Virginia Wade

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Virginia Wade
CBE
Full nameSarah Virginia Wade
Country (sports)Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
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Bournemouth, Dorset, England
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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)

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Sarah Virginia Wade (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,[3][4] and was the most recent British woman to have won a major singles title until Emma Raducanu won the 2021 US Open.[5] After retiring from competitive tennis, she coached for four years,[6] and has also worked as a tennis commentator and game analyst for the BBC and Eurosport, and (in the US) for CBS.

Early life

Wade was born in Bournemouth, England, on 10 July 1945. Her father, a Church of England clergyman, was the archdeacon of Durban.[7]

At one year old, Wade moved to South Africa with her parents. There, she learned how to play tennis. When she was aged 15, the family moved back to England, and she went to Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School and Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth.[8] In 1961, she was on the tennis team of Wimbledon County Girls' Grammar School. She studied mathematics and physics at the University of Sussex, graduating in 1966.[9]

Tennis career

Wade's tennis career spanned the end of the amateur era and the start of the Open Era. In April 1968, as an amateur, she won the inaugural open tennis competition – the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth. She turned down the £300 first prize, choosing to play for expenses only.[10] Five months later, after turning professional, she won the women's singles championship at the first US Open (and prize-money of $6,000 - $55,550 today), defeating Billie Jean King in the final. Her second Major tennis singles championship came in 1972 at the Australian Open when she defeated Australian Evonne Goolagong in the final in two sets. She was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1973 Birthday Honours for services to lawn tennis.[11]

Wade won Wimbledon in 1977. It was the 16th year in which she had played at Wimbledon, and she secured her first appearance in the final by beating the defending champion and top-seed Chris Evert in the semifinal in three sets. In the final, she beat seventh-seeded Betty Stöve in three sets to claim the championship, nine days before her 32nd birthday.[12] 1977 was the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wimbledon Championships as well as the Silver Jubilee year of Elizabeth II, who attended the final for the first time since 1962.[13][14]

Wade also won four Major women's doubles championships with Margaret Smith Court – two of them at the US Open tennis tournament, one at the Australian Open, and one at the French Open. In 1983, at the age of 37, she won the Italian Open women's doubles championship with Virginia Ruzici of Romania.

Over her career, Wade won 55 professional singles championships and amassed $1,542,278 in career prize money. She was ranked in the world's top 10 continuously from 1967 to 1979. Her career spanned a total of 26 years. She retired from singles competition at the end of the 1985 tennis season, and then from doubles at the end of 1986. She played at Wimbledon on 26 occasions, an all-time record;[15] 24 of those times were in the women's singles.[16]

After tennis

Since 1981, while she was still playing, Wade has been a reporter on tennis events for the BBC.[17] In 1982, she became the first woman to be elected to the Wimbledon Committee.[18]

Wade was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1986 Birthday Honours for services to lawn tennis[17][19] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2025 Birthday Honours for services to tennis and to charity.[20]

In 1989, Wade was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.[21]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1968 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King 6–4, 6–2
Win 1972 Australian Open Grass Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–4
Win 1977 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 4–6, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1969 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Darlene Hard		 6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1970 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1970 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals Template:Flagicon Margaret Court
Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Dalton		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1972 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve		 3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 1973 Australian Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Kerry Harris
Template:Flagicon Kerry Melville		 6–4, 6–4
Win 1973 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve		 6–2, 6–3
Win 1973 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King		 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 1975 US Open Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King		 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1976 US Open Clay Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova Template:Flagicon Linky Boshoff
Template:Flagicon Ilana Kloss		 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1979 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve
Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull		 6–3, 5–7, 4–6

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1975 Osaka/Tokyo Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King		 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 1977 New York Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve		 5–7, 3–6

Career finals

Singles titles (78)

Bold type indicates a Grand Slam championship

(Source: WTA[22])

