Her feminist credentials are set out as she stands up to the tennis establishment and demands equal prizes for women.
Gerald Williams described his former commentary box partner as 'an immensely warm person who was proud to be a part of tennis establishment.
On Saturday, the tennis establishment looked back on her.
While he became the bete noire of the tennis establishment, people who never followed the sport were mesmerized.
Williams has been an outspoken critic of the tennis establishment since his daughters began playing in Compton, Calif., seven years ago.
The tennis establishment had no rules, no wisdom, no leadership, no structure to help a prodigy.
According to Jim Loehr, a sports psychologist, protective measures by the tennis establishment are overdue.
The 47-year-old Casals was one of the nine mavericks who broke from the male-dominated tennis establishment to set up their own tour in 1970.
It was not the first occasion where Pierce ran afoul of the tennis establishment.
This led to his being virtually ostracised by the British tennis establishment.