Muriel Robb

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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.{{cite book|last=Hedges|first=Martin|title=The Concise Dictionary of Tennis|year=1978|publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0861240128|pages=[https://archive.org/details/concisedictionar00hedg/page/202 202–203]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/concisedictionar00hedg/page/202}} She attended the Cheltenham Ladies’ College, in Gloucestershire from 1893 to 1897 and was a member of the Jesmond Lawn Tennis Club in Newcastle.{{cite web|title=Plaque will commemorate achievements of Muriel Robb|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/plaque-commemorate-achievements-muriel-robb-4438296|publisher=The Journal|date=1 February 2011}} From 1899 to 1902, she participated in four Wimbledon Championships and reached at least the quarterfinals on all occasions.{{cite web|title=Wimbledon players archive – Muriel Robb|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/47ae6525-b0d3-48a3-80c1-3daad8a070de/index.html|publisher=AELTC}}

She died of "Lymphadenoma 2 years 4 months” and “Exhaustion and cardiac failure” (death certificate) on 12 February 1907 in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne.{{cite news|title=Honour for North East Wimbledon champion|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/honour-north-east-wimbledon-champion-4429565#ixzz1Ox7Lu4lY|newspaper=The Journal|date=11 June 2011|author=Tony Henderson}}

Grand Slam record

=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.