Jordanne Whiley MBE
Location: Dudley
Mastered: British wheelchair tennis player
Britain’s youngest ever national women’s singles champion in wheelchair tennis Jordanne is Britain’s most successful tennis player, a 10-time grand slam champion and double Paralympic bronze medallist.
In 2012, Jordanne partnered Lucy Shuker to win a Bronze medal at the Rio Paralympic Games, this followed their Bronze at the London Paralympic games, where they became the first ever British women to medal in their sport at a games.
In 2014 Jordanne became the first British woman to win a Grand Slam tournament and ended the year having won 4 Grand Slam titles, the Australian, French & US Open and her home tournament, the iconic Wimbledon. In 2015 she won my first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open.
