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Heather Ward

England · Women's singles · 1955 to 1978

Born 1 January 1938

14: matches
86%: won
0: senior titles
0: finals

World ranking

Not on a world ranking list we hold: the full lists are kept from September 2026 and the weekly top lists from 2013, so a player outside them has none.

Our ratingHow it works

1,634Women's singles
last rated 1978

Highest 1,634.

Form

9/10won of the last
10 matches

Latest: beat Kirsten Meier, All England Open 1978, round of 32. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

Played
Won
A title that year

'55

'57

'59

'61

'63

'65

'67

'69

'71

'73

'75

'77

'78

Show the numbers

Year	Played	Won
1978	1	1
1976	1	1
1975	1	1
1974	1	1
1973	1	1
1970	1	1
1969	3	2
1966	1	1
1962	1	1
1958	1	1
1956	1	1
1955	1	0

Recent matches

The last 14 matches.

Scores read from Heather Ward's side.

All England Open 1978Women's singles Round of 32 Kirsten Meier 11–2 12–10 Won

All England Open 1976Women's singles Round of 32 Eva Maria Kranz 9–11 11–4 12–10 Won

All England Open 1975Women's singles Round of 32 Sri Wijanti 12–9 11–3 Won

All England Open 1974Women's singles Round of 32 Irmgard Latz 11–2 4–11 11–5 Won

All England Open 1973Women's singles Round of 32 Anne Johnstone 9–12 11–2 11–2 Won

All England Open 1970Women's singles Round of 32 Lonny Bostofte 11–3 12–11 Won

Uber Cup 1969Women's singles Second round Utami Kinard 4–11 10–12 Lost

First round Boopha Kaenthong 10–12 11–8 11–6 Won

All England Open 1969Women's singles Round of 32 Marieluise Wackerow 12–10 11–7 Won

All England Open 1966Women's singles Round of 32 Pernille Mølgaard Hansen 11–4 11–2 Won

All England Open 1962Women's singles Round of 32 Muriel Woodcock 11–3 12–11 Won

All England Open 1958Women's singles Round of 32 H C Guntrip 11–3 11–3 Won

All England Open 1956Women's singles Round of 32 Inge Birgit Anker Hansen 11–2 11–0 Won

All England Open 1955Women's singles Round of 16 Iris Rogers 10–12 12–11 6–11 Lost

Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Rivals

Kirsten MeierDenmark · last met 19781–0
Eva Maria KranzWest Germany · last met 19761–0
Sri WijantiIndonesia · last met 19751–0
Irmgard LatzWest Germany · last met 19741–0
Anne JohnstoneScotland · last met 19731–0
Lonny BostofteDenmark · last met 19701–0
Utami KinardUnited States · last met 19690–1
Boopha KaenthongThailand · last met 19691–0