Muriel Robb

 ( 1878 Births ) 

Muriel Evelyn Robb (13 May 1878 – 12 February 1907) was an English female tennis player. She is best remembered for her ladies' singles title at the 1902 Wimbledon Championships. She also won the Irish and Scottish singles titles in 1901 and the Welsh singles title in 1899.

She attended the Cheltenham Ladies’ College, in Gloucestershire from 1893 to 1897 and was a member of the Jesmond Lawn Tennis Club in Newcastle. From 1899 to 1902, she participated in four Wimbledon Championships and reached at least the quarterfinals on all occasions.

She was diagnosed with Lymphadenoma and battled the disease for two years and four months before she died on 12 February 1907 in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. The death certificate listed “exhaustion and cardiac failure” as the immediate cause.

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Grand Slam record

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Wimbledon

• Singles champion: 1902

This match set a record for the longest women's final. On the first day of play rain stopped play at 4–6, 13–11. It was replayed the next day when Robb won 7–5, 6–1.

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Grand Slam finals

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Singles (1 title)

7–5, 6–1

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Grand Slam performance timeline

!1899!!1900!!1901!!1902
Wimbledon	QF	QF	QF	W

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See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

Categories: 1878 Births, 1907 Deaths, 19th-century Female Tennis Players, 19th-century English Sportswomen, 20th-century English Sportswomen, English Female Tennis Players, British Female Tennis Players, Grand Slam Champions In Women's Singles, Sportspeople From Newcastle Upon Tyne, Wimbledon Champions, Deaths From Cancer In England, Tennis Players From Tyne And Wear

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