Herbert Wilberforce

Herbert Wilberforce

Full name	Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	(1864-02-08)8 February 1864 Munich, Germany
Died	Kensington, London
Singles
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1883, Karoly Mazak)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	SF (1886)
Doubles
Career record	{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1887)

Sir Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce (8 February 1864 in Munich, Germany – 28 March 1941 in Kensington, London) was a British male tennis player. He was vice-president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 1911 to 1921 and served as its president from 1921 to 1936. In 1887 he and Patrick Bowes-Lyon won the doubles in Wimbledon. In 1888 they were unable to defend their title when they were beaten in the Challenge Round by Ernest and William Renshaw. His best singles performance at Wimbledon came in 1886 when he reached the semifinal of the All Comers tournament in which he lost in five sets to compatriot Ernest Lewis. He also reached the quarter-finals of the singles in 1882, 1883 and 1888.

Herbert was a brother of physicist Lionel, son of judge Edward, grandson of archdeacon Robert and great-grandson of abolitionist William Wilberforce.

He later served as president and chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. He was knighted in the 1931 New Year Honours.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1887	Wimbledon	Patrick Bowes-Lyon	H.J. Crispe E. Barratt-Smith	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1888	Wimbledon	Patrick Bowes-Lyon	Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6