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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.
Jul 9, 2013 · Before Andy Murray's victory, Virginia Wade was the last Briton to win Wimbledon. What was her legacy?
Virginia Wade chose the perfect time to become the first British female to win the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship in 8 years and the last to win since. In July 1977, the summer of the monarch’s Silver Jubilee, Wade won her third major title at the All England Club, with nicely coincided with Wimbledon’s centenary year.
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.
Photos: The terrific World No.2's. Get the latest Player Stats on Virginia Wade including her videos, highlights, and more at the official Women's Tennis Association website.
Jul 13, 2017 · The Day Virginia Wade Saw the Omens, and Won a Championship. Queen Elizabeth II presenting Virginia Wade with the Venus Rosewater Dish, after Wade won her first and only Wimbledon singles...
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... William N. Jacobellis/New York Post Archives,...
Sep 13, 2021 · Three-time grand slam winner Virginia Wade has praised Emma Raducanu for her US Open win. Speaking to BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent, Wade said she was "thrilled" for the 18-year-old saying she...
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...
