Simone Barbier

Simone Barbier was a French tennis player, born on 19 January 1903 and died on 23 September 1992. She reached the women's doubles final at the 1930 French Championships with her compatriot Simonne Mathieu, where they lost in straight sets to Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Wills Moody. She competed at Wimbledon in 1929 and 1930, reaching the second round in singles, the quarterfinal in doubles with Mathieu and the second round in mixed doubles with Jacques Grandguillot. She also won the doubles title at the covered courts championships of Belgium and France, and she named the smash as her favorite stroke.