Country (sports) United Kingdom Wimbledon QF (1921, 1924) US Open F (1929) Role Tennis player | French Open 2R (1926) Wimbledon W (1931) Name Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | |
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Full name Dorothy Cunliffe Shepherd-Barron Born 24 November 1897
Beighton, England ( 1897-11-24 ) Died February 20, 1953, Melbourn, United Kingdom Olympic medals Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles People also search for Evelyn Colyer, Phyllis Covell, Phyllis Mudford King | ||
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (nee Cunliffe Shepherd, 24 November 1897 – 20 February 1953) was a female tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Tennis career
At the 1924 Summer Olympics she teamed up with Evelyn Colyer to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. In the single sevent she reached the quarterfinal in which she was beaten by 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 quarterfinal in 1921 (lost to Mabel Clayton) and 1924 (lost to Phyllis Satterthwaite. She reached the final of the Wimbledon doubles event in 1929 with Phyllis Howkins Covell but lost in straight sets to compatriots Peggy Saunders Michell and Phoebe Holcroft Watson, a result that would be repeated a few months later in the final of the U.S. National Championships. Two years later, 1931, she partnered Phyllis Mudford King to win the doubles title, defeating Doris Metaxa Howard and Josane Sigart in three sets.
In the mixed doubles event she was a Grand Slam finalist on four occasions, partnering Lewis Deane, Leslie Godfree and Bunny Austin.
Personal life
She married engineer Wilfred Shepherd-Barron. One of their children was John Shepherd-Barron, credited as the inventor of the automated teller machine. She died in a car accident in Cambridgeshire on 20 February 1953.