The 1935 French Championships (now known as the

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) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor

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s at the

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in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 21 May until 2 June. It was the 40th staging of the French Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. Fred Perry and

Hilde Sperling Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling ( née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German tennis player who became a dual-citizen after marrying Dane Svend Sperling in December 1933. She won three consecutive singles titles at the Fr ...

won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Fred Perry (GBR) defeated Gottfried von Cramm (GER) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Women's singles

(DEN) defeated

Simonne Mathieu Simonne Mathieu ( Passemard; (Spelled "Simone" in many sources.) 31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine who was active in the 1930s. During World War II, she creat ...

(FRA) 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles

Jack Crawford / Adrian Quist defeated Vivian McGrath / Don Turnbull 6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

Margaret Scriven Margaret Croft Scriven-Vivian (née Scriven; 17 August 1912 – 25 January 2001) was a British tennis player and the first woman from that country to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1933. She also won the singles title at th ...

Kay Stammers Katherine "Kay" Esther Stammers (3 April 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a female tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career Stammers was born on 3 April 1914 in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the gra ...

defeated Ida Adamoff /

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling ( née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German tennis player who became a dual-citizen after marrying Dane Svend Sperling in December 1933. She won three consecutive singles titles at the Fr ...

6–4, 6–0

Mixed doubles

Lolette Payot Lolette Payot-Dodille (; 17 April 1910 – February 1988) was a Swiss-French tennis player. Biography Payot was born on 17 April 1910 at Lausanne. She learned to play tennis age 8 on the courts of the Montchoisi tennis club. At the age of 13, ...

Marcel Bernard Marcel Bernard (; 18 May 1914 – 29 April 1994) was a French tennis player. He is best remembered for having won the French Championships in 1946 (reaching the semifinals a further three times). Bernard initially intended to play only in the dou ...

defeated

Sylvie Jung Henrotin Sylvie Jung Henrotin (née Jung; ;10 July 1904 – 15 December 1970) was a French tennis player who was active during the late 1920 and the 1930s. She had her best results in the doubles event, finishing runner-up in seven Grand Slam doubles an ...

/ André Martin-Legeay 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

References

External links

French Open official website
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