Joshua Ward-Hibbert
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| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain
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|---|---|
| Born |
25 January 1994 Nottingham , United Kingdom |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $38,182 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 588 (16 February 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 1,150 (18 July 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 305 (18 November 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 439 (18 July 2016) |
| Last updated on: 18 July 2016. | |
Joshua Ward-Hibbert (born 25 January 1994) is a British Basketball player, 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. 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. In 2016, while studying at Loughborough University, Ward-Hibbert switched his attention from Tennis to Basketball, initially playing for the Derby Trailblazers but transferring to the British Basketball League club Leicester Riders during the 2016/17 season.
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)
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.
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