Angela Mortimer

Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer-Barrett (née Mortimer; 21 April 1932 – 25 August 2025) was an English world No. 1 tennis player. Mortimer won three major singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships and 1961 Wimbledon Championships when she was 29 years old and partially deaf.[1] She was born in Plymouth, England.

Mortimer died on 25 August 2025 at a hospital in London, England from cancer at the age of 93.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Angela Mortimer, tennis champion victorious in the last all-British final at Wimbledon in 1961". The Telegraph. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
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