French tennis player

Yvon Petra (French pronunciation::​; 8 March 1916 – 12 September 1984) was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, French Indochina.

Petra is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon Championships men's singles *le (in 1946), beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final. In doubles, he won the French Championships twice, in 1938 with Bernard Destremau, defeating the best pair in the world Budge-Mako, and in 1946 with Marcel Bernard. In 1938, he won the singles and doubles *le at the French Covered Court Championships. He was a prisoner of war in World War II and after his release won three Tournoi de France singles *les from 1943 through 1945. He emigrated to the United States and worked as a tennis pro at the Saddle and Cycle Club in Chicago and a country club in Connecticut towards the end of his life. Petra was ranked world No. 4 for 1946 by A. Wallis Myers and world No. 8 for 1947 by Harry Hopman. He was the last man to wear long trousers in a Wimbledon final and was the last Frenchman to win the singles *le.

Petra joined the tour of professional players in 1948. He was inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2016.

Contents

• 1 Grand Slam finals
  • 1.1 Singles: 1 (1 *le)
  • 1.2 Doubles: 2 (2 *les)
  • 1.3 Mixed doubles: 3 (1 *le, 2 runner-ups)
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 *le)

Doubles: 2 (2 *les)

Mixed doubles: 3 (1 *le, 2 runner-ups)

References

External links

• Yvon Petra at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
• Yvon Petra at the International Tennis Federation
• Yvon Petra at the Davis Cup