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Angela Buxton was born on 16 August, 1934 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, is a British tennis player (1934–2020). Discover Angela Buxton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 16 August, 1934
Birthday 16 August
Birthplace Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date of death 14 August, 2020
Died Place Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Nationality Liverpool

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1900

Her grandparents on both sides were Jewish and had immigrated to England from Russia, fleeing the pogroms in the early 1900s.

She was raised partly in South Africa.

Buxton's father owned a successful cinema chain in northwestern England, which allowed her to attend boarding school at Gloddaeth Hall.

While there, a coach noticed her tennis ability and urged her to acquire more training.

Buxton began playing tennis at a young age.

1934

Angela Buxton (16 August 193414 August 2020) was a British tennis player.

Buxton was born in Liverpool on 16 August 1934, one of two children born to Harry and Violet (Greenberg) Buxton.

1950

From the mid-1950s, she was able to practise at the private indoor court of Simon Marks, the Jewish owner of department store chain Marks and Spencer, who had become aware of the difficulties which Buxton faced.

After Buxton won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon with an African-American partner Althea Gibson, one English newspaper reported the event with a story titled "Minorities Win".

"It was in very small type", said Buxton, "lest anyone should see it".

Contradictory information surrounds the issue why Buxton was never a member of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

In one interview she recalled that she herself had refused an offer of hononary membership to the club, whereas in another she stated she had not refused it.

1953

Buxton also won the women's singles title at the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

1954

After spending time undergoing training in London and Los Angeles, in 1954 she earned the British No. 4 ranking.

She played in Wightman Cup competition for the United Kingdom in 1954, 1955, and 1956.

1955

Buxton then reached the 1955 Wimbledon singles quarterfinals and climbed to World No. 9 in the rankings.

1956

She won the women's doubles title at both the French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with her playing partner, Althea Gibson.

Buxton had her most successful tennis year in 1956.

She won the women's doubles title and reached the singles final at Wimbledon, the first Briton to do so in 17 years.

She won the English Indoor and London Grass Court singles championships and the English Hard Court doubles crown (with Darlene Hard).

At the French Championships, she reached the singles semifinals and won the women's doubles title with Althea Gibson, who was the first African-American champion.

Buxton was ranked World No. 5 by World Tennis and World No. 6 by Lance Tingay.

After suffering a serious hand condition in late 1956 (tenosynovitis), Buxton was forced to retire following the 1957 season at the age of 22.

Buxton's Judaism played a role throughout her career.

Her religious background prevented full acceptance within the tennis world from an early age.

Regarding her experience at the Cumberland, an elite lawn tennis club in London, she said:

"I had to fill in a form: name, address, telephone number and then religion. I had several lessons there with a guy called Bill Blake, and I kept asking him about membership. Eventually he turned round to me and said "Look, Angela, please don't keep asking me, you're not going to be able to join the club." I said "Why not?

I'm not good enough?" "No, because you're Jewish." And that was the beginning. It was the first time it [prejudice] had hit me in this country."

Buxton repeatedly was refused access to training facilities because of her ethnicity.

1958

Buxton wrote the tennis books Tackle Lawn Tennis This Way (1958), Starting Tennis (1975), and Winning Tennis: Doubles Tactics (1980).

Buxton founded the Angela Buxton Tennis Centre in Hampstead Garden Suburb.

1981

Buxton was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.

2004

Buxton said in 2004: "I think the anti-Semitism is still there. The mere fact that I'm not a member is a full sentence that speaks for itself."

2009

In 2009, Buxton remarked that "I wish [tennis] still wasn't such an elite sport", Buxton said.

"I wish we could bring it down to a common baseline. It's going that way. It's still not there."

2014

She was a guest of the club at the Championships in 2014 with seating in the Royal Box.

On another occasion, Buxton claimed the reason for not being a member of the club was antisemitic prejudice.

In 2014, she was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

2015

In 2015, the Black Tennis Hall of Fame inducted Buxton, honoring her for her doubles partnership and friendship with Althea Gibson as well as her efforts to raise funds for the ailing Gibson near the end of her life.

2019

The chairman of the club said he could not comment until he investigated further and it was reported in 2019 that the club explained that membership was a private matter and strongly refuted that race or religion play a factor.