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Also known as Pamela Howard Shriver

American tennis player

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • Dimensions of human sexuality
  • Passing shots

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting

Known for

  • Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story2024
  • On the Line: The Richard Williams Story — Self2022
  • Charity Jam — Self2005

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1957-05-18

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Key facts

Full name
Pamela Howard Shriver
Country sports
United States
Residence
Los Angeles , California, U.S.
Born
( 1962-07-04 ) July 4, 1962 (age 63) , Baltimore , Maryland, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach
Don Candy
Prize money
$5,460,566
Int tennis hof
2002 ( member page )
Career record
625–270
Highest ranking
No. 3 (February 20, 1984)
Australian open
SF ( 1981 , 1982 , 1983 )
French open
3R ( 1983 )
Wimbledon
SF ( 1981 , 1987 , 1988 )
Us open
F ( 1978 )
Tour finals
W ( 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1991 )
Olympic games
Gold Medal ( 1988 )
Fed cup
W ( 1986 , 1989 ) , Record: 19–1

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
United States

via TheSportsDB

~8 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and world No. 1 in doubles. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 WTA Tour-level titles: 21 in singles and 112 in doubles. This includes 22 major titles, 21 in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles, as well as an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, partnering Zina Garrison. Shriver and regular doubles partner Martina Navratilova are the only women's pair to complete the Grand Slam in a calendar year, winning all four majors in 1984.

Playing style

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pam Shriver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.