| Full name | Lolette Payot-Dodille |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Switzerland France (since 1937) |
| Born | (1910-04-17)17 April 1910 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Died | February 1988 (aged 77) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 225–66(77.3%) |
| Career titles | 71 |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (1932,A. Wallis Myers)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | QF (1932, 1934, 1935) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1931, 1933, 1934) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open | SF (1933) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1932, 1934) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| French Open | W (1935) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1930, 1933) |
Lolette Payot-Dodille (French pronunciation:[lɔlɛtpajo]; 17 April 1910 – February 1988) was a Swiss-French tennis player.
Payot was born on 17 April 1910 atLausanne.[2] She learned to play tennis age 8 on the courts of the Montchoisi tennis club.[3] At the age of 13, she won the Swiss national championships for the first time.[2]
Payot competed at theWimbledon Championships from 1929 to 1935, reaching the singles quarterfinals in 1931, 1933 and 1934. At theFrench Championships, she reached the quarterfinals in 1932, 1934 and 1935. In 1935, she won the mixed doubles title partneringMarcel Bernard atParis. She was ranked world number 4 byA. Wallis Myers in 1932.[1]
In August 1932 she won the singles title at theGerman Championships in Hamburg after a three-sets victory in the final againstHilde Krahwinkel.[4]
Payot won the Swiss national championships seven times in a row from 1929 to 1935.[5] During the Swiss championships in July 1935, Payot fell seriously ill. It took her a year to recover, and she decided to retire from the amateur tennis circuit.[3] She then opened a tennis school and worked as a coach at Montchoisi. In January 1937, she married FrenchRobert Dodille at Lausanne and took French citizenship.[6][7]
By 1943, Payot had begun to play tournaments again.[8] In August 1945, she won the singles title at the French championships.[7] The title, however, isn't recognized by theFédération Française de Tennis and theInternational Tennis Federation.
Payot continued to work as a coach and as a secretary at Montchoisi tennis club until 1982.[2] She died at the age of 77 in February 1988.[9]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1932 | Italian Championships | Clay | Colette Rosambert |  Dorothy Andrus Lucia Valerio | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1935 | French Championships | Clay | Marcel Bernard | Sylvie Jung HenrotinAndré Martin-Legeay | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
