          charlotte cooper sterry (nÃ©e charlotte reinagle cooper, 22 september 1870 &ndash; 10 october 1966) was an english female tennis player who won five singles titles at the wimbledon championships and in 1900 became the first female olympic champion. ==early life and career== thumb|260px|charlotte cooper sterry vs blanche bingley hillyard at eastbourne charlotte cooper was born on 22 september 1870 at waldham lodge, ealing, middlesex, england, the youngest daughter of henry cooper, a miller, and his wife teresa georgiana miller. she learned to play tennis at the ealing lawn tennis club where she was first coached by h. lawrence and later by charles martin and harold mahony.{{efn|n
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