Herbert Roper Barrett
Full name | Herbert Roper Barrett |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Born | Upton, Essex, England | 24 November 1873
Died | 27 July 1943 Horsham, Sussex, England | (aged 69)
Singles | |
Career record | 332–58 (85.13%)[1] |
Career titles | 51[2][3] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | F (1908AC, 1909AC, 1911Ch) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1909, 1912, 1913) |
Medal record |
Herbert Roper Barrett, KC (24 November 1873 – 27 July 1943) was a tennis player from Great Britain.[4]
Biography
Barrett was born on 24 November 1873 in Upton, Essex.
At the
He played his first Wimbledon singles' competition in 1898, reaching the second round in which he lost to eventual finalist
He participated in the first Davis Cup in 1900 and was the non-playing captain of the winning British Davis Cup team in 1933.
His most successful tournament wins were at the Suffolk Championships at Saxmundham which he won 17 times between 1898 and 1921, he reached 18 finals there and won the tournament 14 consecutive times between 1904 and 1921 all three values are all-time records at a single tournament.[9] He won the Essex Championships 13 times (1897-1898, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912), and also won the East of England Championships 6 times (1897-1899, 1901-1902, 1910). He died on 27 July 1943.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (2 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1908 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Arthur Gore | 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 1911 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Anthony Wilding | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 2–6 ret. |
Doubles (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1908 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Arthur Gore | 1–6, 2–6, 1–6, 7–9 | |
Win | 1909 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Arthur Gore | Stanley Doust Harry Parker |
6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 1910 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Arthur Gore | Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding |
1–6, 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1912 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Charles P. Dixon | Max Decugis André Gobert |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 1913 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Charles P. Dixon | Heinrich Kleinschroth Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe |
6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1914 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | Charles P. Dixon | Norman Brookes Anthony Wilding |
1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–8 |
References
- ^ "Record: WINS HIGHEST % (AT LEAST 250 MATCHES)". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Herbert Roper Barrett: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ "Herbert Roper-Barrett player profile". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Herbert Roper Barrett". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "London 1908". ITF. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Herbert Roper Barrett Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ AELTC.
- ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "Roper Barrett-Biography". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
External links
- Herbert Roper Barrett at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Herbert Roper Barrett at the International Tennis Federation
- Herbert Roper Barrett at the Davis Cup
- Roper Barrett at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Herbert Roper BARRETT at Olympics.com
- Olympics.org medals overview [dead link]
- Times Obituary