Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (right) with the French player Suzanne Lenglen (1926)
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (born November 24, 1897 , † February 20, 1953 ) was a British tennis player of the early 1930s and the mother of the ATM inventor John Shepherd-Barron .
In 1931, Shepherd-Barron and her compatriot Phyllis Mudford won the women's doubles competition at the Wimbledon Championships . They defeated Doris Metaxa and Josane Sigart in the final 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4.
Web links
Commons : Dorothy Shepherd-Barron - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
- ITF profile of Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (English)
- Dorothy Shepherd Barron at www.tennis-aaron.de
- Dorothy Shepherd-Barron in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Shepherd-Barron, Dorothy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1897 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1953 |