Brame Hillyard
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Born | 23 August 1876 Darlington, Durham, England |
Died | 18 June 1959 Tonbridge, Kent, England | (aged 82)
Singles | |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1927) |
Wimbledon | QF (1903) |
Other tournaments | |
WHCC | 4R (1923) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | QF (1900, 1904) |
Brame Hillyard (23 August 1876 – 18 June 1959) was a British tennis player. He was born in Darlington, England and died in Tonbridge, England.
Hillyard is notable for being the first tennis player to appear at Wimbledon wearing shorts rather than trousers.[1] He did so in 1930 on Court 10. Bunny Austin, three years later, was the first male player to do so on Centre Court.[1] Hillyard reached the quarter-finals of the event in 1903.
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- 1876 births
- 1959 deaths
- People from Darlington
- English male tennis players
- British male tennis players
- Tennis people from County Durham
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