24 March 1943(1943-03-24) (aged 79) Pulborough, UK
Height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Singles
Career record
335–111 (75.1%)[1]
Career titles
20[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon
QF (1889, 1897, 1901)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games
2R (1908)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon
F (1889, 1890)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games
W (1908)
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Tennis, Summer Olympics
1908 London
Outdoor doubles
George Whiteside Hillyard (6 February 1864 – 24 March 1943) was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom.[2] Under his supervision as secretary of the All England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site at Church Road. Hillyard also excelled at cricket and golf.[3]
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George Whiteside Hillyard (6 February 1864 – 24 March 1943) was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the...
GeorgeHillyard Swinstead (1860-1926) was a British artist associated with the Suffolk school. "Suffolk Artists - SWINSTEAD, GeorgeHillyard". suffolkartists...
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Blanche Bingley Hillyard (née Bingley; 3 November 1863 – 6 August 1946) was an English tennis player. She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886...
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travellers and drovers. After GeorgeHillyard died in 1881 his widow opened a fancy toy shop in part of the building, and William Hillyard continued with the watchmaking...
Library of Australia. Cox, Bruce Tarran; foreword by Mark (2013). GeorgeHillyard : the man who moved Wimbledon. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 978-1780885490...
Spanish). Mad a. Retrieved 10 September 2016. Tarran, Bruce (2013). GeorgeHillyard: The man who moved Wimbledon. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 127. ISBN 978-1780885490...
from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010. Ramsay, George (5 January 2024). "Rafael Nadal squanders three match points in Brisbane...
Callero, Booth returned with a points victory against highly touted GeorgeHillyard at York Hall. In the following month, in what was described as the...
formidable backhand. His forehand was less notable: his fellow player, GeorgeHillyard, wrote that he "never did acquire the right method of hitting the ball...
London, Reggie again won the doubles title, this time with compatriot GeorgeHillyard. R.F. Doherty was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame...
handicap), and on one occasion defeated star players Ernest Renshaw and GeorgeHillyard (the husband of Blanche) when doubling with Herbert Baddeley. Although...
Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 11 May 2023. Tarran, Bruce (1 June 2013). GeorgeHillyard: The man who moved Wimbledon. Market Harborough: Troubador Publishing...
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