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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Walter Clopton Wingfield</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Wingfield.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Wingfield.jpg/220px-Wingfield.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Wingfield.jpg/330px-Wingfield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Wingfield.jpg/440px-Wingfield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1113" data-file-height="1533" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Wingfield from <i><a href="/wiki/Illustrated_Sporting_and_Dramatic_News" title="Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News">Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News</a></i> 1881</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Walter Clompton Wingfield</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1833-10-16</span>)</span>16 October 1833<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Ruabon" title="Ruabon">Ruabon</a>, Wales</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">18 April 1912<span style="display:none">(1912-04-18)</span> (aged 78)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Kensal_Green_Cemetery" title="Kensal Green Cemetery">Kensal Green Cemetery</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Major <b>Walter Clopton Wingfield</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Royal Victorian Order">MVO</a></span> (16 October 1833 – 18 April 1912) was a <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">Welsh</a> inventor and a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> officer who was one of the pioneers of <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">lawn tennis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-countrylife_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-countrylife-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Perris_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perris-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Tennis Hall of Fame">International Tennis Hall of Fame</a> in 1997 as the founder of modern lawn tennis, an example of the original equipment for the sport and a bust of Wingfield can be seen at the <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Lawn_Tennis_Museum" title="Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum">Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_early_life">Family and early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Clopton_Wingfield&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family and early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wingfield was born on 16 October 1833 in <a href="/wiki/Ruabon" title="Ruabon">Ruabon</a>, Denbighshire, Wales, the son of Clopton Lewis Wingfield, major in the <a href="/wiki/66th_(Berkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot">66th Foot Regiment</a>, and Jane Eliza, daughter of Sir John Mitchell KCB. His mother died in 1836 after the birth of her second child and his father died in 1846 of a bowel obstruction. Walter was brought up by his uncle and great uncle. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Rossall_School" title="Rossall School">Rossall School</a>, and in 1851 entered the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military College, Sandhurst">Royal Military College, Sandhurst</a>, on the second attempt through the influence of his great uncle who was a colonel. He was commissioned a <a href="/wiki/Cornet_(military_rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornet (military rank)">Cornet</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1st_Dragoon_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Dragoon Guards">1st Dragoon Guards</a> and served in India. In 1858 Wingfield became a captain and in 1860 he took part in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Opium_War" title="Second Opium War">campaign in China</a> and was present at the capture of Peking. He returned to England in 1861 and retired from the Dragoon Guards a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-gillmeister_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillmeister-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the decade he was based at his family estate, Rhysnant, <a href="/wiki/Four_Crosses,_Llandysilio" title="Four Crosses, Llandysilio">Four Crosses</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</a>, Wales, before moving into London in 1867. He was a <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">Justice of the Peace (JP)</a> for the county and served in the <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_Yeomanry" title="Montgomeryshire Yeomanry">Montgomeryshire Yeomanry</a>, joining as Lieutenant in 1864, appointed adjutant of the regiment in 1868, and promoted Major in 1874.<sup id="cite_ref-barrett_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barrett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1870 he was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Honourable_Corps_of_Gentlemen_at_Arms" title="Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms">Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms</a>, giving him some employment at the courts of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> and her son <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a>. He was invested by King Edward VII as a Member (fourth class) of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">Royal Victorian Order</a> (MVO) on 11 August 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired from the Corps in 1909. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawn_tennis">Lawn tennis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Clopton_Wingfield&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lawn tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawn_Tennis_rule_book_cover,_1874.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lawn_Tennis_rule_book_cover%2C_1874.jpg/200px-Lawn_Tennis_rule_book_cover%2C_1874.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lawn_Tennis_rule_book_cover%2C_1874.jpg/300px-Lawn_Tennis_rule_book_cover%2C_1874.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lawn_Tennis_rule_book_cover%2C_1874.jpg/400px-Lawn_Tennis_rule_book_cover%2C_1874.jpg 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="631" /></a><figcaption>Cover of the first edition of the book about Lawn Tennis by Walter Clopton Wingfield, published in February 1874.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawn_Tennis_Court_1874.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Lawn_Tennis_Court_1874.jpg/220px-Lawn_Tennis_Court_1874.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Lawn_Tennis_Court_1874.jpg/330px-Lawn_Tennis_Court_1874.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Lawn_Tennis_Court_1874.jpg/440px-Lawn_Tennis_Court_1874.jpg 2x" data-file-width="846" data-file-height="1366" /></a><figcaption>Lawn Tennis Court as designed by W. C. W.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the late 1860s Wingfield was one of the persons experimenting with a lawn version of tennis. <a href="/wiki/Vulcanization" title="Vulcanization">Vulcanised</a> bouncing rubber balls offered an opportunity to develop from the indoor game of <a href="/wiki/Real_tennis" title="Real tennis">real tennis</a> and there were many who had the leisure time to pursue the sport and who owned croquet lawns that could be adapted for it. The precise date that Wingfield brought it to the public is uncertain. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne">Lord Lansdowne</a> claimed that in 1869 Major Wingfield gave a demonstration of the game to him in the garden of his Berkeley Square house, although in that year Wingfield was not a major. Another attribution was to a party held at <a href="/wiki/Nantclwyd_Hall" title="Nantclwyd Hall">Nantclwyd Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, although that party actually took place in December. Nor was Wingfield the only exponent. At the same time, and in fact a little earlier, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Gem" title="Harry Gem">Harry Gem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Augurio_Perera" title="Augurio Perera">Augurio Perera</a> were demonstrating their game of <i>Pelota</i> in <a href="/wiki/Leamington_Spa" title="Leamington Spa">Leamington Spa</a>, just outside <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_Clopton_Wingfield_(1833%E2%80%931912)_with_bicycle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Walter_Clopton_Wingfield_%281833%E2%80%931912%29_with_bicycle.png/200px-Walter_Clopton_Wingfield_%281833%E2%80%931912%29_with_bicycle.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Walter_Clopton_Wingfield_%281833%E2%80%931912%29_with_bicycle.png/300px-Walter_Clopton_Wingfield_%281833%E2%80%931912%29_with_bicycle.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Walter_Clopton_Wingfield_%281833%E2%80%931912%29_with_bicycle.png 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="409" /></a><figcaption>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sketch" title="The Sketch">The Sketch</a></i>, 9 June 1897</figcaption></figure> <p>Wingfield however became notable for introducing the game in London when he patented a <i>New and Improved Court for Playing the Ancient Game of Tennis</i> and began marketing his game in the spring of 1874 selling boxed sets that included rubber balls imported from Germany as well as a net, poles, court markers, rackets and an instruction manual.<sup id="cite_ref-gillmeister_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillmeister-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sets were available from Wingfield's agent, French and Co. in <a href="/wiki/Pimlico" title="Pimlico">Pimlico</a> in London, and cost between five and ten guineas. In his version the game was played on an hour-glass shaped court and the net was higher (4 feet 8 inches). The service had to be made from a diamond-shaped box at one end only and the service had to bounce beyond the service line instead of in front of it. He adopted the <a href="/wiki/Rackets_(sport)" title="Rackets (sport)">Rackets</a>-based system of scoring where games consisted of 15 points (called "aces").<sup id="cite_ref-barrett_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barrett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to differentiate his game, he named it <i>Sphairistikè</i> (which was poor Greek using a feminine adjective meaning "pertaining to a ball game" without an appropriate noun.)<sup id="cite_ref-gillmeister_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillmeister-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between July 1874 and June 1875 1,050 tennis sets were sold, mainly to the aristocracy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tennis was becoming an important adjunct to <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club" title="Marylebone Cricket Club">Marylebone Cricket Club</a> (MCC); <a href="/wiki/Real_tennis" title="Real tennis">Real tennis</a> was (and still is) played at <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Cricket_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord's Cricket Ground">Lord's Cricket Ground</a>; lawn tennis was also briefly established at Lord's in the mid-1870s. In 1875 <a href="/wiki/John_Moyer_Heathcote" title="John Moyer Heathcote">John Moyer Heathcote</a> instigated a meeting at the MCC to establish a universal set of rules and Wingfield was invited to participate. Wingfield's hourglass court and scoring method were adopted and Wingfield considered his sport was now entrusted to the MCC. During this time he suffered personal tragedies including the developing mental illness of his wife and the death of his three young sons and he lost all interest in the game. In 1877 the <a href="/wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club" title="All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club">All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club</a> (AELTC) launched the <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon Championship</a> and prior to this, in cooperation with the MCC representatives, developed a new set of rules that excluded some of Wingfield's introductions.<sup id="cite_ref-gillmeister_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillmeister-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wingfield authored two tennis works: <i>The Book of the Game</i> (1873) and <i>The Major's Game of Lawn Tennis</i> (1874). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Clopton_Wingfield&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_Plaque_%27Major_Walton_Clopton_Wingfield%27_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194611.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Blue_Plaque_%27Major_Walton_Clopton_Wingfield%27_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194611.jpg/200px-Blue_Plaque_%27Major_Walton_Clopton_Wingfield%27_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194611.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Blue_Plaque_%27Major_Walton_Clopton_Wingfield%27_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194611.jpg/300px-Blue_Plaque_%27Major_Walton_Clopton_Wingfield%27_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194611.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Blue_Plaque_%27Major_Walton_Clopton_Wingfield%27_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194611.jpg/400px-Blue_Plaque_%27Major_Walton_Clopton_Wingfield%27_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1194611.jpg 2x" data-file-width="633" data-file-height="394" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Blue_plaque" title="Blue plaque">Blue plaque</a> with the inscription; 'Major Walter Clopton Wingfield' (1833-1912) Father of lawn tennis lived here, 33 <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Square" title="St George's Square">St George's Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pimlico,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Pimlico, London">Pimlico, London</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Wingfield became vice-president of "The Universal Cookery and Food Association". In around 1890 he founded a culinary society called "Le Cordon Rouge" which was intended to further the development of the science of cookery. At the same time, he was active again as an inventor and experimented with <a href="/wiki/Bicycle" title="Bicycle">bicycles</a>. He created a new type of bicycle which he called "The Butterfly" and developed a form of bicycling riding in unison by several riders to the tunes of martial music.<sup id="cite_ref-gillmeister_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillmeister-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 November 1902 <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a> made Wingfield a member (fourth class) of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">Royal Victorian Order</a> (MVO) for "extraordinary, important and personal services to the Sovereign and the Royal family." and for 32 years of faithful service. </p><p>Wingfield lived at 112 Belgrave Road, <a href="/wiki/Pimlico,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Pimlico, London">Pimlico, London</a> for a time and died at 33 St Georges Square, London (a <a href="/wiki/Blue_plaque" title="Blue plaque">Blue plaque</a> commemorates this)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the age of 78 and was buried in <a href="/wiki/Kensal_Green_Cemetery" title="Kensal Green Cemetery">Kensal Green Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gillmeister_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillmeister-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Tennis Hall of Fame">International Tennis Hall of Fame</a> in 1997 for his contribution to tennis.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wingfield Restaurant at the <a href="/wiki/All_England_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="All England Club">All England Club</a> is named in his honour.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Clopton_Wingfield&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wingfield married Alice Lydia Cleveland, daughter of a general, in Bangalore Madras India in 1858. They had three sons, Watkin Harold (1859-1876), Rowland Pehrhyn (1861-1882), and Walter Clopton (Tig) (1871-1886). All three died tragically young. Alice survived him by many years and died in the Wandsworth asylum in November 1934, aged 92, and buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-gillmeister_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillmeister-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Clopton_Wingfield&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-countrylife-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-countrylife_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tyzack, Anna,<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/culture/article/79487/The_True_Home_of_Tennis.html">The True Home of Tennis</a> <i>Country Life</i>, 22 June 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Perris-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Perris_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">J. 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London: Leicester University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/tennisculturalhi0000gill/page/174">174</a>–189. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0718501952" title="Special:BookSources/978-0718501952"><bdi>978-0718501952</bdi></a>. <q>Walter Clopton Wingfield tennis.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tennis+%3A+Cultural+History&rft.place=London&rft.pages=174-189&rft.edition=Repr.&rft.pub=Leicester+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0718501952&rft.aulast=Gillmeister&rft.aufirst=Heiner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ftennisculturalhi0000gill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-barrett-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-barrett_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-barrett_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarrett2010" class="citation book cs1">Barrett, John (2010). <i>The Original Rules of Tennis</i>. 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London. 12 August 1902. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Court+Circular&rft.issue=36844&rft.pages=p.-8&rft.date=1902-08-12&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette27467" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27467/page/5461">"No. 27467"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 22 August 1902. pp. 5461–5462.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+27467&rft.pages=5461-5462&rft.date=1902-08-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F27467%2Fpage%2F5461&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/History/Wingfield_the_Mysterious/">"Wingfield the Mysterious"</a>. USTA.