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Herbert Baddeley

Herbert Baddeley (left) with twin brother Wilfred Baddeley (right)
Country (sports)	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born	(1872-01-11)11 January 1872 Bromley, England
Died	20 July 1931(1931-07-20) (aged 59) Cannes, France
Turned pro	1887 (amateur tour)
Retired	1897
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	SF (1894, 1895, 1896)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1891, 1894, 1895, 1896)

Herbert Baddeley (11 January 1872 – 20 July 1931) was a British male tennis player 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 before handing a walkover to his brother. In 1896 he beat William Larned before losing to Wilberforce Eaves. In 1891 and 1894–1896 he and his twin brother Wilfred won the Wimbledon doubles championship four times. When Wilfred was beaten in the 1896 singles Challenge Round by Harold Mahony, 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. His daughter Violet Baddeley twice reached the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1922 and 1927.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1891	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	Joshua Pim Frank Stoker	6–1, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	1892	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	Ernest Lewis Harry S. Barlow	6–4, 2–6, 6–8, 4–6
Win	1894	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	Harry S. Barlow Charles Martin	5–7, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 8–6
Win	1895	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	Ernest Lewis Herbert Wilberforce	8–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	1896	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	Reginald Doherty Harold Nisbet	1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	1897	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilfred Baddeley	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty	4–6, 6–4, 6–8, 4–6

References

1. ^ "Wimbledon player profile – Herbert Baddeley". AELTC.
2. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0942257700.
3. "Badminton". Pall Mall Gazette. 11 March 1922. Retrieved 4 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
4. "Badminton, Progress of All England Championships". Western Morning News. 5 March 1927. Retrieved 4 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.

• English male tennis players
• British male tennis players
• English male badminton players
• 19th-century male tennis players
• Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
• Tennis players from the London Borough of Bromley
• English businesspeople
• People from Bromley
• English twins
• 19th-century English sportsmen
• 1872 births
• 1931 deaths
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles