# Clare Wood

Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. 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.

## Wightman Cup

When Wood lost to Jennifer Capriati on 14 September 1989, her opponent became the youngest ever Wightman Cup player, and the first player for four years to win a Wightman Cup match 6–0, 6–0.

## Fed Cup

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

## Olympic Games

Wood represented the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996,

## WTA tour and ITF circuit finals
### Singles: 2 (1–1)

* 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 | María José Llorca | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 26 January 1987 | $25,000 Tarzana, California, United States | Hard | Leila Meskhi | 6–1, 4–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 11 (7–4)

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

## Grand Slam performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| 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

| 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

| 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 |