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Wingfield+the+Mysterious&rft.pub=USTA&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usta.com%2FAbout-USTA%2FOrganization%2FHistory%2FWingfield_the_Mysterious%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirley1993" class="citation book cs1">Birley, Derek (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sportmakingofbri0000birl/page/313"><i>Sport and the Making of Britain</i></a>. Manchester: <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University_Press" title="Manchester University Press">Manchester University Press</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sportmakingofbri0000birl/page/313">313</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780719037597" title="Special:BookSources/9780719037597"><bdi>9780719037597</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sport+and+the+Making+of+Britain&rft.place=Manchester&rft.pages=313&rft.pub=Manchester+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=9780719037597&rft.aulast=Birley&rft.aufirst=Derek&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsportmakingofbri0000birl%2Fpage%2F313&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://openplaques.org/plaques/244">"Major Walter Clopton Wingfield 1833-1912 father of lawn tennis lived here"</a>. Open Plaques.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Major+Walter+Clopton+Wingfield+1833-1912+father+of+lawn+tennis+lived+here&rft.pub=Open+Plaques&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fopenplaques.org%2Fplaques%2F244&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/major-walter-clopton-wingfield">Major Walter Clopton Wingfield</a> International Tennis Hall of Fame</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150702223420/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/eating_and_drinking.html">"Eating and Drinking / Catering"</a>. <a href="/wiki/All_England_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="All England Club">All England Club</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/eating_and_drinking.html">the original</a> on 2 July 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Eating+and+Drinking+%2F+Catering&rft.pub=All+England+Club&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wimbledon.com%2Fen_GB%2Fatoz%2Feating_and_drinking.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Clopton_Wingfield&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_E_Alexander1986" class="citation book cs1">George E Alexander (1986). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wingfield00geor"><i>Wingfield : Edwardian Gentleman</i></a></span>. Peter Randall Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780914339144" title="Special:BookSources/9780914339144"><bdi>9780914339144</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/17698782">17698782</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wingfield+%3A+Edwardian+Gentleman&rft.pub=Peter+Randall+Publishing&rft.date=1986&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F17698782&rft.isbn=9780914339144&rft.au=George+E+Alexander&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwingfield00geor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Clopton+Wingfield" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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id="Members_of_the_International_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Members of the <a href="/wiki/International_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Tennis Hall of Fame">International Tennis Hall of Fame</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Master players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Alonso_Areizaga" title="Manuel Alonso Areizaga">Manuel Alonso Areizaga</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Anderson_(tennis)" title="James Anderson (tennis)">James Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mal_Anderson" title="Mal Anderson">Mal Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bunny_Austin" title="Bunny Austin">Bunny Austin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Baddeley" title="Wilfred Baddeley">Wilfred Baddeley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Borotra" title="Jean Borotra">Jean Borotra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Bromwich" title="John Bromwich">John Bromwich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Brookes" title="Norman Brookes">Norman Brookes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Brugnon" title="Jacques Brugnon">Jacques Brugnon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Clark_(tennis)" title="Clarence Clark (tennis)">Clarence Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henri_Cochet" title="Henri Cochet">Henri Cochet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Cooper_(tennis)" title="Ashley Cooper (tennis)">Ashley Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Courier" title="Jim Courier">Jim Courier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Crawford_(tennis)" title="Jack Crawford (tennis)">Jack Crawford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Owen_Davidson" title="Owen Davidson">Owen Davidson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sven_Davidson" title="Sven Davidson">Sven Davidson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Drobn%C3%BD" title="Jaroslav Drobný">Jaroslav Drobný</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neale_Fraser" title="Neale Fraser">Neale Fraser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Garland" title="Chuck Garland">Chuck Garland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Gimeno" title="Andrés Gimeno">Andrés Gimeno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Gore_(tennis)" title="Arthur Gore (tennis)">Arthur Gore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Grant" title="Bryan Grant">Bryan Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lew_Hoad" title="Lew Hoad">Lew Hoad</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hopman" title="Harry Hopman">Harry Hopman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hovey" title="Frederick Hovey">Frederick Hovey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karel_Ko%C5%BEeluh" title="Karel Koželuh">Karel Koželuh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lacoste" title="René Lacoste">René Lacoste</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Lawford" title="Herbert Lawford">Herbert Lawford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Mako" title="Gene Mako">Gene Mako</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_McGregor" title="Ken