Angela Mortimer was a British tennis player, ranked world number one, who won three major singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships and the 1961 Wimbledon Championships, the last when she was partially deaf. Born in Plymouth in 1932, she beat Sandra Reynolds in the semifinals and Christine Truman in the 1961 final, becoming the first British winner of the women's title since Dorothy Round in 1937. She also won the Wimbledon women's doubles in 1955 with Anne Shilcock. She married the player and broadcaster John Barrett and died in 2025.
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was a British world No. 1 tennis player
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(née Mortimer; 21 April 1932-25 August 2025)
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She and Lorraine Coghlan also reached the women's doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships. Mortimer and Peter Newman reached the mixed doubles final
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In 1961, she won the title, defeating top-seeded Sandra Reynolds in the semifinals and then Christine Truman in the final in three sets
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Mortimer won three major singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships and 1961 Wimbledon Championships, the last won when she was partially deaf.
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was a British world No. 1 tennis player
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was a British world No. 1 tennis player
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In 1961, she won the title, defeating top-seeded Sandra Reynolds in the semifinals and then Christine Truman in the final in three sets
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Mortimer won three major singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships and 1961 Wimbledon Championships
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