Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945-07-10
- Works
- 44
Top works
- Courting Triumph by Virginia Wade (1978-06-01)
- Winning Big
- Cum For The Genie
- Naughty Emma
- Daddy's Little Cherries
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Sue Barker: Our Wimbledon — Self2017
- Wimbledon - Official film 2007 — Self2008
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 31
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Virginia+Wade">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Using thematic analysis in psychology
· 2006 · cited 144,878x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,405x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,380x
- Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
· 2019 · cited 14,863x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,439x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Full name
- Sarah Virginia Wade
- Country sports
- United Kingdom
- Born
- ( 1945-07-10 ) 10 July 1945 (age 80) , Bournemouth , Dorset , England
- Height
- 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
- Turned pro
- 1968 (amateur from 1962)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $1,542,278
- Int tennis hof
- 1989 ( member page )
- Career record
- 839–329
- Highest ranking
- No. 2 (3 November 1975)
- Australian open
- W ( 1972 )
- French open
- QF ( 1970 , 1972 )
- Wimbledon
Key dates
- Born
- 10 July 1945
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Virginia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bournemouth
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1967 Federation Cup
- Sport
Article
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, 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, and has also worked as a tennis commentator and game analyst for the BBC and Eurosport, and (in the US) for CBS.
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1945 births20th-century English sportswomenAlumni of the University of SussexAustralian Open (tennis) championsBBC Sports Personality of the Year winnersBritish expatriate sportspeople in South AfricaBritish female tennis playersCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireEnglish female tennis playersEnglish sports broadcastersEnglish sports coaches