Clare Wood

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Clare Wood
Full nameClare Jacqueline Wood
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (1968-03-08) 8 March 1968 (age 56)
Zululand, South Africa
Height1.75 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$564,182
Singles
Career record212–233
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking77 (2 May 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1991)
French Open 2R (1994)
Wimbledon 2R (1989, 1993)
US Open 2R (1990, 1992, 1993)
Doubles
Career record156–186
Career titles1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking59 (21 October 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1992, 1996)
French Open 3R (1991, 1992)
Wimbledon 3R (1993, 1997)
US Open 2R (1991, 1992)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1992)
French Open 3R (1992, 1995)
Wimbledon QF (1995)
US Open -
Last updated on: 20 July 2011.

Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 [1] tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. [2] Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in singles (achieved 2 May 1994) and No. 59 in doubles (achieved 21 October 1996). Wood won one ITF singles title and six in doubles as well as won a WTA doubles title at the 1992 Wellington Classic, having been the runner-up the previous year. At the time of her retirement, she had a 212–223 singles win–loss record with notable wins over Jo Durie and Mary Pierce.

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After her retirement from professional competition, Wood became a tennis officiator. From 1999 until 2002, she was a tournament supervisor on the WTA Tour, and from 2002 onward, she was an assistant referee at Wimbledon where she was responsible for the qualifying and junior events. In 2004, she was an assistant referee at the 2004 Olympic tennis event, and in 2008, it was announced that she would fulfil, the role of tennis competition manager at the 2012 Olympic Games. [1]

Wightman Cup

When Wood lost to Jennifer Capriati on 14 September 1989, her opponent became the youngest ever Wightman Cup player, [3] and the first player for four years to win a Wightman Cup match 6–0, 6–0. [4]

Fed Cup

Wood played 28 singles and 24 doubles matches for Great Britain in the Fed Cup from 1988 to 1997.

Olympic Games

Wood represented the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996, [5] [6] [7]

WTA tour and ITF circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (0–0)
ITF Circuit (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win8 September 1986$10,000 Lisbon, PortugalClay Flag of Spain.svg María José Llorca 6–2, 6–2
Loss26 January 1987$25,000 Tarzana, California, United StatesHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leila Meskhi 6–1, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (7–4)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (1–1)
ITF Circuit (6–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Loss20 January 1986$10,000 San Antonio, Texas, United StatesHard Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Dinky Van Rensburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marianne van der Torre
5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Win17 November 1986$10,000 Croydon, Great BritainCarpet (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Valda Lake Flag of the Netherlands.svg Digna Ketelaar
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simone Schilder
7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Loss27 April 1987$25,000 Taranto, ItalyClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simone Schilder Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leila Meskhi
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva
3–6, 2–6
Loss4 February 1991 Wellington, New Zealand (1)Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Belinda Borneo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jo-Anne Faull
Flag of New Zealand.svg Julie Richardson
6–2, 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win3 February 1992 Wellington, New Zealand (2)Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Belinda Borneo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jo-Anne Faull
Flag of New Zealand.svg Julie Richardson
6–0, 7–6(7–5)
Win17 July 1995$25,000 Wilmington, Delaware, United StatesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Tessa Price Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay
Flag of the United States.svg Audra Keller
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win26 February 1996$50,000 Southampton, Great BritainCarpet (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Valda Lake Flag of Italy.svg Laura Golarsa
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Križan
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win12 August 1996$25,000 Bronx, New York, United StatesHard Flag of Finland.svg Nanne Dahlman Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Liezel Horn
Flag of Greece.svg Christína Papadáki
6–2, 6–3
Loss17 February 1997$25,000 Redbridge, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julie Pullin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win24 February 1997$25,000 Bushey, Great BritainCarpet (i) Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Lugina Flag of Germany.svg Kirstin Freye
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Tatarkova
7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–1
Win16 March 1998$10,000 Jaffa, IsraelHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Helen Reesby Flag of Israel.svg Limor Gabai
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kate Warne-Holland
7–5, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career W–L
Australian Open AAA 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R A2–8
French Open AAA 1R LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R 2R LQ LQ A1–4
Wimbledon 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2–12
U.S. Open AAA 1R LQ 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R LQ LQ A3–6
Win–loss0–10–00–10–41–21-32-41-32-41–40-10-20–18-30

Doubles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Career W–L
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 8–11
French Open AA 1R A 3R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A5–8
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 3R A7–11
US Open AA 1R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A2–8
Win–loss0–10–21–40–25–45–43–41–41–43–43–40–122–38

Mixed doubles

Tournament198919901991199219931994199519961997Career W–L
Australian Open AAA 1R AAAAA0–1
French Open AA 1R 3R AA 3R A 1R 4–4
Wimbledon 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R QF 1R 2R 5–8
US Open AAAAAAAAA0–0
Win–loss0–10–00–22–31–10–15–20–11–29–13

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