Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Full name | Dorothy Cunliffe Shepherd-Barron |
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Country (sports) | Great Britain |
Born | Beighton, England | 24 November 1897
Died | 20 February 1953 Melbourn, England | (aged 55)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1926) |
Wimbledon | QF (1921, 1924) |
US Open | QF (1931) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1931) |
US Open | F (1929) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | F (1923, 1924, 1934) |
Team competitions | |
Wightman Cup | W (1924) |
Medal record |
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (
Tennis career
At the 1924 Summer Olympics she teamed with Evelyn Colyer to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. In the singles event, she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Julie Vlasto.
Between 1920 and 1939, she participated in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles event, her best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1921 (losing to
In mixed doubles, she was a Grand Slam finalist on four occasions, partnering Lewis Deane, Leslie Godfree and Bunny Austin.
Personal life
On 23 September 1921, she married engineer Wilfred Shepherd-Barron in Bombay, India. One of their sons is John Shepherd-Barron, credited as the inventor of the ATM, and their youngest son, Richard Shepherd-Barron, was a racing driver in the 1950s and 1960s, finishing 13th overall at the 1962 Le Mans race. She died in a car accident in Cambridgeshire on 20 February 1953.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1929 | Wimbledon |
Grass | Phyllis Howkins Covell | Peggy Michell Phoebe Holcroft Watson |
6–4, 8–6 |
Loss | 1929 | U.S. Championships |
Grass | Phyllis Howkins Covell | Peggy Michell Phoebe Holcroft Watson |
6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1931 | Wimbledon | Grass | Phyllis Mudford King | Doris Metaxa Howard Josane Sigart |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1923 | Wimbledon | Grass | Lewis Deane | Elizabeth Ryan Randolph Lycett |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1924 | Wimbledon | Grass | Leslie Godfree | John Gilbert |
3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 1931 | French Championships | Clay | Bunny Austin | Patrick Spence |
3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Loss | 1934 | Wimbledon | Grass | Bunny Austin | Tatsuyoshi Miki |
6–3, 4–6, 0–6 |
References
- ^ "Dorothy Shepherd-Barron". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- AELTC.
- AELTC.
External links
- Dorothy Shepherd-Barron at the International Tennis Federation
- Dorothy Shepherd-Barron at Olympics.com
- Dorothy Shepherd-Barron at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dorothy Shepherd-Barron at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Dorothy Shepherd-Barron at databaseOlympics.com (archived)