Herbert Baddeley (11 January 1872 – 20 July 1931) was a British male
tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...
and the younger of the Baddeley twins.
Herbert reached the singles semi finals at Wimbledon three times. In 1894 he beat
Harry S. Barlow before losing to
Ernest Lewis.
In 1895 he beat
Reginald Doherty
Reginald "Reggie" or "R. F." Frank Doherty (14 October 1872 – 29 December 1910) was a British tennis player and the older brother of tennis player Laurence Doherty. He was known in the tennis world as "R.F." rather than "Reggie". before handing a walkover to his brother.
In 1896 he beat
William Larned
William Augustus Larned (December 30, 1872 – December 16, 1926) was an American tennis player who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. He won seven singles titles at the U.S. National Championships.
Biography
Larned was born ...
before losing to
Wilberforce Eaves
Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves MBE (10 December 1867 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom. At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles tournament.
Biography
Eaves was born in ...
.
In 1891 and 1894–1896 he and his twin brother
Wilfred won the
Wimbledon
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doubles championship four times.
When Wilfred was beaten in the 1896 singles Challenge Round by
Harold Mahony
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, 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
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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. His daughter
Violet Baddeley
Violet Maude Baddeley married name Violet Engelbach (1902-1989) was an English international badminton player.
Badminton career
Baddeley twice reached the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships. In 1922 she reached the final partne ...
twice reached the final of the
All England Open Badminton Championships
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in 1922 and 1927.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
References
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English male tennis players
English male badminton players
19th-century male tennis players
Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
Tennis people from Greater London
English businesspeople
People from Bromley
Twin sportspeople
English twins
19th-century English people
1872 births
1931 deaths
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
British male tennis players