Joshua Thomas Ward-Hibbert (born 25 January 1994) is a British

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player for the London Lions of the

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(BBL). Best known for his former occupation as a

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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 Liam Tarquin Broady (born 4 January 1994) is a tennis player and current British No. 6. In 2010, he won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon with Tom Farquharson, and the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with Joshua Ward-Hibbert, as well as reac ...

, won the 2012 Australian Open Boys' doubles title after defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2 in 2012. In 2016, while studying at Loughborough University, Ward-Hibbert switched his attention from tennis to basketball, initially playing for the

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. He transferred to the British Basketball League (BBL) club

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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 (

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)
French Open: 1R (

)
Wimbledon: 2R ( 2011)
US Open: 2R (

) Junior Slam results – Doubles: Australian Open: W (

)
French Open: QF (

)
Wimbledon: QF ( 2011)
US Open: QF (

)

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Doubles: 27 (13–14)

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. In 2010, he was named the England under-16 boys' player of the year by

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward-Hibbert, Joshua 1994 births Living people Australian Open (tennis) junior champions British male tennis players English male tennis players English men's basketball players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Guards (basketball) London Lions (basketball) players Sportspeople from Nottingham Tennis people from Nottinghamshire