Virginia Wade

Born:: July 10, 1945
Place of Birth:: Bournemouth, England
Citizenship:: England
Induction Category:: Recent Player
Year of Induction:: 1989
Highest Ranking: World Singles Ranking: 2

How to get to the heart of Virginia Wade? She was a ferocious competitor, blessed with a nearly ideal physique for tennis, driven to play the game in her own distinctive way on her own precise terms. Her game was built on aggression and court savvy, on a willingness to take calculated risks, on a penchant for seizing the initiative. No woman in her era had a bigger serve. Wade became one of the preeminent commentators for both CBS in the United States and the BBC in her native Great Britain.