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Sue Barker was born on 19 April, 1956 in Paignton, Devon, England, is an English tennis player and television presenter. Discover Sue Barker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 19 April, 1956
Birthday 19 April
Birthplace Paignton, Devon, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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At 67 years old, Sue Barker height is 5 ft .

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Who Is Sue Barker's Husband?

Her husband is Lance Tankard (m. 1988)

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Sue Barker Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sue Barker worth at the age of 67 years old? Sue Barker’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Sue Barker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1956

Susan Barker (born 19 April 1956) is a British former television presenter and professional tennis player.

Barker was born on 19 April 1956 and raised in Paignton, Devon, and educated at a convent school.

1966

In 1966, aged 10, she was picked out as the second of two girls who were to receive tennis coaching from Arthur Roberts, who had coached Angela Mortimer to three Grand Slam titles.

Roberts continued coaching her beyond the selection prize commitment, charging only £1/session to allow her development to continue.

Barker's forehand was her strongest and most admired weapon throughout her career, with Roberts describing it as "especially potent".

Advised as a teenager by a visiting LTA coach to change her forehand, Roberts told her not to and he later resigned from the LTA Coaches Association in protest at the advice.

Roberts later entered Barker into tournaments on the continent, providing her with a one-way ticket there and telling her to "earn your ticket home".

Roberts remained Barker's mentor throughout her career.

1973

In 1973 and 1974 she won the Exmouth Open at Exmouth, Devon, on both occasions against Annette Coe.

1975

In 1975, Barker won her first top-level singles title and three additional titles.

Barker reached her first Grand Slam semi-final in 1975 at the Australian Open.

1976

During her playing career, Barker won 15 WTA Tour singles titles, including a major singles title at the 1976 French Open.

She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3.

She won the German Open in 1976, beating Renáta Tomanová of Czechoslovakia in the final 6–3, 6–1.

Later in 1976, Barker had the biggest victory of her career by winning the French Open at the age of 20, again defeating Tomanová in the final.

After her French Open victory against Tomanová, Barker felt that it would be the first of a number of Grand Slam titles that she would win, but she would not reach another Grand Slam final in her career.

1977

In 1977 Barker won two singles titles in San Francisco and Dallas.

She beat Martina Navratilova to reach the Virginia Slims Tour Championships final, where she lost in three sets to Chris Evert.

Barker reached the Australian Open semi-final for the second time in 1977 and reached the Wimbledon semi-final that year.

She looked set to meet Virginia Wade in the Wimbledon final in 1977, but unexpectedly lost her semi-final against Betty Stöve of the Netherlands.

Years later, Barker said that losing to Stöve was the biggest disappointment of her career and admitted that she was so upset at losing in the 1977 Wimbledon semi-final that she could not bear to watch the final, which was won by Wade.

1978

After an injury-plagued 1978 during which her ranking dropped to World No. 24, she won three singles titles and reached three other finals in 1979.

She was named the tour's "Comeback Player of the Year" by her fellow professionals.

1980

Barker reached one final in 1980 and won the last singles title of her career at the Brighton International in 1981, finishing the year ranked World No. 16.

1982

She won her last doubles title in 1982 at Cincinnati and played her last professional match in 1984.

Barker won 15 singles titles and 12 doubles titles, with wins over Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Tracy Austin, Virginia Wade, Maria Bueno, Rosemary Casals, Andrea Jaeger and Pam Shriver.

1985

After retiring as a tennis player, Barker became a commentator and sports reporter for Australia's Channel 7 in 1985 before anchoring tennis coverage for British Sky Broadcasting from 1990 to 1993.

1993

Barker started working for the BBC as a tennis presenter in 1993, and the following year began to present coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships; she stepped down from this role after the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

Barker is a former presenter of A Question of Sport.

In 1993, Barker joined the BBC and hosted its Wimbledon coverage as a regular guest on Today at Wimbledon with Harry Carpenter.

1994

She took over as host of Today at Wimbledon in 1994, and from 2000 until 2022, she anchored the two-week-long broadcast for the network.

Barker has branched out since joining the BBC, becoming one of their chief sports presenters.

She was a host of the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony from 1994 to 2012 before stepping down in 2013.

Barker has hosted BBC Sport's coverage of the Australian Open, the French Open, Queens Club Championships, Eastbourne, the Davis Cup, the ATP World Tour Finals and Wimbledon.

1997

She was one of the presenters of Grandstand and the presenter of the long-running sports quiz show A Question of Sport (QoS) since 1997, having succeeded David Coleman.

2000

Other sporting events she has hosted have included the Grand National (2000–2007), the Derby (2001–2007), Racing at Ascot and Longchamp (1995–1999), Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, the Great North Run, World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships (1999–2009), BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1994–2012), Commonwealth Games (1994–2010), Summer Olympics (1996–2012) and Winter Olympics (1994–2010).

2004

In 2004, recalling her French Open win of 1976, Barker said "I'm still incredibly proud of what I achieved."

2016

Aged 16, and ranked 21st in the WTA rankings, Barker was advised by Roberts to move to the United States for her development.

2017

Signed by Mark McCormack's International Management Group (IMG) on her 17th birthday, she moved to an IMG-provided townhouse in Newport Beach, California, where her neighbours included the newly retired Rod Laver, and was coached at the John Wayne Tennis Club.

2020

She retired as QoS presenter following the BBC's decision to revamp the show, having recorded her last episode in September 2020.