Claire Shepherd (born 17 February 1975) is a British former professional tennis player. She competed during her career as Claire Taylor.

A left-handed player from Oxfordshire, Taylor reached a best ranking of 183 in the world during her career.^[1]

Taylor made three singles appearances in the main draw of Wimbledon, the first in 1994 when she came up against Martina Navratilova.^[2] She won through to the second round once, in 1996, after beating Joanne Ward in a match between two British wildcards.

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	31 January 1994	Telford, United Kingdom	Hard	Ekaterina Roubanova	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	9 May 1994	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	31 July 1995	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Kate Warne-Holland	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	3.	10 October 1995	Telford, United Kingdom	Hard	Amanda Hopmans	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	15 January 1996	Woodlands, United States	Hard	Hila Rosen	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	4.	10 February 1997	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Shirli-Ann Siddall	4–6, 4–6

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 May 1993	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Lorna Woodroffe	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	6–7, 1–6
Winner	1.	4 April 1994	Harare, Zimbabwe	Hard	Kate Warne-Holland	Michele Mair Karen van der Merwe	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	May 1995	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Kaye Hand	Karen Cross Lizzie Jelfs	6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	May 1995	Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Kaye Hand	Robyn Mawdsley Natalia Egorova	6–7(0–7), 2–6
Runner-up	4.	31 March 1996	Caen, France	Clay	Amanda Wainwright	Annica Lindstedt Anna-Karin Svensson	4–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	15 April 1996	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Tessa Price	Hanna-Katri Aalto Kirsi Lampinen	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	29 April 1996	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Kristina Triska	Jennifer Poulos Jody Yin	7–5, 6–3

• Claire Taylor at the Women's Tennis Association
• Claire Taylor at the International Tennis Federation