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Pakistani tennis player
Parveen Ahmed Full name Parveen Ahmed Sheikh Country (sports) PakistanPlays Right Handed Career titles 4 Wimbledon 2R (1963 )
Parveen Ahmed (born 1930s) is a former Pakistani tennis player.[1]
She played in Singles at the Wimbledon in 1963. She lost to the Brazilian Maria Bueno in the Second Round.[2] She is the first Pakistani female tennis player to compete in the Grand Slam.
Career finals [ edit ]
Singles (4–2) [ edit ]
Result
No.
Year
Location
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
October 1954
Lyallpur , Pakistan
Clay
Rushna Dinshaw
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win
2.
January 1955
Northern India Championships , New Delhi, India
Hard
Urmila Thapar
6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Win
3.
February 1958
Bombay , India
Hard
Anisa Desai
6–1, 6–2
Loss
1.
December 1958
Lahore , Pakistan
Hard
Louise Snow
3–6, 4–6
Win
4.
April 1961
Lahore, Pakistan
Hard
Salma Noorani
6–3, 6–3
Loss
2.
August 1963
Worthing , United Kingdom
Grass
Honor Durose
3–6, 3–6
Doubles (10–8) [ edit ]
Result
No.
Year
location
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1.
January 1953
Calcutta , India
Hard
Joy Mottram
Rita Davar Laura Woodbridge
1–6, 2–6
Win
1.
January 1953
Lahore , Pakistan
Hard
Joy Mottram
Taqi Butt Sachiko Kamo
6–2, 10–8
Win
2.
February 1953
Dacca , Bangladesh
Hard
Joy Mottram
Taqi Butt Sachiko Kamo
6–2, 2–6, 11–9
Loss
2.
January 1954
New Delhi, India
Hard
Laura Woodbridge
Rita Davar Urmila Thapar
7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Loss
3.
May 1954
Dorset , United Kingdom
Grass
Elaine Watson
Judy Burke Betty Uber
0–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win
3.
October 1954
Lyallpur , Pakistan
Clay
Tahira Hamid
Rushna Dinshaw Urmila Thapar
6–4, 6–2
Win
4.
January 1955
Northern India Championships , New Delhi, India
Hard
Taqi Butt
Sarah Mody Laura Woodbridge
8–6, 6–3
Loss
4.
December 1955
New Delhi, India
Hard
Taqi Butt
Sachiko Kamo Totte Zehden
1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win
5.
January 1956
Allahabad , India
Hard
Tahira Hamid
Inge Vogler Totte Zehden
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss
5.
January 1956
Bombay , India
Hard
Tahira Hamid
Inge Vogler Totte Zehden
3–6, 2–6
Win
6.
January 1956
Madras , India
Hard
Angela Buxton
Sachiko Kamo Totte Zehden
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win
7.
January 1957
Bombay, India
Hard
Sarah Mody
Khanum Singh Leila Punjabi
6–0, 6–3
Win
8.
January 1957
Delhi, India
Hard
Sarah Mody
Khanum Singh Pramila Khanna Singh
4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss
6.
December 1958
Lahore, Pakistan
Hard
Taqi Butt
Tahira Hamid Louise Snow
3–6, 2–6
Win
9.
January 1959
Calcutta, India
Hard
Dechu Appaiah
Khanum Singh Laura Woodbridge
6–4, 6–2
Win
10.
April 1961
Lahore, Pakistan
Hard
Salma Noorani
Laila Sheikh Shahnaz Rahim
6–3, 6–4
Loss
7.
February 1962
New Delhi, India
Hard
Pia Balling
Lesley Turner Madonna Schacht
1–6, 3–6
Loss
8.
February 1963
Calcutta, India
Hard
Rita Suriya
Cherri Chettyanna Rattan Thadani
1–6, 6–1, 3–6
References [ edit ]