Editing Sue Barker (section)

{{short description|English tennis player and television presenter}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Sue Barker<br/><small>[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]</small>
| image = Sue Barker, October 2008.jpg
| caption = Barker in 2008
| country = {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Great Britain Fed Cup team|Great Britain]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|4|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Paignton]], [[Devon]], England
| residence = [[Stanton, Gloucestershire]], England
| height = {{convert|5|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight = 
| turnedpro = 1972
| retired = 1984
| plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = [[United States Dollar|US$]] 878,701<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/549/title/sue-barker |title=Career Prize Money |website=WTA |date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
| singlesrecord =407–250 (61.9%)
| singlestitles =23 (15 WTA)
| highestsinglesranking = No. 3 (20 March 1977)
| AustralianOpenresult = SF ([[1975 Australian Open – Women's singles|1975]], [[1977 Australian Open (December) – Women's singles|1977<sup>Dec</sup>]])
| FrenchOpenresult = '''W''' ([[1976 French Open – Women's singles|1976]])
| Wimbledonresult = SF ([[1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1977]])
| USOpenresult = 4R ([[1976 US Open – Women's singles|1976]])
| Othertournaments = Yes
| WTAChampionshipsresult = F ([[1977 Virginia Slims Championships|1977]])
| doublesrecord = 33–38
| doublestitles = 12
| highestdoublesranking = 
| updated = 15 November 2022
}}
'''Susan Barker''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 19 April 1956) is a British former television presenter and professional [[tennis]] player. During her playing career, Barker won 15 [[WTA Tour]] singles titles, including a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]] singles title at the [[1976 French Open – Women's singles|1976 French Open]]. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sue Barker – Speakers Biography |publisher=Speakers.co.uk |url=http://www.speakers.co.uk/csaWeb/speaker,SUEBAR |access-date=16 December 2010}}</ref>

Barker started working for the [[BBC]] as a tennis presenter in 1993, and the following year began to present coverage of the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] tennis championships; she stepped down from this role after the [[2022 Wimbledon Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 June 2022 |title=Sue Barker to step down as Wimbledon presenter after 2022 tournament |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/61751601 |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref> In addition, Barker fronted coverage of other major sporting occasions and sports for the BBC, including [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] and [[Commonwealth Games]], athletics and horse racing. Barker is also a former presenter of ''[[A Question of Sport]], [[Grandstand (TV programme)|Grandstand]]'' and [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]].