Angela Mortimer
| Full name | Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain |
| Born |
21 April 1932 Plymouth, England |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1993 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1961, Lance Tingay) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1958) |
| French Open | W (1955) |
| Wimbledon | W (1961) |
| US Open | SF (1961) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1958) |
| Wimbledon | W (1955) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1958) |
| Team competitions | |
| Wightman Cup | W (1960) |
Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett (born 21 April 1932) is a former World No. 1 British female tennis player. She was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. She is married to the veteran BBC commentator John Barrett.
Mortimer won three Grand Slam singles titles, at the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships, and Wimbledon in 1961, when she was 29 years old and partially deaf.
Mortimer teamed with Anne Shilcock to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1955. That was Mortimer's only career Grand Slam women's doubles title. She teamed with Coghlan to reach the women's doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships.
Mortimer and Peter Newman reached the mixed doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships.[1] That was her only career Grand Slam mixed doubles final.
According to Lance Tingay of the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Mortimer was ranked in the world top ten from 1953 through 1956 and from 1958 through 1962, reaching a career high of World No. 1 in those rankings in 1961.[2]
Mortimer was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993.
On 27 July 2014 She Received the Freedom of the Borough of Merton. [3] [4]
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Opponent in final | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1955 | French Championships |  Dorothy Head Knode | 2–6, 7–5, 10–8 |
| Runner-up | 1956 | French Championships | Althea Gibson | 0–6, 10–12 |
| Winner | 1958 | Australian Championships |  Lorraine Coghlan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1958 | Wimbledon | Althea Gibson | 6–8, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1961 | Wimbledon | Christine Truman Janes | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runners-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponent in final | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1955 | Wimbledon Championships | Anne Shilcock |
Shirley Bloomer Brasher Patricia Ward Hales |
7–5, 6–1 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | A | A | A | 1 / 1 |
| France | A | A | 3R | A | W | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 3 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 3R | QF | QF | 2R | SF | 3R | F | QF | QF | W | 4R | 1 / 12 |
| United States | A | QF | 3R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | SF | A | 0 / 5 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 21 |
A = did not participate in the tournament
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
- Angela Mortimer, My Waiting Game (Frederick Muller Ltd, London, 1962) [autobiography]
- Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Roll of Honour
References
- ↑ "Australian Open results archive – 1958 Mixed Doubles". Tennis Australia.
- ↑ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 703. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.
- ↑ http://news.merton.gov.uk/2014/06/27/former-wimbledon-champions-awarded-freedom-of-merton/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HfRIicBWx8
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