George Whiteside Hillyard was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom.
20 Facts About George Hillyard
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George Hillyard's father had been a police officer at Welwyn, Hertfordshire by 1840 and later worked in the Nottingham County Jail before becoming superintendent at the Central London District School in West London in 1861.
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In 1877, George senior sent his 13-year-old son to the Royal Navy.
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George Hillyard resigned from the Navy with the rank of sub-lieutenant on 2 October 1885.
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George Hillyard had been already introduced to tennis at the age of ten by his uncle, who had set up a Sphairistike court in 1875.
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George Hillyard married Blanche Bingley in Greenford on 13 July 1887, one week after the Wimbledon final.
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George Hillyard had won the Wimbledon Championships in the previous year, and would win another five singles titles at Wimbledon alone until 1900.
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In 1889, George Hillyard played the Wimbledon singles for the first time.
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George Hillyard lost his quarter-final match against Harry Barlow in straight sets.
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George Hillyard reached the doubles final twice at Wimbledon with Ernest Lewis in 1889 and 1890, but lost to the Renshaw brothers and Joshua Pim and Frank Stoker, respectively.
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In 1905, at 41 years of age, George Hillyard lost the final at the Bad Homburg tournament against Anthony Wilding.
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George Hillyard entered the Wimbledon Championships 1906, conceding a walkover to Arthur Gore.
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In 1894, Lord Hawke arranged another trip to North America, and George Hillyard was again member of the party.
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From 1914 to 1918, George Hillyard rejoined the Navy, leaving it with the rank of commander.
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Beside his secretary post, George Hillyard was an umpire at Wimbledon.
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George Hillyard had been on a tennis tour in South Africa the winter before where he had played on courts made of crushed up ant heaps.
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George Hillyard told this story to Brown, and both developed the idea of using crushed bricks for court surface.
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In 1925, at an age of 61, George Hillyard resigned from his position as secretary of the All England Club.
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George Hillyard died at his home on 25 March 1943, aged 79.
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George Hillyard spent the rest of her life at a care home in West Sussex.