Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer Barrett dies aged 88
The British tennis world mourns the loss of Angela Mortimer Barrett, the 1961 Wimbledon champion and one of the nation's greatest sporting icons, who has died peacefully at the age of 88.
The British tennis world mourns the loss of Angela Mortimer Barrett, the 1961 Wimbledon champion and one of the nation's greatest sporting icons, who has died peacefully at the age of 88.
An exclusive look into the remarkable life of Angela Mortimer Barrett, the 91-year-old Wimbledon champion who remains the tournament's sole surviving Ladies' Singles queen from the amateur era.
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