Herbert Roper Barrett

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Herbert Roper Barrett, KC (24 November 1873 – 27 July 1943) was a tennis player from Great Britain.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76 |title=Herbert Roper Barrett |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}

Biography

File:Roper Barrett, Dixon, 1913.jpg]]

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.{{cite web|title=London 1908|url=http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/history/medallists/london-1908.aspx|publisher=ITF|access-date=18 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |title=Herbert Roper Barrett Olympic Results |access-date=2013-05-15 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204073514/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |archive-date=4 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }} 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.{{cite web |title=Wimbledon player archive – Roper Barrett |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/0f6b80a5-da34-413c-9c16-5b0ccec89245.html |publisher=AELTC}} 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. Over the following years he would make regular appearances at Wimbledon until his final participation in 1921.{{cite book|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|author=Bud Collins|edition=2nd}}

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.{{cite web|title=Roper Barrett-Biography |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=31 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202220334/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |archive-date=2 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }} He won the Essex Championships 13 times (1897–1898, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912), and also won the East of England Championships 6 times (1897–1899, 1901–1902, 1910). He died on 27 July 1943.

Grand Slam finals

= Singles (2 runner-ups) =

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1908

Wimbledon Championships

Grass

{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore

3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6

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1911

Wimbledon Championships

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{{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Wilding

4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 2–6 ret.

=Doubles (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)=

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style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1908	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Major Ritchie {{flagicon\|AUS}} Anthony Wilding	1–6, 2–6, 1–6, 7–9
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1909	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Stanley Doust {{flagicon\|NZL}} Harry Parker	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1910	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Major Ritchie {{flagicon\|AUS}} Anthony Wilding	1–6, 1–6, 2–6
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1912	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Charles P. Dixon	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Max Decugis {{flagicon\|FRA}} André Gobert	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1913	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Charles P. Dixon	{{flagicon\|GER\|empire}} Heinrich Kleinschroth {{flagicon\|GER\|empire}} Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss	1914	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	{{flagicon\|UKGBI}} Charles P. Dixon	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Norman Brookes {{flagicon\|AUS}} Anthony Wilding	1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–8

References

External links

{{ATP}}
{{ITF}}
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{{Sports-Reference|ba/roper-barrett-1.html|Roper Barrett}}
{{Olympics.com profile|herbert-roper-barrett|Herbert Roper BARRETT}}
[http://www.olympic.org/medallists-results?athletename=roper%20barrett&category=&games=&sport=31718&event=&mengender=false&womengender=false&mixedgender=false&teamclassification=false&individualclassification=false&continent=&country=&goldmedal=false&silvermedal=false&bronzemedal=false&worldrecord=false&olympicrecord=false&targetresults=true Olympics.org medals overview] {{dead link|date=June 2018}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180623112857/http://www.tennisr.com/talk/herbert-roper-barrett-1873-1943-an-early-english-lawn-tennis-player-226664.html Times Obituary]

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