Jo Durie

Jo Durie is a former world No. 5 tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she reached No. 9 in doubles, and won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles with Jeremy Bates. Jo Durie turned professional in 1977, and played her first match at Wimbledon that year against the eventual champion Virginia Wade. Her most successful year as a singles player was 1983, ending the season at No. 6 in the world rankings and on the prize money leader board. As an unseeded player Durie reached the semifinals of the French Open, beating both Pam Shriver and Tracy Austin along the way. Later that year she made another Grand Slam singles semifinal appearance at the US Open, where she lost to Chris Evert in straight sets. Her dramatic rise up the singles rankings that year ended with a quarterfinal at the Australian Open in December. 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 mem