Dorothy Shepherd-Barron

Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (née Cunliffe; 24 November 1897 – 20 February 1953) was a female tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Tennis career

At the 1924 Summer Olympics she teamed up with Evelyn Colyer to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. In the singles event she reached the quarterfinal in which she was beaten by Julie Vlasto.

Between 1920 and 1939 she participated in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles event her best result was reaching the quarterfinal in 1921 (lost to Mabel Clayton) and 1924 (lost to Phyllis Satterthwaite.^[1] She reached the final of the Wimbledon doubles event in 1929 with Phyllis Howkins Covell but lost in straight sets to compatriots Peggy Saunders Michell and Phoebe Holcroft Watson, a result that would be repeated a few months later in the final of the U.S. National Championships. Two years later, 1931, she partnered Phyllis Mudford King to win the doubles title, defeating Doris Metaxa Howard and Josane Sigart in three sets.^[2]

In the mixed doubles event she was a 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 children was John Shepherd-Barron, credited as the inventor of the automated teller machinem while their youngest son, Richard Shepherd-Barron, is a former racing driver in the fifties and sixties finishing thirteenth overall at the 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-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1929	Wimbledon	Grass	Phyllis Howkins Covell	Peggy Saunders Michell Phoebe Holcroft Watson	6–4, 8–6
Runner-up	1929	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Phyllis Howkins Covell	Peggy Saunders Michell Phoebe Holcroft Watson	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1931	Wimbledon	Grass	Phyllis Mudford King	Doris Metaxa Howard Josane Sigart	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 4 (4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1923	Wimbledon	Grass	Lewis Deane	Elizabeth Ryan Randolph Lycett	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	1924	Wimbledon	Grass	Leslie Godfree	Kitty McKane John Gilbert	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	1931	French Championships	Clay	Bunny Austin	Betty Nuthall Patrick Spence	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up	1934	Wimbledon	Grass	Bunny Austin	Dorothy Round Tatsuyoshi Miki	6–3, 4–6, 0–6

References

↑ "Wimbledon players archive – Dorothy Shepherd Barron (Shepherd)". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
↑ "Wimbledon draws archive – 1931 Ladies' Doubles". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.

External links

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