Full name | Pamela Howard Shriver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | July 4, 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Don Candy[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prize money | $5,460,566 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Int. Tennis HoF | 2002 (member page) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 625–270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 3 (February 20, 1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (1981, 1982, 1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 3R (1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | SF (1981, 1987, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | F (1978) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 622–122 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (March 18, 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | W (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | W (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Finals | W (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986Nov, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | Gold Medal (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | W (1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | W (1986, 1989) Record: 19–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 WTA Tour–level titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. This includes 22 major titles, 21 in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles. Shriver also won an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, partnering with Zina Garrison. Shriver and regular doubles partner Martina Navratilova are the only women's pair to complete the Grand Slam in a calendar year, winning all four majors in 1984. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles, and world No. 1 in doubles.