Brame Hillyard

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Brame Hillyard
Singles

Country	United Kingdom
Born	1876 Darlington, Durham, England
Died	18 June 1959 (aged 83) Tonbridge, Kent, England
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	2R (1927)
Wimbledon	QF (1903)
Other tournaments
WHCC	4R (1923)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1900, 1904)

Brame Hillyard (1876 – 18 June 1959) was a British tennis player. He was born in Darlington, England and died in Tonbridge, England.

Hillyard is notable for being the first tennis player to appear at Wimbledon wearing shorts rather than trousers.^[1] He did so in 1930 on Court 10. Bunny Austin, three years later, was the first male player to do so on Centre Court.^[1] Hillyard reached the quarter-finals of the event in 1903.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Wimbledon - A potted history

Persondata
Name	Hillyard, Brame
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	1876
Place of birth
Date of death	June 18, 1959
Place of death

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