Winifred Alice "Freda" James (married name Hammersley, 11 January 1911 – 27 December 1988) was a British female

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player of the 1930s. She won the women's doubles in Grand Slam events three times: in 1933 at the US Women's National Championship (with

Betty Nuthall Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker (née Nuthall; 23 May 1911 – 8 November 1983) was an English tennis player. Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Nuthall was ranked in the wor ...

), and twice at

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in 1935 and 1936 (with

Kay Stammers Katherine "Kay" Esther Stammers (3 April 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a female tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career Stammers was born on 3 April 1914 in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the gra ...

). From 1931 to 1939, she was part of the British team in the

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Grand Slam finals

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Freda 1911 births 1988 deaths English female tennis players British female tennis players United States National champions (tennis) Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Tennis players from Nottingham 20th-century English sportswomen