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Biographies
Sue Barker
A former
world number three tennis player, Sue started work as a sports broadcaster
with Australia's Channel 7 in 1985.
She
then joined BSB in 1990 and later moved to Sky Sports.
She
made her 主播大秀 Sport TV debut co-presenting the evening highlights
programme from Wimbledon 93 with Harry Carpenter.
Since
then she has gained a wealth of experience presenting world class
competitions, including coverage of other major tennis tournaments,
Summer and Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games, The Grand National,
The Derby, World and European Skating Championships, and racing
from Longchamps.
In
addition, Sue has also hosted Sunday Grandstand and has worked on
the 主播大秀 TV documentary Chalk Flew Up, a history of Wimbledon's court
number one which made its final appearance during Wimbledon 95.
Her
credits also include hosting Sports Review of the Year and A Question
of Sport.
Among
her many accolades are the 1998 TRIC award for Sports Presenter/Reporter
of the Year.
John Inverdale
John
began his broadcasting career with 主播大秀 Radio Lincolnshire in 1982.
He
joined 主播大秀 Radio Sport in 1985, working for Radio 4's Today programme
and on Radio 2 sports output before joining Radio 5 in 1988 as presenter
of its flagship sports programme, Sport On 5.
John
has presented 主播大秀 Radio Five Live's coverage of many major sports
events including Wimbledon Championships, Olympic Games and World
Cups (football and rugby).
He
also works extensively on 主播大秀 Sport's television output, hosting
Rugby Special, Sunday Grandstand and Wimbledon.
He
was named Sony Broadcaster of the Year in 1997 for his Radio Five
Live drivetime show, and hosts Any Sporting Questions?
Tony Adamson
Tony
is Radio Five Live's Golf correspondent. He gained his first experience
in broadcasting whilst working for the Forces Broadcasting Service.
Having
worked as a junior newspaper journalist before joining 主播大秀 Radio
Oxford in 1970 as sports reporter, Tony subsequently became sports
editor and on joining the 主播大秀 Sport department in London, Tony presented
programmes such as Sport On Two and Sport On Four.
He
spent six years working on tennis full time and has been covering
Wimbledon for 22 years.
John Alexander
Australian
John Alexander has been a long time member of the 主播大秀's tennis commentary
team.
John
is best known for representing his country 11 times in the Davis
Cup.
He
has won men's singles three times at Wimbledon alongside many other
major grand slams.
Chris Bailey
Chris
is perhaps best remembered for his epic second-round encounter at
Wimbledon in 1993 against fifth seed Goran Ivanisevic, which he
lost 9-7 in the fifth set.
Born
in April 1968 in Norwich, Chris reached the quarter-finals at Queen's
in 1989 en-route to a career high world ranking of 126.
A former
national under-12s champion (1980) and Wimbledon junior quarter-finalist
in 1986, he retired because of injury in 1994.
Clare
Balding
A former
leading amateur flat jockey and champion lady rider, Clare's speciality
is horse racing but she also covers a wide variety of other sports
and assignments.
She
began her 主播大秀 career with 主播大秀 Radio Five Live in 1993, presenting
the racing bulletin on Danny Baker's Morning Edition.
Clare
was appointed as 主播大秀 Sport's TV racing presenter in December 1997
following the retirement of Julian Wilson.
She
also presents Any Sporting Questions? with John Inverdale on 主播大秀
Radio Five Live.
John Barrett
John
succeeded the late Dan Maskell as 主播大秀 TV's 'voice of tennis'.
A former
British number five, he played in every Wimbledon Championships
between 1950 and 1970 and represented Great Britain in the Davis
Cup in 1956 and 1957.
A highly
respected tennis coach and administrator, John commentated on his
first Wimbledon for 主播大秀 Television in 1971 and has not missed a
year since.
He
has also worked for TV networks in Australia, Hong Kong, Canada
and America, as tennis correspondent for the Financial Times, and
is the author of many books on the game.
Boris Becker
Wimbledon
crowd favourite Boris Becker first joined the 主播大秀 Sport commentary
team for the 2002 Championships.
Born
in 1967, in Leimen, Germany, Boris became the youngest man to win
Wimbledon at 17 years 7 months when he defeated Kevin Curren in
1985.
Over
his career he won 49 ATP singles titles including six Grand Slam
titles and became world number one for the first time after victory
at the Australian Open in 1991.
Iain Carter
Radio
Five Live's tennis correspondent, Iain Carter, reports on Wimbledon
and other major tennis tournaments throughout the year.
Iain
joined the 主播大秀 in 1988 as Sports Producer at 主播大秀 Radio Leicester,
having previously worked as an agency news reporter and news reporter
for 主播大秀 Radio Trent.
