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Clare Wood

GBR Age 58 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1985–1997

Clare Wood represented the United Kingdom on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 77. In TennisDB's records, Clare Wood finished with a career record of 50–113 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

77 (May 2, 1994)

Elo peak

1642 (47th percentile)

Career record

50–113 (30.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$572,295

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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Recent & Upcoming WTA Matches full match log →

Clare Wood's recent and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6	0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Silvia Farina Elia #46	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1996*	R64	Atlanta Olympics	Olympics	Hard
Claudia Porwik #108	6-2 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1996*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Ai Sugiyama #27	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 21, 1996*	R32	Eastbourne Open	WTA 500	Grass
Nicole Arendt #100	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 1996*	R64	Birmingham	WTA 250	Grass

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Clare Wood's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Helena Sukova	0	5	5	Oct 21, 1995	H2H
Julie Halard-Decugis	0	4	4	Oct 20, 1994	H2H
Claudia Porwik	1	2	3	Jun 26, 1996	H2H
Nicole Arendt	0	3	3	Jun 12, 1996	H2H
Ann Henricksson	0	3	3	Jul 28, 1993	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Clare Wood Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	First Round	0	1	Wendy Turnbull #66 def. Clare Wood #158 6-1 6-3	H2H	Match data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	First Round	0	1	Silvia Farina Elia #46 def. Clare Wood #191 6-2 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Clare Wood career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1985	17	0	1	1	0.0%	248	304
1987	19	1	4	5	20.0%	284	171
1988	20	9	14	23	39.1%	170	141
1989	21	3	12	15	20.0%	135	181
1990	22	5	11	16	31.3%	181	146
1991	23	6	13	19	31.6%	149	130
1992	24	4	12	16	25.0%	132	179
1993	25	13	15	28	46.4%	175	87
1994	26	6	15	21	28.6%	87	138
1995	27	3	9	12	25.0%	137	187
1996	28	0	6	6	0.0%	180	244
1997	29	0	1	1	0.0%	235	593
Career		50	113	163	30.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Clare Wood career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1985	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1987	19	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1988	20	6	6	12	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	14	23	39.1%
1989	21	2	5	7	28.6%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	12	15	20.0%
1990	22	3	6	9	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1991	23	5	8	13	38.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1992	24	4	9	13	30.8%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%
1993	25	8	8	16	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	13	15	28	46.4%
1994	26	2	6	8	25.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	15	21	28.6%
1995	27	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	9	12	25.0%
1996	28	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%
1997	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	31	53	84	36.9%	6	19	25	24.0%	7	31	38	18.4%	6	10	16	37.5%	50	113	163	30.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Clare Wood career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1988	20	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	10	14	28.6%
1989	21	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	11	13	15.4%
1990	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
1991	23	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1992	24	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	8	11	27.3%
1993	25	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	5	3	8	62.5%	11	14	25	44.0%
1994	26	0	1	1	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	13	18	27.8%
1995	27	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	9	12	25.0%
1996	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1997	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	5	31	36	13.9%	13	39	52	25.0%	17	18	35	48.6%	35	94	129	27.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 129/163 (79.1%) of Clare Wood's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Clare Wood advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1985	17	1492	101.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	0.00
1987	19	1487	101.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27.3%	-1.91	0–1	—	—	-0.19
1988	20	1513	120.4	—	—	—	—	+69	+24	-34	45.3%	-0.23	1–6 (14%)	2–4 (33%)	94.0	+1.00
1989	21	1473	104.9	—	—	—	—	+57	+21	+4	32.4%	-1.22	1–6 (14%)	0–1	—	+0.30
1990	22	1482	120.2	—	—	—	—	+53	—	-36	40.5%	-0.57	0–5 (0%)	1–1	—	+0.97
1991	23	1496	107.6	—	—	—	—	+30	—	-40	34.1%	-1.14	3–3 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	102.2	+0.42
1992	24	1485	108.0	—	—	—	—	+41	—	-131	31.6%	-1.32	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	99.2	+0.39
1993	25	1618	129.7	—	—	—	—	+19	-164	-127	46.8%	-0.16	3–3 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	104.5	+0.10
1994	26	1572	121.3	—	—	—	—	+41	-101	-79	29.2%	-1.50	4–2 (67%)	0–1	—	-1.01
1995	27	1543	108.0	—	—	—	—	+54	—	-148	25.0%	-1.50	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.50
1996	28	1493	97.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	-122	7.7%	-2.77	0–1	—	—	-0.31
1997	29	1492	98.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-6.00	—	—	—	-0.22
Career		1642	120.2	—	—	—	—	+43	-46	-80	35.2%	-1.01	17–32 (35%)	14–15 (48%)	96.6	+0.58

