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.

References

• Collins, Bud. Lottie Dod – International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 30 October 2004.
• Pearson, Jeffrey (1988). Lottie Dod – Champion of Champions – Story of an Athlete. Wirral: Countyvise Limited. ISBN 0-907768-26-1 .