Angela Mortimer

A statue of 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. 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Angela Mortimer, tennis champion victorious in the last all-British final at Wimbledon in 1961". The Telegraph. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.