| Full name | Winifred Mason Shaw |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
| Born | (1947-01-18)18 January 1947 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 30 March 1992(1992-03-30) (aged 45) Woking, England |
| Turned pro | 1963 (ILTF) |
| Retired | 1978 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 445–219 |
| Career titles | 28 |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1970,1971) |
| French Open | 3R (1971) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1970,1971) |
| US Open | 3R (1969) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1970,1971) |
| French Open | F (1972) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1972) |
| US Open | SF (1966, 1967) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| French Open | F (1971) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1969,1971,1973,1974) |
| US Open | QF (1967) |
| Team competitions | |
| Wightman Cup | W (1968) |
Winifred Mason Shaw (later Mrs. Wooldridge) (18 January 1947 – 30 March 1992) was a professionaltennis player from Scotland whose career ran from the mid-1960s until the late 70s. In 2002, she was posthumously inducted into theScottish Sports Hall of Fame. She was active from 1963 to 1978 and contested 56 career singles finals winning 28 titles.
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.[1][2]
Shaw was a three-time winner of theScottish Grass Court Championships in 1965, 1966 and 1970, three-time runner-up in theScottish Hard Court Championships and twice runner-up in theBritish Hard Court Championships. InGrand Slam events, her best progress was reaching theAustralian Open semifinals in1970 and1971, and theWimbledon quarterfinals in the same seasons.
In doubles events, Shaw reached the finals of both the mixed doubles (1971) and the ladies doubles (1972) at theFrench Open. She also made it to the ladies doubles semifinals at theUS Open and Australian Open on two occasions each, and to the semifinal at Wimbledon in 1972, playing with another player from Scotland,Joyce Williams.[3][4]
She represented Great Britain in theWightman Cup and theFederation Cup teams between 1966 and 1972.
After her marriage in 1972 she became a keen golfer. She played for Scotland in the 1982Women's Home Internationals.[5] Shaw reached the semi-finals of theScottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1980 and 1982.[6][7][8][9] In 1981, partnered byBelle Robertson, she won theAvia Foursomes with a score of 309, a stroke ahead of the runners-up.[10]
She married English tennis playerKeith Wooldridge in October 1972 and retired as a tennis player after the 1978 edition of Wimbledon.[11] She died on 30 March 1992 from a brain tumour.[9]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1972 | French Open | Clay | Nell Truman |  Billie Jean King Betty Stöve | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1971 | French Open | Clay |  Toomas Leius |  Françoise DürrJean-Claude Barclay | 2–6, 4–6 |
