Winifred Mason Shaw (later Mrs. Wooldridge) (18 January 1947 – 30 March 1992) was a professional

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player from Scotland whose career ran from the mid-1960s until the early 70s. In 2002, she posthumously was inducted into the

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Personal life

Winnie Shaw was born in Glasgow on 18 January 1947, the second and youngest child of Winifred Mason, also a tennis player who was Scottish national champion in 1930 and 1933, and journalist Angus Shaw.

Career

Shaw was a three-time winner of the Scottish Grass Court Championships in 1965, 1966 and 1970, three-time runner-up in the Scottish Hard Court Championships and twice runner-up in the British Hard Court Championships. In

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events, her best progress was reaching the Australian Open semifinals in

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and 1971, and the Wimbledon quarterfinals in the same seasons. In doubles events, Shaw reached the finals of both the mixed doubles (1971) and the ladies doubles (1972) at the French Open. She also made it to the ladies doubles semifinals at the US Open and Australian Open on two occasions each, and to the semifinal at Wimbledon in 1972, playing with another player from Scotland, Joyce Williams. She represented Great Britain in the

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and the Federation Cup teams between 1966 and 1972.

Golf

After her marriage in 1972 she became a keen golfer. She played for Scotland in the 1982

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. Shaw reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1980 and 1982. In 1981, partnered by

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, she won the Avia Foursomes with a score of 309, a stroke ahead of the runners-up.

Retirement

She married English tennis player Keith Wooldridge in October 1972 and retired as a tennis player after the 1978 edition of Wimbledon. She died on 30 March 1992 from a brain tumour.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

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Winifred Mason Wooldridge (nee Shaw)
at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Winnie British female tennis players Scottish female tennis players Sportspeople from Glasgow 1947 births 1992 deaths Deaths from brain tumor People from Clarkston, East Renfrewshire People educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School Sportspeople from East Renfrewshire Scottish female golfers Amateur golfers