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Former Wimbledon Tennis Champion & TV Presenter and Commentator
Won 3 Grand Slam singles titles:
Wimbledon in 1977, (the Centenary Championships and Queen’s jubilee.)
The Australian Open in 1972
The US Open in 1968, (the first year of Open tennis.
• Won a total of 55 singles titles on the WTA tour
• Won 4 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Australian, the French and the US open in 1973 and ‘75
• No 4 on the Open era match wins list with 839 matches
• Represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup from 1967-1983, making a record number of appearances. Also competed in the Wightman Cup from 1965-1985
• Career prize money $1.6 million
• Highest world singles ranking No 2 in 1975 and 1978
• Ranked continuously in the Top 10 in the World from 1967-1979 and was British No 1 from 1972-1981
• Inducted into the International Hall of Fame in 1989 • Published an autobiography entitled Courting Triumph in 1978 and a historical bookmarking the 1984 Women’s Centenary at Wimbledon
• Was the first woman elected to the Wimbledon Committee in 1982
• Also represented the LTA and the ITF and served on the board of the LTA’s International and Professional Division board
• Graduated from the University of Sussex in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics. Awarded an honorary Ph.D. at Sussex in 1985
• Commentator for the BBC and has worked for CBS, ESPN and USA networks