Herbert Baddeley

Herbert Baddeley

Herbert Baddeley (left) with twin brother Wilfred Baddeley (right)
Country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born 11 January 1872
Bromley, England
Died 20 July 1931 (aged 59)
Cannes, France
Turned pro 1887 (amateur tour)
Retired 1897
Singles
Highest ranking No. 5 (1896, Karoly Mazak)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon SF (1894, 1895, 1896)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon W (1891, 1894, 1895, 1896)

Herbert Baddeley (born 11 January 1872 in Bromley – 20 July 1931 in Cannes, France) was a British male tennis player and the younger of the Baddeley twins.

In 1891 and 1894–1896 he and his twin brother Wilfred won the Wimbledon doubles championship four times.[2] When Wilfred was beaten in the 1896 singles Challenge Round by Harold Mahoney, they both retired from lawn tennis to concentrate on their law career.

In February 1895 the brothers qualified in London as solicitors. They joined their uncle and father Thomas and E. P. Baddeley in Leadenhall Street at the family firm, founded by their great grandfather in 1790. The brothers remained partners in the firm until 1919, when they retired leaving their cousin, Cyril Baddeley, to carry on in the family name.

Grand Slam doubles finals (6)

Wins (4)

Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
1891 Wimbledon United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley United Kingdom Joshua Pim
United Kingdom Frank Stoker
6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
1894 Wimbledon United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow
United Kingdom Charles Martin
5–7, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 8–6
1895 Wimbledon United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley United Kingdom Ernest Lewis
United Kingdom Herbert Wilberforce
8–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1896 Wimbledon United Kingdom} Wilfred Baddeley United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
United Kingdom Harold Nisbet
1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1

Runner-ups (2)

Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
1892 Wimbledon United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley United Kingdom Ernest Lewis
United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow
6–4, 2–6, 6–8, 4–6
1897 Wimbledon United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
United Kingdom Lawrence Doherty
4–6, 6–4, 6–8, 4–6

References

  1. Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 24.
  2. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed. ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0942257700.