Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Joshua Thomas Ward-Hibbert 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. He transferred to the British Basketball League club Leicester Riders during the 2016–17 season.
Tennis career
Juniors
Junior Slam results – Singles:Australian Open: QF
French Open: 1R
Wimbledon: 2R
US Open: 2R
Junior Slam results – Doubles:
Australian Open: W
French Open: QF
Wimbledon: QF
US Open: QF
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Tunisia F11, Sousse | Futures | Hard | Hiroyasu Ehara | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
Doubles: 27 (13–14)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Vietnam F2, Ho Chi Minh City | Futures | Hard | Andrew Fitzpatrick | Bun Kenny Jae Hwan Kim | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Win | 2–0 | Vietnam F3, Ho Chi Minh City | Futures | Hard | Andrew Fitzpatrick | Logan MacKenzie Dane Propoggia | 4–6, 7–6, | |
Win | 3–0 | Egypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Clay | Liam Broady | Marco Crugnola Riccardo Sinicropi | 6–3, 7–5 | |
Loss | 3–1 | Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Clay | Liam Broady | Joris De Loore Jeroen Vanneste | 2–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 4–1 | Great Britain F15, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Liam Broady | Scott Clayton Toby Martin | 4–6, 6–3, | |
Win | 5–1 | Great Britain F16, Chiswick | Futures | Hard | Liam Broady | David Rice Sean Thornley | 7–6, 2–6, | |
Loss | 5–2 | Great Britain F17, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | Liam Broady | George Coupland Marcus Willis | 6–7, 3–6 | |
Loss | 5–3 | Great Britain F19, Roehampton | Futures | Hard | Edward Corrie | Lewis Burton Marcus Willis | 6–4, 4–6, | |
Win | 6–3 | Israel F13, Akko | Futures | Hard | Liam Broady | Ivo Klec Michal Schmid | 6–3, 6–0 | |
Loss | 6–4 | Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Liam Broady | Luke Bambridge Evan Hoyt | 6–7, 6–7 | |
Loss | 6–5 | Great Britain F2, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Richard Gabb | David Rice Sean Thornley | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 6–6 | Great Britain F7, Preston | Futures | Hard | Frederik Nielsen | Luke Bambridge Liam Broady | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 6–7 | Bahrain F1, Manama | Futures | Hard | Liam Broady | Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-Garcia | 2–6, 6–2, | |
Win | 7–7 | Qatar F4, Doha | Futures | Hard | Liam Broady | Lorenzo Frigerio Luca Vanni | 6–3, 7–5 | |
Loss | 7–8 | Qatar F3, Doha | Futures | Hard | Oliver Golding | Chen Ti Ruan Roelofse | 1–6, 1–6 | |
Loss | 7–9 | Great Britain F12, Manchester | Futures | Grass | Edward Corrie | Oliver Golding George Morgan | 6–7, 6–4, | |
Loss | 7–10 | Great Britain F13, Ilkley | Futures | Grass | Brydan Klein | Lewis Burton Edward Corrie | 2–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 8–10 | Great Britain F15, London | Futures | Hard | Frederik Nielsen | David O'Hare Joe Salisbury | 6–7, 6–4, | |
Win | 9–10 | Portugal F7, Castelo Branco | Futures | Hard | Luke Bambridge | Iván Arenas Gualda Jaime Pulgar García | 7–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | 9–11 | Greece F4, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Joe Salisbury | Alexandros Jakupovic Markos Kalovelonis | 1–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 10–11 | Great Britain F9, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | Lloyd Glasspool | Daniel Cox David Rice | 6–4, 3–6, | |
Loss | 10–12 | Spain F30, Sevilla | Futures | Clay | Lloyd Glasspool | Marco Bortolotti Juan Lizariturry | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 11–12 | Greece F7, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Lloyd Glasspool | Peter Bothwell Toby Martin | 6–3, 7–5 | |
Win | 12–12 | Greece F8, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Lloyd Glasspool | Corentin Denolly Alexandre Müller | Walkover | |
Loss | 12–13 | Great Britain F10, Tipton | Futures | Hard | Lloyd Glasspool | Billy Harris Evan Hoyt | 6–4, 3–6, | |
Win | 13–13 | Great Britain F11, Bath | Futures | Hard | Lloyd Glasspool | Sam Barry Filip Peliwo | 6–4, 3–6, | |
Loss | 13–14 | Great Britain F2, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Lloyd Glasspool | Andrea Vavassori George Von Massow | 5–7, 3–6 |