Sarah Virginia Wade was born on 10 July 1945 and is a British former professional tennis player.
13 Facts About Virginia Wade
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Virginia Wade 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.
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Virginia Wade was ranked as high as No 2 in the world in singles, and No 1 in the world in doubles.
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Virginia Wade was born in Bournemouth, England, UK, on 10 July 1945.
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At one year old, Virginia Wade moved to South Africa with her parents.
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Virginia Wade went on to study mathematics and physics at the University of Sussex, graduating in 1966.
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Virginia Wade was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1973 Birthday Honours for services to lawn tennis.
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Over her career, Virginia Wade won 55 professional singles championships and amassed $1,542,278 dollars in career prize money.
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Virginia Wade was ranked in the world's top 10 continuously from 1967 to 1979.
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Virginia Wade retired from singles competition at the end of the 1985 tennis season, and then from doubles at the end of 1986.
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Since 1981, while she was still playing, Virginia Wade has been a reporter on tennis events for the BBC.
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Virginia Wade was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1986 Birthday Honours for services to lawn tennis.
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In 1989, Virginia Wade was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.