Joshua Pim was an Irish amateur tennis player and medical doctor who won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 1893 and 1894, and the men's doubles in 1890 and 1893. He was ranked British number one in both of his singles years. Born in Bray, County Wicklow, in 1869, he took up tennis at the age of eleven and joined the Lansdowne Club in Dublin. He studied medicine in Dublin and worked as medical officer at the Rathdown Workhouse Infirmary while running a general practice for forty-two years. He died at Killiney in 1942.
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He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894, and was ranked British number one in both those years. He won the Wimbledon
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He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894
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He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894, and was ranked British number one in both those years. He won the Wimbledon men's doubles in 1890 and 1893.
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He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894
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