Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers

Dorothea Lambert Chambers, born Dorothea Katherine Douglass on 3 September 1878, was a British tennis player who dominated the women's game in the years before the First World War. She won seven Wimbledon women's singles titles, a figure that stood out in her era, and she also took the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. She is often listed under her married name and appears in sources both as Dorothea Douglass and as Mrs Lambert Chambers, reflecting how women players were named at the time. She died on 7 January 1960. Her seven Wimbledon singles titles and her Olympic gold place her among the foundation figures of women's tennis in Britain.