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. At the 1929 French Championships, she was seeded eighth. After victories in the first rounds against Colette Rosambert and

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, she lost in the third round to

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. At the

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, she was unseeded but reached the quarterfinals, where she was defeated by top-seed and eventual champion

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. Rost was a singles runner-up at the 1931 German Championships in Hamburg, losing the final in straight sets to defending champion and compatriot

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. In February 1929, Rost won the singles title at the German Indoor Championships in Bremen after a three-sets win in the final against

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. In 1931, she went on a tennis tour to Argentina, Brazil and Chile with

. At the

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, she was runner-up to Aussem.

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