Clare Wood

This article is about the British tennis player. For the British murder victim, see Clare's Law. For the British painter, see Clare Woods.

Clare Wood
Full nameClare Jacqueline Wood
Country (sports) 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 Open3R (1991)
French Open2R (1994)
Wimbledon2R (1989, 1993)
US Open2R (1990, 1992, 1993)
Doubles
Career record156–186
Career titles1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking59 (21 October 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1992, 1996)
French Open3R (1991, 1992)
Wimbledon3R (1993, 1997)
US Open2R (1991, 1992)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1992)
French Open3R (1992, 1995)
WimbledonQF (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.

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

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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

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

Olympic Games

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

WTA tour and ITF circuit finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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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 Score
Win 8 September 1986 $10,000 Lisbon, Portugal Clay Spain María José Llorca 6–2, 6–2
Loss 26 January 1987 $25,000 Tarzana, California, United States Hard Soviet Union Leila Meskhi 6–1, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (7–4)

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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 Score
Loss 20 January 1986 $10,000 San Antonio, Texas, United States Hard South Africa Dinky Van Rensburg Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Netherlands Marianne van der Torre 		5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Win 17 November 1986 $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain Carpet (i) United Kingdom Valda Lake Netherlands Digna Ketelaar
Netherlands Simone Schilder 		7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 27 April 1987 $25,000 Taranto, Italy Clay Netherlands Simone Schilder Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 4 February 1991 Wellington, New Zealand (1) Hard United Kingdom Belinda Borneo Australia Jo-Anne Faull
New Zealand Julie Richardson 		6–2, 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3 February 1992 Wellington, New Zealand (2) Hard United Kingdom Belinda Borneo Australia Jo-Anne Faull
New Zealand Julie Richardson 		6–0, 7–6(7–5)
Win 17 July 1995 $25,000 Wilmington, Delaware, United States Hard South Africa Tessa Price Australia Catherine Barclay
United States Audra Keller 		3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 26 February 1996 $50,000 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) United Kingdom Valda Lake Italy Laura Golarsa
Slovenia Tina Križan 		6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 12 August 1996 $25,000 Bronx, New York, United States Hard Finland Nanne Dahlman South Africa Liezel Horn
Greece Christína Papadáki 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 17 February 1997 $25,000 Redbridge, Great Britain Hard (i) Australia Kerry-Anne Guse United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe 		6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win 24 February 1997 $25,000 Bushey, Great Britain Carpet (i) Ukraine Olga Lugina Germany Kirstin Freye
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova 		7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–1
Win 16 March 1998 $10,000 Jaffa, Israel Hard United Kingdom Helen Reesby Israel Limor Gabai
United Kingdom Kate Warne-Holland 		7–5, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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

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Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career W–L
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 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 1–2 1-3 2-4 1-3 2-4 1–4 0-1 0-2 0–1 8-30

Doubles

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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 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

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career W–L
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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Clare Wood appointed Tennis Competition Manager". itftennis.com/olympics. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ^ Clare Wood at the Women's Tennis Association
  3. ^ "International Team: Wightman Cup". Tennis Lovers. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  4. ^ Carter, Bob (22 April 2005). "Teenage sensation became destiny's child". ESPN. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Clare Wood - Olympic record". Team GB. British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Tennis: Andre Agassi Triumphs in Quarterfinals". The New York Times. Olympics Update 1996. 30 June 1996. Archived from the original on 3 March 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clare Wood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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