Phyllis King (tennis)

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Phyllis Mudford King (23 August 1905 27 January 2006) was the oldest living Wimbledon champion when she died at age 100.

Mudford was born in 1905 in Wallington, Surrey.[1] She was educated at Sutton High School, where she was Captain of Tennis,[2] and one of the school's four houses is named in her honour.[3] She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles Championship in 1931 with partner Dorothy Shepherd-Barron,[4] and last took part in the tournament in 1953.[2]

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Win

Year Championship Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1931 Wimbledon United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd-Barron France Doris Metaxa Howard
Belgium Josane Sigart
3–6, 6–3, 6–4


References

  1. "Phyllis King". The Times (London). 2 February 2006. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Henderson, Jon (27 June 2004). "'It was a sport in my day'". The Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2012. 
  3. "Our House System". Sutton High School. Retrieved 5 December 2012. 
  4. Gilbert, Helen (2006). "100 year old Former Champion Dies". Wimbledon. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
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