Freda James
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Winifred Alice "Freda" James (married name Hammersley) (born 11 January 1911 in Nottingham
, England
) was a British
tennis
player of the 1930s.
She won the women's doubles in Grand Slam
events three times : in 1933
at the US Women's National Championship (with Betty Nuthall
), and twice at Wimbledon in 1935
and 1936
(with Kay Stammers
).
From 1931
to 1939
, she was part of the British team in the Wightman Cup
.
" refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.
Result, final opponent
Result, partner, final opponent
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, England
England
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) was a British
United Kingdom
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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 of the 1930s.
She won the women's doubles in Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
events three times : in 1933
1933 in sports
-Alpine skiing:Events* Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire-American football:NFL championship...
at the US Women's National Championship (with Betty Nuthall
Betty Nuthall
Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker was an English tennis player.Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Shoemaker was ranked in the world top ten in 1927, 1929 through 1931, and 1933, reaching a career high in those rankings of World No...
), and twice at Wimbledon in 1935
1935 in sports
-American football:* Detroit Lions defeat 26–7 New York Giants for the NFL championship* SMU Mustangs national college football champions* First Heisman Trophy presented to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago...
and 1936
1936 in sports
-American football:* Minnesota Golden Gophers are the National college football champions* Green Bay Packers defeated Boston Redskins 21–6 for the NFL championship...
(with Kay Stammers
Kay Stammers
Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home...
).
From 1931
1931 in sports
-Alpine skiing:FIS Alpine World Ski ChampionshipsInaugural FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Mürren, Switzerland. The events are a downhill and a slalom race in both the men's and women's categories...
to 1939
1939 in sports
1939 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.Note — many sporting events did not take place because of World War II-American football:NFL championship...
, she was part of the British team in the Wightman Cup
Wightman Cup
The Wightman Cup was a team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 between teams from the United States and Great Britain. U.S. player Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate international interest in women's tennis the way Davis Cup did for men's...
.
Doubles titles
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Partner | Finalists | Score | ||
| 1 | 1933 | US Women's National Champ's, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) |  Betty NuthallBetty Nuthall Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker was an English tennis player.Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Shoemaker was ranked in the world top ten in 1927, 1929 through 1931, and 1933, reaching a career high in those rankings of World No... |
 Helen WillsHelen Wills Helen Wills may refer to:* Helen Wills Moody, eight-time Wimbledon tennis champion* Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, neuroscience research institute at the University of California, Berkeley... Elizabeth RyanElizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
Forfeit | US Open (tennis) 1933 | |
| 2 | 1935 | The Championships Wimbledon Wimbledon, London Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Kay Stammers Kay Stammers Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home... |
 Simonne Mathieu Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
6-1, 6-4 | Wimbledon (tennis) 1935 | |
| 3 | 1936 | The Championships Wimbledon Wimbledon, London Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Kay Stammers Kay Stammers Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home... |
Sarah Palfrey Cooke Helen Hull Jacobs Helen Jacobs Helen Hull Jacobs was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. She was born in Globe, Arizona, United States.- Tennis career :... |
6-2, 6-1 | Wimbledon (tennis) 1936 |
Doubles finals lost
| |Date | Name and place of tournament | Cat. | ($) | Surf. | Winners | Partner | Score | ||
| 1 | 1933 | The Championships Wimbledon Wimbledon, London Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
Billie Yorke Billie Yorke Billie Yorke was a British tennis player of the 1930s.At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simone Mathieu... |
6-2, 9-11, 6-4 | Wimbledon (tennis) 1933 | |
| 2 | 1939 | US Women's National Champ's, Forest Hills Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area... |
G. Slam | Grass (ext.) | Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble Alice Marble Alice Marble was a World No. 1 American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships : 5 in Singles, 6 in Women's Doubles, and 7 in Mixed Doubles.-Early life:Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California, Marble moved with her family at the age of... |
Kay Stammers Kay Stammers Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home... |
7-5, 8-6 | US Open (tennis) 1939 |
Grand Slam performance (partial)
Although the term "Grand SlamGrand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
" refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.
Singles
| Year | Australian Open | French Open French Open (tennis) The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are... |
Wimbledon | US National | ||||
| 1933 1933 in sports -Alpine skiing:Events* Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire-American football:NFL championship... |
- | round (1/32) | C. Rosambert Colette Rosambert Colette Rosambert was a French tennis player.She notably reached the final of the women's doubles at the French Open in 1933, with her compatriot Sylvie Jung Henrotin. The following year, she won the mixed doubles with Jean Borotra.-Doubles titles:... |
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Result, final opponent
Doubles
| Year | Australian Open | French Open French Open (tennis) The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are... |
Wimbledon | US National | ||||
| 1933 1933 in sports -Alpine skiing:Events* Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire-American football:NFL championship... |
- | - | Final Billie Yorke Billie Yorke Billie Yorke was a British tennis player of the 1930s.At the French Open, she won the women's doubles three years running, along with Simone Mathieu... |
S. Mathieu E. Ryan Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
Winner B. Nuthall Betty Nuthall Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker was an English tennis player.Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Shoemaker was ranked in the world top ten in 1927, 1929 through 1931, and 1933, reaching a career high in those rankings of World No... |
Helen Wills Helen Wills Helen Wills may refer to:* Helen Wills Moody, eight-time Wimbledon tennis champion* Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, neuroscience research institute at the University of California, Berkeley... E. RyanElizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events... |
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| 1935 1935 in sports -American football:* Detroit Lions defeat 26–7 New York Giants for the NFL championship* SMU Mustangs national college football champions* First Heisman Trophy presented to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago... |
- | - | Winner Kay Stammers Kay Stammers Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home... |
S. Mathieu K. Sperling |
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| 1936 1936 in sports -American football:* Minnesota Golden Gophers are the National college football champions* Green Bay Packers defeated Boston Redskins 21–6 for the NFL championship... |
- | - | Winner Kay Stammers Kay Stammers Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home... |
S. P. Cooke H. H. Jacobs Helen Jacobs Helen Hull Jacobs was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. She was born in Globe, Arizona, United States.- Tennis career :... |
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| 1939 1939 in sports 1939 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.Note — many sporting events did not take place because of World War II-American football:NFL championship... |
- | - | - | Final Kay Stammers Kay Stammers Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home... |
S. P. Cooke Alice Marble Alice Marble Alice Marble was a World No. 1 American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships : 5 in Singles, 6 in Women's Doubles, and 7 in Mixed Doubles.-Early life:Born in the small town of Beckwourth, Plumas County, California, Marble moved with her family at the age of... |
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Result, partner, final opponent