Brasher (then known as
Shirley Bloomer) won the singles title at the 1957
French Championships, defeating
Dorothy Head Knode in the final in straight sets. She was the runner-up in singles at the 1958 French Championships, losing to
Zsuzsi Körmöczy 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, having defeated
Maria Bueno in the semifinals. Bloomer teamed with
Darlene Hard to win the women's doubles title at the 1957 French Championships, defeating
Yola Ramírez and
Rosie Reyes in the final 7–5, 4–6, 7–5. She teamed with
Nicola Pietrangeli to win the mixed doubles title at the 1958 French Championships, defeating
Lorraine Coghlan and
Robert Howe in the final. and at the French Championships, where they lost to Hard and
Beverly Baker Fleitz 7–5, 6–8, 13–11. They previously had beaten Mortimer and Shilcock in the British Hard Courts final and defeated Hard and Fleitz in the Wimbledon semifinals. She reached the final of Monte Carlo in 1956, losing to
Althea Gibson and with
Pat Hird beat Gibson and Louise Snow in the doubles final. Having reached the final in 1956, beating Darlene Hard and losing in three sets to Angela Mortimer, she won the
British Hard Court Championships at
Bournemouth in 1957, beating Pat Ward, and in 1958, beating
Christine Truman and
Ann Haydon. She won the
Italian Championships in 1957, beating Dorothy Knode in a three-sets final. She lost her title the next year to Maria Bueno in the semifinals after having match points. Bloomer played on the British
Wightman Cup team from 1955 through 1960, playing the no. 2 singles in 1955, the no. 3 in 1956 (beating Dorothy Knode), and the no. 1 in 1957 and 1958. The 1958 team that included Christine Truman and Brasher won the cup, which was the first time that Great Britain had won the competition since 1930. In 1960, she and Christine Truman won the final doubles match against
Janet Hopps and Dorothy Knode to bring her team to another 4–3 victory over the U.S. Bloomer played a hard baseline game, and her tennis was concerted rather than spectacular. She was a member of the Grimsby Town Tennis Club, which was located in College Street,
Grimsby. ==Personal life==