Prévost.

References

1. French Open winners. Retrieved on 13 September 2009.
2. "Hélène Prévost Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
3. "Yvonne Prévost". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

External links

• Yvonne Prévost at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Yvonne Prévost at the International Tennis Federation
• French Open – Past Women's Singles Champions
• Olympics profile