Following
that he joined 主播大秀 World Service sport and covered cricket tours
in the West Indies, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Last
year Iain won the ATP Media Excellence Award.
Pat Cash
Pat
was a popular winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon in
1987, famously climbing through the seats on Centre Court to embrace
his family after beating Ivan Lendl in straight sets.
Earlier
that year, he lost a tough five-setter to Stefan Edberg in the final
of the Australian Open.
Born
in Melbourne in May 1965, he turned pro in 1982 and reached his
highest ranking of world number four in 1988.
In
1984, he became the youngest player to compete in the Davis Cup
Final, helping Australia to defeat Sweden 3-2.
Andrew Castle
A
former British number one singles and doubles tennis champion, Andrew
became a professional tennis player in 1986 after completing a marketing
degree in America.
He
was a member of the UK's Olympic teams in Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona
in 1992, and also part of the British teams for the Davis and European
Cups.
Matt Chilton
Matt
joined the 主播大秀 in 1997 when he joined the Ski Sunday team.
Matt
has worked on the programme every season since joining, but in 2001
he joined the 主播大秀's BAFTA award winning interactive television team
to cover the Wimbledon Championships.
He
has also branched into other sports, including beach volleyball
when during Sydney 2000, he became the 主播大秀's main commentator for
the beach volleyball, a new sport in the Olympics.
Mark Cox
Mark's
finest hour as a player was as a member of the Great Britain team
which reached the final of the 1978 Davis Cup against the USA.
In
the semi-final against Australia, he partnered David Lloyd to victory
in the deciding doubles rubber.
Mark
won 10 singles tournaments between 1970 and 1977, was twice a quarter-finalist
in the Australian Open, reached the quarter-finals of the US Open
in 1966, and was runner-up at Queen's in 1977.
He
was born in Leicester in July 1943.
Annabel Croft
After
taking up tennis at the age of nine, Annabel became, at 15, the
youngest Briton to play at Wimbledon for nearly 100 years.
In
1984, she was a Wimbledon Junior Champion and a year later picked
up her first senior tournament trophy in San Diego.
Annabel
retired from the international circuit at 21, having established
herself as British number one, ranked in the world's top 25.
She
has since carved a career in entertainment, particularly on TV,
and has also worked as a tennis summariser for Eurosport.
Annabel
married former America's Cup yachtsman Mel Coleman in 1993.
Barry Davies
One
of the 主播大秀's most versatile commentators, Barry joined 主播大秀 Radio
in 1963 after leaving the Army.
He
was part of ITV's commentary team for the 1966 World Cup Finals
and reported for ITV on the 1968 Olympics.
Barry
rejoined the 主播大秀 in 1969 and has worked on a succession of World
Cups, Summer and Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games, plus numerous
Wimbledon Championships.
A
Match Of The Day regular, he also commentates on ice skating, ice
hockey and badminton.
Jo Durie
Former
British number one Jo reached a world ranking of five in 1983.
She
first played at Wimbledon in 1977, losing in the first round to
eventual champion Virginia Wade, and made her final appearance at
the Championships in 1995, retiring after 18 years on the professional
circuit.
Jo
won seven national titles, reached the ladies' singles quarter-finals
of Wimbledon and, with Jeremy Bates, took the mixed doubles title
at Wimbledon in 1987 and at the Australian Open in 1991.
Peter Fleming
Peter
teamed up with John McEnroe to form the most formidable doubles
partnership in the men's game during the 80s.
The
pair won the Wimbledon men's doubles title in 1979, 1981, 1983 and
1984 and took the US Open doubles crown in 1979, 1981 and 1983.
In
total, Fleming and McEnroe took 57 doubles titles.
Tony Gubba
Tony
was presenter of Sportsnight during 1973 to 1978 before moving to
commentary for a range of sports including cycling, ice skating,
table tennis and squash.
He
has been part of the 主播大秀's coverage of World Cup Finals since 1974,
all Olympic Games since 1972 and Winter Games since 1976.
Hazel Irvine
Hazel's
broadcasting career began in 1986 as a production assistant with
Radio Clyde.
She
moved to sport a year later when she joined Scottish Television
as a reporter.
In
1990 Hazel joined 主播大秀 Scotland as presenter of Sportscene and in
1992 was part of the award-winning 主播大秀 team covering the Barcelona
Olympics.
Hazel
has presented and reported on such important sporting events as
the 1994 Commonwealth Games, 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 and
2002 World Cups.
In
1997 she took over as the regular presenter of 主播大秀 TWO's Ski Sunday
and has also presented Sunday Grandstand and the World Snooker Championships.
At
the 1999 RTS Awards she was named Best Regional TV Presenter/Reporter.
