Episode 2735
Julie Vlasto
Tue, 2024-Oct-29 00:40 UTC
Length - 1:49
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Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.
The random article for Tuesday, 29 October 2024 is Julie Vlasto.
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, losing the final to the American 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 women's 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.
She married Jean-Baptiste Serpieri on 17 February 1927.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:40 UTC on Tuesday, 29 October 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Julie Vlasto on Wikipedia.
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