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. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles. More about Virginia Wade
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Wade was the most recent British tennis player to win a major singles tournament until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open, and was the most recent British woman to have won a major singles title until Emma Raducanu won the 2021 US Open. After retiring from competitive tennis, she coached for four years, and has also worked as a tennis commentator and game analyst for the BBC and Eurosport and CBS in the U.S.In total, we tracked 67 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Virginia Wade (virginia wade betty stove wimbledon final 1977 with trophy signed 12x8 photo) was sold in June 2018 for £59.99 while the cheapest item (Virginia Wade Signed photo - Professional Tennis Player/WImbledon Champion-J1171) found a new owner for £0.01 in September 2018. The month with the most items sold (5) was June 2019 with an average selling price of £5.99 for an autographed item of Virginia Wade. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2022 with £43.08 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.82 was August 2022. In average, an autographed item from Virginia Wade is worth £7.02.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Virginia Wade were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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3x GRAND SLAM CHAMP SINGLES VIRGINIA WADE TENNIS PLAYER AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~ | £1.72 | ||
AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED Virginia Wade Tennis Ball W/CASE RARE US OPEN PROFESSIONAL | £43.08 | ||
British Tennis Legend & Wimbledon Champion Virginia Wade Signed Photo with COA | £4.99 | ||
Tennis Wimbledon Virginia Wade hand signed 8x6.5 picture | £9.99 | ||
VIRGINIA WADE - BRITISH TENNIS PLAYER - AUTOGRAPH | £20.99 | ||
VIRGINIA WADE 7x GRAND SLAM CHAMPION PRO TENNIS PLAYER AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~ | £4.42 | ||
Virginia Wade Signed Autographed Editions Westminster Photo Card - Wimbledon | £12.00 | ||
VIRGINIA WADE SIGNED COMPLIMENTS SLIP | £4.99 | ||
VIRGINIA WADE: J Arthur Dixon colour Wimbledon postcard, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £3.99 | ||
WIMBLEDON SEAT CUSHION 1996 TENNIS Signed By Virginia Wade Signed In Wimbledon | £17.99 |
Emma Raducanu's US Open exit will make it easier for her to develop, says legend (09/03/22): MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: 'Maybe now her ranking goes down she'll progress without so much pressure,' said Wade, Britain's previous Grand Slam women's winner.
Emma Raducanu becomes British No1 with US Open win and moves to 23rd in the worl (09/13/21): The qualifier beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 become the first British woman to win a singles Grand Slam in 44 years after Virginia Wade's Wimbledon title in 1977.
Emma Raducanu set for remarkable rise from No 150 to No 23 in the WTA rankings a (09/12/21): The teenager beat 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the singles to become the first British woman to win a grand slam in 44 years after Virginia Wade's Wimbledon title in 1977.
British tennis legend Virginia Wade sings the praises of Emma Raducanu (09/07/21): MIKE DICKSON AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: For Virginia Wade, watching Emma Raducanu at the US Open brought a frisson of excitement, mixed with a slight element of caution.
Virginia Wade urges Emma Raducanu not to be discouraged and insists she has not (07/06/21): EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Wade, the last home woman to win the singles, urged the 18-year-old not to be discouraged by having to leave the tournament so abruptly after a promising start.
'I played the occasion as well as the opponent': Emma Raducanu urged to embrace (07/2021): Jevans, 19 at the time made the fourth round in 1979 and was beaten by Virginia Wade, admitting that she couldn't sleep before the contest and was subsequently soundly beaten 6-1, 6-2.
Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands reach mixed doubles final at Australian O (01/2020): If the British-American duo win on Saturday, Murray will claim his eighth Slam title, moving him clear of Virginia Wade, with whom he currently holds the national record.