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