Barbara Scofield
Full name | Barbara Scofield-Davidson |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | June 24, 1926
Died | January 31, 2023 | (aged 96)
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | SF (1950) |
Wimbledon | QF (1950) |
US Open | 2R (1957) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | F (1951) |
Wimbledon | SF (1948, 1951) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | W (1950) |
Wimbledon | QF (1950) |
Barbara Scofield (June 24, 1926 – January 31, 2023) was an American tennis player.[1]
Scofield learned playing tennis at age 11 by taking lesson at the Golden Gate Park.[2]
With the Argentine Enrique Morea, Scofield won the mixed doubles at the French Championships in 1950, and the following year, she was a runner-up in the women's doubles event with Beryl Bartlett.
Scofield‘s best singles result at the
Betty Rosenquest respectively.[3]
Scofield won the singles title at the 1955 Eastern Grass Court Championships in South Orange, New Jersey.
Scofield was inducted into the United States Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 2013.[2]
Scofield died on January 31, 2023, at the age of 96.[4]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1951 | French Championships | Clay | Beryl Bartlett | Shirley Fry Doris Hart |
8–10, 3–6 |
Mixed doubles: (1 title)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1950 | French Championships | Clay | Enrique Morea | Patricia Canning Todd Bill Talbert |
Walkover |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships
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A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
French Championships
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2R | A | SF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 5 |
Wimbledon
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2R | A | QF | 4R | A | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 |
US Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
SR | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 8 |
References
- Milwaukee Journal. August 12, 1981. Retrieved August 4, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame Class of 2013 Barbara Scofield Davidson" (PDF). United States Tennis Association (USTA).
- AELTC.
- ^ "Barbara Davidson". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2023.