Jo Durie - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Jo Durie net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Joanna Mary Durie (born 27 July, 1960) was an ex-world No. five tennis player in the United Kingdom. She also reached the rank of No. 9 in doubles and also won the two Grand Slam titles, both in mixed doubles alongside Jeremy Bates. In this article, we will discover how old is Jo Durie? Who is Jo Durie dating now & how much money does Jo Durie have?

Jo Durie Biography

Jo Durie is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on July 27, 1960 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Her most productive year as a solo player was 1983. She ended the season as No. six in world ranking as well as on the leader of prize money board. In her debut as an unseeded participant, Durie made it to the semifinals of the French Open, beating both Pam Shriver and Tracy Austin throughout the course. The following year, she was able to make a second Grand Slam singles semifinal appearance at the US Open, where she ultimately lost against Chris Evert in straight sets. Her incredible rise up the singles rankings in 1983 culminated in a quarterfinal appearance of the Australian Open in December. Durie’s successes as a singles athlete in 1983 led to her being awarded a spot in the 1984 WTA Tour Championship as the fifth seed.

Durie would go on to win five woman’s doubles titles from eighteen finals during her career. Her most successful year as a doubles player, aside from the Grand Slams in 1987 and 1991 was in 1983, when she reached six finals, winning three titles. Durie also reached the semifinals of the women’s doubles at the French Open and Wimbledon. By virtue of this success she gained a place at the 1984 WTA Tour Championship in doubles, and reached the final partnering Ann Kiyomura.

Partnering her fellow British player Jeremy Bates, Durie won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for fifty-one years. In 1991 they became the first British doubles team ever to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title. As of 2013 both of these records still stand. As a team Bates and Durie reached an additional three mixed doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1986, 1990 and 1993. They also reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 1992 as defending champions.

She was the winner of 2 top level WTA Singles championships (both from 1983) in Mahwah, New Jersey and Sydney and was a career champion with winnings against Steffi Graf Zina Garrison Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlikova, and Tracy Austin. Back injuries that continued to plague her in 1989 caused the reorganization of her service. Durie was the last player to appear in the WTA Tour singles tournament at the Virginia Slims of Newport tournament in the year 1990. In 1991, she was at thirty, and being one of the oldest singles players that year, she enjoyed another great run to four rounds of the US Open.

Durie was a faithful participant in The British Wightman Cup (1979, 1981-89), British Federation Cup (1981-95) and British European Cup teams (1989-92). Durie was also the youngest player of the British Federation Cup team, along with Virginia Wade and Sue Barker who made it to the final of the team in 1981. Durie played a key role in leading his British Team to victory at the European Championship in Prague in 1992.

Her most successful year at Wimbledon as a singles player came in 1984 when she reached the quarterfinals, beating a 15-year-old Steffi Graf in a memorable fourth-round match. It was just after Wimbledon that she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5.

Jo Durie Net Worth

Jo is one of the richest Tennis Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jo Durie's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

After a highly successful junior career, which also included taking the junior British championships on three different surfaces (grass and hard courts, and indoor) in the year 1976; Jo Durie turned professional in 1977, and she played her first game at Wimbledon that year , against final world champion Virginia Wade. In the year 1980, Durie was diagnosed with a significant back injury that prevented her from playing the tennis over eight months. But she did make her return to the women’s tennis court in 1981, getting to the fourth round in the singles tournament at Wimbledon as well as at the US Open and climbing to the highest singles rank so at 31.

She is one of very few players to have a winning record against Steffi Graf and leads 4–3 in head-to-heads. Note, however, that all of her wins against Graf were before or during 1985, when Graf was typically a much lower-ranked player during the initial stages of her career.

After retiring from the professional tour, Durie had heart surgery to rectify a problem for which she had originally been prescribed Beta blockers early in her career. She did not take the prescribed medication, as she didn’t feel well after taking them. She revealed this fact in March 2016 in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, after the revelation that Maria Sharapova had been found taking a similar heart-issue drug, which later had been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Since retirement, Durie has worked as a TV tennis commentator for both the BBC and British Eurosport. She used to coach British number one Elena Baltacha alongside her own former coach Alan Jones. She won back-to-back Wimbledon Ladies’ Senior Invitation doubles titles in 1996 and 1997.

Who is Jo Durie Dating?

According to our records, Jo Durie is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Jo Durie’s is not dating anyone.

Durie was the last British woman to reach the semifinal of a Grand Slam tournament until Johanna Konta reached the semifinal of the 2016 Australian Open.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jo Durie height 6 ft 0 in Jo weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Durie retired from competitive tennis at the Wimbledon Championships in 1995, (her 18th appearance at the Championships), and marked it with a memorable performance. After three successive operations on her left knee, Durie went into the Championships ranked No. 326 in the world, yet reached the second round of the ladies’ singles. She beat France’s Alexia Dechaume-Balleret, ranked No. 85 in the world, in straight sets in the first round. Her second round, and last singles match at Wimbledon, was against Jana Novotná. After losing the match 2–6, 2–6, Jo Durie was given a full standing ovation by the crowd on the ‘old’ No. 1 Court. Her last match at Wimbledon was appropriately a mixed doubles match on Centre Court, where she played alongside her long-standing partner Jeremy Bates.

Facts & Trivia

Jo Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jo Durie celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

Where is Jo Durie now?

Durie currently works as an academy coach at the FC** Academy in Middlesex.

Did Jo Durie win a Grand Slam?

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Who was Jeremy Bates doubles partner?

Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title.

Who is Virginia Wade married to?

Wade has no children and has never married.

What age is Jo Durie?

61 years (July 27, 1960)

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