Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in singles (achieved 2 May 1994) and No. 59 in doubles (achieved 21 October 1996). Wood won one ITF singles title and six in doubles as well as won a WTA doubles title at the 1992 Wellington Classic, having been the runner-up the previous year. At the time of her retirement, she had a 212–223 singles win–loss record with notable wins over Jo Durie and Mary Pierce.

After her retirement from professional competition, Wood became a tennis officiator. From 1999 until 2002, she was a tournament supervisor on the WTA Tour, and from 2002 onward, she was an assistant referee at Wimbledon where she was responsible for the qualifying and junior events. In 2004, she was an assistant referee at the 2004 Olympic tennis event, and in 2008, it was announced that she would fulfil, the role of tennis competition manager at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Wightman Cup When Wood lost to Jennifer Capriati on 14 September 1989, her opponent became the youngest ever Wightman Cup player, and the first player for four years to win a Wightman Cup match 6–0, 6–0.

Fed Cup Wood played 28 singles and 24 doubles matches for Great Britain in the Fed Cup from 1988 to 1997.

Olympic Games Wood represented the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996,

WTA tour and ITF circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Tier I (0–0) WTA Tier II – IV (0–0) ITF Circuit (1–1) Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWin $10,000 Lisbon, Portugal Clay María José Llorca 6–2, 6–2Loss $25,000 Tarzana, California, United States Hard 6–1, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (7–4) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Tier I (0–0) WTA Tier II – IV (1–1) ITF Circuit (6–3) Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Result Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents ScoreLoss $10,000 San Antonio, Texas, United States Hard Marianne van der Torre 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6Win $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain Carpet (i) Digna Ketelaar Simone Schilder 7–6, 2–6, 7–5Loss $25,000 Taranto, Italy Clay Simone Schilder 3–6, 2–6Loss Wellington, New Zealand (1) Hard Belinda Borneo Jo-Anne Faull 6–2, 5–7, 6–7(4–7)Win Wellington, New Zealand (2) Hard Belinda Borneo Jo-Anne Faull 6–0, 7–6(7–5)Win $25,000 Wilmington, Delaware, United States Hard Tessa Price Catherine Barclay Audra Keller 3–6, 6–1, 6–1Win $50,000 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Valda Lake 6–4, 4–6, 6–3Win $25,000 Bronx, New York, United States Hard Nanne Dahlman 6–2, 6–3Loss $25,000 Redbridge, Great Britain Hard (i) Lorna Woodroffe 6–2, 4–6, 4–6Win $25,000 Bushey, Great Britain Carpet (i) Olga Lugina Kirstin Freye 7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–1Win $10,000 Jaffa, Israel Hard Helen Reesby Limor Gabai Kate Warne-Holland 7–5, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career W–LAustralian OpenAAA1R1R1R3R1R1R1RLQ1RA2–8French OpenAAA1RLQLQ1RLQ1R2RLQLQA1–4Wimbledon1RA1R1R2R1R1R1R2R1R1R1R1R2–12U.S. OpenAAA1RLQ2R1R2R2R1RLQLQA3–6Win–loss0–10–00–10–41–21-32-41-32-41–40-10-20–18-30

Doubles Tournament198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998Career W–LAustralian OpenA1R1R1R2R3R2R2R1R3R2R1R8–11French OpenAA1RA3R3R1R1R1R2R1RA5–8Wimbledon1R1R2R1R2R1R3R1R2R1R3RA7–11US OpenAA1RA2R2R1R1R1R1R1RA2–8Win–loss0–10–21–40–25–45–43–41–41–43–43–40–122–38

Mixed doubles Tournament198919901991199219931994199519961997Career W–LAustralian OpenAAA1RAAAAA0–1French OpenAA1R3RAA3RA1R4–4Wimbledon1RA1R1R2R1RQF1R2R5–8US OpenAAAAAAAAA0–0Win–loss0–10–00–22–31–10–15–20–11–29–13

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