Legends gather for mini-reunion
As the WTA turned 45, Middle Sunday gave some of the WTA’s greatest names a chance to catch up at San Lorenzo, an old favorite in Wimbledon.
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Trailblazer Billie Jean King addressed the group of friends and former rivals (Jimmie48/WTA)
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King shared a joke with Steve Simon, CEO of the WTA, and tennis commentator extraordinaire Mary Carillo (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Former WTA Doubles World No.1 Pam Shriver was treated to a cake to mark her birthday on July 4 (Jimmie48/WTA)
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1977 Wimbledon finalist Betty Stove sat with Roland Garros winners Francoise Durr and Virginia Ruzici (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Recently retired Daniela Hantuchova chatted with Dutch standout Kristie Boogert, 19 years after they first played on the ITF Circuit in what was the Slovak’s second professional tournament (Jimmie48/WTA)
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World TeamTennis Commissioner Ilana Kloss joined forces with WTA President Micky Lawler and the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Dianne Hayes (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Stove, Shriver and Janet Newberry – Italian Open champion and Roland Garros semifinalist in 1977 – posed for a photo (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Other notables in attendance included former Top 10 star Chanda Rubin, in town as a commentator for the BBC, WTA pioneer Ingrid Bentzer and agent and promoter Sara Fornaciari (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Bentzer hugged Paris-based Ruzici, whose daughter lives in London (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Carrying over from Tennis On The Thames, the theme for the night was Women That Achieve (Jimmie48/WTA)
