Wilfred Baddeley

Baddeley (before 1903)

Wilfred Baddeley (born January 11, 1872 in Bromley , England , † January 24, 1929 in Menton , France ) was a British tennis player.

Career

Baddeley won three men's singles at Wimbledon at the end of the 19th century . When he first won the final over Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves in 1891, he was only 19 years, 5 months and 20 days old. It was not until 1985 that Boris Becker replaced him at the age of 17 years and 225 days as the youngest Wimbledon winner of all time. In 1892 he won the final against Joshua Pim , in 1895 he was able to triumph over Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves. In 1890 he lost in the final against Willoughby James Hamilton . In 1897 he last appeared at Wimbledon.

Together with his younger twin brother Herbert Baddeley , he formed the most successful double of the 1890s. The Wimbledon tournament alone both won four times during this period.

From 1913 to 1919 Baddeley was President of the Badminton Association of England .

title

singles

No.	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
1.	1888	East Grinstead	William John Down	7: 5, 6: 3
2.	1890	Sussex Championships	Horace Chapman	6: 4, 6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 5
3.	1891	Wimbledon Championships	Joshua Pim	6: 4, 1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0
4th	1892	Wimbledon Championships	Joshua Pim	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 2
5.	1893	South of England Championships	Harry Barlow	7: 5, 6: 0, 6: 1
6th	1894	Northern Association Championships	Joshua Pim	4: 6, 11: 9, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
7th	1895	Northern Association Championships	Herbert Baddeley	6: 8, 6: 2, 6: 4, 1: 0 r.
8th.	1895	Wimbledon Championships	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	4: 6, 2: 6, 8: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
9.	1895	South of England Championships	George Whiteside Hillyard	6: 3, 7: 9, 7: 5 r.
10.	1896	Sussex Championships	Reginald Doherty	6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 3
11.	1896	Irish championships	Harold Mahony	6: 1, 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3

Double

No.	year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1891	Wimbledon Championships	Herbert Baddeley	Joshua Pim Francis Owen Stoker	6: 1, 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2
2.	1894	Wimbledon Championships	Herbert Baddeley	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow Charles Martin	5: 7, 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3, 8: 6
3.	1895	Wimbledon Championships	Herbert Baddeley	Ernest Lewis Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	8: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
4th	1896	Wimbledon Championships	Herbert Baddeley	Reginald Doherty Harold Adair Nisbet	1: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 1
5.	1896	Irish championships	Herbert Baddeley
6th	1897	Irish championships	Herbert Baddeley

literature

• L. Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 0-900424-71-0 , p. 194

Web links

Commons : Wilfred Baddeley  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wilfred Baddeley. tennisarchives.com, accessed on January 5, 2016 (English). 
• Wilfred Baddeley in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)

Individual evidence

1. ^ AF Engelbach. (No longer available online.) Badmintonengland.co.uk, archived from the original on August 15, 2012 ; accessed on November 16, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.