Freda James

Freda James
Full nameWinifred Alice James Hammersley
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1911-01-11)11 January 1911
Nottingham, England
Died27 December 1988(1988-12-27) (aged 77)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon4R (1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1949)[1]
US OpenQF (1934, 1935)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF (1932, 1933)
WimbledonW (1935, 1936)[1]
US OpenW (1933)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonSF (1934, 1938)[1]

Winifred Alice "Freda" James (married name Hammersley, 11 January 1911 – 27 December 1988) was a British female tennis player of the 1930s.[2]

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.

  1. ^ a b c "Wimbledon Players Archive – Freda Hammersley (James)". AELTC. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1935. p. 210.