Valda Lake
Valda Lake is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997. Over the course of her career she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles and number 56 in doubles. During her career, Lake was more successful in doubles than she was in singles, winning eight ITF titles and reaching the final of the 1994 China Open. She represented Great Britain in the Olympics held in Atlanta 1996 playing doubles with Clare Wood and reaching the quarter-finals before losing to the Gold Medalist American Team- Gigi Fernandez and Mary Jo Fernandez.
Currently lives in Los Angeles and owns an art gallery "Wallspace" and is a set decorator in TV commercials.
WTA tour and ITF circuit finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 10 5 1993 | $10,000 Basingston, Great Britain | Hard |  | 2–6, 6–7 |
Doubles: 18 (8–10)
| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 21 7 1986 | $5,000 Amersfoort, Netherlands | Clay |  |  Simone Schilder | 1–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
| Winner | 17 11 1986 | $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain | Carpet | | Digna Ketelaar Simone Schilder | 7–6, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 01 12 1986 | $10,000 Vereeniging, South Africa | Hard | Katie Rickett |   | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 08 12 1986 | $10,000 Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Katie Rickett |  | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 15 12 1986 | $25,000 Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Katie Rickett | | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 20 4 1987 | $10,000 Queens, Great Britain | Hard |  | Jo Louis  | 1–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Winner | 11 5 1987 | $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain | Clay |  |  | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 03 10 1988 | $25,000 Eastbourne, Great Britain | Hard | Anne Simpkin | | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 18 9 1989 | $10,000 Bangkok, Thailand | Hard |  |   | 7–6, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Winner | 18 2 1991 | $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain | Carpet | | | 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 25 2 1991 | $10,000 Norwich, Great Britain | Carpet | Anne Simpkin |  | 4–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 29 4 1991 | $10,000 Basingstoke, Great Britain | Hard | Virginia Humphreys-Davies | Caroline Billingham  | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Winner | 16 9 1991 | $25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | |  | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 26 4 1993 | $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain | Hard | Colette Hall |  | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 10 5 1993 | $10,000 Basingston, Great Britain | Hard |  | | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 14 2 1994 | $100,000 China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | |  Chen Li-Ling Fang Li | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 26 2 1996 | $50,000 Southampton, Great Britain | Carpet | |   | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 04 3 1996 | $25,000 Rockford, United States | Hard | |   | 6–2, 6–3 |