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Yvon Petra (French pronunciation: [ivɔ̃ petʁa]; 8 March 1916 – 12 September 1984) was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon French Indochina. He is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon championships men’s singles title (in 1946) beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final. In doubles he won the French championships twice in 1938 with Bernard Destremau defeating the best pair in the world Budge-Mako and in 1946 with Marcel Bernard.