Herbert Roper Barrett

Herbert Roper Barrett medal table
Tennis player
United Kingdom
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1908 London	Double (hall)
silver	1912 Stockholm	Mixed (hall)

Herbert Roper Barrett (born November 24, 1873 in Upton , Kent , † July 27, 1943 in Horsham , West Sussex ) was a British tennis player . Although he was able to win several singles titles and was twice in the Wimbledon singles final (1908 and 1911), he was a doubles specialist . With Arthur Gore he formed one of the most successful doubles of their era at the beginning of the 20th century, they won Olympic gold in indoor competition in 1908 and were Wimbledon champion and English indoor champion in 1909. At the Olympic Games in 1912 , Barret failed to defend the indoor title in the semifinals and finished fourth , but won the silver medal in the indoor mixed competition with Helen Aitchison .

Barrett was able to celebrate his first major successes in 1900 after a few smaller titles - so in 1898 the first of a total of 17 Suffolk championships; he won the Open Belgian Championships in individual for the first of four consecutive years, was with Clarence Hobart in his first Wimbledon doubles final and formed with Ernest Black , the British double in the first staging of the Davis Cup . In 1903 he was part of the Davis Cup team that was the first to win the Davis Cup for the United Kingdom. Barrett played repeatedly in the Davis Cup until 1919 and was captain of the British team in the 1930s, which he was able to lead to four cup wins.

Barrett's most successful time, however, he had in doubles with Arthur Gore and later with Charles Dixon ; he stood with both in three consecutive years in the final of Wimbledon (1908-1910 with Gore and 1912-1914 with Dixon) and won three of them (1909, 1912 and 1913), with Gore he also won the Olympic double competition in the Hall 1908.

Barrett was also a good football player, playing for one of the best non-league teams , Corinthian FC , at the turn of the century . After playing, Barrett was President of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and Chief Commoner of the City of London in the 1920s .

At the Suffolk Championships in Saxmundham he holds the all-time records for the most individual titles in a tournament (17), the most titles in a row (14) and the most reached finals (18).

Double title

No.	year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1908	Olympic games	Arthur Gore	George Caridia George Miéville Simond	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
2.	1909	Wimbledon Championships	Arthur Gore	Stanley Doust Harry Parker	6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 4
3.	1912	Wimbledon Championships	Charles Dixon	Max Décugis André Gobert	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 5
4th	1913	Wimbledon Championships	Charles Dixon	Heinrich Kleinschroth Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6: 2, 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2

Sources and web links

• B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 707.
• Herbert Roper Barrett in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Britons Win Tennis Cup; Americans Fail to Win a Single Match of Those Played. Doherty Brothers Successful in Their Attempt to Take the Davis Trophy to England. In: New York Times . August 9, 1903, p. 1.
2. ↑ Britain Admits It Seeks to Keep Perry and Austin in Amateur Tennis Ranks; Barrett Defends British Net Booth. In: New York Times. January 17, 1935, p. 17.