Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Quick Facts
Biography
Joshua Ward-Hibbert (born 25 January 1994) is a British tennis player. Ward-Hibbert holds the record for the fastest serve by a junior player at Wimbledon after clocking a 133 mph serve at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Ward-Hibbert along with Liam Broady won the 2012 Australian Open boys' doubles title after defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2 in 2012.
Tennis career
Juniors
Junior Slam results – Singles:
Australian Open: QF (2012)
French Open: 1R (2012)
Wimbledon: 2R (2011)
US Open: 2R (2012)
Junior Slam results – Doubles:
Australian Open: W (2012)
French Open: QF (2012)
Wimbledon: QF (2011)
US Open: QF (2012)
Career statistics
Career finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 14 December 2014 | Tunisia F11 Futures, Sousse, Tunisia | Hard | Hiroyasu Ehara | 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 |
Doubles: 19 (9-10)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 7 April 2013 | Vietnam F2, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Hard | Andrew Fitzpatrick | Kenny BUN Jae Hwan Kim | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 14 April 2013 | Vietnam F3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Hard | Andrew Fitzpatrick | Logan Mackenzie Dane Propoggia | 4–6, 7–6(7), [11–9] |
Winner | 3. | 26 May 2013 | Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh | Clay | Liam Broady | Marco Crugnola Riccardo Sinicropi | 6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1. | 31 May 2013 | Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh, United Kingdom | Clay | Liam Broady | Joris De Loore Jeroen Vanneste | 2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 3 August 2013 | Great Britain F15, Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard | Liam Broady | Scott Clayton Toby Martin | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Winner | 5. | 9 August 2013 | Great Britain F16, Chiswick, United Kingdom | Hard | Liam Broady | David Rice Sean Thornley | 7-6(5) 2-6 [10-6] |
Runner-up | 2. | 31 August 2013 | Great Britain F17, Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard | Liam Broady | George Coupland Marcus Willis | 6-7(6), 3-6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 14 September 2013 | Great Britain F19, Roehampton | Hard | Edward Corrie | Lewis Burton Marcus Willis | 6–4 4–6 [8–10] |
Winner | 6. | 11 October 2013 | Israel F13, Akko, Israel | Hard | Liam Broady | Ivo Klec Michal Schmid | 6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 4. | 18 October 2013 | Israel F14, Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Hard | Liam Broady | Luke Bambridge Evan Hoyt | 6-7(5) 6-7(4) |
Runner-up | 5. | 25 January 2014 | Great Britain F2, Sunderland | Hard | Richard Gabb | Edward Corrie David Rice | 3-6, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 8 March 2014 | Great Britain F7, Preston, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Frederik Nielsen | Luke Bambridge Liam Broady | 4-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 29 March 2014 | Bahrain F1, Manama, Bahrain | Hard | Liam Broady | Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-Garcia | 2–6, 6–2, [6–10] |
Winner | 7. | 5 April 2014 | Qatar F1, Doha, Qatar | Hard | Liam Broady | Lorenzo Frigerio Luca Vanni | 6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 8. | 19 April 2014 | Qatar F3, Doha | Hard | Oliver Golding | Chen Ti Ruan Roelofse | 1-6, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 5 July 2014 | Great Britain F12, Manchester | Grass | Edward Corrie | Oliver Golding George Morgan | 6-7(4), 6-4, [6-10] |
Runner-up | 10. | 12 July 2014 | Great Britain F13, Ilkley | Grass | Brydan Klein | Lewis Burton Edward Corrie | 2-6, 4-6 |
Winner | 8. | 5 September 2014 | Great Britain F15, London, United Kingdom | Hard | Frederik Nielsen | David O'Hare Joe Salisbury | 6-7(5) 6-4 [10-8] |
Winner | 9. | 27 September 2014 | Portugal F7, Castelo Branco, | Hard | Luke Bambridge | Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Ivan Arenas-Gualda | 7-6(0), 6-4 |
Personal
Ward-Hibbert was an accomplished basketball player as a teenager, playing for the England under-16 team. In 2010, he was named the England under-16 boys' player of the year by England Basketball after being named to the All-Tournament team at the Division B European Championships.