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 | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | Doris Metaxa Howard Josane Sigart | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
References
- ↑ "Phyllis King". The Times (London). 2 February 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Henderson, Jon (27 June 2004). "'It was a sport in my day'". The Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Our House System". Sutton High School. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ 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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