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

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player for the London Lions of the

British Basketball League The British Basketball League (BBL) was a men's professional basketball sports league, league in Great Britain. Since its establishment in 1987 the BBL represented the highest level of basketball competition within the United Kingdom. The orga ...

(BBL).

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 England Basketball after being named to the All-Tournament team at the Division B European Championships.

Career

Tennis

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 The 2011 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 125th edition of the The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon C ...

. Ward-Hibbert, along with

Liam Broady Liam Tarquin Broady ( ; born 4 January 1994) is a British professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 93 on 25 September 2023. Early and personal life Broady, the young ...

, won the 2012 Australian Open Boys' doubles title after defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2 in 2012.

Basketball

In 2016, while studying at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

, Ward-Hibbert switched his attention from tennis to basketball, initially playing for the

Derby Trailblazers The Derby Trailblazers are an English semi-professional basketball club based in Derby, Derbyshire. The club was founded in 2000 as a feeder club for the now-defunct Derby Storm, and wear the same blue and white colours as their predecessor. The ...

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

Leicester Riders Leicester Riders are a British professional basketball team and the oldest club in the British Basketball League (BBL). Riders compete in the Super League Basketball (SLB). Established in 1967, the club have played in various locations around L ...

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 (

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Wimbledon: 2R (

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US Open: 2R (

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ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Doubles: 27 (13–14)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward-Hibbert, Joshua 1994 births Living people Australian Open (tennis) junior champions English male tennis players British 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 players from Nottinghamshire 21st-century English sportsmen