page_title: Louisa Martin
section_title: Grand Slam finals
hierarchical_section_title: Louisa Martin / Grand Slam finals
caption_attribution_description: English: Irish tennis player Louisa "Mollie" Martin (1865-1941), playing at a tournament at Bath, Somerset, UK in 1885.
context_page_description: Mary Louisa "Mollie" Martin was a tennis player from Ireland. She was considered the leading Irish female player of her time.
  Martin started playing tennis in 1885 and early on was successful at the tournaments in Bath and Buxton. In 1898 she entered the Wimbledon Championships for the first time and, after two wins and two byes, reached the All-comers' final, but was beaten in two sets by Charlotte Cooper. She did not play Wimbledon in 1899 but the following year, 1900, she again reached the All-comer's final to face Cooper and was again defeated but managed to win the second set. Her third and final entry at Wimbledon, in 1901, also ended with a loss in the All-comers' final against Cooper, now playing under her married name Charlotte Sterry.
  Martin won nine singles titles at the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships between 1889 and 1903 and was a runner-up three times. She won six singles titles at the Northern Championships which was then held alternately in Liverpool and Manchester.
  With Sydney H. Smith she won two All England Championships mixed doubles titles.
  She was a member of the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, who staged the Irish Championships.
caption: Martin at the Bath tournament in 1885
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