Sue Barker

Sue Barker
CBE
	Barker in 2008
Country (sports)	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Great Britain
Residence	Stanton, Gloucestershire, England
Born	19 April 1956 (age 69); Paignton, Devon, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1984
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 878,701
Singles
Career record	407–250 (61.9%)
Career titles	23 (15 WTA)
Highest ranking	No. 3 (20 March 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1975, 1977Dec)
French Open	W (1976)
Wimbledon	SF (1977)
US Open	4R (1976)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1977)
Doubles
Career record	33–38
Career titles	12
	Last updated on: 15 November 2022.

Susan Barker CBE (bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli April bɛɣu pinaawei dali, yuuni 1956) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ British purufɛshinal tennis bɔli ŋmɛri kurɔ ŋun nyɛ paɣa. O bɔlli tuma puuni, Barker nyɛla ŋun di WTA Tour singles jaashee nim pinaanu, n ti pahi major singles jaashee nim din daa yina yuuni 1976 French Open. O nyɛla ŋun paagi o career-high singles ranking din nyɛ world No. 3.^[2].^[3]

O pilli bɛhigu

Barker nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so silimiingoli April bɛɣu pinaawei dali, yuuni 1956 ka o zoona Paignton, Devon, ka chaŋ shikuru yuli booni convent school.^[4]^[5]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1976	French Open	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	6–2, 0–6, 6–2

Year-end championships finals

Singles (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1977	Virginia Slims Championships	Carpet (i)	Chris Evert	6–2, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1979	Avon Championships	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–7^(1–7), 6–7^(3–7)

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 31 (15–16)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–1)
Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (14–15)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (6–6)
Clay (5–1)
Carpet (4–8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	May 1974	Surbiton	Grass	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Sue Mappin	6–2, 7–5
Loss	1.	Jun 1974	Chichester	Grass	Paulina Peisachov	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Jul 1974	Båstad	Clay	Marijke Jansen	6–1, 7–5
Win	3.	Jul 1975	Båstad	Clay	Helga Masthoff	6–4, 6–0
Win	4.	Jul 1975	Kitzbühel	Clay	Pam Teeguarden	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	Nov 1975	Paris	Carpet (i)	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Virginia Wade	1–6, 7–6, 7–9
Win	5.	Dec 1975	Adelaide	Grass	Helga Masthoff	6–5, ret.
Loss	3.	Dec 1975	Sydney	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	2–6, 4–6
Win	6.	Jan 1975	Auckland	Grass	Helga Masthoff	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4.	May 1976	Bournemouth	Clay	Helga Masthoff	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win	7.	May 1976	Hamburg	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	6–3, 6–1
Win	8.	May 1976	French Open	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Loss	5.	Nov 1976	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Chris Evert	2–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	Dec 1976	Melbourne	Grass	Margaret Court	2–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	Jan 1977	Houston	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	6–7^(3–7), 5–7
Loss	8.	Jan 1977	Minneapolis	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	0–6, 1–6
Loss	9.	Feb 1977	Detroit	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	4–6, 4–6
Win	9.	Feb 1977	San Francisco	Carpet (i)	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	Mar 1977	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Terry Holladay	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	10.	Mar 1977	Virginia Slims Championships	Carpet (i)	Chris Evert	6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	11.	Dec 1977	Sydney	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	2–6, 3–6
Win	11.	Nov 1978	Brisbane	Grass	Chris O'Neil	6–1, 6–3
Loss	12.	Mar 1979	Boston	Carpet (i)	Dianne Fromholtz	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	13.	Mar 1979	Carlsbad	Hard	Kerry Reid	6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win	12.	Jun 1979	Manchester	Grass	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Anne Hobbs	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Loss	14.	Jun 1979	Chichester	Grass	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	1–6, 4–6
Win	13.	Sep 1979	Pittsburgh	Carpet (i)	Renée Richards	6–3, 6–1
Win	14.	Dec 1979	Sydney	Grass	Rosalyn Fairbank	6–0, 7–5
Loss	15.	Dec 1980	Adelaide	Grass	Hana Mandlíková	1–6, 4–6
Loss	16.	Aug 1981	Richmond	Carpet (i)	Mary-Lou Piatek	4–6, 1–6
Win	15.	Oct 1981	Brighton	Carpet (i)	Mima Jaušovec	4–6, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 30 (12–18)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–1)
Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (12–17)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (2–4)
Clay (2–4)
Carpet (8–10)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1975	Rome	Clay	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Glynis Coles	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Win	1.	Jul 1975	Kitzbühel	Clay	Pam Teeguarden	Fiorella Bonicelli Raquel Giscafré	6–1, 6–3
Win	2.	Dec 1975	Adelaide	Grass	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Michelle Tyler	Kym Ruddell Janet Young	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2.	Dec 1975	Perth	Grass	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Michelle Tyler	Christine Matison Lesley Bowrey	6–7, 3–6
Loss	3.	Aug 1976	Toronto	Clay	Pam Teeguarden	Cynthia Doerner Janet Newberry	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win	3.	Oct 1976	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Evonne Goolagong	Martina Navratilova Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Virginia Wade	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	4.	Nov 1976	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	4.	Jan 1977	Houston	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	Feb 1977	San Francisco	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Kerry Reid Greer Stevens	3–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	Feb 1979	Seattle	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 4–6
Loss	7.	Feb 1979	Detroit	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	8.	Mar 1979	Boston	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	Mar 1979	Avon Championships	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–7, 6–7
Loss	10.	Apr 1979	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	5–7, 6–7
Win	5.	Sep 1979	Pittsburgh	Carpet (i)	Candy Reynolds	Bunny Bruning Jane Stratton	6–3, 6–2
Loss	11.	Dec 1979	Sydney	Grass	Pam Shriver	Billie Jean King Wendy Turnbull	5–7, 4–6
Loss	12.	Dec 1979	Adelaide	Grass	Pam Shriver	Hana Mandlíková Virginia Ruzici	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	6.	Feb 1980	Oakland	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Greer Stevens Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Virginia Wade	6–0, 6–4
Loss	13.	Mar 1980	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	5–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	Dec 1980	Adelaide	Grass	Sharon Walsh	Pam Shriver Betty Stöve	4–6, 3–6
Win	7.	Feb 1981	Houston	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Regina Maršíková Mary-Lou Piatek	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	15.	Feb 1981	Seattle	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 1–6
Win	8.	Mar 1981	Los Angeles	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Peanut Louie Marita Redondo	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win	9.	May 1981	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	7–5, 6–2
Loss	16.	May 1981	Berlin	Clay	Renáta Tomanová	Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford	3–6, 4–6
Win	10.	Jun 1981	Surbiton	Grass	Ann Kiyomura	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	6–1, 6–7, 6–1
Loss	17.	Aug 1981	Indianapolis	Clay	Paula Smith	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	2–6, 2–6
Win	11.	Aug 1981	Richmond	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	12.	Jan 1982	Cincinnati	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Pam Shriver Anne Smith	6–2, 7–6
Loss	18.	Feb 1982	Houston	Carpet (i)	Sharon Walsh	Kathy Jordan Pam Shriver	6–7^(6–8), 2–6

