Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
Harold "Harry" Sibthorpe Barlow (born April 5, 1860 in London , † July 16, 1917 there ) was an English tennis player.
Barlow participated in tennis tournaments from 1883 to 1900. At the Wimbledon Championships in 1889 he reached the final of the All-Comers competition, but lost there to William Renshaw after he had awarded four match points. The following year he lost the All-Comers final again , this time against Willoughby Hamilton . In 1892 he won the double competition at the side of Ernest Lewis . Barlow's strategy was serve and volley .
Barlow died in Kennington, London in 1917 at the age of 57 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Sibthorpe Barlow. tennisarchives.com, accessed on October 1, 2012 (English).
- ↑ According to the tournament mode at that time, the winner of the All-Comers final had to compete against the previous year's winner in order to win the tournament.
- ↑ a b Myers, A. W: Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's Sons, New York 1903, p. 13 ff. ( Online )
- ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 415
- ↑ Collins (2010), p. 435
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SURNAME | Barlow, Harry Sibthorpe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barlow, Harry; Barlow, Harry S. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1860 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1917 |
Place of death | London |