Joshua Ward-Hibbert

Joshua Ward-Hibbert

Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	25 January 1994 Nottingham , United Kingdom
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$18,944
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 679 (11 November 2013)
Current ranking	No. 746 (12 May 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2014)
Australian Open Junior	QF (2012)
French Open Junior	1R (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2011, 2012)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 305 (18 November 2013)
Current ranking	No. 312 (12 May 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2012)
French Open Junior	QF (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2011)
Last updated on: 16 May 2014.

Joshua Ward-Hibbert (born 25 January 1994) is a British tennis player. Ward-Hibbert holds the record for the fastest serve by a junior player at Wimbledon after clocking a 133 mph serve at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Ward-Hibbert along with Liam Broady won the 2012 Australian Open boys' doubles title after defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2 in 2012.^[2]

Juniors

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: QF (2012)
French Open: 1R (2012)
Wimbledon: 2R (2011)
US Open: 2R (2012)

Junior Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: W (2012)
French Open: QF (2012)
Wimbledon: QF (2011)
US Open: QF (2012)

Career statistics

Career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	14 December 2014	Tunisia F11 Futures, Sousse, Tunisia	Hard	Hiroyasu Ehara	6-2, 3-6, 6-4

Doubles: 19 (9-10)

Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (9-10)

Titles by Surface Hard (8-7) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	7 April 2013	Vietnam F2, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Andrew Fitzpatrick	Kenny BUN Jae Hwan Kim	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	14 April 2013	Vietnam F3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Andrew Fitzpatrick	Logan Mackenzie Dane Propoggia	4–6, 7–6(7), [11–9]
Winner	3.	26 May 2013	Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh	Clay	Liam Broady	Marco Crugnola Riccardo Sinicropi	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	31 May 2013	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh, United Kingdom	Clay	Liam Broady	Joris De Loore Jeroen Vanneste	2–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	3 August 2013	Great Britain F15, Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Liam Broady	Scott Clayton Toby Martin	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	5.	9 August 2013	Great Britain F16, Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Liam Broady	David Rice Sean Thornley	7-6(5) 2-6 [10-6]
Runner-up	2.	31 August 2013	Great Britain F17, Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Liam Broady	George Coupland Marcus Willis	6-7(6), 3-6
Runner-up	3.	14 September 2013	Great Britain F19, Roehampton	Hard	Edward Corrie	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	6–4 4–6 [8–10]
Winner	6.	11 October 2013	Israel F13, Akko, Israel	Hard	Liam Broady	Ivo Klec Michal Schmid	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	18 October 2013	Israel F14, Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Liam Broady	Luke Bambridge Evan Hoyt	6-7(5) 6-7(4)
Runner-up	5.	25 January 2014	Great Britain F2, Sunderland	Hard	Richard Gabb	Edward Corrie David Rice	3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	6.	8 March 2014	Great Britain F7, Preston, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Frederik Nielsen	Luke Bambridge Liam Broady	4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	7.	29 March 2014	Bahrain F1, Manama, Bahrain	Hard	Liam Broady	Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-Garcia	2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	7.	5 April 2014	Qatar F1, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Liam Broady	Lorenzo Frigerio Luca Vanni	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	19 April 2014	Qatar F3, Doha	Hard	Oliver Golding	Chen Ti Ruan Roelofse	1-6, 1-6
Runner-up	9.	5 July 2014	Great Britain F12, Manchester	Grass	Edward Corrie	Oliver Golding George Morgan	6-7(4), 6-4, [6-10]
Runner-up	10.	12 July 2014	Great Britain F13, Ilkley	Grass	Brydan Klein	Lewis Burton Edward Corrie	2-6, 4-6
Winner	8.	5 September 2014	Great Britain F15, London, United Kingdom	Hard	Frederik Nielsen	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	6-7(5) 6-4 [10-8]
Winner	9.	27 September 2014	Portugal F7, Castelo Branco,	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Ivan Arenas-Gualda	7-6(0), 6-4

Personal

Ward-Hibbert was an accomplished basketball player as a teenager, playing for the England under-16 team.^[3] In 2010, he was named the England under-16 boys' player of the year by England Basketball after being named to the All-Tournament team at the Division B European Championships.^[4]

References

1. BBC Sport – Wimbledon 2012: Josh Ward-Hibbert's hopes ended by injury
2. Australian Open 2012: British pair Liam Broady and Joshua Ward-Hibbert win boys' doubles title – Telegraph
3. Joshua Ward-Hibbert - FIBA Europe
4. English National Players of the Year 2010 Named - Hoopsfix

External links

• Joshua Ward-Hibbert at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Joshua Ward-Hibbert at the International Tennis Federation