Lottie Dod

Charlotte "Lottie" Dod (24 September 1871–27 June 1960) was a British athlete best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Championships five times, the first when she was only fifteen, in the summer of 1887. She remains the youngest player to win the women's singles tournament, though Martina Hingis was three days younger when she won the women's doubles title in 1997.

Later life

In 1913, Willy and Lottie moved to a new house in Bideford (Tony had married in the meantime). When World War I broke out, Willy enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers, while his sister worked for the Red Cross in a military hospital in Speen.

Related Topics:
Bideford - World War I - Royal Fusiliers - Red Cross - Speen

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Dod wanted to be transferred to the war zones in France but was hampered by sciatica and never served as a nurse outside England. She did receive a Service Medal by the Red Cross for serving more than 1,000 hours during the war.

Related Topics:
France - Sciatica

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She then lived in London and Devon, and she never failed to attend the Wimbledon Championships until she was in her late eighties. After her brother Willy died in 1954, she lived in several nursing homes on the English south coast, eventually settling at the Birchy Hill Nursing Home in Sway. There she died at age 88, passing away while listening to the Wimbledon radio broadcasts in bed.

Related Topics:
London - Devon - 1954 - Sway

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Dod was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983.

Related Topics:
International Tennis Hall of Fame - 1983

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