Debbie Jevans

Debbie Jevans
Full name Deborah Jevans-Jarrett
Country (sports)  Great Britain
Born (1960-05-20) 20 May 1960
London, England
Turned pro 1976
Retired 1983
Singles
Career record 17–31
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 2R (1981)
Wimbledon 4R (1979)
US Open 2R (1982)
Doubles
Career record 16–42
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 3R (1981)
Wimbledon 3R (1979)
US Open 3R (1980)

Deborah Jevans CBE (born 20 May 1960) is a British former tennis player and current sports executive. Jevans is a former junior Wimbledon champion and played in ten Grand Slam singles draws between 1979 and 1983, with her best result being the fourth round of Wimbledon, losing to fifth-seeded Virginia Wade. In 1978 she reached the quarter finals of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon with her future husband and Wimbledon referee Andrew Jarrett.

In 1987 Jevans took up a role of director of the Women's Game at the International Tennis Federation.[1] In 2003 Jevans was appointed as director of sports for London 2012. After the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Jevans took over the post of chief executive for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[2][3] In 2014 Jevans was top of the list of the 50 most influential women in British sport created by the Guardian.[4] Jevans stepped down from her Rugby World Cup role in March 2015 citing personal reasons.[5] She is a member of the board of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Matt Slater (30 October 2014). "Sport & gender: Breaking the glass ceiling in sport administration". BBC Sport.
  2. ↑ Mairs, Gavin (5 September 2012). "Rugby World Cup 2015 team hire Debbie Jevans, London Olympics director of sport". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Debbie Jevans new boss of 2015 World Cup organisers". BBC Sport. 5 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Kessel, Anna (7 March 2014). "Debbie Jevans tops Guardian list of most influential women in UK sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rugby World Cup: Debbie Jevans resigns as boss of 2015 organisers". BBC Sport. 28 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "The AELTC". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.


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