About Virginia Wolfenden
Lived 1918 – 2008 (aged 89). Virginia Wolfenden was a tennis player.
Virginia May Edwards (nee Wolfenden; May 30, 1918 – February 23, 2008) was an American tennis player. She competed as Virginia Kovacs during her first marriage, to tour player Frank Kovacs.
Born in San Francisco, Wolfenden was a two-time winner of the Pacific Coast Championships, ranking as high as fifth nationally and tenth in the world. In 1939 she upset the fourth-seeded Dorothy Bundy in the quarter-finals of the U.S. national championships, before losing her semi-final match to world number one Alice Marble. She took time away from the tour after her marriage to Frank Kovacs and gave birth in 1942 to a baby boy (Frank Jr). In 1946 she beat Dorothy Head in the final of a Philadelphia tournament and she also claimed the Tri-State title that year.
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Who was Virginia Wolfenden?
American tennis player
When was Virginia Wolfenden born?
Virginia Wolfenden was born on 30 May 1918.
When did Virginia Wolfenden die?
Virginia Wolfenden died on 23 February 2008.
What was Virginia Wolfenden's occupation?
Virginia Wolfenden was a tennis player.
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