Born in Bournemouth in 1945, Virginia Wade made her senior debut with Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team in 1967. Her honours include International Tennis Hall of Fame, Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award and Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Lineball holds stats from 1278 of her games across 1968–1985.
Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.
| Season | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Wta tourGreat Britain | 16 | 7 | – | – | – | 17 | 20 | 170 | 194 | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| 1984 Wta tourGreat Britain | 17 | 6 | – | – | – | 18 | 25 | 181 | 217 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 1983 Wta tourGreat Britain | 23 | 12 | – | – | – | 26 | 28 | 246 | 259 | 5 | 10 | – | – | 4 | – |
| 1982 Wta tourGreat Britain | 21 | 7 | – | – | – | 19 | 32 | 214 | 261 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 1981 Wta tourGreat Britain | 60 | 32 | – | – | 1 | 74 | 69 | 666 | 638 | 12 | 7 | – | – | 7 | 1 |
| 1980 Wta tourGreat Britain | 54 | 29 | – | – | 2 | 69 | 60 | 621 | 598 | 19 | 10 | – | – | 4 | – |
| 1979 Wta tourGreat Britain | 82 | 52 | – | – | 3 | 111 | 65 | 885 | 724 | 14 | 11 | – | – | 5 | – |
| 1978 Wta tourGreat Britain | 99 | 72 | 3 | – | 4 | 149 | 70 | 1,157 | 876 | 19 | 8 | – | – | 6 | – |
| 1977 Wta tourGreat Britain | 74 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 108 | 47 | 847 | 604 | 12 | 12 | – | – | 6 | 1 |
| 1976 Wta tourGreat Britain | 73 | 52 | 2 | – | 8 | 107 | 58 | 877 | 700 | 14 | 8 | – | – | 5 | – |
| 1975 Wta tourGreat Britain | 90 | 73 | 6 | – | 8 | 147 | 51 | 1,110 | 758 | 16 | 9 | – | 5 | 5 | – |
| 1974 Wta tourGreat Britain | 84 | 66 | 5 | – | 9 | 139 | 50 | 1,033 | 711 | 14 | 10 | – | – | 6 | – |
| 1973 Wta tourGreat Britain | 83 | 66 | 6 | – | 10 | 137 | 41 | 991 | 589 | 7 | 15 | – | – | 4 | 1 |
| 1972 Wta tourGreat Britain | 109 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 176 | 63 | 1,303 | 853 | 11 | 16 | – | – | 7 | – |
| 1971 Wta tourGreat Britain | 80 | 64 | 8 | – | 8 | 135 | 44 | 1,004 | 675 | 11 | 5 | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 Wta tourGreat Britain | 98 | 73 | 5 | – | 10 | 153 | 64 | 1,200 | 874 | 5 | 13 | – | – | 8 | – |
| 1969 Wta tourGreat Britain | 103 | 83 | 7 | – | 15 | 175 | 51 | 1,272 | 829 | 0 | 10 | – | – | 5 | – |
| 1968 Wta tourGreat Britain | 112 | 91 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 188 | 60 | 1,419 | 919 | 0 | 7 | – | – | 6 | – |
| Career18 seasons | 1278 | 921 | 60 | 3 | 114 | 1,948 | 898 | 15,196 | 11,279 | 169 | 171 | 2 | 5 | 82 | 6 |
Wins-losses for Wade. Tap a rival for the full head to head.
Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Tennis history by Jeff Sackmann / Tennis Abstract (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).
