Pam Shriver
Born: July 04, 1962
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Citizenship: United States
Handed: Right
Inducted: 2002
Grand Slam Record
Australian Open Singles semifinalist 1981-1983
Doubles winner 1982-1985, 1987-1989
French Open Doubles winner 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
Mixed Doubles winner 1987
Wimbledon Singles semifinalist 1981, 1987, 1988
Doubles winner 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
US Open Singles finalist 1978
Singles semifinalist 1982, 1983
Doubles winner 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991
Tournament Record
Wightman Cup Team Member 1978-1981, 1983, 1985, 1987
Fed Cup Team Member 1986-1987, 1989, 1992
Olympics (Seoul) Doubles Gold Medal
1988
* Won the Grand Slam Doubles Title in 1984
* With Martina Navratilova, holds the record of 109 consecutive doubles matches won, dating from April 4, 1983 to July 6, 1985
* Won 22 Grand Slam Doubles Titles (20 w/ Martina Navratilova, 1 W/ Natasha Zvereva, and 1 in Mixed Doubles w./ Emilio Sanchez)
* Won a total 112 Doubles championships (79 w/ Martina Navratilova)
* First amateur to make it to the US Open finals, 1978
* Holds an astounding 620 Singles match wins
* Swept all three Gold Medals at the Pan American games in Havana, 1991
* One of five women to win more than 100 overall titles
Contributions
Writing and/or Other Contributions to the Sport
Player Representative to the USTA Executive Committee 1995-1996
Member of the USTA Board of Directors 1997-present
Vice President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame 1990-present
President of the WTA Players Association 1991-1994
Vice President of the WTA Players Association Three terms
Member, President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports 1992-1998
Co-author, Passing Shots: Pam Shriver on Tour
1987
Highest Ranking
Date of Last Ranking & Highest Rank Obtained
Highest Singles Ranking No. 3 (Feb. 1984)
Highest Doubles Ranking No. 1 (1985 – 1986)
* 21 Career Singles Titles; 112 Career Doubles Titles
Other
Special Honors and Awards Received:
Thurman Munson Award 1989
Billie Jean King Award 1992
WTA Tour Player Service Award 1993
WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year Award with Martina Navratilova 1981-1989 (record)
Nominated for the WTA Comeback Player of the Year Award
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.
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