Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron was a tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Tennis career
At the 1924 Summer Olympics she teamed with Evelyn Colyer to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. In the singles event, she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Julie Vlasto.Between 1920 and 1939, she participated in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles event, her best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1921 and 1924 (losing to Phyllis Satterthwaite. She reached the final of the Wimbledon doubles event in 1929 with Phyllis Howkins Covell, losing in straight sets to compatriots Peggy Saunders Michell and Phoebe Holcroft Watson, a result that was repeated in the final of the U.S. National Championships. Two years later, in 1931, she and partner Phyllis Mudford King won the doubles title, defeating Doris Metaxa Howard and Josane Sigart in three sets.
In mixed doubles, she was a Grand Slam finalist on four occasions, partnering Lewis Deane, Leslie Godfree and Bunny Austin.