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Patrick Francis "Frank" Hadow (2 January 1855[3] – 29 June 1946) was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878.[4]

Frank Hadow

The Harrow Hadows, P.F. Hadow in centre. (Hadow family collection)
Full name	Patrick Francis Hadow
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1855-01-02)2 January 1855 Regent's Park, Middlesex, England
Died	29 June 1946(1946-06-29) (aged 91) Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Turned pro	1878 (amateur tour)
Retired	1878
Singles
Career record	6–0 (100%)[1]
Career titles	1[2]
Highest ranking	1st (1878)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	W (1878)

Personal life

Born 2[5] January 1855 Regent's Park, his father was Patrick Douglas Hadow who was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College Oxford University and became Chairman of the P&O Shipping Company.

Frank Hadow attended Harrow School along with six of his seven brothers who were known as the "Harrow Hadows". Hadow represented Harrow at rackets and the brothers were well known as distinguished cricketers. Hadow's oldest brother Douglas Robert Hadow died during the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865.[6]

Sporting career

He was the loftiest Wimbledon Champion. He played at Wimbledon whilst on holiday from his coffee plantation in Ceylon. He did not defend his title – and is therefore the only male champion never to have lost a set in singles there. He returned to Wimbledon nearly half a century later to collect a commemorative medal from Queen Mary for being the oldest surviving champion.[7]

When asked if he would defend his title Hadow is reported to have said "No sir. It's a sissy's game played with a soft ball."[8]

Hadow was also a distinguished big game hunter, hunting in Africa in the early years of the 20th century. He has listings in many categories of the 1928 Rowland Ward "Records of Big Game", including ranking trophies in the sable antelope, Cape buffalo, Uganda kob and eland categories.

As a cricketer, he also represented Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Middlesex, the Orleans Club, the South and the Gentlemen of England as a right-handed batsman in seven first-class matches between 1883 and 1891. He also played cricket in Ceylon.

He died on 29 June 1946 in Bridgwater, Somerset.

Creator of the lob

Hadow introduced the tennis technique of lobbing—sending the ball high and deep into the opponent's court—and used it to defeat the volleyer Spencer Gore in the 1878 (second) Wimbledon Men's Final, 7–5, 6–1, 9–7.[9][10]

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1878	Wimbledon	Grass	Spencer Gore	7–5, 6–1, 9–7

References

External links

• Cricinfo
• Cricket Archive

На других языках

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[de] Frank Hadow

Patrick Francis „Frank“ Hadow (* 24. Januar 1855 in London; † 29. Juni 1946 in Bridgwater) war ein englischer Tennisspieler und Wimbledon-Sieger 1878.

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- [en] Frank Hadow

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[es] Frank Hadlow

Patrick Francis „Frank“ Hadow (Regents Park, Inglaterra, 24 de enero de 1855-Bridgwater, 29 de junio de 1946) fue un tenista inglés.

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[it] Frank Hadow

Patrick Francis "Frank" Hadow (Londra, 24 gennaio 1855 – Somerset, 29 giugno 1946) è stato un tennista e crickettista britannico, secondo vincitore del Torneo di Wimbledon.

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[ru] Хедоу, Фрэнк

Патрик Фрэнсис (Фрэнк) Хедоу (англ. Patrick Francis (Frank) Hadow; 24 января 1855 (1855-01-24), Риджентс-парк, Лондон — 29 июня 1946, Бриджуотер, графство Сомерсет) — английский игрок в теннис и крикет; победитель Уимблдонского турнира в 1878 году.

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