Virginia Wade

Sarah Virginia Wade (Bournemouth, England, 10 July 1945) is a former tennis player from Great Britain. She won seven grand slam tournaments – three in the single and four in doubles.

She played tennis at the highest level of 1968 to 1986.

She won WimbledonIn 1977, by Betty Stöve in the final to beat the Dutch. It is striking that all three to win a Grand Slam singles tournament of her finals.

In 1989 was inducted into the international Tennis Hall of Fame.

As of 2006 she is commentator for the games during Wimbledon.



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[hide] *Grand Slam 1  ==Grand Slam[ Edit] == ===Singles[ Edit] === ===Double Play[ Edit] === ==Titles singles from 1968 (55)<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1.1 singles
 * 1.2 doubles
 * 2 Titles singles from 1968 (55)
 * 3 singles performance timeline
 * 3.1 Grand slam singles
 * 3.2 Grand slam doubles
 * 4 Trivia
 * 5 external links
 * Source General: <span len="60" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;cursor:help;color:rgb(85,85,85);" title="Taal: Engels">(<span style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(85,85,85);">and )  Virginia Wade's profile on the website of the WTA
 * Source General: Tennis forum Blast from the Past
 * Source: South Africa Tennis forum "Sugar Circuit"

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">↑ Click on the link for details such as opponent and score in the final. (date) indicates, where possible, the final of the tournament. ==Performance Table<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Grand slam singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Grand slam doubles<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1) 1967: (23 dec) Border Championships, East London (South Africa) – addict. Patricia Walkden 6-1 4-6 6-4
 * 2) 1968: (15 jan) Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (South Africa) – addict. Patricia Walkden 6-3 6-3
 * 3) 1968: (27 April) British Open Hard Courts, Bournemouth (UK) – addict. Winnie Shaw 6-4 6-1
 * 4) 1968: US Open (8 sep) ↑
 * 5) 1968: (23 nov) Dewar Cup, Crystal Palace (London) – addict. Margaret Court 6-3 6-4
 * 6) 1969: (1 jan) Border Championships, East London (South Africa) – addict. Winnie Shaw 6-1 3-6 6-1
 * 7) 1969: (18 jan) Western Province Championships, Cape Town (South Africa) – addict. Patricia Walkden 6-4 6-1
 * 8) 1969: (20 jul) Rothmans North of England, Hoylake (UK) ↑
 * 9) 1969: (18 Oct) Dewar Cup, Perth (Scotland) – addict. Ann Jones 9-7 6-2
 * 10) 1969: (25 Oct) Dewar Cup, Stalybridge (UK) – addict. Ann Jones 6-3 1-6 6-3
 * 11) 1969: (1 nov), Dewar Cup Aberavon (Wales) ↑
 * 12) 1969: (13 nov) Dewar Cup Final, Crystal Palace (London) ↑
 * 13) 1970: (jan) German Indoors, Munich – addict. Joyce Williams 6-2 6-4
 * 14) 1970: (May 18) West Berlin Open – addict. Helga Niessen 6-1 10-8
 * 15) 1970: (11 jul) Irish Open, Dublin ↑
 * 16) 1970: (Oct 24) Dewar Cup, Stalybridge (UK) – addict. Ann Jones 2-6 6-2 6-1
 * 17) 1970: (31 Oct), Dewar Cup Aberavon (Wales) ↑
 * 18) 1971: (jan 9) Western Province Championships, Cape Town (South Africa) – addict. Elizabeth Talwar 6-1 6-0
 * 19) 1971: (25 April) Open Grand Prix Catania (Sicily, Italy) – addict. Gail Sherriff Chanfreau 6-0 6-3
 * 20) 1971: Rome (29 apr) ↑
 * 21) 1971: (10 jul) Welsh Open, Newport (Wales) – addict. Judy Tegart Dalton Dalton 6-3 6-4
 * 22) 1971: (26 jul) Cincinnati (US) ↑
 * 23) 1971: (19 Oct) Dewar Cup, Billingham (UK) ↑
 * 24) 1971: (Oct 2) Dewar Cup, Aberavon (Wales) ↑
 * 25) 1971: (18 nov) Dewar Cup Final, Royal Albert Hall (London) ↑
 * 26) 1971: (4 dec) Clean Air Classic, New York ↑
 * 27) 1972: Australian Open (3 jan) ↑
 * 28) 1972: (31 jan) US Indoors, Boston/Hingham Massachusetts (US) ↑
 * 29) 1972: (27 aug) Merion, Haverford PA (US) – addict. Fleming<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  6-4 6-1
 * 30) 1972: (1 dec) Argentine Open, Buenos Aires (Argentina) ↑
 * 31) 1973: (11th Mar) Virginia Slims of Dallas (US) ↑
 * 32) 1973: (May 12) Bournemouth (UK) ↑
 * 33) 1973: (22 Oct), Dewar Cup Aberavon (Wales) ↑
 * 34) 1973: (30 Oct) Dewar Cup, Edinburgh ↑
 * 35) 1973: (6 nov), Dewar Cup Billingham (UK) ↑
 * 36) 1973: (11 nov) Dewar Cup Final, Royal Albert Hall (London) ↑
 * 37) 1974: (3rd Mar) Virginia Slims of Chicago (US) ↑
 * 38) 1974: (May 26) Bournemouth (UK) ↑
 * 39) 1974: (13 Oct) Virginia Slims of Phoenix (US) – addict. Helen Gourlay 6-1 6-2
 * 40) 1974: (4 nov) Dewar Cup, Edinburgh ↑
 * 41) 1974: (11 nov) Dewar Cup Final, Royal Albert Hall (London) ↑
 * 42) 1975: (23 Mar) Virginia Slims of Dallas (US) ↑
 * 43) 1975: (29th Mar) Virginia Slims of Philadelphia (US) ↑
 * 44) 1975: (21 jun) Eastbourne (UK) ↑
 * 45) 1975: (2 nov) Stockholm Indoors (Sweden) ↑
 * 46) 1975: (9 nov) Paris Indoors – addict. Sue Barker 6-1 6-7 9-7
 * 47) 1975: (13 dec) Dewar Cup Final, London ↑
 * 48) 1976: (18 sep) US Indoors, Atlanta (US) ↑
 * 49) 1976: (1 nov) Dewar Cup Final, Royal Albert Hall (London) ↑
 * 50) 1977: Wimbledon (2 jul) ↑
 * 51) 1977: (1 Oct) World Invitational Tennis Classic, Hilton Head (US) ↑
 * 52) 1977: (18 sep) Tokyo Sillook Open (Japan) ↑
 * 53) 1978: (26 aug) Mahwah, New Jersey (US) ↑
 * 54) 1978: (17 sep) Tokyo Sillook Open (Japan) ↑
 * 55) 1978: (12 nov) Florida Federal Open, Tampa/Oldsmar (US) ↑
 * Queen Elizabeth II attended the Wimbledon final against Betty Stöve at. This would be the last time that she was present at a Wimbledon tournament until they the contest in the second round by Andy Murray against Jarkko Nieminen attended on June 24, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]