Virginia Wade

Virginia Wade
OBE

Full name	Sarah Virginia Wade
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1945-07-10) 10 July 1945 (age 79) Bournemouth, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Turned pro	1962 (amateur circuit)
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,542,278
Int. Tennis HoF	1989 (member page)
Singles
Career record	839–329[1]
Career titles	55[1]
Highest ranking	No. 2 (3 November 1975)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1972)
French Open	QF (1970, 1972)
Wimbledon	W (1977)
US Open	W (1968)
Doubles
Career record	42–48[1]
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1973)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1973)
French Open	W (1973)
Wimbledon	F (1970)
US Open	W (1973, 1975)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1975)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	SF (1969, 1972)
Wimbledon	QF (1981)
US Open	QF (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.