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HISTORY IN PICTURES

A WINNER AT WIMBLEDON
More than 30 years before Andy Murray won the Wimbledon
crown for Britain, English tennis player Virginia Wade took
the title of Women’s Singles champion. She won two sets
to one in the final match against Dutch player Betty
Stöve, in front of an audience that included the
queen herself. The crowd celebrated her victory
with chants of “for she’s a jolly good fellow.”
1 July 1977

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