Muriel Robb

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Robb (before 1903)

Muriel Evelyn Robb (born May 13, 1878 in Newcastle upon Tyne , † February 12, 1907 there ) was a British tennis player .

Robb attended Cheltenham College . She learned the game of tennis from her parents and a governess . From 1896 she took part in tournaments and won the tournament in Newcastle a year later. In 1899 she won the Derbyshire and Wales Championships . In 1900 she won the Wimbledon Championships alongside Alice Pickering , and the Irish Championships in Dublin a year later .

In 1902 she won the women's singles final at the Wimbledon Championships. She defeated Charlotte Cooper in the final .

In the following years Robb did not appear in any tournament. She died in 1907 at the age of 28 years at their home in Newcastle to cancer . This makes her the one who died at the youngest age of all the winners at Wimbledon.

Web links

Commons : Muriel Robb  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arthur Wallis Myers Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's Sons , New York 1903. p. 174. ( online )
  2. ^ Tony Henderson: Honor for North East Wimbledon champion. The Journal (Newcastle Upon Tyne), June 11, 2011, accessed August 16, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Robb, Muriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robb, Muriel Evelyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British tennis player, Wimbledon winner 1902
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle upon Tyne , England
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1907
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne