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|July 12, 2025
Virginia Wade reveals the incredible story behind becoming the last British woman to win Wimbledon...
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As two weeks of glorious action at Wimbledon draws to a close, this one-off documentary looks back at how home-nation heroine Virginia Wade took the women's singles title in 1977, becoming the last British woman to do so!
But what made her triumph more incredible was that it was her 16th attempt.
This story is from the July 12, 2025 edition of What's on TV.
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