Herbert Roper Barrett

Herbert Barrett
Full name Herbert Roper Barrett
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
Born (1873-11-24)24 November 1873
Upton, Essex, England
Died 27 July 1943(1943-07-27) (aged 69)
Horsham, West Sussex, England
Singles
Career record 332–58 (85.13%) [1]
Career titles 61[2][3]
Highest ranking No. 4 (1911, Karoly Mazak)[4]
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
Men's Tennis
1908 London Indoor doubles
1912 Stockholm Indoor mixed doubles

Herbert Roper Barrett, KC (24 November 1873 – 27 July 1943) was a tennis player from Great Britain.

Biography

Roper Barrett with C.P. Dixon in the 1913 Davis Cup

Barrett was born on 24 November 1873 in Upton, Essex.

At the London Olympics in 1908 Barrett won a gold medal in the men's indoor doubles event with Arthur Gore.[5][6] They also won the doubles in Wimbledon in 1909. In 1912 and 1913 he won the Wimbledon doubles title with Charles Dixon.

He played his first Wimbledon singles' competition in 1898, reaching the second round in which he lost to eventual finalist Laurence Doherty. In 1908 he reached the All comers final, beating Anthony Wilding and Major Ritchie before losing in five sets to Arthur Gore.[7] In 1909 he beat James Cecil Parke and Friedrich Rahe before losing to Ritchie in the all comers final. He achieved his best Wimbledon singles result in 1911 when he beat Parke and Gordon Lowe before winning the All-Comers final against compatriot Charles P. Dixon. In the Challenge Round against Anthony Wilding from New Zealand, Roper Barrett had to retire at the start of the fifth set.[8] Over the following years he would make regular appearances at Wimbledon until his final participation in 1921.[9]

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.[10] And he won the Essex Championships 13 times starting in 1897 to 1898, 1899, 1901 to 1906), 1908 to 1910 and ending in 1912.

He died on 27 July 1943.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up1908Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up1911Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Anthony Wilding4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 2–6 ret.

Doubles (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up1908Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur GoreUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie
Australia Anthony Wilding		1–6, 2–6, 1–6, 7–9
Winner1909Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur GoreAustralia Stanley Doust
New Zealand Harry Parker		6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up1910Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur GoreUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie
Australia Anthony Wilding		1–6, 1–6, 2–6
Winner1912Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles P. DixonFrance Max Decugis
France Andre Gobert		3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Winner1913Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles P. DixonGermany Heinrich Kleinschroth
Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe		6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up1914Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles P. DixonAustralia Norman Brookes
Australia Anthony Wilding		1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–8

References

  1. ↑ "Record: WINS HIGHEST % (AT LEAST 250 MATCHES)". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Herbert Roper Barrett: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Herbert Roper-Barrett player profile". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 39.
  5. ↑ "London 1908". ITF. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Herbert Roper Barrett Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Wimbledon 1908". www.tennis.co.nf.
  8. ↑ "Wimbledon 1911". www.tennis.co.nf.
  9. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  10. ↑ "Roper Barrett-Biography". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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