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.
brame, hillyard, august, 1876, june, 1959, british, tennis, player, born, darlington, england, died, tonbridge, england, country, sports, united, kingdomborn23, august, 1876darlington, durham, englanddied18, june, 1959, 1959, aged, tonbridge, kent, englandsing. Brame Hillyard 23 August 1876 18 June 1959 was a British tennis player He was born in Darlington England and died in Tonbridge England Brame HillyardCountry sports United KingdomBorn23 August 1876Darlington Durham EnglandDied18 June 1959 1959 06 18 aged 82 Tonbridge Kent EnglandSinglesCareer record244 135 55 3 Career titles11Grand Slam singles resultsFrench Open2R 1927 WimbledonQF 1903 Other tournamentsWHCC4R 1923 DoublesGrand Slam doubles resultsWimbledonQF 1900 1904 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 References Edit a b Wimbledon A potted history This biographical article relating to British tennis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brame Hillyard amp oldid 1122345198, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
