Calling the Shots
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Sue Barker CBE is an award-winning broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career she won fifteen WTA singles titles, including a Grand Slam - the French Open in 1976, aged 20. At her career height she was Britain's No 1 player, with a world ranking of No 3.
As a broadcaster, in 2001 she became the first woman to win the Royal Television Society's best sports presenter award. She led the BBC's reporting on the Olympics for over a decade, including London 2012. She anchored SPOTY for 19 years, was quizmaster on A Question of Sport for 24 years and fronted coverage of Wimbledon for three decades.
In 2020, she won The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wimbledon: A personal history is her second Sunday Times bestselling book, following her autobiography, Calling the Shots, published in 2022. Sue lives in the Cotswolds with her husband Lance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529149043 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529149045 |
| Title | Calling the Shots |
| Author | Sue Barker |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2023-06-08 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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