Winifred Alice "Freda" James (married name Hammersley) (11 January 1911 – 27 December 1988) was a British female
tennis
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player of the 1930s.
She won the women's doubles in
Grand Slam
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events three times : in 1933 at the
US Women's National Championship (with
Betty Nuthall
Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker (née Nuthall; 23 May 1911 – 8 November 1983) was an English tennis player. Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Nuthall was ranked in the wor ...
), and twice at
Wimbledon
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in 1935 and 1936 (with
Kay Stammers
Katherine "Kay" Esther Stammers (3 April 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a female tennis player from the United Kingdom.
Career
Stammers was born on 3 April 1914 in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the gra ...
).
From 1931 to 1939, she was part of the British team in the
Wightman Cup
The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 (except during World War II) between teams from the United States and Great Britain.
History
U.S. player Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate ...
.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
References
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1911 births
1988 deaths
English female tennis players
Sportspeople from Nottingham
United States National champions (tennis)
Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
British female tennis players
Tennis people from Nottinghamshire