Editing Sue Barker (section)

==Early life==
Barker was born on 19 April 1956 and raised in [[Paignton]], Devon, and educated at a convent school. In 1966, aged 10, she was picked out as the second of two girls who were to receive tennis coaching from Arthur Roberts, who had coached [[Angela Mortimer]] to three Grand Slam titles.<ref name=Indp1082723 /> 

Roberts continued coaching her beyond the selection prize commitment, charging only £1/session to allow her development to continue. Barker's [[forehand]] was her strongest and most admired weapon throughout her career, with Roberts describing it as "especially potent".<ref name="QoS">{{cite news |title=Meet the Question of Sport regulars |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=12 September 2003 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/question_of_sport/meet_the_team/default.stm |access-date=18 May 2007}}</ref> 

Advised as a teenager by a visiting LTA coach to change her forehand, Roberts told her not to and he later resigned from the LTA Coaches Association in protest at the advice. Roberts later entered Barker into tournaments on the continent, providing her with a one-way ticket there and telling her to "earn your ticket home". Roberts remained Barker's mentor throughout her career.<ref name=Indp1082723>{{cite news |last=Viner |first=Brian |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-brian-viner-interview-sue-barker--barkers-happy-return-to-the-fore-1082723.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-brian-viner-interview-sue-barker--barkers-happy-return-to-the-fore-1082723.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Barker's happy return to the fore |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=24 March 1999 |access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref>