Charlotte Cooper

This article is about tennis player Charlotte Cooper. For the bassist of the same name from The Subways see there.

Charlotte Cooper
Cooper in early 1900
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	September 22, 1870
Date of death:	October 10, 1966
Playing hand:	Right
singles
Grand Slam record
Double
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Charlotte Reinagle Cooper (born September 22, 1870 in Ealing , England , † October 10, 1966 in Helensburgh , Scotland ) was an English tennis player .

life and career

She won the women's singles at Wimbledon five times , the first time in 1895. The following year she won for the second time and the third triumph followed in 1898. She was a slim and elegant, but also powerful player and became the first tennis player to have one won Olympic competition. She won the women's singles at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris , where women were allowed to participate for the first time. She achieved her second Olympic victory in mixed doubles with Reginald Doherty .

At the age of 29 she married the tennis player Alfred Sterry . That year she won Wimbledon for the fourth time. After taking a break for the family, she returned in 1908 and, at the age of 37, won the title of the English championships for the fifth time. So she still holds the record for the oldest female winner. In 1912, at the age of 41, she made the final at Wimbledon for the last time.

Charlotte Cooper Sterry continued to play tennis tournaments into the 1950s. Their daughter Gwen was a member of the British team in the Wightman Cup . Her husband later became president of the Lawn Tennis Association . Her son-in-law Max Simmers was a successful rugby player for Scotland. His son with Gwen Brian Simmers was also a rugby player for Scotland.

She died in 1966 at the age of 96, setting the longevity record for British gold medalists.

Web links

Commons : Charlotte Cooper  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Charlotte Cooper in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• Charlotte Cooper in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Profile on Olympedia (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ There was no award of the first three places in their current form with gold, silver and bronze medals in 1900. In some sports and competitions, silver or bronze plaques were awarded.