Jennie Hoad is the widow of Lew Hoad, the tennis player who died tragically from leukemia in 1994. Hoad played some great tennis, but was a misunderstood man, seldom free of back pain, but he won Wimbledon twice, three Wimbledon doubles, a French, Italian and Australian single and 17 of his 19 Davis Cup matches. He attracted a fee of $146,000 to switch from amateur to professional tennis but it drove him from Australia.
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Jennie Hoad is the widow of Lew Hoad, the tennis player who died tragically from leukemia in 1994. Hoad played some great tennis, but was a misunderstood man, seldom free of back pain, but he won Wimbledon twice, three Wimbledon doubles, a French, Italian and Australian single and 17 of his 19 Davis Cup matches. He attracted a fee of $146,000 to switch from amateur to professional tennis but it drove him from Australia.
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