Doubles

incomplete list

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win May 1968 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Pat Walkden
Template:Flagicon Annette Van Zyl 		6–2, 7–5
Win Jun 1968 Manchester, UK Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Betty Rosenquest Pratt
Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart 		6–3, 6–4
Win Jul 1968 Hoylake, UK Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Lesley Turner Bowrey
Template:Flagicon Pat Walkden 		8–6, 6–2
Loss Sep 1969 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Darlene Hard 		6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Loss Apr 1970 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King
Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals 		2–6, 6–3, 7–9
Loss Jul 1970 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King 		2–6, 3–6
Loss Sep 1970 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals Template:Flagicon Margaret Court
Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Dalton 		3–6, 4–6
Loss Jan 1971 Perth, Australia Grass Template:Flagicon Winnie Shaw Template:Flagicon Margaret Court
Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong 		4–6, 5–7
Win May 1971 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Helga Masthoff Template:Flagicon Lesley Turner Bowrey
Template:Flagicon Helen Gourlay 		5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win Oct 1971 Billingham, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman 		6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win Oct 1971 London, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman 		3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win Oct 1971 Aberavon, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman 		7–5, 6–4
Loss Nov 1971 Torquay, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman 		6–7, 4–6
Loss No 1971 London, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman 		5–7, 4–6
Loss Jan 1972 Sydney, Australia Grass Template:Flagicon Lesley Bowrey Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Patricia Edwards 		1–6, 2–6
Win Jan 1972 San Francisco, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals Template:Flagicon Judy Dalton
Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr 		6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win Jan 1972 Long Beach, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals Template:Flagicon Helen Gourlay
Template:Flagicon Karen Krantzcke 		6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win Jan 1972 Boston, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals Template:Flagicon Judy Dalton
Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr 		6–7, 6–0, 7–5
Loss Feb 1972 Fort Lauderdale, US Hard Template:Flagicon Nancy Gunter Template:Flagicon Judy Dalton
Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr 		3–6, 2–6
Win Aug 1972 Merion, US Grass Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh Template:Flagicon Brenda Kirk
Template:Flagicon Pat Walkden-Pretorius 		7–6, 6–2
Loss Sep 1972 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win Oct 1972 Billingham, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan
Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh 		6–3, 6–2
Win Oct 1972 Edinburgh, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		6–2, 6–3
Win Nov 1972 Aberavon, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		6–0, 6–3
Win Nov 1972 Torquay, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Brenda Kirk
Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh 		6–4, 6–4
Win Jan 1973 Australian Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Kerry Harris
Template:Flagicon Kerry Melville 		6–4, 6–4
Win Mar 1973 Fort Lauderdale, US Clay Template:Flagicon Gail Chanfreau Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Janet Young 		4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss Mar 1973 Dallas, US Hard Template:Flagicon Gail Chanfreau Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Janet Young 		3–6, 2–6
Win Jun 1973 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		6–2, 6–3
Win Jun 1973 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
Template:Flagicon Renáta Tomanová 		3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win Jul 1973 Dublin, Ireland Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Helen Gourlay
Template:Flagicon Karen Krantzcke 		8–6, 3–6, 6–4
Win Jul 1973 Hoylake, UK Grass Template:Flagicon Karen Krantzcke Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan
Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh 		5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win Sep 1973 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King 		3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win Oct 1973 Aberavon Cup, UK Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Marita Redondo Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman
Template:Flagicon Ann Kiyomura 		4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win Nov 1973 Edinburgh Cup, UK Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Marita Redondo Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman
Template:Flagicon Ann Kiyomura 		6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Win Nov 1973 Billingham Cup, UK Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Marita Redondo Template:Flagicon Glynis Coles
Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh 		6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss Nov 1973 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Template:Flagicon Chris Evert Template:Flagicon Linky Boshoff
Template:Flagicon Ilana Kloss 		6–7, 6–2, 1–6
Loss Mar 1974 Dallas, US Hard Template:Flagicon Karen Krantzcke Template:Flagicon Isabel Fernández de Soto
Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 		3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win May 1974 Bournemouth, UK Clay Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan
Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh 		6–2, 6–2
Loss Oct 1974 Houston, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Sue Stap Template:Flagicon Janet Newberry
