Carol Sherriff (born 20 October 1946) is an Australian former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Sherriff, a right-handed player from

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, is a daughter of tennis coach Ross Sherriff and younger sister of

Gail Sherriff Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player. Tennis career Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau ma ...

, better known as Gail Chanfreau. The sisters reached the doubles semi-finals of the 1965 French Championships together. They played against each other in the second round of the

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, which was the only known occasion since 1884 that two sisters had faced off at Wimbledon. The match attracted attention from the local press and was won in three sets by her sister Gail. From 1970 she competed as Carol Zeeman, after marrying South African tennis player Colin Zeeman. She has since remarried and is now Carol Campling.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheriff, Carol 1946 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportswomen