Virginia Wade

Virginia Wade
OBE
Full nameSarah Virginia Wade
Country (sports)United Kingdom United Kingdom
Born (1945-07-10) 10 July 1945 (age 79)
Bournemouth, England
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1962)
Retired1986
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,542,278
Int. Tennis HoF1989 (member page)
Singles
Career record839–329[1]
Career titles55[1]
Highest rankingNo. 2 (3 November 1975)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1972)
French OpenQF (1970, 1972)
WimbledonW (1977)
US OpenW (1968)
Doubles
Career record42–48[1]
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1973)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1973)
French OpenW (1973)
WimbledonF (1970)
US OpenW (1973, 1975)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (1975)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenSF (1969, 1972)
WimbledonQF (1981)
US OpenQF (1969, 1985)

Sarah Virginia Wade OBE (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four majors. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles.

Wade was the most recent British tennis player to win a major singles tournament until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open, and was the most recent British woman to have won a major singles title until Emma Raducanu won the 2021 US Open. After retiring from competitive tennis, she coached for four years,[3] and has also worked as a tennis commentator and game analyst for the BBC and Eurosport, and (in the US) for CBS.

  1. ^ a b c "sonyericssonwtatour.com". Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  2. ^ Virginia Wade at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Lee, Veronica (27 June 2004). "Nice girls finish last". The Guardian. London.