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Topic: Yvon Petra

	The Geoff Brown Tennis Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Petra matched him in the fourth and led 5-4 on service and 40-15, but then Brown hit Petra's next two cannon-balls for winners.
		He won the game, held his own service to lead 6-5 and ended the set by taking Petra's serve to love for a resounding comeback.But Brown lost his opening serve in the last set, and big serve followed big serve until Petra stood at 5-4.
		Nothing, because Petra (who stood at 6'7") reached up to the clouds and banged down fouraces for a sensational ending to a sensational match.
	www.leski.com.au /catalogues/a218/1876.htm (302 words)

	Great Sport Stories - 1945, 1946,1947,1948 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Yvon Petra was fortunate to be playing at Wimbledon.
		The Frenchman had been seriously wounded during the war and was taken prisoner.
		Petra, born in Indo-China learned to hit a powerful service when playing barefoot in the French colony.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /haywardlad/centsport/1945-48.html (1797 words)

	ESPN.com: Cedric Pioline
		Reached the finals of Wimbledon -- his best career finish at a Grand Slam -- before losing to Pete Sampras in straight sets.
		Became the first Frenchman to reach Wimbledon final since Yvon Petra won in 1946.
		Won in Prague and finished as the No. 1 Frenchman for second consecutive year.
	espn.go.com /tennis/s/atp/profiles/pioline.html (208 words)

	Bud Collins 2004 Australian Open Diary
		So-called French Championships were held in 1944 and 1945, but, of course, were limited to the French, the few who could get to the courts and had preserved scarce equipment to play.
		Tall Yvon Petra, who had been wounded in the French army before the surrender to Germany, won those tournaments, which do not count, on the championship role.
		He was the the surprise victor at the first post-war Wimbledon in 1946, the last champion to wear long trousers in the final.
	www.budcollinstennis.com /touraments/tourney-04frenchopen/tny-04french-11.html (2092 words)

	60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64) July 6 in History
		60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64) July 6 in History
		60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64)
		People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1946/july_6_1946_107093.html (60 words)

	oliver_stone
		George Robson wins the Indy 500, with an average speed of 114.8 mph.
		Yvon Petra wins the men's singles title at Wimbledon this year, and Pauline Betz wins the women's title.
		Heavyweight champion Joe Louis KO's Billy Conn in eight rounds, and in a later bout, KO's Tami Mauriello in the first round, retaining his title.
	www.clientbirthday.com /oliver_stone.htm (648 words)

	Yvon
		1967 Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing, Washington Caps
		1946 60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64)
		1942 Yvon Robert beats Bill Longson in Montreal, to become wrestling champ
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/y/yvon.html (61 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Game, set, mismatch at Wimbledon 7/5/97
		Pioline, ranked No. 44, has two tournament titles and no Grand Slams.
		Petra was the last Frenchman to reach a Wimbledon final, winning the title in 1946.
		Pioline claimed the biggest victory of his career in the semifinals Friday, taking a dramatic five-set match against Michael Stich.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/070697/spo_men.html (533 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Out of the Past -- Aug. 13, 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Since the liberation, French tennis stars of the gay, bygone days have been creeping back in the news.
		(Notable exception: flamboyant Jean Borotra, last reported under arrest as Vichy's ex-Sports Director.) This week Yvon Petra, a native of Indo-China, captured the French championship by defeating former Davis Cupper Bernard Destremeau, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2.
		Then dapper little Henri Cochet, 45-year-old ace of the '20s, paired with Pierre Pellizza to win the doubles crown from Petra and Destremeau.
	205.188.238.181 /time/archive/preview/0,10987,792293,00.html (297 words)

	Sport \| Mozart in the making
		He has an all-court game, too, partly as a result of having played most of his early tennis on hard courts, which is one reason many see him as that rarity, a Frenchman with the range of shots to win Wimbledon.
		(France's last Wimbledon champion was Yvon Petra in 1946.) Significantly perhaps, Pete Sampras, arguably the greatest grass-court exponent of them all, is the player he most admires, and we will have a chance to judge Gasquet's own prowess on the surface when he competes at Queen's straight after Paris.
		Winogradsky, who also acts as Gasquet's interpreter, finds it hard to judge just how good his young charge may become.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4421594-108554,00.html (957 words)

	AJA Books Received, 2001-2002
		Boucheron, Patrick, Henri Broise, and Yvon Thebert, eds.
		Petra Ez Zantur, 2: Ergebnisse der schweizerisch-liechtensteinischen Ausgrabungen, 1 in 2 vols.
		2 by Bernhard Kolb, Die spätantiken Wohnbauten von ex Santur in Petra und der Wohnhausbau in Palästina von 4.-6.
	www.people.ku.edu /~jyounger/ajareviews/2001-2.html (6165 words)

	Re: Strewth! Another Bonzer Trivia Quiz!!!!!!!!!
		Who is the tallest man ever to win the Wimbledon Singles?
		>> >> Yvon Petra and Krajicek were/are pretty tall.
		Krajicek's height probably only rounds up to 6'5".
	www.usenet.com /newsgroups/rec.sport.tennis/msg12828.html (340 words)

	Pete Sampras: Career highlighs \| Wimbledon 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Sampras then put him out of his misery with a service winner on match point that he celebrated by raising his hands and placing his fist on his heart as he faced his new girlfriend, actress Kimberly Williams.
		Pioline, the first Frenchman in the Wimbledon final since Yvon Petra won in 1946, played well enough to beat almost anyone, or at least give them a good match.
		Against Sampras, who has now beaten him in all eight of their meetings, including the 1993 U.S. Open final, Pioline was simply outclassed.
	www.samprasfanz.com /bio/1997wim.html (4635 words)

	Sampras looks too loaded for Pioline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Pioline, ranked 44 in the world, won a thrilling five-set semifinal against 1991 champion Michael Stich, his athleticism standing out as refused to give up any shot as lost.
		Pioline will carry the tricolour into the Wimbledon final for the first time since Yvon Petra won the title in 1946.
		The American world number one has totally dominated the 1997 tournament, and will start as one of the hottest favourites since William Spencer Gore lifted the first title 120 years ago.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie/daily/19970706/18750563.html (460 words)

	NewStandard: 7/6/97
		C'est magnifique will be cried from Bordeaux to Normandy.
		The French had a great run in tennis in the '20s behind Rene Lacoste and the Musketeers, but France hasn't had a Wimbledon champion or a finalist since Yvon Petra, the last champion in trousers, won in 1946.
		Allez Cedric might become the new catch phrase.
	www.s-t.com /daily/07-97/07-06-97/c03sp150.htm (554 words)

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		Mike Tyson Which Frenchman won the first postwar Wimbledon men's singles title?
		Yvon Petra Which Italian football team paid Leeds United £70,000 for John Charles in 1957?
		Juventus Which Kent and England wicketkeeper retired in 1959 after 91 Tests?
	members.aol.com /malrdiamond/myhomepage/SPRT12.tqf (1531 words)

	Uncategorised Notable Books
		- Petra Kolmer - Philosophiegeschichte als philosophisches Problem: kritische Uberlegungen namentlich zu Kant und Hegel
		- Yvon Gauthier - La Philosophie des sciences: une introduction critique
		- Yvon Lafrance and Leonce Paquet (eds.) - Les Presocratiques: bibliographie analytique, 1450-1879, vol.
	www.philosophylists.info /UncategorisedNotableBooks.html (12611 words)

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