Performance timelines

Tɛmplet:Performance key

" * " – Barker received a bye in the first round.
" ^ " – Barker withdrew prior to the match, which is not counted as a loss.

Singles

Tournament	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	W–L	SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	SF	2R	(Jan) A	(Dec) SF	QF	A	3R	3R	1R	A	Q1	16–8	0 / 8
French Open	A	A	3R	W	A		A	2R	A	1R	A	A	1R	9–4	1 / 5
Wimbledon	2R	1R	3R*	QF	SF*		4R	1R	2R*	3R	1R	1R	2R	16–12	0 / 12
US Open	A	A	2R	4R*	3R		A	2R*	A	2R	A	A	1R	6–6	0 / 6
Year-end championship
WTA Championships	Did not qualify			F	F		DNQ	SF	Did not qualify					9–5	0 / 4
Win–loss	1–1	2–2	8–4	16–5	12–4		5–2	4–5	2–2	5–4	0–2	0–1	1–3	56–35	1 / 35
Year-end ranking	N/A		19^[6]	10^[7]	5^[8]		24^[9]	10^[10]	16^[11]	14^[12]	62^[13]	57^[14]	155^[15]

Doubles

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	W–L	SR
Australian Open	QF	QF*	QF*	(Jan) A	(Dec) 1R	1R	A	SF	SF	1R	A	1R	10–9	0 / 9
French Open	A	QF*	2R*	A		A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2–3	0 / 3
Wimbledon	2R*	QF*	1R	3R*		SF*	QF	QF	SF	2R*	1R	A	16–10	0 / 10
US Open	A	QF^	QF	A		A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	5–3	0 / 4
Year-end championship
WTA Championships	Did not qualify						F (W:1; L:1)	DNQ	SF (W:0; L:1)	Did not qualify			1–2	0 / 2
Win–loss	2–2	6–3	4–4	1–2		3–2	4–3	6–2	7–3	0–2	0–1	1–3	33–25	0 / 26
Year-end ranking	N/A											116^[16]

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	W–L	SR
Australian Open	Absent											0–0	0 / 0
French Open	Absent		SF*^	Absent								2–0	0 / 1
Wimbledon	Absent				1R	Absent				3R	2R	3–3	0 / 3
US Open	Absent											0–0	0 / 0
Win–loss	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	5–3	0 / 4

