Freda James

Freda James

File:Freda James 1933.jpg
Full name	Winifred Alice James Hammersley
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1911-01-11)11 January 1911 Nottingham, England
Died
Singles
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	4R (1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1949)
Doubles
Career record	{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1935, 1936)
US Open	W (1933)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1934, 1938)

Winifred Alice "Freda" James (married name Hammersley) (11 January 1911 – 27 December 1988) was a British female tennis player of the 1930s.

She won the women's doubles in Grand Slam events three times : in 1933 at the US Women's National Championship (with Betty Nuthall), and twice at Wimbledon in 1935 and 1936 (with Kay Stammers).

From 1931 to 1939, she was part of the British team in the Wightman Cup.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

Titles (3)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponent in final	Score in final
1933	US National Championships	Betty Nuthall	Helen Wills Elizabeth Ryan	Forfeit
1935	Wimbledon Championships	Kay Stammers	Simonne Mathieu Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	6–1, 6–4
1936	Wimbledon Championships	Kay Stammers	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Helen Hull Jacobs	6–2, 6–1

Runners-up (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponent in final	Score in final
1933	Wimbledon Championships	Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	Billie Yorke	6–2, 9–11, 6–4
1939	US National Championships	Sarah Palfrey Cooke Alice Marble	Kay Stammers	7–5, 8–6

Grand Slam performance (partial)

Although the term "Grand Slam" refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was only used for the first time in 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.

Singles

Year	Australian Open		French Open		Wimbledon		US National
1933	-		1st round (1/32)	C. Rosambert	-		-

Result, final opponent

Doubles

Year	Australian Open		French Open		Wimbledon		US National
1933	-		-		Final Billie Yorke	S. Mathieu E. Ryan	Winner B. Nuthall	Helen Wills E. Ryan
1935	-		-		Winner Kay Stammers	S. Mathieu K. Sperling	-
1936	-		-		Winner Kay Stammers	S. P. Cooke H. H. Jacobs	-
1939	-		-		-		Final Kay Stammers	S. P. Cooke Alice Marble

Result, partner, final opponent