How tall is Virginia Wade?

Virginia Wade's listed height is 170 cm (5'7"). She is taller than about 89% of women in the United Kingdom.

Where 170 cm sits among women in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 89% of women in the United Kingdom born in 1945 (average 162 cm).

About Virginia Wade

Virginia Wade, full name Sarah Virginia Wade, is a British former professional tennis player, born on 10 July 1945 in Bournemouth. She won three major singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four majors.

Wade was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles and No. 1 in doubles. She was the most recent British tennis player to win a major singles tournament until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open, and the most recent British woman to do so until Emma Raducanu won the 2021 US Open. After retiring from competitive tennis she coached for four years, and she has also worked as a tennis commentator and analyst for the BBC, Eurosport and CBS.

Wade has a listed height of 170 cm (5'7"). Her major titles include both singles and doubles championships.

Frequently asked

How tall is Virginia Wade in feet and inches? Virginia Wade is 5'7" tall, which is 170 cm, 66.9 inches or 1.70 m.

Is Virginia Wade tall for women in the United Kingdom? At 170 cm she is taller than about 89% of women in the United Kingdom born in 1945, whose average height is 162 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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