Career
As Jenny Staley she reached the singles final of 1954 Australian Championships, played in Sydney, but lost in straight sets to Thelma Coyne Long. In November 1954 she reached the final of the New South Wales Championships which she lost in three sets to Beryl Penrose. In December 1954 she was runner-up to Coyne Long at the Victorian Championships played in Kooyong.
At the 1955 Australian Championships she partnered her then boyfriend Lew Hoad in the mixed event and were runners-up to Thelma Coyne Long and George Worthington.
Lew Hoad proposed to Staley, on her 21st birthday party in March 1955 and they planned to announce their engagement in June in London while both were on an overseas tour. The marriage took place the following day on 18 June 1955 at Street Mary"s Church, Wimbledon in London on the eve of Wimbledon.
Lew Hoad was diagnosed with leukemia in early 1994 and died of a heart attack on 3 July 1994 at the age of 59. Jenny Hoad sold the club in April 1999.
In 2002 she published My Life With Lew with Jack Pollard.
Singles: (1 runner-up)
Mixed doubles: (2 runners-up).
