Raymonde Veber Jones

Raymonde Veber Jones (née Veber; 1 December 1917 – 28 June 2016)^[1] was a French tennis player. In 1944 she won the singles title at the Tournoi de France, a tournament set up in Vichy France during World War II in place of the French Championships, after beating compatriot Jacqueline Patorni in the final in two sets.^[2]

Raymonde Veber

Full name	Raymonde Veber Jones
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1917-12-01)1 December 1917 Paris, France
Died	28 June 2016(2016-06-28) (aged 98) United States

Veber was born in Paris, France, on 1 December 1917 as the youngest of six children of a wealthy family. Her father ran a tire-making rubber plant. Veber grew up in Neuilly-sur-Seine and started playing tennis at age 12 after the family doctor made clear she needed to get more exercise.^[2] On 5 November 1945 she married Ray Geyer Jones, a major in the U.S. Third Army whom she had met in Cannes in September.^[3] In 1947 they moved to the United States where she lived for the rest of her life.^[2]