
Sue Barker
Grand Slam Champion: Won the French Open and was a former British No. 1 tennis player. Television Veteran: Hosted A Question of Sport for 24 years and led BBC’s Wimbledon coverage. Honored Broadcaster: Awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting and charity, and published her autobiography Calling the Shots in 2022.
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Sue Barker OBE is a Grand Slam winning former tennis champion and broadcaster
Sue won eleven WTA Tour singles titles and twelve doubles titles during her tennis career, ranking World No.3 in 1977 following her French Open singles victory in 1976.
Upon retiring from tennis, Sue became a commentator and sports reporter for Australia’s Channel 7, before going on to anchor tennis coverage for British Sky Broadcasting. Sue then joined the BBC team to present their Wimbledon coverage and has anchored the two-week long broadcast until retiring in her 30th consecutive year in the role, in 2022. As well as Wimbledon, Sue has hosted live coverage of major tennis events such as the Australian Open, the French Open, Queen’s Club Championships, Eastbourne, Davis Cup, and the Albert Hall Masters.
Sue is the longest-standing host of the BBC’s A Question of Sport which she began presenting in 1997 and stepped down from her presenting duties in 2021.
The tennis coverage only accounts for a portion of Sue’s presenting portfolio. She has hosted a wealth of major sporting events including The Grand National, The Derby, Racing at Ascot and Longchamp, the Hennessy Gold Cup, Rugby League Challenge Cup, the Great North Run, World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships, Commonwealth Games, Winter Olympics, BBC Sports Personality of the Year and the London 2012 Olympic Games.
In 2012, Sue provided live coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games as the BBC’s anchor in the prime-time early evening slot. This was a memorable year for Sue as she was also part of the presenting team who witnessed Andy Murray win the Olympic gold medal in the Men’s Singles Tennis Final – just one month after his defeat to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final which Sue had also covered for the BBC.
In addition to Sue’s presenting, she has also appeared in TV adverts for brands such as Go Compare and Hellmann’s mayonnaise.
Sue is an award-winning author having published her Sunday Times Bestselling autobiography ‘Calling The Shots’ in 2022, which was followed by her second book which received the same accolade ‘Wimbledon: A Personal Story’, published in 2024.
Sue was awarded an OBE in 2016 for services to Broadcasting and Charity.