Angela Mortimer

Angela Mortimer
MBE
Full nameFlorence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born(1932-04-21)21 April 1932
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died25 August 2025(2025-08-25) (aged 93)
London, England
Int. Tennis HoF1993 (member page)
Singles
Career record603-90 (87%)
Career titles108
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1961, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1958)
French OpenW (1955)
WimbledonW (1961)
US OpenSF (1961)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1958)
WimbledonW (1955)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (1958)
Team competitions
Wightman CupW (1960)

Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer-Barrett (née Mortimer; 21 April 1932 – 25 August 2025) was a British world No. 1 tennis player. Mortimer won three major singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships and 1961 Wimbledon Championships, the last won when she was partially deaf.

Mortimer also partnered with Anne Shilcock to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1955. She and Lorraine Coghlan also reached the women's doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships. Mortimer and Peter Newman reached the mixed doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships, her only mixed doubles final at a major.

Mortimer was married to the retired player and broadcaster John Barrett. She died in 2025.