Elena Baltacha

Belated condolences from Charlton Mad to Sergei and her family and husband on the recent death of former British tennis No 1 Elena Baltacha who sadly died of liver cancer on Sunday 4th May.

This was a very sad loss of a great tennis player who battled throughout her career and reached the top 50 not that long ago in 2010 and held the number 1 spot for some years. She also set up an Academy for promising young players in Ipswich.

Her father, Sergei Baltacha, is a Coach in the club's academy and highly respected on the training ground at Sparrows Lane so our deepest sympathies go to him at this time.

Donations can be made to the Elena Baltacha Academy of Tennis/rally for Bally. - view external link