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(Sarah) Virginia Wade - Grand Slam record, Singles titles (55), Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tennis player, born in Bournemouth, Dorset, S England, UK. She was brought up in South Africa. She competed at Wimbledon for 20 years, and won the singles there in 1977 when she was ranked number 2. In 1968 she took the US Open title, and she also won the Italian championship in 1971 and the Australian championship in 1972. She was a Wightman Cup player for 16 years, and towards the end of her career captained the side. She was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1989.

Grand Slam record

Australian Open Singles champion: 1972 Women's Doubles champion: 1973 French Open Women's Doubles champion: 1973 Women's Doubles finalist: 1979 Wimbledon Singles champion: 1977 Women's Doubles finalist: 1970 U.S. Open Singles champion: 1968 Women's Doubles champion: 1973, 1975 Women's Doubles finalist: 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976

Singles titles (55)

1968 - US Open, Bloemfontein-RSA, Bournemouth, East London-RSA, Dewar Cup-Crystal Palace 1969 - Cape Town-RSA, Hoylake, Dewar-Perth, Dewar-Stalybridge, Dewar-Aberavon, Dewar-Crystal Palace, East London-RSA 1970 - German Indoors, West Berlin Open, Irish Open, Stalybridge, Aberavon 1971 - Cape Town, Catania Open, Rome, Newport-Wales, Cincinnati, Dewar-Billingham, Dewar-Aberavon, Dewar Cup Final-London, Clean Air Classic-NY 1972 - Australian Open, VS Indoors-Mass., Merion, Buenos Aires 1973 - Dallas, Bournemouth, Dewar-Aberavon, Dewar-Edinburgh, Dewar-Billingham, Dewar Cup Final-Albert Hall 1974 - VS Chicago, Bournemouth, VS Phoenix, Dewar-Edinburgh, Dewar Cup-London 1975 - VS Dallas, VS Philadelphia, Paris Indoors , Eastbourne, Dewar Cup, Stockholm 1976 - US Indoors, Dewar Cup 1977 - Wimbledon, World Invitational Hilton Head, Tokyo Sillook 1978 - Mahwah, Tokyo Sillook, Florida Open

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A A A A A W QF A A A A / A A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1 / 5
France A A A A A 4R A 2R QF 1R QF 3R 2R A A A A 2R 3R 4R 3R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 14
Wimbledon 2R 2R 2R 4R 2R QF 1R 3R 4R 4R QF QF SF QF SF W SF QF 4R 2R 2R QF 3R 3R 1 / 24
United States A A 4R 2R QF 4R W SF SF A QF QF 2R SF 2R QF 3R QF 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R A 1 / 20
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 3 / 63

A = did not participate in the tournament.

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