Who is Pam shriver and what does she do professionally?”
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby (born July 4, 1962, in Baltimore, Maryland), is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women’s doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments. She also won a women’s doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Zina Garrison (though her usual partner was Martina Navratilova).
A top player on the women’s tennis tour more than 15 years, Pam Shriver hosts ESPN’s women’s tennis telecasts. She also appears as a sideline reporter on select men’s matches. Shriver burst onto the national tennis stage in 1978 when she reached the finals of the U.S. Open as an amateur at the age of 16 (losing to Chris Evert). Throughout the 1980s, she was ranked in the top 10 women’s singles players in the world, peaking at number three and winning 21 tournament titles. Meanwhile, her doubles career also flourished, winning 112 titles, including 22 Grand Slam titles. While teaming with Martina Navratilova, they set the record of 109 consecutive match wins from April 1983 thru July 1985. While partnering with Zina Garrison, she captured the 1988 Olympic Gold Medal in doubles in Seoul. Shriver now competes on the Virginia Slims Legends Tour. Born July 4, 1962, Shriver is very active in a wide range of charities, including many in her native Baltimore and/or involving tennis or physical
