Barbara Scofield

Barbara Scofield (June 24, 1926 – January 31, 2023) was an American tennis player who was active from the late 1940s until the early 1960s.

Tennis career Scofield learned playing tennis at age 11 by taking lesson at the Golden Gate Park.

With the Argentine Enrique Morea, Scofield won the mixed doubles at the French Championships in 1950, and the following year, she was a runner-up in the women's doubles event with Beryl Bartlett.

Scofield's best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinal of the 1950 French Championships where she lost to fourth-seeded Patricia Todd. In the quarterfinal Scofield had caused an upset by defeating the defending champion and world No. 1 Margaret duPont in three sets. As an unseeded player Scofield reached the singles quarterfinals of the 1949 U.S. National Championships and the 1950 Wimbledon Championships, in both cases losing to third-seeded Doris Hart. In the Wimbledon doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1948 and 1951, partnering Helen Rihbany and Betty Rosenquest respectively.

In May 1950 Scofield won the singles title at the Wiesbaden International after a successful comeback in the final against Gussie Moran. In July that year she beat Georgie Woodgate to win the singles title of the Welsh Championships. In 1953 Scofield won the singles title at the Swiss International Championships after a three-sets win in the final against Maria de Riba. She was inducted into the United States Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 2013. Scofield died on January 31, 2023, at the age of 96.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1951 French Championships Clay Beryl Bartlett Shirley Fry Doris Hart 8–10, 3–6

Mixed doubles: (1 title) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1950 French Championships Clay Enrique Morea Patricia Canning Todd Bill Talbert Walkover

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline