- Clare Wood
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Clare Wood Country 
United KingdomResidence Brighton, England Born 8 March 1968
Zuzuland, South AfricaTurned pro 1984 Retired 1997 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money $564,182 Singles Career record 212–233 Career titles 0 WTA (1 ITF) Highest ranking No.77 (2 May 1994) Grand Slam results Australian Open 3R (1991) French Open 2R (1994) Wimbledon 2R (1989, 1993) US Open 2R (1990, 1992, 1993) Doubles Career record 156–186 Career titles 1 WTA (6 ITF) Highest ranking No.59 (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 titles 0 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 March 8, 1968 in Zululand District Municipality, Natal Province, South Africa) 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, six in doubles and also won a WTA doubles title at the Wellington Classic having been the runner-up there the previous year. Her greatest success in singles at Grand Slam level came in 1991 when she reached the third round of the Australian Open. She also reached the third round in doubles at three of the four Grand Slam events during her career (the exception being the US Open where she never passed the second round) and reached the quarterfinals in the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon in 1995. At the time of her retirement she had a 212–223 singles win-loss record with notable scalps including Jo Durie and Mary Pierce.
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 onwards she was an assistant referee at Wimbledon where she was also fully 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]
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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 between 1988 and 1997.
Olympic Games
Wood represented the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996,[5] when she lost in the quarter-finals of the doubles partnering Valda Lake 6-2 6-1 to Mary Joe Fernandez and Gigi Fernández.[6]
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) Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 8 September 1986 $10,000 Lison, Portugal Clay 
María José Llorca6–2, 6–2 Runner-up 26 January 1987 $25,000 Tarzana, California, United States Hard 
Leila Meskhi6–1, 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) Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score in the final Runner-up 20 January 1986 $10,000 San Antonio, Texas, United States Hard 
Dinky Van Rensburg
Manon Bollegraf
Marianne Van Der Torre5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6 Winner 17 November 1986 $10,000 Croyden, Great Britain Carpet (i) Valda Lake Digna Ketelaar
Simone Schilder7–6, 2–6, 5–7 Runner-up 27 April 1987 $25,000 Taranto, Italy Clay Simone Schilder Leila Meskhi
Natasha Zvereva3–6, 2–6 Runner-up 4 February 1991 Wellington, New Zealand (1) Hard Belinda Borneo
Jo-Anne Faull
Julie Richardson6–2, 5–7, 6–7(4–7) Winner 3 February 1992 Wellington, New Zealand (2) Hard Belinda Borneo Jo-Anne Faull
Julie Richardson6–0, 7–6(7–5) Winner 17 July 1995 $25,000 Wilmington, Delaware, United States Hard Tessa Price Catherine Barclay-Reitz
Audra Keller3–6, 6–1, 6–1 Winner 26 February 1996 $50,000 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Valda Lake
Laura Golarsa
Tina Križan6–4, 4–6, 6–3 Winner 12 August 1996 $25,000 Bronx, New York, United States Hard 
Nanne Dahlman Liezel Horn
Christína Papadáki6–2, 6–3 Runner-up 17 February 1997 $25,000 Redbridge, Great Britain Hard (i) Kerry-Anne Guse Julie Pullin
Lorna Woodroffe6–2, 4–6, 4–6 Winner 24 February 1997 $25,000 Bushey, Great Britain Carpet (i) 
Olga Lugina
Kirstin Freye
Elena Tatarkova7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–1 Winner 16 March 1998 $10,000 Jaffa, Israel Hard Helen Reesby
Limor Gabai
Kate Warne-Holland7–5, 7–5 Grand Slam performance timelines
To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
Terms to know SR tournaments won/played W-L Win-Loss Performance Table Legend NH not held A absent LQ lost in qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds QF quarterfinalist SF semifinalist F runner-up W winner Singles
Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career W–L Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R A 2–8 French Open A A A 1R LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R 2R LQ LQ A 1–4 Wimbledon 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2–12 U.S. Open A A A 1R LQ 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R LQ LQ A 3–6 Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–2 5–4 5–4 1–4 1–4 3–4 3–4 0–1 22–38 Olympic Games Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held 1R NH 0–2 Doubles
Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Career W–L Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 8–11 French Open A A 1R A 3R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 5–8 Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 3R A 7–11 US Open A A 1R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2–8 Win-Loss 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–2 5–4 5–4 3–4 1–4 1–4 3–4 3–4 0–1 22–38 Olympic Games Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held 1R Not Held QF NH 2–3 Mixed Doubles
Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career W–L Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open A A A 1R A A A A A 0–1 French Open A A 1R 3R A A 3R A 1R 4–4 Wimbledon 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R QF 1R 2R 5–8 US Open A A A A A A A A A 0–0 Win-Loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 5–2 0–1 1–2 9–13 External links
- Clare Wood at the Women's Tennis Association
- Clare Wood at the International Tennis Federation
- Clare Wood at the Fed Cup
References
- ^ a b "Clare Wood appointed Tennis Competition Manager". www.itftennis.com/olympics. 2008-06-25. http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=18852. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ Clare Wood at the Women's Tennis Association
- ^ "International Team: Wightman Cup". Tennis Lovers. http://www.tennislovers.com/Content/guiness_noframes.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ Carter, Bob (2005-04-22). "Teenage sensation became destiny's child". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Capriati_Jennifer_0808. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Clare Wood - Olympic record". Team GB. British Olympic Association. http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=3284. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Tennis: Andre Agassi Triumphs in Quarterfinals". Olympics Update 1996 (The New York Times). 1996-06-30. http://www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/0730/update.html. Retrieved 2008-05-26.[dead link]
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- British female tennis players
- English people of South African descent
- English tennis players
- Olympic tennis players of Great Britain
- People from KwaZulu-Natal
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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