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Clare Wood Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1985	17	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	19	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	20	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
1989	21	R128	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1990	22	R128	—	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1991	23	R32	R128	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1992	24	R128	—	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1993	25	R128	R128	R64	R64	2–4 (33%)
1994	26	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1995	27	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	28	R128	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1997	29	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–8 (20%)	1–4 (20%)	2–12 (14%)	3–6 (33%)	8–30 (21%)

WTA 1000

Clare Wood WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	TKY	BER	BOC	CAN	KEY	W-L Win %
1988	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1989	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1991	23	—	—	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1992	24	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1994	26	R64	R16	R64	—	—	R64	2–4 (33%)
1995	27	—	—	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	8–10 (44%)

WTA 500

Clare Wood WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	DLB	EAS	HAM	IW	SDG	TKY	BER	BRI	MAN	STR	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1987	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1989	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	22	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	23	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1992	24	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1993	25	R32	—	R64	—	R16	R32	—	—	QF	R32	—	R64	—	6–7 (46%)
1994	26	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	1–6 (14%)
1995	27	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	1–4 (20%)
1996	28	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–7 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	11–28 (28%)

WTA 250

Clare Wood WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BAR	BRI	EAS	TKY	BIR	BRI	BRI	BRU	CAR	HIL	KEY	MOS	SIN	SYD	TAR	WEL	W-L Win %
1987	19	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1988	20	QF	—	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	8–8 (50%)
1989	21	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	R64	R128	—	—	—	—	R16	1–8 (11%)
1990	22	R16	R16	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	3–6 (33%)
1991	23	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	1–4 (20%)
1992	24	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	2–5 (29%)
1993	25	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	5–4 (56%)
1994	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1995	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1996	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		6–5 (55%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–9 (36%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	23–43 (35%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

May 2, 1994

First Top 100

Jul 5, 1993

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Clare Wood ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	17	—	—	—	—	248	243	244	257	249	293	324	304
1986	18	304	305	299	288	286	312	331	329	287	264	267	267
1987	19	293	228	232	225	198	198	199	185	179	182	172	171
1988	20	172	155	157	148	148	154	146	161	161	157	142	141
1989	21	137	152	136	147	153	155	164	146	156	157	172	181
1990	22	183	157	157	154	160	159	154	174	156	152	148	146
1991	23	135	146	128	119	116	111	110	112	118	129	130	130
1992	24	156	144	174	181	209	223	219	189	167	172	174	179
1993	25	169	143	123	116	129	109	102	117	100	86	87	87
1994	26	92	94	82	79	87	88	91	80	99	132	136	138
1995	27	136	169	181	181	166	220	219	228	225	184	186	187
1996	28	168	168	173	168	190	183	190	199	196	238	243	244
1997	29	322	333	317	325	330	365	368	432	445	522	586	593
1998	30	652	649	848	857	929	930	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Clare Wood's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Audra Keller	USA	77	1,645	0	130	42	88	32.3%	1989–1995	Match log
Sarah Loosemore	GBR	76	1,640	0	59	21	38	35.6%	1988–1992	Match log
Cammy Macgregor	USA	75	1,604	0	135	48	87	35.6%	1985–1993	Match log
Petra Thoren	FIN	73	1,628	0	94	31	63	33.0%	1989–1995	Match log
Ann Devries	BEL	77	1,619	0	89	35	54	39.3%	1986–1993	Match log
Nancy Feber	BEL	79	1,566	0	72	25	47	34.7%	1992–1997	Match log
Karen Schimper	RSA	75	1,650	0	67	24	43	35.8%	1987–1990	Match log
Natalia Egorova	RUS	76	1,623	0	45	17	28	37.8%	1987–1996	Match log
Kristin Godridge	HKG	79	1,637	0	127	52	75	40.9%	1990–1996	Match log
Katrina Adams	USA	67	1,607	0	169	55	114	32.5%	1987–1998	Match log
Marzia Grossi	ITA	79	1,613	1	38	13	25	34.2%	1989–1995	Match log
Christina Papadaki	GRE	72	1,549	0	51	16	35	31.4%	1989–1999	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Clare Wood?: Clare Wood is 58 years old, born on March 8, 1968.
Which country does Clare Wood represent?: Clare Wood represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Clare Wood?: Clare Wood is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Clare Wood left-handed or right-handed?: Clare Wood plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Clare Wood won?: Clare Wood has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Clare Wood won?: TennisDB does not group any of Clare Wood's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Clare Wood's highest WTA ranking?: Clare Wood's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 77, first achieved on May 2, 1994.
What is Clare Wood's career win-loss record?: Clare Wood has a career WTA singles record of 50 wins and 113 losses (30.7%).
How much career prize money has Clare Wood earned?: Clare Wood has earned at least $572,295 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Clare Wood's career appear in TennisDB?: Clare Wood appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1985 through 1997.
On which surface does Clare Wood have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Clare Wood's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 36.9% (31–53).
Who has Clare Wood faced most often?: Clare Wood's most frequent opponent is Helena Sukova, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.