Neville Willford

Neville Willford
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
Born 1882[1]
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Died 1947 (aged 64)[2]
Sussex, United Kingdom
Turned pro 1905 (amateur tour)
Retired 1927
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon QF (1920)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (1912, 1914)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1914, 1920)

Neville Willford (1882–1947) was a British tennis player in the years before and after World war 1. His best performance in Wimbledon men's singles was a quarter final in 1920 (where he lost to Zenzo Shimizu). At Wimbledon in 1924, Willford won a set against eventual champion Jean Borotra in the men's singles first round.[3] Willford's Wimbledon singles career spanned the years from 1912 to 1926. Willford died in Sussex in 1947 aged 64.[2]

References

  1. "FreeBMD Entry Information (Birth)". Freebmd.org.uk.
  2. 1 2 "FreeBMD Entry Information (Death)". Freebmd.org.uk.
  3. "WIMBLEDON 1924". tennis.co.nf. Retrieved September 5, 2017.


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