McGregor">Ken McGregor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindley_Murray" title="Robert Lindley Murray">Robert Lindley Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hans_N%C3%BCsslein" title="Hans Nüsslein">Hans Nüsslein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Olmedo" title="Alex Olmedo">Alex Olmedo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Orantes" title="Manuel Orantes">Manuel Orantes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Patterson" title="Gerald Patterson">Gerald Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Pell" title="Theodore Pell">Theodore Pell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Perry" title="Fred Perry">Fred Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Quist" title="Adrian Quist">Adrian Quist</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Renshaw" title="Ernest Renshaw">Ernest Renshaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Renshaw" title="William Renshaw">William Renshaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Rose" title="Mervyn Rose">Mervyn Rose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sedgman" title="Frank Sedgman">Frank Sedgman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pancho_Segura" title="Pancho Segura">Pancho Segura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gottfried_von_Cramm" title="Gottfried von Cramm">Gottfried von Cramm</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Wilding" title="Anthony Wilding">Anthony Wilding</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Alexander" title="Fred Alexander">Fred Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wilmer_Allison" title="Wilmer Allison">Wilmer Allison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Behr" title="Karl Behr">Karl Behr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_Budge" title="Don Budge">Don Budge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Campbell" title="Oliver Campbell">Oliver Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Greene_Chace" title="Malcolm Greene Chace">Malcolm Greene Chace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sill_Clark_Sr." title="Joseph Sill Clark Sr.">Joseph Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Clothier_(tennis)" title="William Clothier (tennis)">William Clothier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_F._Davis" title="Dwight F. Davis">Dwight F. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Doeg" title="John Doeg">John Doeg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Doherty" title="Laurence Doherty">Laurence Doherty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Doherty" title="Reginald Doherty">Reginald Doherty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Dwight" title="James Dwight">James Dwight</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Falkenburg" title="Bob Falkenburg">Bob Falkenburg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pancho_Gonzales" title="Pancho Gonzales">Pancho Gonzales</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Hackett" title="Harold Hackett">Harold Hackett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hunt" title="Joe Hunt">Joe Hunt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Hunter" title="Francis Hunter">Francis Hunter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Johnston_(tennis)" title="Bill Johnston (tennis)">Bill Johnston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kramer" title="Jack Kramer">Jack Kramer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Larned" title="William Larned">William Larned</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Art_Larsen" title="Art Larsen">Art Larsen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Lott" title="George Lott">George Lott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_McLoughlin" title="Maurice McLoughlin">Maurice McLoughlin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Parker_(tennis)" title="Frank Parker (tennis)">Frank Parker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Richards" title="Vincent Richards">Vincent Richards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Riggs" title="Bobby Riggs">Bobby Riggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Schroeder" title="Ted Schroeder">Ted Schroeder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Sears_(tennis)" title="Richard Sears (tennis)">Richard Sears</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Shields" title="Frank Shields">Frank Shields</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Slocum_(tennis)" title="Henry Slocum (tennis)">Henry Slocum</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Talbert" title="Bill Talbert">Bill Talbert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Tilden" title="Bill Tilden">Bill Tilden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Ryn" title="John Van Ryn">John Van Ryn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Vines" title="Ellsworth Vines">Ellsworth Vines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Holcombe_Ward" title="Holcombe Ward">Holcombe Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Watson_Washburn" title="Watson Washburn">Watson Washburn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Whitman" title="Malcolm Whitman">Malcolm Whitman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/R._Norris_Williams" title="R. Norris Williams">R. Norris Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wood" title="Sidney Wood">Sidney Wood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wrenn" title="Robert Wrenn">Robert Wrenn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Beals_Wright" title="Beals Wright">Beals Wright</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recent players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andre_Agassi" title="Andre Agassi">Andre Agassi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ashe" title="Arthur Ashe">Arthur Ashe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Becker" title="Boris Becker">Boris Becker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg" title="Björn Borg">Björn Borg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Chang" title="Michael Chang">Michael Chang</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Connors" title="Jimmy Connors">Jimmy Connors</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Draney" title="Rick Draney">Rick