Editing Pam Shriver (section)

==Career==
[[File:Pam Shriver 1994.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Shriver in 1994]]
Shriver first came to prominence at the 1978 [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] where, as a 16-year-old amateur, she reached the women's singles final. She defeated the reigning [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] champion [[Martina Navratilova]] in a semifinal.<ref name="tennis.com"/> Shriver then lost to [[Chris Evert]] in the final. This early singles achievement proved to be the pinnacle of her singles success. Shriver also won her first career singles title in 1978 in Columbus, Ohio and won a total of 21 singles titles between 1978 and 1997.

The 1978 US Open final was the only Grand Slam singles final of Shriver's career. She lost the next eight Grand Slam singles semifinals she played, four of them to Navratilova, two to [[Steffi Graf]], and one each to Evert and [[Hana Mandlíková]].

In 2022, Shriver disclosed that she had been in a multi-year inappropriate relationship with her coach, Australian [[Don Candy]], that started when she was a teenager.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shriver |first1=Pam |title=Pam Shriver exclusive: 'I was in an inappropriate relationship with my 50-year-old coach at 17' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2022/04/20/pam-shriver-exclusive-inappropriate-relationship-50-year-old/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=April 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pam Shriver's Story: Me, my coach, and the danger of crossing boundaries |url=https://play.acast.com/s/thetennispodcast/pam-shrivers-story-me-my-coach-and-the-dangers-of-crossing-b |website=The Tennis Podcast |date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> She chose to reveal the story in part because of her concern that there are ongoing issues with young tennis players being placed in vulnerable situations.

===Doubles===
Shriver achieved numerous successes in doubles tournaments with Navratilova, winning 79 women's doubles titles.<ref name="tennisHOF">{{cite web|url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/pam-shriver/|title=Pam Shriver|website=International Tennis Hall of Fame}}</ref> Shriver won 112 career doubles titles overall and is one of six female players in the [[Tennis open era|Open era]] to have won more than 100 career titles.<ref name="tennisHOF" /><ref name="Speaker">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationwidespeakers.com/speaker/637/pam-shriver/tennis-hall-of-famer|title=National Speakers Bureau biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108201317/http://www.nationwidespeakers.com/speaker/637/pam-shriver/tennis-hall-of-famer|archive-date=November 8, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Navratilova and Shriver formed one of the most successful women's doubles teams, capturing seven Australian Open, five [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], four [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] and four French Open titles. In 1984, the pair captured all four major women's doubles titles, i.e. the "Calendar Grand Slam." This was part of a record 109-match winning streak between 1983 and 1985.<ref name="tennis.com"/> The pair were named the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA Tour]]'s "Doubles Team of the Year" eight consecutive times from 1981 through 1988 and won the [[WTA Tour Championships]] title ten times between 1981 and 1992.

Shriver won another women's doubles Grand Slam title at the US Open in 1991, partnering with [[Natasha Zvereva]]. She was also the 1987 French Open mixed doubles winner with [[Emilio Sánchez]]. She won all three gold medals (singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles) at the 1991 [[Pan American Games]] in Havana, Cuba.  Shriver also teamed with Zina Garrison to win the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics.

Shriver reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1985 and held it briefly before relinquishing it again to Navratilova, her playing partner.

===Federation Cup===
In the Federation Cup representing the United States, Shriver won five out of five singles matches and 14 of 15 doubles matches. From 1986 to 1992, she played in 17 Federation Cup ties. She reached three finals with her compatriots, winning twice; in 1986 the U.S. defeated Czechoslovakia (3–0); in 1987 the U.S. lost to Germany (1–2); and in 1989 the U.S. defeated Spain (3–0).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20001608|title=Shriver's profile on the Federation Cup website.|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-date=August 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823023850/http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20001608|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Broadcaster===
Shriver has provided television commentary for ABC, CBS, ESPN, and The Tennis Channel in the United States, the BBC in the United Kingdom, and the Seven Network in Australia. She has been providing coverage of various events since her 1996 retirement.

During Wimbledon 2010, [[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] admonished Shriver for criticizing him while his match was still in progress, as Shriver was in an outside commentary box and he could hear her. Shriver said she regretted responding to Blake while still on air.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-22-la-sp-wimbledon-notes-20100623-story.html|title=James Blake loses his cool and the match|last=Pucin|first=Diane|date=June 22, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref>