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Angela Mortimer

Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.

There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hardcourt. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players. Angela Mortimer is a well known retired tennis player. Her full name is Angela Margaret Mortimer. She was born on April 21st, 1932, her height is 5 feet 6 inches and is a right handed player. She was partially deaf.

She won the Wimbledon Championship in 1961. Her speed, resolve and intelligence combined to produce a strong all-around game, with stress on groundstroke, mainly a battering forehand. She lost the Wimbledon final to Althea Gibson in 1958 and was a quarterfinalist in 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959 and 1960. She won the French Open in 1955, Australian Open in 1958 and the Wimbledon doubles in 1955.

She represented the Wightman Cup for six years, and helped Britain win, 4 to 3, in 1960 with a critical victory over Janet Hopps in three sets and captained the team seven years from 1964 to 70, piloting the 1968 victory. She was in the World Top Ten, at the first, first and fourth rank in 1961, 1955 and 1956, respectively.

Angela Mortimer was a player known for her mental toughness, and because of that, many of her most famous matches went the distance. She is still remembered as one of the legendry tennis players in her time.

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