Dorothy Round

Dorothy Round

Full name	Dorothy Edith Round
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	13 July 1908 Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Died	12 November 1982 (aged 74) Kidderminster, Hereford and Worcester, England
Int. Tennis HoF	1986 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1935)
Wimbledon	W (1934, 1937)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	F (1931)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1934, 1935, 1936)

Dorothy Edith Round or Dorothy Round Little (13 July 1908 – 12 November 1982) was a British tennis player. She won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, and the Australian Championships in 1935.

She was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, where she attended the Dudley Girls High School.

According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Little was ranked in the world top ten from 1933 through 1937, reaching a career high of World No. 1 in 1934.,^[1]

On 2 September 1939 she married Dr Douglas Leigh Little, a practitioner, at the Wesley Methodist Church in Dudley.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1933	Wimbledon	Grass	Helen Wills Moody	4–6, 8–6, 3–6
Winner	1934	Wimbledon	Grass	Helen Jacobs	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	1935	Australian Championships	Grass	Nancy Lyle Glover	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	1937	Wimbledon	Grass	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6–2, 2–6, 7–5

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1931	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Helen Jacobs	Betty Nuthall Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	2–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 3 titles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1934	Wimbledon	Grass	Ryuki Miki	Dorothy Shepherd Barron Bunny Austin	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	1935	Wimbledon	Grass	Fred Perry	Nell Hopman Harry Hopman	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	1936	Wimbledon	Grass	Fred Perry	Sarah Fabyan Don Budge	7–9, 7–5, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	Career SR
Australian Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	1 / 1
French Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
Wimbledon	1R	2R	3R	QF	QF	F	W	QF	QF	W	A	4R	2 / 11
US Championships	A	A	A	3R	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	1 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	3 / 14

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Legacy

On 20 September 2013 the town of Dudley commemorated Dorothy by erecting a bronze statue to her in Priory Park, Dudley, the statue was unveiled by her daughter. The lifesize bronze statue was created by the British sculptor John McKenna ARBS cast at the A4A studio foundry and depicts Dorothy Round making a return play of the ball.

Also a portrait in oils on canvas by Dudley artist Philip Guest BSA now permanently hangs in Dudley Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition of Local Sporting Heroes currently hosts the exhibition of Dorothy Round.^[3]

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

1. Collins, Bud. The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New Chapter Press.
2. "Miss Dorothy Round". The Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1937. p. 13.
3. "Dudley". Flog It!. Series 7. 11 March 2009. BBC. Retrieved 3 November 2012.

External links

• Dorothy Round at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• How I Play Tennis by Dorothy Round – British Pathé instructional film (1936)
  • Part 1, Part 2, Part 3