Shirley Brasher

Who is Shirley Brasher?

Shirley Brasher, née Bloomer is an English former tennis player who won three Grand Slam titles during her career and who was the second ranked singles player in her country in 1957.

Brasher won the singles title at the 1957 French Championships, defeating Dorothy Head Knode in the final 6–1, 6–3. She was the runner-up in singles at the 1958 French Championships, losing to Zsuzsi Körmöczy 6–4, 1–6, 6–2.

Brasher teamed with Darlene Hard to win the women's doubles title at the 1957 French Championships, defeating Yola Ramírez Ochoa and Rosie Reyes in the final 7–5, 4–6, 7–5. She teamed with Nicola Pietrangeli to win the mixed doubles title at the 1958 French Championships, defeating Lorraine Coghlan Robinson and Robert Howe in the final 8–6, 6–2.

Brasher partnered Patricia Ward Hales to reach the 1955 women's doubles finals at Wimbledon, where they lost to Angela Mortimer Barrett and Anne Shilcock 7–5, 6–1, and at the French Championships, where they lost to Hard and Beverly Baker Fleitz 7–5, 6–8, 13–11.

Brasher played on the British Wightman Cup team from 1955 through 1960. The 1958 team that included Christine Truman Janes and Brasher won the cup, which was the first time that Great Britain had won the competition since 1930.