Virginia Wolfenden

Virginia Wolfenden
Country (sports)	United States
Born	May 30, 1918; San Francisco, California
Died	February 23, 2008 (aged 89); Pleasant Hill, California
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 10 (1939)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	SF (1939)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	QF (1941)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	SF (1944, 1946)

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.[1]

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).[2] In 1946 she beat Dorothy Head in the final of a Philadelphia tournament and she also claimed the Tri-State title that year.[3]

References

"Virginia Edwards Obituary (2008)". Legacy.com. East Bay Times. March 1, 2008.
Art Geen (April 15, 1942). "It's A Bouncing Baby Boy". Oakland Tribune. p. 18.
"Virginia Kovacs Wins Net Crown". Arizona Republic. July 21, 1946.

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[1] "Virginia Edwards Obituary (2008)". Legacy.com. East Bay Times. March 1, 2008.

[2] Art Geen (April 15, 1942). "It's A Bouncing Baby Boy". Oakland Tribune. p. 18.

[3] "Virginia Kovacs Wins Net Crown". Arizona Republic. July 21, 1946.