Virginia Wade

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Virginia Wade’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of her tournament results, showing how far she progressed in each Grand Slam event across her career.

Insights

Two titles, both at Wimbledon and the US Open

Wade’s Grand Slam titles in the supplied data are concentrated in two events: Wimbledon in 1977 at age 31 and the US Open in 1968 at age 23. No other tournament in the table shows a championship result.

Her peak years came in a tight 1970s window

The deepest run cluster is 1968-1979, when she reached at least the quarterfinals repeatedly and produced all three semifinal appearances in the data. Her best stretch includes the 1970 US Open semifinal, the 1974 and 1976 Wimbledon semifinals, and the 1977 Wimbledon title.

Wimbledon was her strongest major by volume of deep runs

Across the results table, Wimbledon contains her title, three semifinal-or-better finishes, and multiple quarterfinals, including Q in 1973, 1975, 1979, and 1983. That concentration is stronger than at the other listed majors, where her best results are generally earlier exits.

She stayed competitive into her late 30s and even age 40

The final rows show continued Grand Slam appearances at ages 38-40, including a 1985 Australian Open R32 at age 40 and Wimbledon R32 at age 39. Even at 37-38, she still reached the Wimbledon quarterfinal in 1983.

Her career spans both eras, but the Amateur-era sample is tiny

The table lists only two Amateur Era results: a 1966 US Open quarterfinal at age 21 and a 1967 Wimbledon quarterfinal at age 21. After that, every recorded result is in the Open Era, where her career totals and titles are built.

Basics

Born	10 July 1945
Gender	Female
Nation	United Kingdom
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1966-1985

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	54
Best results Open Era	3 x champion 6 x semifinalist 12 x quarterfinalist
Best results Amateur Era	2 x quarterfinalist
Total matches	211
W/L-record	160-51 (76% won)

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Virginia Wade – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1985	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	40
1985	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	39
1985	French Open	Open Era	R64	39
1984	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	39
1984	US Open	Open Era	R64	39
1984	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	38
1984	French Open	Open Era	R128	38
1983	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	38
1983	US Open	Open Era	R64	38
1983	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	37
1983	French Open	Open Era	R128	37
1982	US Open	Open Era	R128	37
1982	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	36
1982	French Open	Open Era	R32	36
1981	US Open	Open Era	R32	36
1981	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	35
1981	French Open	Open Era	R16	35
1980	US Open	Open Era	R32	35
1980	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	34
1980	French Open	Open Era	R16	34
1979	US Open	Open Era	Q	34
1979	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	33
1979	French Open	Open Era	R32	33
1978	US Open	Open Era	R32	33
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	S	32
1977	US Open	Open Era	Q	32
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	W	31
1976	US Open	Open Era	R64	31
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	S	30
1975	US Open	Open Era	S	30
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	29
1974	US Open	Open Era	R32	29
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	S	28
1974	French Open	Open Era	R32	28
1973	US Open	Open Era	Q	28
1973	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	27
1973	French Open	Open Era	R16	27
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	27
1972	US Open	Open Era	Q	27
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	26
1972	French Open	Open Era	Q	26
1972	Australian Open	Open Era	W	26
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	25
1971	French Open	Open Era	R64	25
1970	US Open	Open Era	S	25
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	24
1970	French Open	Open Era	Q	24
1969	US Open	Open Era	S	24
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	23
1969	French Open	Open Era	R32	23
1968	US Open	Open Era	W	23
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	22
1967	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	21
1966	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	21