- Born
- Birth nameSusan Barker
- Nickname
- The Paignton Peach
- Began her career as a professional tennis player when she moved to the USA in 1973. In 1976 she won the French Open Championship, her only Grand Slam title. However, following recurring injuries and loss of form, she retired in 1985, and after a short hiatus began her broadcasting career in Australia, before the BBC recognised her ability. In 2000 she was awarded the MBE for services to tennis and broadcasting.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dave Smith <ds20@cant.ac.uk>
- Was romantically linked to Sir Cliff Richard in the 1980s
- No television footage of her sole Grand Slam win at the 1976 French Open Championships exists. This was due to a strike by camera technicians at the time.
- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's 2000 Millennium Honors List for her services to sports broadcasting.
- Chiddingfield, Surrey, England.
- BBC Sports Correspondent covering Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
- [on her relationship with Cliff Richard] Because we have stated that we're Christians, they come out with this big word, the celibacy thing, and all this, which makes us sound like a monk and nun going off somewhere. There's plenty of people around that don't agree with having sex outside marriage, I mean we're no different from them.
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