| Game | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open: Round of 32 v Hana MandlikovaL 0-2 25 Nov | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Australian Open: Round of 64 v Molly Van NostrandW 2-1 25 Nov | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Brighton: Round of 32 v Carina KarlssonL 1-2 21 Oct | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wimbledon: Round of 32 v Pam ShriverL 1-2 24 June | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Wimbledon: Round of 64 v Barbara GerkenW 2-1 24 June | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Wimbledon: Round of 128 v Lea AntonoplisW 2-0 24 June | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Eastbourne: Round of 64 v Marcella MeskerL 0-2 17 June | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Roland Garros: Round of 64 v Martina NavratilovaL 0-2 27 May | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Roland Garros: Round of 128 v Sara GomerW 2-0 27 May | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Lugano: Round of 64 v Carina KarlssonL 0-2 19 May | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Delray Beach: Round of 64 v Steffi GrafL 0-2 5 Feb | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Delray Beach: Round of 128 v Csilla CserepyW 2-1 5 Feb | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Marco Island: Round of 16 v Camille BenjaminL 0-2 28 Jan | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Marco Island: Round of 32 v Michelle TorresW 2-1 28 Jan | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Marco Island: Round of 64 v Wendy WhiteW 2-0 28 Jan | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Key Biscayne: Round of 64 v Sabrina GolesL 1-0 21 Jan | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WinsResult, 921W | 921 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 13.2 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| LossesResult, 0W | 357 | 0.0 | – | – | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Regular seasonStage, 576W | 755 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.6 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| FinalsStage, 345W | 523 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | 0.0 |
| Chris EvertOpponent, 6W | 44 | 0.1 | 0.0 | – | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.3 | – |
| Evonne GoolagongOpponent, 11W | 42 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 9.3 | 12.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – | 0.0 | 0.1 | – |
| Billie Jean KingOpponent, 10W | 33 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Julie HeldmanOpponent, 25W | 32 | 0.8 | 0.3 | – | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.1 | – |
| Margaret CourtOpponent, 4W | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 13.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Betty StoveOpponent, 24W | 29 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Martina NavratilovaOpponent, 8W | 28 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 11.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | – |
| Rosie CasalsOpponent, 15W | 28 | 0.5 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.0 | – |
| Francoise DurrOpponent, 22W | 26 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Winnie ShawOpponent, 16W | 20 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | 0.1 |
| Kerry ReidOpponent, 15W | 19 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Mima JausovecOpponent, 14W | 16 | 0.9 | – | – | – | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.6 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Pam TeeguardenOpponent, 16W | 16 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.2 | 12.9 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Sue BarkerOpponent, 10W | 16 | 0.6 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – | 0.1 |
| Sharon Walsh PeteOpponent, 12W | 15 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Wendy TurnbullOpponent, 9W | 15 | 0.6 | – | – | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Dianne FromholtzOpponent, 11W | 13 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Lesley HuntOpponent, 12W | 12 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Nancy RicheyOpponent, 7W | 12 | 0.6 | – | – | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | 0.3 | – |
| Valerie ZiegenfussOpponent, 9W | 12 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Virginia RuziciOpponent, 9W | 12 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.4 | 0.5 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Tracy AustinOpponent, 3W | 11 | 0.3 | – | – | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 0.1 | – | – | – | 0.3 | – |
| Ann JonesOpponent, 6W | 10 | 0.6 | 0.4 | – | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Betsy NagelsenOpponent, 9W | 10 | 0.9 | – | – | – | 1.9 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Greer StevensOpponent, 7W | 10 | 0.7 | – | – | – | 1.5 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Joyce WilliamsOpponent, 9W | 10 | 0.9 | 0.2 | – | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kathy JordanOpponent, 2W | 10 | 0.2 | – | – | – | 0.7 | 1.5 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Mona GuerrantOpponent, 8W | 10 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.6 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | – | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| Patti HoganOpponent, 8W | 10 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Gail SherriffOpponent, 9W | 9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 13.2 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.2 | – |
| Judy TegartOpponent, 7W | 9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.1 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Kristien ShawOpponent, 8W | 9 | 0.9 | – | – | – | 1.9 | 0.3 | 13.3 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Nell TrumanOpponent, 8W | 9 | 0.9 | – | – | – | 1.9 | 0.3 | 14.1 | 8.9 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Patricia WalkdenOpponent, 4W | 9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | – | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.2 | – |
| Renata TomanovaOpponent, 6W | 9 | 0.7 | – | – | – | 1.6 | 0.7 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Corinne MolesworthOpponent, 8W | 8 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 5.5 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Helen GourlayOpponent, 7W | 8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 12.8 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Karen KrantzckeOpponent, 7W | 8 | 0.9 | – | – | – | 1.9 | 0.5 | 13.6 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Laura DupontOpponent, 8W | 8 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 5.5 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Regina MarsikovaOpponent, 6W | 8 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.0 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 0.3 | – | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Helga MasthoffOpponent, 3W | 7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | – | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 0.0 | – | – | – | 0.3 | – |
| Ivanna MadrugaOpponent, 2W | 7 | 0.3 | – | – | – | 0.9 | 1.4 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Olga MorozovaOpponent, 5W | 7 | 0.7 | – | – | – | 1.6 | 0.7 | 12.9 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Sylvia HanikaOpponent, 3W | 7 | 0.4 | – | – | – | 1.3 | 1.3 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| Annette Van ZylOpponent, 5W | 6 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.2 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.2 | – |
| Brigette CuypersOpponent, 6W | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.2 | 12.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Carrie MeyerOpponent, 6W | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Glynis ColesOpponent, 6W | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.2 | 13.0 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Isabel Fernandez De SotoOpponent, 6W | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Jackie FayterOpponent, 5W | 6 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.5 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Janet NewberryOpponent, 6W | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.2 | 13.5 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | – | – | 0.2 | – |
| Jeanne EvertOpponent, 4W | 6 | 0.7 | – | – | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Julie AnthonyOpponent, 6W | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Lesley TurnerOpponent, 6W | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 0.2 | 13.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Yvonne VermaakOpponent, 5W | 6 | 0.8 | – | – | – | 1.8 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 9.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
| Diane DesforOpponent, 3W | 5 | 0.6 | – | – | – | 1.4 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 0.4 | – | – | – | – | – |
