Dorothy Round Little Tennis player

Dorothy Edith Round Little (13 July 1908 – 12 November 1982) was a World No. 1 British female tennis player. She was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, where she attended the Dudley Girls High School.Little was a rival of Helen Wills Moody and won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, when Moody was absent, and the Australian Championships in 1935, which Moody never played.According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Little was ranked in the world top ten from 1933 through 1937, reaching a career high of World No1 in 1934.,

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 13, 1908
Birth place
Worcestershire , Dudley
Date of deathNovember 12, 1982
Place of death
Kidderminster , Hereford and Worcester

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