Carol Sherriff
Alias: Carol Sherriff Zeeman
Carol Zeeman
Carol Campling
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| Bio | She is a former Australian tennis player. In the Grand Slam tournaments she achieved her best result in doubles reaching the semifinal at French Open in 1965, quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 1966, 1971, 1976, at the French Open in 1968, and at Wimbledon in 1969, and at mixed doubles at the Australian Championships in 1966. She also holds many ITF World Singles and Doubles Titles in Senior events. Carol was usually in her older sister Gail's shadow. Both sisters were the daughters of Ross Sherriff, who coached many Aussie players. When the siblings met at Wimbledon in 1966, it was the first meeting of sisters there since Maud Watson beat Lilian in 1884. This made them the only sisters to have played against each other in the Wimbledon Singles in the 20th Century. The next sister-sister encounter at Wimbledon was between Venus and Serena in 2000. They reached the semifinals -finals there in 1965, and Gail has won the French Open Doubles in three different names – Gail Sherriff, Gail Chanfreau and Gail Lovera! Carol and Gail lost to Francoise Durr and Janine Lieffrig. They also played a Centre Court Doubles match in 1965 at Wimbledon, going down to Justina Bricka and Mary Anne Eisel 5-7 2-6. In 1966 they reached the quarters of the Italian Open, going down to Margaret Court and Virginia Wade after leading 4-1 in the Final set. In 1967 the pair played together in Nice and Monte Carlo, (which were huge events) winning both, where they have their names etched in the columns that surround the Centre Courts. In 1968, they lost the quarter final of the French to Francoise Durr and Ann Jones 5-7, 4-6. Again (in 1969) at Wimbledon they got to the quarter finals, going down 7-9, 1-6, to a pair from USA. Carol has had significant results in mixed – reaching the last 16 at Wimbledon in 1965 with Col Zeeman, and the semifinal of the Italian with Colin Stubbs in the same year. With Dick Crealy she won the Beirut Open, defeating sister Gail and Nicky Kalogaropoulos in 1967. Carol’s winning streak began when she was 7. One memorable win was the Under 12 Mixed at Rockdale, with Rodger Waugh, father of the famous cricketers. In 1991, Carol was a member of the winning Vets’ “Young Cup” team, and has been a member of two winning “Maria Bueno Cup” teams, in 1996 and 1997. In 1996 they also won the Masters Games “Australian Team of the Year” award. Her Vets’ career headed for the stars when she and Liz Craig (Allan) began winning World Doubles titles, in 1993. Together they won eight doubles titles, from 40s to 45s and 50s, in World Veterans’ Championships in many parts of the world, competing on different surfaces and in different atmospheres. She has continued winning since then with different partners, to amass a grand total of 17 World Doubles. In 1996, Carol achieved the “NSW Veteran of the Year” status, and in the same year, she led her team to a thrilling Final in the NutraSweet Women’s State League, needing just one of the two Doubles rubbers to retain the title they won convincingly the year before. Carol partnered Cindy Dock, against the talented pair of Amanda Tobin and Brooke Leavens going down 6-4, 0-6, 3-6, while on an adjacent court her junior teammates lost in the competition’s tightest-ever finish in a third set Tie Breaker. In 2001, Carol represented Australia in the Maureen Connolly Cup, where (after 35 years) she was able to avenge her loss to Gail, by winning 6-4, 6-0 in Perth. She was Runner-Up to Trish Faulkner in the Individual Singles the same year. In 2002, she was in the Maureen Connolly Cup team again, which was placed 2nd, and the same year, her team came 5th (beating the Hungarian team which beat them the previous year.) Also in 2002, Carol was successful in taking out the World 55+ Singles, playing 5 matches, with wins over: Ellie Krocke (NED) 7/6 6/1; Frances Taylor (GB) 7/6 5/7 6/2, and in the final defeating Marie Pinterova (Hun) 6/1 7/6. In the Doubles, Carol and Frances Taylor defeated Heidi Orth and D Williams-Horne in the Semi-final and Jackie Boothman and Ellie Krocke in the final with an impressive 6/2 6/3 win. 2003 saw her victorious against Inge Kubina (Ger) 6/1 6/0; Mariana Karolyi, (Hun) 6/0 6/2, and finally Marie Pinterova (Hun) (again) 6/2 5/7 6/1. In the Doubles, Carol and Frances (Taylor) took out Pinterova and Karolyi in the Semi-final 7/6 6/3, only to win the Final with a walkover against the South Africans Petro Kruger and Mariette Viljoen. Carol played in Europe from June 2011, and was a Finalist in the 65+ WS in the European Championships in Portschach. She won the 65+Doubles with Heidi Orth. In September, she was a winner in the European Club Championships, playing with Lagardere, France at La Manga, Spain. After this, Carol won the 65WS in Beaulieu and the 65WD with Michele Bichon. At Marseille, she was successful in winning the 65WS. It was from here that Carol travelled to Turkey to play in the ITF World titles in October, where she won her 16th World Doubles title. In 2013, she won European doubles 65+. Also this same year, in Klagenfurt Austria she was a winner of the World Doubles once again, with Petro Kruger (RSA) which gives her the magnificent tally of 17 titles. Carol has won 6 World Team events, 2 World Singles and her wins in World Doubles have been with 5 different partners plus, she won a Mixed World title in 2012, the first year Mixed was introduced. Carol’s involvement with tennis extends to North Western Tennis Association where she has been on the executive for 17 years, (last 7 as Vice President), on Committee for Longueville Tennis Club for 14 years, on Committee of Tennis Seniors New South Wales about 10 years and served as a National Selector for Tennis Seniors Australia 11 years at different times. Carol has been successful in winning 19 Australian Women’s Doubles Championships as well as 14 Singles titles and 16 Mixed Doubles, (15 with Don McIndoe, 1 with Wayne Deer). Carol has been undefeated in Australian Teams’ competition 19 times, playing in the 35+ and 50+ age divisions. Carol has represented New South Wales in teams from 1991 for the past 23 years in a row, during which time she has served as selector for 10 years. Having played six years on the International Pro Circuit, from 1965 – 1969 plus 1976, Carol meets many of those same players in the Senior World Championships and Teams’ events. Carol has now won a total of seventeen World Doubles and 2 World Singles titles, winning the Singles and Doubles in successive years, and was the leading lady World Seniors player in 2003. She married to her mixed doubles partner Colin Zeeman in March of 1970. She married for second time to Chris Campling. |
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