Yvon Francois Marie
Petra
Male
France
1916-03-08
Cholon, French Indochina, -
1984-09-12
Paris, France
From wimbledon.com: https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2016-07-15/remembering_yvon_petra_hall_of_famer_wwii_veteran_and_wimbledon_champion.html
By Paul Newman
There have been many champions who were better players and many who won more titles, but was there ever a more remarkable winner of the gentlemen’s singles title at Wimbledon than Yvon Petra? The 1946 champion was the last man to win it wearing long trousers and, at 6ft 5in, the tallest. Most remarkably of all, Petra recovered from a serious knee injury while fighting in the Second World War and spent five years as a prisoner of war in Germany before resuming his career.
Petra, who died in 1984 at the age of 68, was born in 1916 in Cholon, a district of what is now Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. His parents were civil servants working for the French colonial government. He started playing tennis when he was seven but did not start competing regularly on the world stage until he was sent to school in France at the age of eighteen.
He soon emerged as one of the best players in France. Petra used his height to hit powerful serves – one of which actually broke a net during The Wimbledon Championships in 1946 – and big ground strokes. Although not the quickest of players, his long reach enabled him to get to balls that would have beaten almost anyone else and he made some bold volleys.
Petra made his debut at Wimbledon in 1936 at the age of twenty, when he lost in the third round to Don Butler. Another British player, Frank Wilde, beat him in the first round twelve months later. Before the war, doubles was Petra’s forte. In 1937 he won the mixed doubles title at the French Championships alongside Simone Mathieu, and was also runner-up at Wimbledon and New York, where he played with Mathieu and Sylvie Henrotin respectively. In 1938, he secured his first major title, partnering Bernard Destremau to victory over the Americans Don Budge and Gene Mako in the men’s doubles in Paris, 3-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-1
When Petra suffered a serious knee injury while fighting with the French army in the Second World War he thought his tennis career might be over. “After the battle I was taken prisoner and I had to limp through a terrible prisoner of war (POW) march,” Petra told the Sarasota Journal in 1974. “My knee was completely out of order. I was operated on by a German surgeon, but my left leg remained feeble. I doubted I would ever get back on a tennis court.” After five years as a prisoner of war Petra said he was left “pretty weak”. He added: “It took a long time to come back mentally and physically, but my wife helped me a lot.”
Following the war, it was touch-and-go whether the Wimbledon Championships would be held at all. In 1940, a German bomb had flattened a corner of Centre Court, destroying 1,200 seats, which were not replaced until 1949. The continuing shortages of food, clothing and petrol made life difficult for the Wimbledon committee, but the decision was taken to go ahead with the tournament. Providing food for the players was a big problem because of rationing. For several years after the war some overseas competitors imported steaks, which they kept in their hotel refrigerators to supplement the meagre meals which were all that the All England Club could offer.
The 128-strong field for the gentlemen’s singles included forty-seven British players and four Irishmen, many of whom were returning to normality after serving in the war. The favourite to win the gentlemen’s singles in 1946 was the American Jack Kramer, a former U.S. junior champion who had won his country’s national doubles title in 1940, 1941 and 1943. However, he developed blisters on his right hand during the Wimbledon Championships, which saw him resort to playing in a glove. He was beaten by the Czech-born player Jaroslav Drobny in five sets in the fourth round.
Yvon Petra beat the number one seed, Australia’s Dinny Pails, in four sets in the quarter-finals, and in the semi-finals he had to come from two sets down to overcome the tall Californian, Tom Brown, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 8-6. His opponent in the final was Geoff Brown. The powerful Australian, who played double-handed on both sides, wore shorts, which had become the norm in the men’s game, while Petra was still wearing the long trousers that were quickly fading into tennis fashion history. Petra won the first two sets but Brown fought back to take the match into a decider. Petra, however, broke serve in the opening game of the fifth set and went on to win 6-2, 6-4, 7-9, 5-7, 6-4 to become the first French men’s singles champion since Henri Cochet in 1929.
In 1946, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon. Returning to Paris, Petra claimed his fourth and last major trophy when he won his second men’s doubles title alongside Marcel Bernard, beating Enrique Morea of Argentina and Pancho Segura of Ecuador, 7-5, 6-3, 0-6, 1-6, 10-8.
Tom Brown earned his revenge over Petra in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 1947, when the Frenchman made his last appearance at the All England Club. The following year Petra turned professional. He had spells as a teaching pro in Belgium and the Bahamas, played Fred Perry on exhibition tours in Britain and eventually went to work as a coach in Chicago, Connecticut and Florida. He later went back to France and died in Paris in 1984.
1934 - 1955
29
289
218
1951 - Nice Professionals (Professional)
1946 - Wimbledon (Grandslam)
1946 - Monte Carlo Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1946 - Deauville (Open)
1946 - Paris International Championships (Open)
1945 - Paris International Championships (Open)
1945 - Coupe Albert Canet (Amateur)
1945 - Barcelona International Christmas (Amateur)
1945 - Tournoi de France (Amateur)
1944 - French Occupied Zone (Amateur)
1944 - Tournoi de France (Amateur)
1943 - Tournoi de France (Amateur)
1943 - Coupe de Noel (Amateur)
1942 - Coupe Albert Canet (Amateur)
1942 - French Unoccupied Zone (Amateur)
1942 - Cannes Club Tournament (Amateur)
1942 - Juan-Les-Pins (Amateur)
1942 - Monte Carlo Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1942 - Barcelona International (Amateur)
1939 - Côte d'Azur Championships (Amateur)
1938 - French Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Championships of Strasbourg (Open)
1937 - Coupe de Noel (Amateur)
1937 - Lille (Amateur)
1937 - Coupe Albert Canet (Amateur)
1936 - Coupe Stade-Racing (Amateur)
1936 - Saint-Quentin (Amateur)
1936 - Saint Quentin Covered Courts (Amateur)
1935 - Cauterets (Amateur)
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bill Luffler
3-6
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
James Andrew (Jimmy) Evert 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
?-?
6-1
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bob Thomas
w.o.
Round 2
Robert (Junior) Stubbs 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Fred Perry
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Semifinals
Constant Allavena 1 *
Yvon Petra
3-6
8-6
6-4
Round 1
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
D. Curti
6-2
0-6
7-5
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Vissault
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Gene Mako 1 *
Yvon Petra
1-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Carl Earn 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
C.F. Roupell
6-0
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Alfred Jean Estrabeau
8-6
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Mohamed Ali
6-2
6-2
6-0
Final
Fred Perry 1 *
Yvon Petra
3-6
6-4
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Donald Butler
6-2
7-5
6-0
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Howard Francis Walton
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Dilip Bose
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Tom Brown 1 *
Yvon Petra
7-5
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Benjamin (Benny/Beni) Berthet
6-3
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Christian Boussus
3-6
6-4
7-5
9-7
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
Carletto (Carlos) Sada
6-1
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jozsef Asboth 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Boulle
6-1
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Malosse
6-0
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Torsten Johansson 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
6-4
4-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Marcello Del Bello 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
G.L. Clerici
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Renato Scaunich
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Mario Belardinelli 1 *
Yvon Petra
5-7
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Mr. Gaddoni
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Placido Gaslini
6-0
6-3
Round 4
Enzo Pautassi 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard Lucot
5-7
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Philippe Washer 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-8
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Andre Najar
6-4
5-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Gianni Folli
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Carletto (Carlos) Sada
6-2
1-6
6-1
Final
Gianni Cucelli 1 *
Yvon Petra
1-6
7-5
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Vojtech Vodicka
6-2
8-6
7-5
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Josip Palada
9-7
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Adly Shafei
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
René Émile Buser
6-4
4-6
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Dinny Pails
7-5
7-5
6-8
6-4
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Tom Brown
4-6
4-6
6-3
7-5
8-6
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Geoff Brown
6-2
6-4
7-9
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
D. Curti
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques van den Eynde
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Renato Bossi
4-6
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Abdesselam
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Pierre Pellizza 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Billaudot
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Pellizza
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Jamain
6-1
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Ferdinand Vrba
2-6
6-0
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Marcel Bernard 1 *
Yvon Petra
5-7
6-2
6-3
5-7
6-2
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Harold Melville (Hal) Burrows jr
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Budge Patty 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
9-7
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Féret
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Sanglier
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Marcel Bernard
6-2
3-6
11-9
6-4
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pierre Pellizza
6-8
5-7
6-2
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard (Tut) Bartzen
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Frank Guernsey
3-6
6-3
17-15
Round 3
Robert (Bob) Falkenburg 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-2
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Art Larsen
6-1
10-8
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques van den Eynde
6-2
9-7
Round 4
Earl Cochell 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Christian Grandet
6-3
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Torsten Ornberg
6-4
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Cochet
5-7
6-4
6-4
2-6
13-11
Final
Lennart Bergelin 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-2
3-6
12-10
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Stanley (Stan) Clark
6-8
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Falkenburg
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Ted Schroeder 1 *
Yvon Petra
7-5
6-3
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Mr. Bernasconi
6-0
6-1
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
Hans Huonder
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Philippe Washer
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Gianni Cucelli
4-6
7-5
8-6
4-6
6-1
Final
Pierre Pellizza 1 *
Yvon Petra
12-10
5-7
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jean Borotra
2-6
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Abdesselam
6-4
3-6
6-4
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pierre Pellizza
6-2
3-6
6-3
Poule
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jack Harper
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Pierre Pellizza 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
6-3
10-8
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
René Raphaël Patorni
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Christian Boussus
6-2
6-2
6-4
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Marcel Bernard
6-3
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pierre Pellizza
?
