Sheila Armstrong (1939–1979) was a British

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player. She became Sheila Brown after marriage. Born in 1939, Armstrong grew up around

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, where her father worked as a bank manager. The family lived in the town of

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before they moved to Didsbury to be close to the Northern Lawn Tennis Club. She attended Manchester Girls High School. In 1955 she claimed the junior singles title at

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. The following year, Armstrong won the junior doubles event with

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during the

1956 Australian Championships The 1956 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia from 20 January to 30 January. It was the 44th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the A ...

. Armstrong earned a place on the British Wightman Cup team in 1957, playing doubles with Shirley Broomer. She made the singles fourth round at Wimbledon in 1957 and reached the quarter-finals of the women's doubles in 1960 partnering

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. In 1960, her final year touring, she won several titles on the French Riviera tennis circuit.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Sheila 1939 births 1979 deaths British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis players from Greater Manchester Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles