Charlotte Cooper (tennis)

The match was replayed in its entirety the next day and Robb won 7–5, 6–1, playing a total of 53 games which was then a record for the longest women's singles final.

[6][7] In 1908 as a mother of two she won her last singles title when she defeated Agnes Morton in straight sets in the All-Comers final after a seven-year hiatus and at the age of 37.

[11] At the 1900 Summer Olympics, where women participated for the first time, Cooper Sterry won the tennis singles event.

With Reginald Doherty, she won the mixed doubles title after a straight-sets victory in the final against Hélène Prévost and Harold Mahony.

[13] Cooper Sterry remained active in competitive tennis and continued to play in championship events well into her 50s.

They had two children: Rex (1903–81) who was the vice-chairman of the All England Club for a period of 15 years during the 1960s and 1970s and Gwen (born 1905), a tennis player who participated at Wimbledon and played on Britain's Wightman Cup team.

Charlotte Cooper Sterry vs Blanche Bingley Hillyard at Eastbourne