Fed Cup

Date	Venue	Surface	Round	Opponents	Final match score	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
1974 Federation Cup
13–19 May 1974	Naples	Clay	SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Goolagong/Young	0–6, 2–6 (L)
1975 Federation Cup
5–11 May 1975	Aix-en-Provence	Clay	1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Sabine Bernegger	6–3, 6–2 (W)
			1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Glynis Coles)	Bernegger/Buche	6–3, 6–1 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	1–2	Singles	Nathalie Fuchs	1–6, 6–1, 4–6 (L)
1976 Federation Cup
22–29 Aug 1976	Philadelphia, PA	Carpet (I)	1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Nathalie Fuchs	6–3, 6–0 (W)
			1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Benedetti/Darmon	6–3, 6–2 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Singles	Linky Boshoff	6–1, 6–1 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Doubles (with Michelle Tyler)	Boshoff/Kloss	1–6, 4–6 (L)
			SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Singles	Dianne Fromholtz	2–6, 6–7 (L)
			SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Cawley/Reid	1–6, 3–6 (L)
1977 Federation Cup
13–18 Jun 1977	Eastbourne	Grass	1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Dorte Ekner	6–3, 6–1 (W)
			1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Ekner/Sparre	6–2, 6–2 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Choi Kyeong-Mi	6–1, 6–3 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Choi/Lee	6–1, 6–0 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Mimmi Wikstedt	6–2, 6–0 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Anliot/Wikstedt	6–2, 5–7, 6–3 (W)
			SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	1–2	Singles	Dianne Fromholtz	3–6, 4–6 (L)
			SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	1–2	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Reid/Turnbull	6–1, 6–4 (W)
1978 Federation Cup
27 Nov – 3 Dec 1978	Melbourne	Grass	1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Mónica Álvarez de Mon	6–0, 10–8 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Singles	Sylvia Hanika	3–6, 2–6 (L)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Ebbinghaus/Hanika	6–3, 6–0 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Mandlíková/Tomanová	8–6, 7–5 (W)
			SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Doubles (with Anne Hobbs)	Casals/King	6–1, 3–6, 4–6 (L)
1979 Federation Cup
30 Apr – 6 May 1979	Madrid	Clay	1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Chris Newton	6–0, 6–0 (W)
			1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Newton/Perry	6–1, 6–1 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Monique Van Haver	6–3, 11–9 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Gurdal/Van Haver	6–3, 6–0 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Singles	Hana Mandlíková	6–3, 6–8, 4–6 (L)
1980 Federation Cup
19–25 May 1980	Berlin	Clay	1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Paulina Peled	4–6, 7–6, 6–1 (W)
			1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Glynis Coles)	Bialistozky/Peled	6–2, 6–3 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Singles	Adriana Villagrán-Reami	5–7, 7–6, 6–2 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Madruga Osses/Villagrán-Reami	5–7, 6–2, 6–4 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Singles	Bettina Bunge	2–6, 0–6 (L)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Bunge/Hanika	3–6, 3–6 (L)
1981 Federation Cup
9–15 Nov 1981	Tokyo	Clay	1R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	de Witte/de Wouters	6–3, 6–3 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Corinne Vanier	4–6, 6–2, 10–8 (W)
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Amiach/Tanvier	5–7, 6–1, 6–2 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Singles	Elena Eliseenko	4–6, 6–4, 6–4 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Cherneva/Zaitseva	6–3, 6–1 (W)
			SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Singles	Wendy Turnbull	7–6, 3–6, 6–2 (W)
			SF	Tɛmplet:Fed	2–1	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Leo/Turnbull	7–6, 6–3 (W)
			F	Tɛmplet:Fed	0–3	Singles	Chris Evert	2–6, 1–6 (L)
1982 Federation Cup
19–25 Jul 1982	Santa Clara	Hard	1R	BYE
			2R	Tɛmplet:Fed	3–0	Singles	Orly Bialistozky	6–1, 6–3 (W)
			QF	Tɛmplet:Fed	1–2	Singles	Hana Mandlíková	7–6, 6–7, 3–6 (L)

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Kundivihira

↑ Career Prize Money (25 September 2015).
↑ Sue Barker – Speakers Biography. Speakers.co.uk.
↑ "Sue Barker to step down as Wimbledon presenter after 2022 tournament". BBC Sport. 9 June 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/61751601.
↑ Viner, Brian (24 March 1999). "Barker's happy return to the fore". The Independent (London). https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-brian-viner-interview-sue-barker--barkers-happy-return-to-the-fore-1082723.html.
↑ "Barker recalls her golden moment". BBC Sport. 21 May 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3735281.stm.
↑ 1975 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1976 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1977 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1978 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1979 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1980 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1981 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1982 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1983 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1984 year-end singles rankings.
↑ 1984 year-end doubles rankings.

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[1] Career Prize Money (25 September 2015).

[2] Sue Barker – Speakers Biography. Speakers.co.uk.

[3] "Sue Barker to step down as Wimbledon presenter after 2022 tournament". BBC Sport. 9 June 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/61751601.

[Indp1082723-4] Viner, Brian (24 March 1999). "Barker's happy return to the fore". The Independent (London). https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-brian-viner-interview-sue-barker--barkers-happy-return-to-the-fore-1082723.html.

[French-5] "Barker recalls her golden moment". BBC Sport. 21 May 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3735281.stm.

[6] 1975 year-end singles rankings.

[7] 1976 year-end singles rankings.

[8] 1977 year-end singles rankings.

[9] 1978 year-end singles rankings.

[10] 1979 year-end singles rankings.

[11] 1980 year-end singles rankings.

[12] 1981 year-end singles rankings.

[13] 1982 year-end singles rankings.

[14] 1983 year-end singles rankings.

[15] 1984 year-end singles rankings.

[16] 1984 year-end doubles rankings.

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