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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.
Jul 1, 2019 · Watched by a passionate 14,000 home crowd including the Queen in the Royal Box during her Silver Jubilee year, Virginia Wade valiantly fought back from a set down to beat Betty Stove 4-6 6-3 6-1 to win the 100th edition of the most famous tournament in all of tennis.
Jun 30, 2020 · The evocative Englishwoman played at the All England Club for 24 consecutive years, from 1962-85. All through her playing days, loyal crowds followed her every move,...
Jul 9, 2013 · Before Andy Murray's victory, Virginia Wade was the last Briton to win Wimbledon. What was her legacy?
With her doubles victory with Margaret Court at the 1973 French Open over Betty Stöve and Françoise Dürr, 6-2, 6-3, Wade became the first and only British female player to win a title at all four majors. Wade advanced to 10 major doubles finals, winning four, all with Court.
When Virginia Wade won the women's singles title at Wimbledon 30 years ago on Sunday, in front of The Queen in the summer of the monarch's Silver Jubilee, it seemed like...
Jan 19, 2018 · Virginia Wade etched her name into the record books when, in 1968, she won the first-ever US Open women’s singles title in the Open era. The No. 6 seed was pushed to three sets only once – a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 first-round victory over American Stephanie DeFina – a remarkable feat considering her eventual path to the final.
Jan 20, 2018 · Virginia Wade, the 1968 #USOpen champion remains the only player – man or woman – to win the US Open singles title by beating each of the top three seeds in ...
Jul 13, 2017 · Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon champion’s plate — or salver, as any proper Englishwoman would call it — is packed in a box, awaiting her imminent move from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to...
Aug 26, 2018 · Virginia Wade, left, won the first U.S. Open, defeating Billie Jean King, right, in the finals at the West Side Tennis Club in 1968. Credit...
