Anthony Wilding, known as Tony, was a New Zealand tennis player and soldier, considered the world's first tennis superstar, who won the Wimbledon singles title four years in a row from 1910 to 1913. He won eleven Grand Slam titles, six in singles and five in doubles, as well as two World Hard Court Championships and a World Covered Court title. He won the Davis Cup four times for Australasia and a bronze medal in the indoor singles at the 1912 Olympics. Born in Christchurch to wealthy English immigrants, he studied law at Cambridge and was killed in action in the First World War in 1915.
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was a New Zealand world No. 1 tennis player and soldier
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Focusing on his tennis game, he won the Wimbledon singles title for four straight years between 1910 and 1913.
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He won 11 Grand Slam tournament titles, six in singles and five in doubles
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was a New Zealand world No. 1 tennis player and soldier
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was a New Zealand world No. 1 tennis player and soldier
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Focusing on his tennis game, he won the Wimbledon singles title for four straight years between 1910 and 1913.
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He won his second Australasian Championships in 1909
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Born 31 October 1883
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