# Wendy Slaughter

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{{Short description|British tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| birth_place = [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
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| Wimbledonresult = Q3 ([1972](/source/1972_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles_qualifying))
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| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R ([1973](/source/1973_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles))
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'''Wendy Slaughter''' is a British former professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player.

Slaughter, Scottish by birth, was a Scotland junior international but lived in [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire).<ref>{{cite news |title=Scottish juniors are beaten but gap is narrowing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259792813 |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=22 August 1967}}</ref>

After graduating from [London University](/source/London_University) in 1972 she began to take up tennis more competitively and at the [Wimbledon Championships](/source/The_Championships%2C_Wimbledon) that year fell in the final qualifying round to [Tam O'Shaughnessy](/source/Tam_O'Shaughnessy).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Ken |title=Sue fails to stop a Slaughter |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19720805/268/0022 |work=[Newcastle Journal](/source/The_Journal_(Newcastle_upon_Tyne_newspaper)) |date=5 August 1972}}</ref> She featured twice in the women's double main draw at Wimbledon during her career, including the second round in 1973.<ref>{{cite news |title=Second Round |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19730630/297/0031 |work=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror) |date=30 June 1973}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ITF profile|wendy-slaughter/800175320/gbr}}

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Living people
Category:Scottish female tennis players
Category:British female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from West Yorkshire
Category:Alumni of the University of London

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