Arlette Halff (née Neufeld; 16 April 1908 – 1 June 2007) was a French tennis player who was active between the 1930s and the early 1960s.

Arlette Halff
Neufeld in 1929
Full nameArlette Jeannie Neufeld
Country (sports) France
Born(1908-04-16)16 April 1908
Paris, France
Died1 June 2007(2007-06-01) (aged 99)[1]
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenSF (1938)
Wimbledon4R (1931, 1939)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenF (1938)
Wimbledon1R (1931)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenQF (1956)
Wimbledon2R (1931, 1939)

Halff participated in the singles event of the Wimbledon Championships in 1931 and 1939 and reached the fourth round on both occasions.[2] She also took part in the French Championships, reaching the semi-final in the 1938 singles event which she lost in straight sets to first-seeded and eventual champion Simonne Mathieu.[3] During the same championships, she achieved her best result at a Grand Slam tournament when she and her partner, compatriot Nelly Landry, finished runners-up in the doubles competition against Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke.

She was a singles runner-up at the French Covered Court Championships in 1931, 1938, and 1950.

Grand Slam tournament finals edit

Doubles: (1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1938 French Championships Clay   Nelly Landry   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
3–6, 3–6

References edit

  1. ^ "NEUFELD Arlette Jeanie". matchID.
  2. ^ "Wimbledon Players Archive – A. Halff". Wimbledon. AELTC.
  3. ^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.