Angela Mortimer, who has died aged 93, defied illness and partial deafness to become one of the world’s top tennis players in the 1950s and early 1960s. She won three Grand Slam singles crowns ...

Despite a loss of hearing, she won three Grand Slam championships, including one at Wimbledon, in ascending to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. By Richard Sandomir Angela Mortimer, a British ...

LONDON (AP) — Angela Mortimer Barrett, who overcame partial deafness and an intestinal infection to win three Grand Slam singles titles including 1961 Wimbledon, died on Monday at age 93. The All ...

Former Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer-Barrett has died at the age of 93. Mortimer-Barrett beat fellow Briton Christine Truman to win the 1961 ladies’ singles title, three years after losing her ...

Former world number one Angela Mortimer-Barrett passed away at the age of 93. The Plymouth-born had a fabulous career at the highest level, where she won multiple Grand Slams. The highlight of her ...