Winnie Shaw
Winifred Mason Shaw was a professional tennis player from Scotland whose career ran from the mid-1960s until the late 70s. In 2002, she was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. She was active from 1963 to 1978 and contested 56 career singles finals winning 28 titles.
Personal life
Winnie Shaw was born in Glasgow on 18 January 1947, the second and youngest child of Winifred Mason, also a tennis player who was Scottish national champion in 1930 and 1933, and journalist Angus Shaw.Career
Shaw was a three-time winner of the Scottish Grass Court Championships in 1965, 1966 and 1970, three-time runner-up in the Scottish Hard Court Championships and twice runner-up in the British Hard Court Championships. In Grand Slam events, her best progress was reaching the Australian Open semifinals in 1970 [Australian Open – Women's singles|1970] and 1971, and the Wimbledon quarterfinals in the same seasons.In doubles events, Shaw reached the finals of both the mixed doubles and the ladies doubles at the French Open. She also made it to the ladies doubles semifinals at the US Open and Australian Open on two occasions each, and to the semifinal at Wimbledon in 1972, playing with another player from Scotland, Joyce Williams.
She represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and the Federation Cup teams between 1966 and 1972.