Ann Jones
Ann
is one of Britain's most successful-ever tennis players.
Wimbledon
ladies' champion in 1969 and the beaten finalist in 1967 she was
also a semi-finalist on a further six occasions and a mixed doubles
champion (with Fred Stolle) in 1969.
She
won the French Open in 1961 and 1966, reaching the final a further
three times, and was twice a finalist at the US Championships.
A table
tennis international between 1953 and 1959, Birmingham-born Ann
began commentating for the 主播大秀 in 1970 and is an experienced tennis
administrator.
John Lloyd
In
reaching the final of the 1977 Australian Open, John Lloyd became
the first Englishman to reach a singles final of a Grand Slam in
the Open Era.
In
the following year he achieved his highest ranking when he finished
at number 21.
That
year, John led an inspired British team to its most recent Davis
Cup final where they were defeated by the US.
During
his career he compiled three Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles,
all with partner Wendy Turnbull including back-to-back victories
at Wimbledon in 1983 and 84.
He
now continues to provide the mix of class and competitive fire that
has made him one of the most popular players on the senior circuit.
When
not competing on the senior tour he coaches Great Britain's Davis
cup team.
John
McEnroe
John
first made Grand Slam headlines in 1977 while still in his teens
by capturing the French Open mixed doubles title and reaching the
singles semi-finals at Wimbledon.
He
asserted his mastery on the professional circuit soon after, with
three successive US Open Championships, in 1979, 1980 and 1981.
He
ended Borg's five year reign at Wimbledon with a commanding victory
in 1981 that promoted him to the men's top-ranked player (and the
youngest to achieve it), a position he held for four years.
He
took another Wimbledon title in 1983, but John McEnroe's most memorable
year was 1984 when he won both Wimbledon and US Open titles.
In
addition to his singles achievements, John dominated the field as
a doubles player. With longtime partner Peter Fleming, John earned
four Wimbledon titles and three US Open titles - Masters titles
seven years in a row - plus 40 other doubles titles.
John
has represented the United States in the Davis Cup competition for
many years, establishing the record for the most US Davis Cup wins
(39 singles and 15 doubles).
David Mercer
Swansea-born
David entered sports broadcasting as a freelance via 主播大秀 Wales in
1979 and joined 主播大秀 Radio Sport in London on a full-time basis in
1984.
Tennis
has been his main sport since then, but he has also commentated
and reported on football, rugby union, rowing, skiing, skating,
badminton, snooker, squash, ice hockey and American football. David,
a former solicitor, was Welsh Junior Doubles champion in 1968, captained
the tennis team at Nottingham University in 1969 and umpired the
Wimbledon Men's Singles Final in 1984.
Suzi
Perry
Suzi
joined 主播大秀 Sport as the presenter of its World Superbike Championship
coverage in February 2000 having previously worked as a reporter
and presenter on coverage of the World Superbike Championship, the
FIM Grand Prix Series and Elite League Speedway, all for Sky Television.
Suzi
has also worked on a number of other programmes for the 主播大秀 including
City Hospital, Treasure Hunt, and Wimbledon.
Later
in 2003 she will be co-presenting the new series of Superstars on
主播大秀 ONE.
Pam Shriver
Baltimore-born
Pam turned pro in 1979 at the age of 17 and won 21 WTA Tour singles
titles.
She
achieved a career-highest ranking of world number three, reached
the final of the US Open in 1978, and was a semi-finalist at Wimbledon
in 1981, 1987 and 1988.
Pam
won the Wimbledon women's doubles crown with Martina Navratilova
five times, and their victory at the 1992 US Hardcourts Championship
was the pair's 79th title.
She
also won gold at the 1988 Olympics with Zena Garrison.
Bill Threlfall
Former
Fleet Air Arm pilot Bill began his commentary career with ITV, working
for Thames and LWT.
He
then worked for 主播大秀 Radio before switching to 主播大秀 TV in 1974.
As
a player, he won a record eight Royal Navy titles, appeared at Wimbledon
in 1950s and represented England at international level.
Bill
began coaching in Italy in 1967 and for the last 25 years has coached
at London's Hurlingham Club.
A five-times
winner of the National Veterans Championship, he has played for
Great Britain in veterans competitions many times.
Virginia Wade
Virginia's
victory over Betty Stove in the 1977 Wimbledon ladies' singles final
during the Queen's Silver Jubilee remains one of the world-famous
tournament's most memorable triumphs.
Born
in Bournemouth in July 1945, her career also included winning the
US Open in 1968, the Australian and Italian Opens in 1972, and four
Grand Slam doubles titles.
Awarded
the OBE in 1986, she has worked as a tennis commentator for the
主播大秀 since 1981.
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the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
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