Joshua Thomas Ward-Hibbert (born 25 January 1994) is a British basketball player for the Newcastle Eagles of the Super League Basketball.
Personal Ward-Hibbert's infant and junior school was Dagfa House School a small independent school in Nottingham. Ward-Hibbert was an accomplished basketball player as a teenager, playing for the England under-16 team.Joshua Ward-Hibbert - FIBA Europe 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.English National Players of the Year 2010 Named - Hoopsfix
Career Tennis Best known for his former occupation as a 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.BBC Sport – Wimbledon 2012: Josh Ward-Hibbert's hopes ended by injury 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.Australian Open 2012: British pair Liam Broady and Joshua Ward-Hibbert win boys' doubles title – Telegraph
Basketball In 2016, while studying at Loughborough University, Ward-Hibbert switched his attention from tennis to basketball, initially playing for the Derby Trailblazers. He transferred to the British Basketball League (BBL) club Leicester Riders during the 2016–17 BBL season.
On 13 August 2020, Ward-Hibbert signed with the London Lions for the 2020–21 BBL season.
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)
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (1–0) LegendATP Challengers (0–0)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Tunisia F11, SousseFuturesHard Hiroyasu Ehara6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Doubles: 27 (13–14) LegendATP Challengers (0–0)ITF Futures (13–14)Finals by surfaceHard (12–10)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–2)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Vietnam F2, Ho Chi Minh CityFuturesHard Andrew Fitzpatrick Bun Kenny Jae Hwan Kim6–4, 6–2Win2–0Vietnam F3, Ho Chi Minh CityFuturesHard Andrew Fitzpatrick Logan MacKenzie Dane Propoggia4–6, 7–6(9–7), [11–9]Win3–0Egypt F8, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Liam Broady Marco Crugnola Riccardo Sinicropi6–3, 7–5Loss3–1Egypt F9, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Liam Broady Joris De Loore Jeroen Vanneste2–6, 2–6Win4–1Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHard Liam Broady Scott Clayton Toby Martin4–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win5–1Great Britain F16, ChiswickFuturesHard Liam Broady David Rice Sean Thornley7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–6]Loss5–2Great Britain F17, WrexhamFuturesHard Liam Broady George Coupland Marcus Willis6–7(6–8), 3–6Loss5–3Great Britain F19, RoehamptonFuturesHard Edward Corrie Lewis Burton Marcus Willis6–4, 4–6, [8–10]Win6–3Israel F13, AkkoFuturesHard Liam Broady Ivo Klec Michal Schmid6–3, 6–0Loss6–4Israel F14, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Liam Broady Luke Bambridge Evan Hoyt6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)Loss6–5Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) Richard Gabb David Rice Sean Thornley3–6, 3–6Loss6–6Great Britain F7, PrestonFuturesHard (i) Frederik Nielsen Luke Bambridge Liam Broady4–6, 4–6Loss6–7Bahrain F1, ManamaFuturesHard Liam Broady Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-Garcia2–6, 6–2, [6–10]Win7–7Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Liam Broady Lorenzo Frigerio Luca Vanni6–3, 7–5Loss7–8Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard Oliver Golding Chen Ti Ruan Roelofse1–6, 1–6Loss7–9Great Britain F12, ManchesterFuturesGrass Edward Corrie Oliver Golding George Morgan6–7(4–7), 6–4, [6–10]Loss7–10Great Britain F13, IlkleyFuturesGrass Brydan Klein Lewis Burton Edward Corrie2–6, 4–6Win8–10Great Britain F15, LondonFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen David O'Hare Joe Salisbury6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]Win9–10Portugal F7, Castelo BrancoFuturesHard Luke Bambridge Iván Arenas Gualda Jaime Pulgar García7–6(7–0), 6–4Loss9–11Greece F4, HeraklionFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Alexandros Jakupovic Markos Kalovelonis1–6, 2–6Win10–11Great Britain F9, NottinghamFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Daniel Cox David Rice6–4, 3–6, [10–7]Loss10–12Spain F30, SevillaFuturesClay Lloyd Glasspool Marco Bortolotti Juan Lizariturry3–6, 4–6Win11–12Greece F7, HeraklionFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Peter Bothwell Toby Martin6–3, 7–5Win12–12Greece F8, HeraklionFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Corentin Denolly Alexandre MüllerWalkoverLoss12–13Great Britain F10, TiptonFuturesHard (i) Lloyd Glasspool Billy Harris Evan Hoyt6–4, 3–6, [9–11]Win13–13Great Britain F11, BathFuturesHard (i) Lloyd Glasspool Sam Barry Filip Peliwo6–4, 3–6, [10–2]Loss13–14Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) Lloyd Glasspool Andrea Vavassori George Von Massow5–7, 3–6
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