Clare Wood

Clare Wood
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	March 8, 1968
Size:	175 cm
1st professional season:	1984
Resignation:	1998
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 564,182
singles
Career record:	212: 223
Career title:	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	77 (May 2 1994)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	156: 186
Career title:	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	59 (October 21 1996)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Clare Jacqueline Wood (born March 8, 1968 in Zululand , Natal , South Africa ) is a former British tennis player .

Career

Clare Wood began her professional career in 1984. She won an ITF singles title and a WTA and six ITF doubles titles. In May 1994 she achieved her best ranking in singles with number 77 in the world rankings and in October 1996 with position 59 in doubles. She was temporarily number 1 in British women's tennis. In the Fed Cup , Wood took part in 36 games, winning 34 of their 52 games. In 1998 she ended her career.

After that, Wood continued to campaign for her sport. From 1999 to 2002 she was tournament supervisor on the WTA Tour and then assistant referee at Wimbledon , where she was also responsible for the qualification and youth competitions. She was also assistant referee at the 2004 Olympic tennis tournament . Clare Wood has overseen numerous Fed Cup encounters, including the 2005 final. At the 2012 Olympic Games , she was Competition Manager of the tennis competition .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	category	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 8, 1986	Lisbon	Hard court	ITF $ 10,000	María José Llorca	6: 2, 6: 2

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	category	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	17th November 1986	Croyden	Carpet (hall)	ITF $ 10,000	Valda Lake	Digna Ketelaar Simone signs	7: 6, 2: 6, 7: 5
2.	February 8, 1992	WTA Wellington	Hard court	WTA Tier V	Belinda Borneo	Jo-Anne Faull Julie Richardson	6: 0, 7: 6 5
3.	July 17, 1995	Wilmington	Hard court	ITF $ 25,000	Tessa Price	Catherine Barclay-Reitz Audra Keller	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
4th	March 2, 1996	Southampton	Carpet (hall)	ITF $ 50,000	Valda Lake	Laura Golarsa Tina Križan	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
5.	17th August 1996	Bronx	Hard court	ITF $ 25,000	Nanne Dahlman	Liezel Horn Christina Papadaki	6: 2, 6: 3
6th	February 28, 1997	Bushey	Carpet (hall)	ITF $ 25,000	Olga Lugina	Kirstin Freye Olena Tatarkova	7: 6 6 , 6: 7 6 , 6: 1
7th	March 21, 1998	Jaffa	Hard court	ITF $ 10,000	Helen Reesby	Limor Gabai Kate Warne-Holland	7: 5, 7: 5

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Australian Open	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	Q	1	-
French Open	-	-	-	1	Q	Q	1	Q	1	2	Q	Q	-
Wimbledon	1	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
US Open	-	-	-	1	Q	2	1	2	2	1	Q	Q	-

Double

competition	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Australian Open	-	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	3	2	1
French Open	-	-	1	-	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	-
Wimbledon	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	3	-
US Open	-	-	1	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-

Mixed

competition	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Australian Open	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	-	-	1	3	-	-	3	-	1
Wimbledon	1	-	1	1	2	1	VF	1	2
US Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Olympic Summer Games

competition	1988	1992	1996
singles	1	-	1
Double	1	1	VF

Web links

• WTA profile of Clare Wood (English)
• ITF profile Clare Wood (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Clare Wood (English)
• Clare Wood in the database of Olympedia.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wood can not resist a game of doubles ( English ) Retrieved on 10 July 2012 found.
2. ↑ Tennis Competition Manager appointed ( English ) Retrieved July 10, 2012.