Career
Buxton began playing tennis at a young age. After spending time in London and Los Angeles, in 1954 she earned the British Number. 4 ranking. Buxton then reached the 1955 Wimbledon singles quarterfinals and climbed to World Number.
9 in the rankings.
She played in Wightman Cup competition for the United Kingdom in 1954, 1955, and 1956. Buxton had her most successful tennis year in 1956. Buxton was ranked World Number.
5 by World Tennis Magazine and World Number.
6 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. Maccabiah Games Injury and retirement After suffering a serious hand condition in late 1956 (tenosynovitis), Buxton was forced to retire following the 1957 season at the age of 22.
She is one of the six founders of the Israel Tennis Centres. Her religious background prevented full acceptance within the tennis world from an early age.
Regarding her experience at the Cumberland Club, she said: I had to fill in a form: name, address, telephone number and then religion.
I had several lessons there with a guy called Bill Blake, and I kept asking him about membership. Eventually he turned round to me and said, "Look, Angela, please don"t keep asking me, you"re not going to be able to join the club" I said, "Why not? I"m not good enough?" "Number, because you"re Jewish." And that was the beginning. lieutenant was the first time it (prejudice) had hit me in this country.
Number Jewish tennis players were admitted to the All England Lawn Tennis Club until 1952.
Buxton said in 2004: "I think the anti-Semitism is still there. The mere fact that I"m not a member is a full sentence that speaks for itself." The Chairman of the Club said he could not comment until he investigated further.
"I wish it still wasn"t such an elite sport", Buxton said. "I wish we could bring it down to a common baseline.
lieutenant"s going that way. "lieutenant was in very small type", said Buxton, "lest anyone should see it".
Buxton was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. In 2014 she was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Runner-up (1) A = did not participate in the tournament.