Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (

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Cunliffe; 24 November 1897 – 20 February 1953) was a tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the

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Tennis career

At the

she teamed with

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to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. In the singles event, she reached the quarterfinals, losing to

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. Between 1920 and 1939, she participated in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles event, her best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1921 (losing to Mabel Clayton) and 1924 (losing to Phyllis Satterthwaite. She reached the final of the Wimbledon doubles event in 1929 Wimbledon Championships, 1929 with Phyllis Covell, Phyllis Howkins Covell, losing in straight sets to compatriots Peggy Michell, Peggy Saunders Michell and Phoebe Holcroft Watson, a result that was repeated in the final of the 1929 U.S. National Championships, U.S. National Championships. Two years later, in 1931, she and partner Phyllis Mudford King won the doubles title, defeating Doris Metaxa, Doris Metaxa Howard and Josane Sigart in three sets. In mixed doubles, she was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam finalist on four occasions, partnering Lewis Deane, Leslie Godfree and Bunny Austin.

Personal life

On 23 September 1921, she married engineer Wilfred Shepherd-Barron in Bombay, India. One of their sons is John Shepherd-Barron, credited as the inventor of the automated teller machine, ATM, and their youngest son, Richard Shepherd-Barron, was a racing driver in the 1950s and 1960s, finishing 13th overall at the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1962 Le Mans race. She died in a car accident in Cambridgeshire on 20 February 1953.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd-Barron, Dorothy 1897 births 1953 deaths British female tennis players Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players of Great Britain Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in England English female tennis players People from Broadland (district) Tennis people from South Yorkshire Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)