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau
7-5
6-4
6-2
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Marcel Bernard
6-3
4-6
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
Luis Carles
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
René Émile Buser
6-1
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pierre Pellizza
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-0
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Cochet
4-6
6-1
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Jacques Malosse 1 *
Yvon Petra
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Rene Gallepe
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Henri Pellizza 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Charles Grimaud
6-0
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Roger Dessair
6-1
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
André Merlin
6-0
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Roger Dubuc
6-0
ret.
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Marcel Bernard
6–1
4–6
4–6
7–5
6–2
Semifinals
Jacques Peten 1 *
Yvon Petra
8-6
4-6
12-10
Round 1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard Mottez
6-1
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Charles Grimaud
6-1
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Féret
8-6
6-1
7-5
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Cochet
6-0
6-4
0-6
6-2
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Nguyen Van Sau
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Jamain
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Christian Boussus
6-4
6-4
6-4
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau
3-6
6-4
13-11
6-2
Final
Henri Cochet 1 *
Yvon Petra
10-8
11-9
9-7
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Claude de Maisoncelles
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Francois Garnero
8-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Roger Dubuc
6-3
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Féret
2-6
9-7
6-3
6-1
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Cochet
6-3
6-3
6-8
2-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Jamain
6-8
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Henri Cochet 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Gaston Medecin
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Peten
4-6
7-5
6-4
Final
Robert Abdesselam 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Sanglier
6-0
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Henri Cochet 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jose M. Soler Bardem
6-0
8-6
6-0
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Aleco Noghès
6-1
5-7
7-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pedro Castella
6-0
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Hans Pfaff
6-3
6-2
2-6
3-6
6-2
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Abdesselam
6-4
3-6
4-6
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jean Lesueur
6-4
6-4
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Abdesselam
4-6
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jean Lesueur
3-6
7-5
6-4
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Abdesselam
6-4
0-6
7-5
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Alexandre Goldryn
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Francois Garnero
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Louis Géraud
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Laval
6-2
6-1
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Pellizza
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Roger Dubuc
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Sanglier
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Michel Lefort
?
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau
6-3
6-3
2-6
8-6
Semifinals
Jacques Peten 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
1-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Georges Grémillet
6-2
5-7
6-1
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Pellizza
6-3
6-1
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Abdesselam
6-4
1-6
10-8
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Aleco Noghès
6-0
6-0
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
Cam Malfroy
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Josef Caska
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Constantin Tanacescu
6-3
9-7
6-1
Final
Pierre Pellizza 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-8
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Wai-Chuen Choy
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Kho Sin-Khie
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Josef Caska 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-8
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Constantin Tanacescu
6-2
9-7
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Robert Abdesselam
6-2
9-7
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Adam Baworowski
7-5
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Czeslaw Spychala 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
9-7
9-7
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Charles E. Swanson
6-4
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Charles E. Swanson
6-4
7-5
6-1
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Joseph (Joe) Fishbach
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Joseph Hunt 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
4-6
6-4
9-7
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
John Palfrey
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter
4-6
6-4
7-5
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
William Edward Murphy
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Joseph Hunt 1 *
Yvon Petra
9-7
6-0
9-7
Round 1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones
6-2
5-7
10-8
6-2
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Franjo Puncec
4-6
7-5
6-4
8-6
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Féret
2-6
4-6
6-2
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Christian Boussus
7-5
8-6
6-8
6-3
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Karl Schroeder
9-7
7-5
3-6
9-7
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Mervyn Gerald Weston
6-1
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones
6-3
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Bunny Austin 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
6-1
6-2
5-7
6-4
Poule
Yvon Petra 1 *
Karl Schroeder
6-3
3-6
6-3
6-4
Poule
Yvon Petra 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-1
6-4
6-2
Poule
Yvon Petra 1 *
Ronald Alfred Shayes
?
Poule
Yvon Petra 1 *
Charles Hare
6-2
6-4
6-4
Poule
Yvon Petra 1 *
Charles Hare
?
Unknown
Yvon Petra 1 *
Franjo Kukuljevic
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Frank Wilde 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
5-7
6-4
0-6
7-5
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Louis Desloges
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Vojtech Vodicka 1 *
Yvon Petra
5-7
8-6
6-3
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Tsui Wai Pui
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Charles Harris
7-5
8-6
3-6
6-2
Round 4
Yvon Petra 1 *
André Merlin
10-12
7-5
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bunny Austin 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Herbert L. Bowman
6-2,6-2,6-3
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Gardnar Mulloy
7-5,3-6,6-4,3-6,6-0
Round 4
Don Budge 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-0,6-3,6-1
Round 1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
N. Eliopoulos
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Georges Glasser
6-1
6-3
ret.
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Karl Schroeder
10-12
7-5
5-7
9-7
6-2
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Bolelli
3-6
12-10
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Willilam H. Earle
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Thomas (Tom) Ridgeway Jr
6-2
6-1
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Yvon Petra
3-6
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Hans Kleinlogel
6-1
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Franjo Puncec
w.o.
Round 3
Hans Denker 1 *
Yvon Petra
w.o.
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Patrick Tiberghien
6-0
7-9
6-4
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pierre Pellizza
6-1
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Julius Walch
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Lecointre
?
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Georges Glasser
?
Semifinals
Wayne R. Sabin 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Bolelli
4-6
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Roux
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau
6-4
6-3
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Féret
7-5
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Maxime (Max) Combemale
6-3
6-4
Final
Henri Bolelli 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Marcel Bernard 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Guy Dubois
6-3
11-9
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Bolelli
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Guy Troncin
6-2
2-6
6-3
Final
Paul Féret 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Maxime Guillemot
6-2
3-6
6-3
Final
Jacques Jamain 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Donald MacPhail
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Man Mohan Bhandari
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Donald Butler 1 *
Yvon Petra
3-6
8-6
6-0
8-6
Round 1
Hector Cosmo Fisher 1 *
Yvon Petra
2-6,6-3,6-0,6-1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
William Seamans (Bill) Seward
w.o.
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Joseph Hunt
4-6,6-3,4-6,6-4,6-4
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-1,6-3,8-6
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Gardnar Mulloy
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Guibord
7-9
6-1
6-1
Round 4
John Van Ryn 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Dave N. Jones jr 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Bernard George (Bernie) Coghlan
4-6
7-5
6-1
Round 3
John Mortimer (Mort) Ballagh 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
5-7
6-4
Final
Donald Butler 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
8-6
6-4
Final
Donald Butler 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
6-4
8-6
Poule
Bryan Grant 1 *
Yvon Petra
10-8
3-6
6-3
Final
Marcel Bernard 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-2
6-1
Poule
Bryan Grant 1 *
Yvon Petra
10-8
3-6
6-3
Poule
Bobby Riggs 1 *
Yvon Petra
2-6
7-5
9-7
Poule
Frank Parker 1 *
Yvon Petra
4-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Bolelli
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Féret
2-6
6-4
7-5
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jean Lesueur
6-4
5-7
14-12
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jean Lesueur
6-4
5-7
14-12
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Gaby Mercier-Odier
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Georgios Nikolaides
4-6
7-5
10-8
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
William W. (Bill) Robertson
w.o.
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Franjo Kukuljevic
8-6
6-3
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Benjamin (Benny/Beni) Berthet
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Josef Caska 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Mr. Brunet
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Paul Féret
3-6
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Jacques Jamain 1 *
Yvon Petra
7-5
6-3
Final
Pierre Henri Goldschmidt 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
6-8
8-6
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
A. Bertmann
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jean Lesueur
w.o.
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Weiss
5-7
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau 1 *
Yvon Petra
7-9
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Mr. de Montety
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Louis Géraud
7-9
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Yvon Petra 1 *
Louis Chevalier
6-3
5-7
6-0
Final
Roland Journu 1 *
Yvon Petra
2-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
P. Lorilleux
7-5
7-9
6-4
Round 2
Mr. Dry 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Pierre Christian de Galéa 1 *
Yvon Petra
w.o.
Final
Yvon Petra 1 *
Pierre Pellizza
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Henri Eugène Édouard Duchan
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
Georges Cozon
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jean Wattel
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Édouard Leven 1 *
Yvon Petra
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Yvon Petra 1 *
Jacques Marcellin
8-6
ret.
Round 2
Yvon Petra 1 *
J. Lanzenberg
6-4
4-6
6-4
Round 3
Yvon Petra 1 *
André Louis Bacquart
9-11
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Pierre Pellizza 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-4
6-4
Round 1
André Louis Bacquart 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-3
3-6
6-1