Neville Willford

Neville Willford
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born1882[1]
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Died1947 (aged 64)[2]
Sussex, United Kingdom
Turned pro1905 (amateur tour)
Retired1927
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQF (1920)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1912, 1914)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (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. ^ a b "FreeBMD Entry Information (Death)". Freebmd.org.uk.
  3. ^ "WIMBLEDON 1924". tennis.co.nf. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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