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PAM SHRIVER
TENNIS HALL OF FAMER
American Pam Shriver captured 21 singles titles and 112 doubles titles throughout her career. She is one of only five women to have won more than 100 career titles (Evert, Graf, Navratilova and Novotna are the others) during the Open Era. Throughout the 1980’s, Shriver was ranked among the World’s Top 10 in women’s singles, and with Martina Navratilova, she was part of one of the greatest women’s doubles teams of all time.
Shriver captured an incredible 22 career doubles titles in Grand Slam events (7 Australian, 5 French, 5 Wimbledon and 5 US Championships). She won 20 of those championships with Martina Navratilova, 1 with Natasha Zvereva and 1 in mixed doubles with Emilio Sanchez. In 1984, with partner Martina Navratilova, Shriver captured the first ever Grand Slam in women’s doubles. The duo holds a record 109 consecutive doubles match wins, dating from April 1983 to July 1985. They were named the WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year for nine consecutive years (1981-1989).
Shriver was named the 1991 WTA tour’s comeback player of the year. She swept all three Gold Medals (Singles, Doubles, and Mixed) at the 1991 Pan American games in Havana. In 1988, Shriver was a member of the United States Olympic team and captured the Gold Medal in doubles with partner Zina Garrison in Seoul, Korea. Shriver was a member of the victorious 1986, ‘87, and ‘89 U.S. Fed Cup teams. In 1978, at age 16, Shriver was the only amateur in the Open Era to reach a US Open singles final.
An accomplished commentator, Shriver is a tennis analyst for ABC, CBS, the BBC, ESPN and 7-Sport in Australia. Shriver is also currently serving her second term as a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Tennis Association, is President of the USA Tennis Foundation and is a Vice-President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
