Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
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Dorothy Cunliffe Shepherd-Barron (24 November 1897 – 20 February 1953) was a female tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
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In 1924 she teamed up with Evelyn Colyer
Evelyn Colyer
Evelyn Lucy Colyer was a female tennis player from Great Britain.With Joan Austin, sister of Bunny Austin, Evvie Colyer, a teenager in pig-tails, played doubles in the 1923 Wimbledon final against Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills...
to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event.
She married engineer Wilfred Shepherd-Barron
Wilfred Shepherd-Barron
Wilfred Philip Shepherd-Barron, MC, TD, LlD was a British civil engineer and army officer. Shepherd-Barron was born John Barron in Caithness, Scotland in 1888. Shepherd-Barron served in the Royal Engineers and received the Military Cross, he was also awarded the Territorial Decoration...
. One of their children was John Shepherd-Barron
John Shepherd-Barron
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron, OBE was a Scottish inventor, who pioneered the development of the cash machine, sometimes referred to as the Automated Teller Machine or ATM.-Early life:...
, credited as the inventor of the Automated teller machine
Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
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Win
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 1931 | Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
Phyllis Mudford King Phyllis Mudford Phyllis King was the oldest living Wimbledon champion when she died at age 100.Mudford was born in 1905 in Wallington, Surrey. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles Championship in 1931 with partner Dorothy Shepherd-Barron.-References:... |
 Doris Metaxa Howard Josane Sigart |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 1929 | Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
Phyllis Howkins Covell | Peggy Saunders Mitchell Phoebe Holcroft Watson |
6–4, 8–6 |