Nell Robinson - Telegraph Her last appearance at Wimbledon was in 1972, and on October 7 that year she married Christopher Robinson, a partner at the leading London law firm Norton Rose. She happily swapped her professional tennis career for full-time motherhood, and by the time of the 1973 Wimbledon Championships she was expecting the first of her four children. Frances Ellen Truman (always known as Nell) was born on December 12 1945 at Loughton, Essex. Her father, Stanley, was a senior partner at a London accountancy firm , and she was the youngest of six children, most of whom would excel at tennis: Elizabeth became captain of Lancashire; Humphrey represented England at both tennis and squash, played at several Wimbledons and was RAF tennis champion; Isabel competed at Junior Wimbledon; and Christine, of course, became a Wimbledon finalist and, in 1959, French Open champion. Nell was brought up at Woodford Green in Essex and educated at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, near Reading, and at St Anne's College, Oxford, where she read Geography and was awarded Blues for tennis and squash. As captain of the university's ladies" team, she was considered the equal of any man on the Oxford courts. At that time it was unusual for a female undergraduate to compete at any sport at the highest level, and Nell, not wishing to advertise her sporting prowess, often resorted to jogging very early in the morning to avoid being seen taking exercise. After starting her married life in London, Nell and her husband moved to north Essex, where they lived for the rest of their married life. She was a governor of Dame Bradbury's School, Saffron Walden, serving as chairman for six years, and ladies" captain of Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club in 2007. She enjoyed skiing and bridge, and was a devoted and creative gardener. Nell Truman had suffered a series of strokes, and died at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge. She is survived by her husband and by their son and three daughters. Nell Robinson, born December 12 1945, died April 8 2012