Pamela Howard Shriver was born on July 4,1962 and is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach.
31 Facts About Pam Shriver
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Pam Shriver won an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, partnering Zina Garrison.
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Pam Shriver was ranked as high was world No 3 in singles, and world No 1 in doubles.
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Pam Shriver was well known for her variety, including sharp volleys and all-round solid technique at the net.
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Pam Shriver possessed a strong slice forehand and underspin approach, which set her apart from the rest of the women's field, but she had a comparatively weak chip backhand.
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Pam Shriver first came to prominence at the 1978 US Open where, as a 16-year-old amateur, she reached the women's singles final.
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Pam Shriver defeated the reigning Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova in a semifinal.
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Pam Shriver won her first career singles title in 1978 in Columbus, Ohio and won a total of 21 singles titles between 1978 and 1997.
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Pam Shriver lost the next eight Grand Slam singles semifinals she played, four of them to Navratilova, two to Steffi Graf, and one each to Evert and Hana Mandlikova.
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In 2022 Pam Shriver disclosed that she had been in a multi-year inappropriate relationship with her coach, Australian Don Candy, that started when she was a teenager.
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Pam Shriver chose to reveal the story in part because of her concern that there are ongoing issues with young tennis players being placed in vulnerable situations.
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Pam Shriver achieved numerous successes in doubles tournaments with Navratilova, winning 79 women's doubles titles.
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Pam Shriver won 112 career doubles titles overall and is one of six female players in the Open era to have won more than 100 career titles.
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Navratilova and Pam Shriver formed one of the most successful women's doubles teams, capturing seven Australian Open, five Wimbledon, five US Open and four French Open titles.
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Pam Shriver won another women's doubles Grand Slam title at the US Open in 1991, partnering with Natasha Zvereva.
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Pam Shriver was the 1987 French Open mixed doubles winner with Emilio Sanchez.
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Pam Shriver won all three gold medals at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.
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Pam Shriver reached the world No 1 doubles ranking in 1985 and held it briefly before relinquishing it again to Navratilova, her playing partner.
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Pam Shriver reached three finals with her compatriots, winning twice; in 1986 the US defeated Czechoslovakia ; in 1987 the US lost to Germany ; and in 1989 the US defeated Spain.
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Pam Shriver has provided television commentary for ABC, CBS, ESPN, and The Tennis Channel in the United States, the BBC in the United Kingdom, and the Seven Network in Australia.
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Pam Shriver has been providing coverage of various events since her 1996 retirement.
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Pam Shriver said she regretted responding to Blake while still on air.
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Pam Shriver was one of the first players to use an oversized racquet, manufactured by Prince.
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Pam Shriver was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Sam and Margot Pam Shriver.
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Pam Shriver first started playing tennis at the age of three.
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Pam Shriver graduated from McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland.
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Pam Shriver is a minority owner of the Baltimore Orioles and is active in various charitable organizations.
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Pam Shriver gave birth to their first child, George Junior, on July 12,2004, and to twins Kate and Sam on October 1,2005.
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Pam Shriver is a fourth cousin of Maria Shriver, the former First Lady of California and niece of President John F Kennedy.
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Pam Shriver is an ambassador for Up2Us Sports, a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting underserved youth by providing them with coaches trained in positive youth development.
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In 2021 Pam Shriver became a supporter of the new Women's Sports Policy Working Group formed in response to President Joe Biden's executive order that mandates inclusiveness for transgender female athletes.