Rosemary Deloford | |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1928 |
Death Place: | Surrey, England |
Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1949) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | QF (1955) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (1954) |
Rosemary Deloford (née Walsh, 26 April 1928 – 24 May 2024) was a British squash and tennis player.
A native of Birmingham, Deloford competed regularly at the Wimbledon Championships during her career. She reached the singles fourth round in 1949, claimed the 1954 All England Plate and was a doubles quarter-finalist in 1955.[1]
Deloford won the Surrey tennis championships in Surbiton in 1955.[2]
As a squash player she was a semi-finalist at both the British Open and U.S. national championships.[3]
Deloford was married to tennis player John Laurence "Jack" Deloford at a London church in 1955.[4] She died in Surrey on 24 May 2024, at the age of 96.[5]