Harry Sibthorpe Barlow

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Barlow (1890)

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

  1. ↑ Harry Sibthorpe Barlow. tennisarchives.com, accessed on October 1, 2012 (English).
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ a b Myers, A. W: Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's Sons, New York 1903, p. 13 ff. ( Online )
  4. ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 415
  5. ↑ Collins (2010), p. 435
personal data
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