Rachel Viollet

Rachel Viollet (born 11 February 1972) is a former professional British tennis player, documentary director, and film producer.

[1] She is the daughter of Dennis Viollet, a Manchester United footballer who was a member of the famed Busby Babes and a survivor of the Munich air disaster.

[4][5] Viollet continued playing on the tour until 1997, then took time away to look after her father, who was suffering from brain cancer.

In 2002, at the age of 30, she debuted for the Great Britain Fed Cup team with wins over Malta's Sarah Wetz in singles and partnering Lucie Ahl in doubles against Norway.

She lost to Magdalena Maleeva in the first round of the singles and also featured in the women's doubles with Anne Keothavong.