Sondra and Lisa, both fleeing an abusive past, meet at a restaurant in Milwaukee, WI. Shortly after they find out they have a lot in common and spend the night together. The one from Milwaukee, Sondra, is being pursued by her abusive father. They run away to St. Louis, MO and start a new life. Everything goes fine except that something is missing... a baby.

Sondra goes out into the city in search of a father for their child. She meets a nice man in a club and they have a whirlwind love affair. When she finds out she is pregnant, she breaks it off with him. She and Lisa move to another place leaving him heartbroken and confused. He doesn't take it well.

Years later the child grows up to be a tennis star like her father was in high school. She amasses a fortune while beating all of the world's top ranked tennis players.

Her distrought depressed father sees her on TV one day during one of her tennis matches and can't believe his eyes. He contacts her and wants to meet.

Against her parents wishes she agrees to meet him. The meeting doesn't go as planned. The girl, her parents and her biological father, all trying to get their needs met become entangled in what climaxes into an explosive ending.