Table of Biography
Sue Barker is a famous former tennis player and sports personality from the United States. Sue Barker had an amazing tennis career with 15 WTA Tour singles titles and had good participation in grand slams too. While she has covered many grand events as a television presenter too.
Early Life
Sue Barker was born on 19th April 1956, in Stanton, Gloucestershire, England. This makes her 86 years old as of 2024. There is not much information regarding the names and professions of her parents, and siblings.
While she holds a British nationality and practices Christianity. Further, she belongs to mixed ethnicity. According to astrology, she has as her zodiac sign.
Education
Talking about her formal educational status, she completed her schooling at a convent school in her hometown. And, she also accomplished her higher studies at university.
Professional Life
Moving to the professional life of Sue, she is a former television presenter and professional tennis player. She was very interested in tennis and had great talent in tennis from a very young age.
Following her passion, she got a chance to be coached by Arthur Roberts who was formed coach of Angela Mortimer; three-time Grand Slam titles.
Caption: Sue during the tennis match (Source: Daily Star)
The prodigious Sue Barker was ranked 21 at the mere age of 16 in WTA Rankings. She later moved to the United States in Mark McCormack’s International Management Group at the age of 17. Sue participated in different tournaments in her career.
She won Exmouth Open at Exmouth, Devon. While talking about the grand slam records, she won the Australian Open, French Open in 1976, Wimbledon in 1977, and US Open in 1976.
Apart from it, she has participated in the competitions like Virginia Slims Tour Championships, French Open, and Federation Cup on different occasions. Later after retiring from tennis as one of the stars of sports, she continued to be in sports as a commentator and sports reporter.
Initially, she worked for Channel 7 in 1985 mainly anchoring tennis coverage for British Sky Broadcasting from 1990 to 1993. Further, talking about her broadcasting journey, she became the host of Today at Wimbledon, A Question of Sport, etc.
She has also become BBC Sports Personality of the Year. While, she has hosted BBC Sport’s coverage of the Australian Open, the French Open, and other different championships. Likewise, she also covered the 2012 Summer Olympics. For her amazing contribution, she has been awarded different awards and honors in her lifetime.
Net Worth 2024
Sue Barker is living a comfortable life with her family. Thanks to the fame and fortune she has earned from her work as of today. Moreover, her total net worth is about $2 million US dollars as of 2022.
Personal Life
Moving on to the romantic and private life of Sue Barker, she is married. She tied the knot with Lance Tankard in 1988. Lance is a landscape gardener and former police officer. They are leading a comfortable life but do not have children. Apart from it, she has no affairs with any other person.
While she is straight regarding gender choices. And, she does not have any kind of controversial events till today.
Caption: Sue and Lance Tankard (Source: Daily Express)
Sue Barker – Body Measurements
Sue Barker is very good-looking and has an amazing personality. The sports personality stands about 5 feet and 5 inches tall. While she weighs 52kg. Moreover, talking about the overall body measurement, the number ranges have not been revealed yet. The color of her eyes is brown, and she has blonde colored hair.
Sue Barker – Social Media
Sue Barker is also present in social media. She has a Facebook account under her name. While she also has an Instagram account under the name @sue_barker. Moreover, her Twitter account @SueBarkerTennis has 2.4k followers.