(1926-06-24)June 24, 1926 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died
January 31, 2023(2023-01-31) (aged 96)
Plays
Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open
SF (1950)
Wimbledon
QF (1950)
US Open
2R (1957)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open
F (1951)
Wimbledon
SF (1948, 1951)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open
W (1950)
Wimbledon
QF (1950)
Barbara Scofield (June 24, 1926 – January 31, 2023) was an American tennis player.[1]
Scofield learned playing tennis at age 11 by taking lesson at the Golden Gate Park.[2]
With the Argentine Enrique Morea, Scofield won the mixed doubles at the French Championships in 1950, and the following year, she was a runner-up in the women's doubles event with Beryl Bartlett.
Scofield‘s best singles result at the Wimbledon Championships was reaching the quarterfinals in 1950, losing to third-seeded Doris Hart. In the doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1948 and 1951, partnering Helen Rihbany and Betty Rosenquest respectively.[3]
Scofield won the singles title at the 1955 Eastern Grass Court Championships in South Orange, New Jersey.
Scofield was inducted into the United States Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 2013.[2]
Scofield died on January 31, 2023, at the age of 96.[4]
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^ ab"Hall of Fame Class of 2013 Barbara Scofield Davidson" (PDF). United States Tennis Association (USTA).
^"Wimbledon players archive – Barbara Davidson". AELTC.
^"Barbara Davidson". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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