Wilfred Baddeley was a British tennis player, the elder of the Baddeley twins, who won the Wimbledon men's singles title three times, in 1891, 1892 and 1895. His victory over Joshua Pim in 1891, at the age of nineteen years and five months, made him the youngest men's singles champion at Wimbledon until Boris Becker in 1985. With his brother Herbert he won four Wimbledon doubles titles. Both brothers qualified as solicitors in 1895 and worked in the family law firm, largely retiring from competition after 1897. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013 and died in 1929.
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He was also runner-up in 1893, 1894 and 1896. With Herbert, he won four doubles championships at Wimbledon in 1891, 1894-1896. The twins retired from
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he went on to win singles title three times in 1891, 1892 and 1895
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he went on to win singles title three times in 1891, 1892 and 1895
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