| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Born | (1918-05-30)May 30, 1918 San Francisco, California |
| Died | February 23, 2008(2008-02-23) (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 (neeWolfenden; May 30, 1918 – February 23, 2008) was an American tennis player. She competed asVirginia Kovacs during her first marriage, to tour playerFrank Kovacs.[1]
Born in San Francisco, Wolfenden was a two-time winner of thePacific Coast Championships, ranking as high as fifth nationally and tenth in the world. In 1939 she upset the fourth-seededDorothy Bundy in the quarter-finals of the U.S. national championships, before losing her semi-final match to world number oneAlice 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 beatDorothy Head in the final of a Philadelphia tournament and she also claimed theTri-State title that year.[3]