Draney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Edberg" title="Stefan Edberg">Stefan Edberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Emerson" title="Roy Emerson">Roy Emerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Hall_(Australian_tennis)" title="David Hall (Australian tennis)">David Hall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lleyton_Hewitt" title="Lleyton Hewitt">Lleyton Hewitt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Kafelnikov" title="Yevgeny Kafelnikov">Yevgeny Kafelnikov</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Kode%C5%A1" title="Jan Kodeš">Jan Kodeš</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Kuerten" title="Gustavo Kuerten">Gustavo Kuerten</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goran_Ivani%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Goran Ivanišević">Goran Ivanišević</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Laver" title="Rod Laver">Rod Laver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Lendl" title="Ivan Lendl">Ivan Lendl</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_McEnroe" title="John McEnroe">John McEnroe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_McKinley" title="Chuck McKinley">Chuck McKinley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frew_McMillan" title="Frew McMillan">Frew McMillan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_McNeill_(tennis)" title="Don McNeill (tennis)">Don McNeill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gardnar_Mulloy" title="Gardnar Mulloy">Gardnar Mulloy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ilie_N%C4%83stase" title="Ilie Năstase">Ilie Năstase</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Newcombe" title="John Newcombe">John Newcombe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yannick_Noah" title="Yannick Noah">Yannick Noah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Osuna" title="Rafael Osuna">Rafael Osuna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Budge_Patty" title="Budge Patty">Budge Patty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Pietrangeli" title="Nicola Pietrangeli">Nicola Pietrangeli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Rafter" title="Pat Rafter">Pat Rafter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Ralston" title="Dennis Ralston">Dennis Ralston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Roche" title="Tony Roche">Tony Roche</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Roddick" title="Andy Roddick">Andy Roddick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Rosewall" title="Ken Rosewall">Ken Rosewall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marat_Safin" title="Marat Safin">Marat Safin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sampras" title="Pete Sampras">Pete Sampras</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Santana" title="Manuel Santana">Manuel Santana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Savitt" title="Dick Savitt">Dick Savitt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vic_Seixas" title="Vic Seixas">Vic Seixas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Smith" title="Stan Smith">Stan Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Snow" title="Randy Snow">Randy Snow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Stich" title="Michael Stich">Michael Stich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Stolle" title="Fred Stolle">Fred Stolle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Trabert" title="Tony Trabert">Tony Trabert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Vilas" title="Guillermo Vilas">Guillermo Vilas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mats_Wilander" title="Mats Wilander">Mats Wilander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Woodbridge" title="Todd Woodbridge">Todd Woodbridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Woodforde" title="Mark Woodforde">Mark Woodforde</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Court tennis players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Etchebaster" title="Pierre Etchebaster">Pierre Etchebaster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Pettitt" title="Tom Pettitt">Tom Pettitt</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Master players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daphne_Akhurst" title="Daphne Akhurst">Daphne Akhurst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blanche_Bingley" title="Blanche Bingley">Blanche Bingley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Cheney" title="Dorothy Cheney">Dorothy Bundy Cheney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Cooper_(tennis)" title="Charlotte Cooper (tennis)">Charlotte Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thelma_Coyne_Long" title="Thelma Coyne Long">Thelma Coyne Long</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_D%C3%BCrr" title="Françoise Dürr">Françoise Dürr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marion_Jones_Farquhar" title="Marion Jones Farquhar">Marion Jones Farquhar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hilde_Krahwinkel_Sperling" title="Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling">Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Lenglen" title="Suzanne Lenglen">Suzanne Lenglen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simonne_Mathieu" title="Simonne Mathieu">Simonne Mathieu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_McKane_Godfree" title="Kathleen McKane Godfree">Kathleen McKane Godfree</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Moore" title="Elisabeth Moore">Elisabeth Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Mortimer" title="Angela Mortimer">Angela Mortimer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Betty_Nuthall" title="Betty Nuthall">Betty Nuthall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Richey" title="Nancy Richey">Nancy Richey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Roosevelt" title="Ellen Roosevelt">Ellen Roosevelt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Round" title="Dorothy Round">Dorothy Round</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Ryan" title="Elizabeth Ryan">Elizabeth Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Scriven" title="Margaret Scriven">Margaret Scriven</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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