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Dorothy Round Little
Personal information
Date of birth 13 July 1908
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Grand Slam singles championships (3)
Australian Championships 1935
Wimbledon 1934, 1937

Dorothy Edith Round Little (13 July 1908 – 12 November 1982 in Kidderminster, England) was a World No. 1 British female tennis player. She was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, where she attended the Dudley Girls High School.

Little was a rival of Helen Wills Moody and won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, when Moody was absent, and the Australian Championships in 1935, which Moody never played.

According to 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 those rankings in 1934.[1]

Contents

Grand Slam record

  • Wimbledon
    • Singles champion: 1934, 1937
    • Singles runner-up: 1933
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1934, 1935, 1936

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (3)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1934 Wimbledon Flag of the United States.svg Helen Hull Jacobs 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1935 Australian Championships Flag of Australia.svg Nancy Lyle Glover 1–6, 6–1, 6–3
1937 Wimbledon Flag of Poland.svg Jadwiga Jedrzejowska 6–2, 2–6, 7–5

Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1933 Wimbledon Flag of the United States.svg Helen Wills Moody 6–4, 6–8, 6–3

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
U.S. 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.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 702. ISBN 0-942257-41-3.  
Australasian Championships/Australian Championships women's singles champions

(1922) Margaret Molesworth  • (1923) Margaret Molesworth  • (1924) Sylvia Lance Harper  • (1925) Daphne Akhurst Cozens  • (1926) Daphne Akhurst Cozens  • (1927) Esna Boyd Robertson  • (1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens  • (1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens  • (1930) Daphne Akhurst Cozens  • (1931) Coral McInnes Buttsworth  • (1932) Coral McInnes Buttsworth  • (1933) Joan Hartigan Bathurst  • (1934) Joan Hartigan Bathurst  • (1935) Dorothy Round Little  • (1936) Joan Hartigan Bathurst  • (1937) Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1938) Dorothy Bundy Cheney  • (1939) Emily Hood Westacott  • (1940) Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1941-1945 No competition (due to World War II)  • (1946) Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1947) Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1948) Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1949) Doris Hart  • (1950) Louise Brough Clapp  • (1951) Nancye Wynne Bolton  • (1952) Thelma Coyne Long  • (1953) Maureen Connolly Brinker  • (1954) Thelma Coyne Long  • (1955) Beryl Penrose Collier  • (1956) Mary Carter Reitano  • (1957) Shirley Fry Irvin  • (1958) Angela Mortimer Barrett  • (1959) Mary Carter Reitano  • (1960) Margaret Court  • (1961) Margaret Court  • (1962) Margaret Court  • (1963) Margaret Court  • (1964) Margaret Court  • (1965) Margaret Court  • (1966) Margaret Court  • (1967) Nancy Richey Gunter  • (1968) Billie Jean King
Pre Open Era Wimbledon women's singles champions

(1884) Maud Watson · (1885) Maud Watson · (1886) Blanche Bingley · (1887) Lottie Dod · (1888) Lottie Dod · (1889) Blanche Bingley · (1890) Lena Rice · (1891) Lottie Dod · (1892) Lottie Dod · (1893) Lottie Dod · (1894) Blanche Bingley · (1895) Charlotte Cooper · (1896) Charlotte Cooper · (1897) Blanche Bingley · (1898) Charlotte Cooper · (1899) Blanche Bingley · (1900) Blanche Bingley · (1901) Charlotte Cooper · (1902) Muriel Robb · (1903) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1904) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1905) May Sutton · (1906) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1907) May Sutton · (1908) Charlotte Cooper · (1909) Dora Boothby · (1910) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1911) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1912) Ethel Thomson Larcombe · (1913) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1914) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers · (1915-18) No competition (due to World War I) · (1919) Suzanne Lenglen · (1920) Suzanne Lenglen · (1921) Suzanne Lenglen · (1922) Suzanne Lenglen · (1923) Suzanne Lenglen · (1924) Kathleen McKane Godfree · (1925) Suzanne Lenglen · (1926) Kathleen McKane Godfree · (1927) Helen Wills Moody · (1928) Helen Wills Moody · (1929) Helen Wills Moody · (1930) Helen Wills Moody · (1931) Cilly Aussem · (1932) Helen Wills Moody · (1933) Helen Wills Moody · (1934) Dorothy Round Little · (1935) Helen Wills Moody · (1936) Helen Jacobs · (1937) Dorothy Round Little · (1938) Helen Wills Moody · (1939) Alice Marble · (1940–45) No competition (due to World War II) · (1946) Pauline Betz · (1947) Margaret Osborne duPont · (1948) Louise Brough · (1949) Louise Brough · (1950) Louise Brough · (1951) Doris Hart · (1952) Maureen Connolly · (1953) Maureen Connolly · (1954) Maureen Connolly · (1955) Louise Brough · (1956) Shirley Fry · (1957) Althea Gibson · (1958) Althea Gibson · (1959) Maria Bueno · (1960) Maria Bueno · (1961) Angela Mortimer · (1962) Karen Hantze Susman · (1963) Margaret Smith · (1964) Maria Bueno · (1965) Margaret Smith · (1966) Billie Jean King (1967) Billie Jean King
Pre Open Era Wimbledon mixed doubles champions

(1913) Hope Crisp / Agnes Tuckey · (1914) James Parke / Ethel Thomson Larcombe · (1915-18) No competition (due to World War I) · (1919) Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan · (1920) Gerald Patterson / Suzanne Lenglen · (1921) Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan · (1922) Pat O'Hara Wood / Suzanne Lenglen · (1923) Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan · (1924) John Gilbert / Kathleen McKane Godfree · (1925) Jean Borotra / Suzanne Lenglen · (1926) Leslie Godfree / Kathleen McKane Godfree · (1927) Francis Hunter / Elizabeth Ryan · (1928) Patrick Spence / Elizabeth Ryan · (1929) Frank Hunter / Helen Wills Moody · (1930) Jack Crawford / Elizabeth Ryan · (1931) George Lott / Anna McCune Harper · (1932) Enrique Maier / Elizabeth Ryan · (1933) Gottfried von Cramm / Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling · (1934) Ryuki Miki / Dorothy Round Little · (1935) Fred Perry / Dorothy Round Little · (1936) Fred Perry / Dorothy Round Little · (1937) Don Budge / Alice Marble · (1938) Don Budge / Alice Marble · (1939) Bobby Riggs / Alice Marble · (1940–45) No competition (due to World War II) · (1946) Tom Brown / Louise Brough Clapp · (1947) John Bromwich / Louise Brough Clapp · (1948) John Bromwich / Louise Brough Clapp · (1949) Eric Sturgess / Sheila Summers · (1950) Eric Sturgess / Louise Brough Clapp · (1951) Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart · (1952) Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart · (1953) Vic Seixas / Doris Hart · (1954) Vic Seixas / Doris Hart · (1955) Vic Seixas / Doris Hart · (1956) Vic Seixas / Shirley Fry Irvin · (1957) Mervyn Rose / Darlene Hard · (1958) Robert Howe / Lorraine Coghlan Robinson · (1959) Rod Laver / Darlene Hard · (1960) Rod Laver / Darlene Hard · (1961) Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey · (1962) Neale Fraser / Margaret Osborne duPont · (1963) Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court · (1964) Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey · (1965) Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court · (1966) Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court · (1967) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King ·







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