Soon to be deprived of love, a woman (4)
I believe the answer is:
anna
'woman' is the definition.
'soon to be deprived of love a' is the wordplay.
'soon' becomes 'anon' (I've seen this before).
'to be deprived of' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'anon' with 'o' taken out is 'ann'.
'ann'+'a'='ANNA'
(Other definitions for anna that I've seen before include "Old foreign coin" , "She's a woman, whichever way you look at it" , "Former Indian coin; girl's name" , "Book by Tolstoy" , "Girl's name (palindrome)" .)