Winnie Shaw

Tennis Player

1947 – 1992

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Who was Winnie Shaw?

Winifred Mason Shaw was a Scottish tennis player. In 2002 she was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. She was born in Glasgow.

Shaw had more success as a doubles than a singles player. She never won a major tournament, but she reached the finals of both the ladies doubles and the mixed doubles, and twice made it to the semi-finals in the French Open. She played twice in the Australian Open semi-finals. She reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 1972, playing with another Scot, Joyce Williams.

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Born
1947
Glasgow
Profession
Lived in
  • Glasgow
Died
1992

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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