Template:Flagicon Wendy Overton 		6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win Nov 1974 London, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh Template:Flagicon Lesley Charles
Template:Flagicon Sue Mappin 		6–2, 6–7, 6–2
Loss Jan 1975 San Francisco, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals Template:Flagicon Chris Evert
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King 		2–6, 5–7
Loss Jan 1975 Sarasota, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Chris Evert
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King 		4–6, 2–6
Loss Mar 1975 Houston, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		6–2, 3–6, 6–7(2–5)
Win Apr 1975 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King 		6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win Apr 1975 Amelia Island, US Clay Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova 		4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win Aug 1975 Harrison, US Clay Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Chris Evert
Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 		5–7, 7–6, 4–6
Win Sep 1975 US Open Grass Template:Flagicon Margaret Court Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King 		7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Loss Nov 1975 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Cawley Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		3–6, 4–6
Loss Nov 1975 Paris, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Cawley Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		6–2, 0–6, 3–6
Loss Nov 1975 Edinburgh/London, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong Cawley Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		4–6, 6–7
Win Jan 1976 Washington, US Hard Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova Template:Flagicon Wendy Overton
Template:Flagicon Mona Schallau 		7–6, 6–2
Win Jan 1976 Chicago, US Hard Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova Template:Flagicon Evonne Goolagong
Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 		6–7(4–5), 6–4, 6–4
Loss Sep 1976 US Open Clay Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova Template:Flagicon Linky Boshoff
Template:Flagicon Ilana Kloss 		1–6, 4–6
Loss Sep 1976 Atlanta, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr 		0–6, 4–6
Win Nov 1976 London, UK Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Chris Evert 		6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win Mar 1977 Philadelphia, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss Apr 1977 Hilton Head, US Clay Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Chris Evert 		6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Loss Apr 1977 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		5–7, 3–6
Win Nov 1977 Palm Springs, US Hard Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Helen Gourlay Cawley
Template:Flagicon Joanne Russell 		6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Loss Dec 1977 London, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King
Template:Flagicon Renáta Tomanová 		2–6, 3–6
Loss Jan 1978 Hollywood, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull 		2–6, 4–6
Win Feb 1978 Los Angeles, US Carpet( i) Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Pam Teeguarden
Template:Flagicon Greer Stevens 		6–3, 6–2
Loss Mar 1978 Philadelphia, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Kerry Melville
Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull 		3–6, 5–7
Loss Apr 1978 Salt Lake City, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King
Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 		4–6, 4–6
Win Oct 1978 Atlanta, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
Template:Flagicon Anne Smith 		4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win Oct 1978 Brighton, UK Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Mima Jaušovec
Template:Flagicon JoAnne Russell 		6–0, 7–6
Loss Mar 1979 Philadelphia, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Renée Richards Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr
Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve 		4–6, 2–6
Loss Jun 1979 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Françoise Dürr Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve
Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull 		6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss Feb 1980 Seattle, US Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Greer Stevens Template:Flagicon Rosie Casals
Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull 		4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win May 1983 Italian Open Clay Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruzici Template:Flagicon Ivanna Madruga
Template:Flagicon Catherine Tanvier 		6–3, 2–6, 6–1

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

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(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A A A A W QF A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1 / 5
France A A A A A 4R A 2R QF 1R QF 3R 2R A A A A 2R 3R 4R 3R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 14
Wimbledon 2R 2R 2R 4R 2R QF 1R 3R 4R 4R QF QF SF QF SF W SF QF 4R 2R 2R QF 3R 3R 1 / 24
United States A A 4R 2R QF 4R W SF SF A QF QF 2R SF 2R QF 3R QF 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R A 1 / 20
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 3 / 63
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 2 3 4 4 8 15 30 59 42 61 89

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Personal life

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Front view of Girl with a dolphin (1973)
Back view of Girl with a dolphin (1973)
Girl with a Dolphin (1973)

Wade has no children and has never married. She has said "If I'd done better earlier, and my career had been at its peak earlier and I'd faded, I would probably have had a totally different life." She lives mostly in New York City and in Chelsea, London.[23]

She posed for sculptor David Wynne for the 17-foot-high fountain Girl with a Dolphin, installed at Tower Bridge in 1973.[24]

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