Full name | Dorothy Edith Round |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Born | Dudley, Worcestershire, England |
13 July 1908
Died | 12 November 1982 Kidderminster, Hereford and Worcester, England |
(aged 74)
Int. Tennis HoF | 1986 (member page) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1935) |
Wimbledon | W (1934, 1937) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | F (1931) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1934, 1935, 1936) |
Dorothy Edith Round (13 July 1908 – 12 November 1982) was a British tennis player.
She was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, where she attended the Dudley Girls High School.
Little was a rival of Helen Wills Moody and won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, when Moody was absent, and the Australian Championships in 1935, which Moody never played.
According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Little was ranked in the world top ten from 1933 through 1937, reaching a career high of World No1 in 1934.,[1]
On 2 September 1939 she married Dr Douglas Leigh Little, a practitioner, at the Wesley Methodist Church in Dudley.[2]
Contents
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1933 | Wimbledon | Grass | Helen Wills Moody | 4–6, 8–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1934 | Wimbledon | Grass | Helen Jacobs | 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
Winner | 1935 | Australian Championships | Grass | Nancy Lyle Glover | 1–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 1937 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
Doubles: 1 runner-up
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1931 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Helen Jacobs | Betty Nuthall Eileen Bennett Whittingstall |
2–6, 4–6 |
Mixed doubles: 3 titles
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1934 | Wimbledon | Grass | Ryuki Miki | Dorothy Shepherd Barron Bunny Austin |
3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 1935 | Wimbledon | Grass | Fred Perry | Nell Hopman Harry Hopman |
7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 1936 | Wimbledon | Grass | Fred Perry | Sarah Fabyan Don Budge |
7–9, 7–5, 6–4 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | A | A | A | A | 1 / 1 |
French Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | QF | F | W | QF | QF | W | A | 4R | 2 / 11 |
US Championships | A | A | A | 3R | A | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 14 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Legacy
On 20 September 2013 the town of Dudley commemorated Dorothy by erecting a bronze statue to her in Priory Park, Dudley, the statue was unveiled by her daughter. The lifesize bronze statue was created by the British sculptor John McKenna ARBS cast at the A4A studio foundry and depicts Dorothy Round making a return play of the ball.
Also a portrait in oils on canvas by Dudley artist Philip Guest BSA now permanently hangs in Dudley Museum and Art Gallery.[citation needed] The exhibition of Local Sporting Heroes currently hosts the exhibion of Dorothy Round.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Collins, Bud. The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New Chapter Press.
- ^ "Miss Dorothy Round". The Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1937. p. 13.
- ^ "Dudley". Flog It!. Series 7. 11 March 2009. BBC. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
External links
- Dorothy Round at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- How I Play Tennis by Dorothy Round – British Pathé instructional film (1936)
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