Virginia Wade

British Born 1945 170 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Chris Evert (43)vs Evonne Goolagong (38)vs Julie Heldman (32)vs Billie Jean King (30)vs Margaret Court (29)vs Betty Stove (28)

Match log

1985

Australian OpenGrass, November
R32LHana Mandlikova2-6 6-7(4)
R64WMolly Van Nostrand6-3 5-7 6-2
BrightonCarpet, October
R32LCarina Karlsson1-6 6-3 3-6
WimbledonGrass, June
R32LPam Shriver2-6 7-5 2-6
R64WBarbara Gerken6-3 6-7 7-5
R128WLea Antonoplis6-4 7-5
EastbourneGrass, June
R64LMarcella Mesker5-7 4-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R64LMartina Navratilova3-6 0-6
R128WSara Gomer7-6(5) 6-4
LuganoClay, May
R64LCarina Karlsson1-6 2-6
Delray BeachHard, February
R64LSteffi Graf2-6 2-6
R128WCsilla Cserepy6-3 4-6 7-5
Marco IslandHard, January
R16LCamille Benjamin2-6 4-6
R32WMichelle Torres5-7 6-3 6-4
R64WWendy White6-4 6-4
Key BiscayneHard, January
R64LSabrina Goles6-2 2-4 RET

1984

Australian OpenGrass, November
R32LAndrea Temesvari6-4 0-6 2-6
R64WWendy White7-5 6-4
SydneyGrass, November
R64LPascale Paradis Mangon0-6 6-1 1-6
BrightonCarpet, October
R16LAndrea Temesvari3-6 6-7
R32WSandra Cecchini3-6 6-2 6-2
US OpenHard, August
R64LMareen Louie Harper2-6 6-3 3-6
R128WMary Lou Piatek6-0 7-6
WimbledonGrass, June
R32LCarina Karlsson2-6 6-4 9-11
R64WZina Garrison3-6 6-4 7-5
R128WAnn Henricksson3-6 6-3 6-4
EastbourneGrass, June
R64LKathy Jordan0-6 3-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LVirginia Ruzici6-3 3-6 3-6
PerugiaClay, May
R64LBarbara Gerken3-6 2-6
BostonCarpet, March
R32LJoanne Russell6-3 3-6 5-7
DallasCarpet, March
R32LPam Shriver5-7 4-6
East HanoverCarpet, February
R16LMartina Navratilova0-6 2-6
R32WMarie Christine Calleja6-4 6-2

1983

Australian OpenGrass, November
R32LKathy Jordan4-6 6-4 1-6
R64WSusan Leo7-6 7-5
Wightman CupCarpet, November
RRLKathy Rinaldi Stunkel2-6 2-6
US OpenHard, August
R64LAndrea Temesvari2-6 3-6
R128WChristiane Jolissaint6-3 6-1
Fed Cup WG QF: GBR vs FRGClay, July
RRLClaudia Kohde Kilsch3-6 0-6
Fed Cup WG R1: GBR vs LUXClay, July
RRWGinette Huberty6-0 6-3
Fed Cup WG R2: GBR vs BRAClay, July
RRWClaudia Monteiro6-1 2-6 6-3
WimbledonGrass, June
QFLYvonne Vermaak3-6 6-2 2-6
R16WEva Pfaff3-6 7-6 7-5
R32WAndrea Leand3-6 7-6 6-2
R64WRaffaella Reggi Concato6-1 6-2
R128WAmanda Tobin1-6 7-5 6-4
EastbourneGrass, June
R16LTracy Austin2-6 2-6
R32WKathy Jordan6-2 6-2
R64WBetsy Nagelsen6-3 6-7 6-4
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LAnne Hobbs3-6 2-6

Virginia Wade

The wait made the tale. Virginia Wade won Wimbledon in 1977, at the sixteenth attempt, in the tournament's centenary year and the Queen's Silver Jubilee, nine days before her 32nd birthday. She beat defending champion Chris Evert in the semifinal, then took nine of the last ten games from Betty Stove to win the final 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, and Centre Court sang For She's a Jolly Good Fellow as Elizabeth II presented the trophy. No British woman has won the singles title since.

The 1977 fortnight can hide how early she arrived. She won the first US Open of the open era in 1968, upsetting top seed Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-2 to collect the champion's cheque of $6,000, and added the 1972 Australian Open against Evonne Goolagong. That is 3 majors, one at each of three slams, inside 60 career titles built on a big serve and an attacking all-court game. She reached world No. 2 in 1975.