Barbara Scofield (born June 24, 1926) is an American former tennis player.
Scofield learned playing tennis at age 11 by taking lesson at the Golden Gate Park.
With the Argentine
Enrique Morea
Enrique Jorge Morea (11 April 1924 – 15 March 2017) was an Argentine tennis player.
Morea reached the singles semifinals of the French Championships in 1953, beating Mervyn Rose and Gardnar Mulloy and then losing to Ken Rosewall. At the F ...
, Scofield won the mixed doubles at the
French Championships
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
in 1950, and the following year, she was a runner-up in the women's doubles event with
Beryl Bartlett.
Scofield‘s best singles result at the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is pla ...
was reaching the quarterfinals in 1950, losing to third-seeded
Doris Hart. In the doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1948 and 1951, partnering
Helen Rihbany and
Betty Rosenquest respectively.
Scofield won the singles title at the 1955
Eastern Grass Court Championships
The Eastern Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held on outdoor grass courts in the eastern United States from 1927 to 1969.
History
The first edition was held in 1927 at the Westchester Country Club, in ...
in South Orange, New Jersey.
Scofield was inducted into the
United States Tennis Association
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, ...
Hall of Fame in 2013.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: (1 runner-up)
Mixed doubles: (1 title)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
References
External links
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Wimbledon player record
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1926 births
Living people
American female tennis players
French Championships (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
Tennis players from San Francisco
21st-century American women