Parveen Ahmed

Parveen Ahmed

Full name	Parveen Ahmed Sheikh
Country (sports)	Pakistan
Plays	Right Handed
Singles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R (1963)

Parveen Ahmed (born 1930s) is a former Pakistani tennis player.

Career

She played in Singles at the Wimbledon in 1963. She lost to the Brazilian Maria Bueno in the Second Round. She is the first Pakistani female tennis player to compete in the Grand Slam.

Career finals

Singles (4–2)

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)

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