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1977: Virginia Wade

Victory at Wimbledon was the pinnacle of Wade�s career and two years later she received the MBE.

She has been a summariser with the BBC's TV tennis team since 1981 and was awarded the OBE in 1986.

She also became the first woman to be elected a member of the Wimbledon Championships Committee.


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	1977: Virginia Wade Victory at Wimbledon was the pinnacle of Wade�s career and two years later she received the MBE. She has been a summariser with the BBC's TV tennis team since 1981 and was awarded the OBE in 1986. She also became the first woman to be elected a member of the Wimbledon Championships Committee.