Phyllis Mudford King
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Born | (1905-08-23)23 August 1905 Wallington, Surrey, England, UK |
Died | 27 January 2006(2006-01-27) (aged 100) Horley, Surrey, England, UK |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (1930) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1930) |
Wimbledon | QF (1930) |
US Open | SF (1935) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1931) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | SF (1930) |
Phyllis Mudford King (23 August 1905 – 27 January 2006) was an English female tennis player and the oldest living Wimbledon champion when she died at age 100.
Phyllis Evelyn Mudford was born in 1905 in Wallington, Surrey.[1] She was educated at Sutton High School, where she was Captain of Tennis,[2] and one of the school's four houses is named in her honour.[3] She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles Championship in 1931 with partner Dorothy Shepherd-Barron,[4] and last took part in the tournament in 1953.[2]
In 1931, she won the singles title at the Kent Championships after defeating Dorothy Round in the final in straight sets. In 1934, she again won the title beating Joan Hartigan in the final.[5] She played for Britain in the Wightman Cup in 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1935.[6]
Marriage
Mudford married Maurice Richard King in 1932.[7][8][9]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1931 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1937 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
References
- ^ "Phyllis King". The Times. London. 2 February 2006.
- ^ a b Henderson, Jon (27 June 2004). "It was a sport in my day". The Observer.
- ^ "Our House System". Sutton High School. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ Gilbert, Helen (2006). "100 year old Former Champion Dies". Wimbledon. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008.
- ^ "Kent Championships – Ladies' Singles Roll of Honour" (PDF). Beckenham Tennis Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012.
- ^ Lowe, Gordon (1936). Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. pp. 157–58.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Tennis star to marry London businessman. Miss Phyllis Mudford , the Wightman Cup lawn tennis international and one of the leading English girl players at Wimbledon , is to". Alamy.
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- 1913: Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby
- 1914: Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1915–18: No competition (World War I)
- 1919: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1920: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1921: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1922: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1923: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
- 1925: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1926: Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1927: Helen Wills / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1928: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
- 1929: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
- 1930: Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1931: Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
- 1932: Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart
- 1933: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1934: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
- 1935: Freda James / Kay Stammers
- 1936: Freda James / Kay Stammers
- 1937: Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
- 1938: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
- 1939: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
- 1940–45: No competition (World War II)
- 1946: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1947: Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart
- 1948: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1949: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1950: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1951: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1952: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1953: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
- 1954: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
- 1955: Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock
- 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson
- 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard
- 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson
- 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
- 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
- 1961: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1962: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1963: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
- 1964: Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey
- 1965: Maria Bueno / Billie Jean Moffitt
- 1966: Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
- 1967: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1968: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1969: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart-Dalton
- 1970: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1971: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1972: Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve
- 1973: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
- 1974: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
- 1975: Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu
- 1976: Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova
- 1977: Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell
- 1978: Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull
- 1979: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
- 1980: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
- 1981: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1982: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1985: Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
- 1986: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
- 1987: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
- 1988: Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini
- 1989: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
- 1990: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
- 1991: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva
- 1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1994: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
- 1995: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- 1996: Martina Hingis / Helena Suková
- 1997: Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
- 1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
- 1999: Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu
- 2000: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2001: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
- 2002: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2003: Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama
- 2004: Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs
- 2005: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- 2006: Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
- 2007: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- 2008: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2009: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2010: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
- 2011: Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik
- 2012: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2013: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
- 2014: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
- 2015: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
- 2016: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
- 2017: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
- 2018: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2019: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
- 2020 No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2021: Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens
- 2022: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
- 2023: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
- 2024: Kateřina Siniaková / Taylor Townsend
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