
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Annabel Croft first picked up a tennis racquet at the age of nine. Within six years, she’d become the youngest British player to compete in the Wimbledon main draw for almost a century. At the age of 17, she won the junior championships at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open, and at 18 she was the British number one. Then – aged 21 – she retired from tennis and moved into broadcasting. She was soon back at the world’s major tennis tournaments, this time as a commentator and reporter. In 2023 her competitive spirit found a new outlet: she took part in Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One and came fourth. Her musical choices include works by Pachelbel, Handel, John Rutter and Prokofiev.
Presenter Michael Berkeley
By BBC Radio 34.4
3636 ratings
Annabel Croft first picked up a tennis racquet at the age of nine. Within six years, she’d become the youngest British player to compete in the Wimbledon main draw for almost a century. At the age of 17, she won the junior championships at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open, and at 18 she was the British number one. Then – aged 21 – she retired from tennis and moved into broadcasting. She was soon back at the world’s major tennis tournaments, this time as a commentator and reporter. In 2023 her competitive spirit found a new outlet: she took part in Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One and came fourth. Her musical choices include works by Pachelbel, Handel, John Rutter and Prokofiev.
Presenter Michael Berkeley

7,824 Listeners

1,069 Listeners

5,513 Listeners

1,802 Listeners

1,881 Listeners

1,067 Listeners

2,086 Listeners

488 Listeners

154 Listeners

108 Listeners

46 Listeners

162 Listeners

130 Listeners

308 Listeners

242 Listeners

62 Listeners

3,204 Listeners

1,071 Listeners

785 Listeners

1,043 Listeners

123 Listeners

49 Listeners

513 Listeners

29 Listeners

38 Listeners