Angela Mortimer
| Full name | Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain
|
| Born |
21 April 1932 Plymouth, England |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1993 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1961, Lance Tingay) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1958) |
| French Open | W (1955) |
| Wimbledon | W (1961) |
| US Open | SF (1961) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1958) |
| Wimbledon | W (1955) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1958) |
| Team competitions | |
| Wightman Cup | W (1960) |
Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett (née Mortimer; born 21 April 1932) is a former World No. 1 British female tennis player. She was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. She is married to the veteran BBC commentator and author John Barrett. Mortimer won three Grand Slam singles titles, at the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships, and Wimbledon in 1961, when she was 29 years old and partially deaf.
Mortimer teamed with Anne Shilcock to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1955. That was Mortimer's only career Grand Slam women's doubles title. She teamed with Coghlan to reach the women's doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships. Mortimer and Peter Newman reached the mixed doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships. That was her only career Grand Slam mixed doubles final.
Angela Mortimer first reached the late stages of a major title at Forest Hills in 1952 when, as 3rd foreign seed, she reached the quarterfinal of the US National Championships before losing to second seed Doris Hart. At Wimbledon in 1953, seeded no.5, she reached her appointed place in the quarterfinal, losing to Dorothy Knode. She also reached the quarterfinals in 1954, 1956 (losing to fellow countrywoman Pat Ward Hales),1959 (when she was seeded no. 2 but lost to Sandra Reynolds and 1960 (losing to champion Maria Bueno). In 1958, unseeded, she beat the former champion Margaret DuPont in the quarterfinal, the then French champion Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6-0,6-1 in the semifinal and went on to hold a set point against the defending champion, Althea Gibson, in the final before losing in straight sets. In 1961 she won the title, revenging herself on Sandra Reynolds (Price), the top seed, 11-9, 6-3 in the semifinal and beating Christine Truman, who had a fall in the second set, in the final in three sets. Defending her title in 1962 and not fully fit, she lost to eventual finalist Vera Sukova in the fourth round.
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