Robson won the title at the age of 14 years and 166 days. She was the youngest player in the girls’ singles competition

The youngest-ever winner is Martina Hingis, who triumphed in 1994 almost three months before her 14th birthday

Robson met Hingis and her mother in Switzerland two years ago: ‘I remember her mum was really professional and you got there half an hour before practice. That helped a lot, because I started to realise what I needed to do to become better’

Robson was born in Melbourne, Australia, then lived in Singapore for four years until moving to the UK with her family when she was six. Because of her commitments to training, she is educated at home by a tutor

Her father works for Shell and her mother is a former professional basketball player. Both are Australian

Her brother is a professional swimmer. One cousin has represented Australia in kayaking, and another plays hockey for the country

Many players like to rent a house in Wimbledon for the duration of the tournament, for the convenience of access to the All England club. This is not a concern for Robson, who lives within a five-minute walk of the venue

As a Wimbledon finalist, she has been invited to the champions’ ball tonight. Asked what she would wear, she said, ‘I’m looking for something a bit simple. Last year Jelena Jankovic wore a bright pink dress. I don’t think I’ll be going down that route. I'm quite a big Abercrombie fan, because when I go to America I stock up on that a lot’

Robson said she wanted to attend the champions’ dinner with Marat Safin, pictured below, but revealed that she had received a letter from the Russian’s agent in which he said he would not be able to attend. At 28, he was probably a bit too old for her anyway

Unlike her semi-final opponent, Slovakian Romana Tabakova, she does not resort to grunting: ‘I don’t think I’ll ever do it, because when people do do it, it is off-putting and they do it on purpose. I didn’t really want to get into that’

Robson was left stunned when Tabakova played an underarm serve during their match

Before Wimbledon, the biggest crowd she had played in front of was at an under14 tournament in France this year. About 2,000 people watched that day, but after yesterday’s final she admitted that she had loved every minute of her experience playing before a packed crowd on Court One

Despite her success at Wimbledon, she cannot play in the US Open juniors’ competition in August. The Women's Tennis Association has imposed a quota on the number of tournaments that juniors can play, to prevent burnout. She will have used up her quota by then. She will, however, be able to compete in the Australian Open juniors’ tournament in January

Robson had already beaten the No 1 seed in the girls’ tournament. On Tuesday she defeated 16-year-old Melanie Oudin in straight sets, less than a fortnight after losing to the talented American at a Roehampton junior tournament. Previous Wimbledon junior finalists who have gone on to greater things include Martina Navratilova, Ana Ivanovic, Amelie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Tracy Austin and Hingis

Robson began Wimbledon as the world’s 36th-ranked junior player. Her opponent yesterday, 16-year-old third seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, of Thailand, is ranked No 6 After her victory yesterday, Robson has been slashed to odds of 6-1 to be crowned Wimbledon ladies’ champion before 2020. Ladbrokes quote her at 33-1 to win the title before her 20th birthday and 5-1 to do so at any time

She has reached four finals in 12 events this year

Only Sharapova of last year's world top 10 had achieved a higher junior ranking than Robson’s at the age of 13

Before Wimbledon, Robson had won 27 matches this season and lost nine

Victory in the girls’ singles has guaranteed her a wild card entry into the main women’s draw in 2009

The 5ft 7in left-hander is being guided by Dutch coach Martijn Bok, Belgian coach Carl Maes and Neil Sears, the father of Andy Murray’s girlfriend, Kim

Robson’s hobbies include horse-riding, cooking and learning to play The Simpsons theme tune on the saxophone