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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Tunisia F11, SousseFuturesHard Hiroyasu Ehara6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 27 (13–14)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Vietnam F2, Ho Chi Minh CityFuturesHard Andrew Fitzpatrick Bun Kenny
Jae Hwan Kim
6–4, 6–2
Win2–0Vietnam F3, Ho Chi Minh CityFuturesHard Andrew Fitzpatrick Logan MacKenzie
Dane Propoggia
4–6, 7–6,
Win3–0Egypt F8, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Liam Broady Marco Crugnola
Riccardo Sinicropi
6–3, 7–5
Loss3–1Egypt F9, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Liam Broady Joris De Loore
Jeroen Vanneste
2–6, 2–6
Win4–1Great Britain F15, NottinghamFuturesHard Liam Broady Scott Clayton
Toby Martin
4–6, 6–3,
Win5–1Great Britain F16, ChiswickFuturesHard Liam Broady David Rice
Sean Thornley
7–6, 2–6,
Loss5–2Great Britain F17, WrexhamFuturesHard Liam Broady George Coupland
Marcus Willis
6–7, 3–6
Loss5–3Great Britain F19, RoehamptonFuturesHard Edward Corrie Lewis Burton
Marcus Willis
6–4, 4–6,
Win6–3Israel F13, AkkoFuturesHard Liam Broady Ivo Klec
Michal Schmid
6–3, 6–0
Loss6–4Israel F14, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Liam Broady Luke Bambridge
Evan Hoyt
6–7, 6–7
Loss6–5Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard Richard Gabb David Rice
Sean Thornley
3–6, 3–6
Loss6–6Great Britain F7, PrestonFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen Luke Bambridge
Liam Broady
4–6, 4–6
Loss6–7Bahrain F1, ManamaFuturesHard Liam Broady Jaime Pulgar-Garcia
Javier Pulgar-Garcia
2–6, 6–2,
Win7–7Qatar F4, DohaFuturesHard Liam Broady Lorenzo Frigerio
Luca Vanni
6–3, 7–5
Loss7–8Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard Oliver Golding Chen Ti
Ruan Roelofse
1–6, 1–6
Loss7–9Great Britain F12, ManchesterFuturesGrass Edward Corrie Oliver Golding
George Morgan
6–7, 6–4,
Loss7–10Great Britain F13, IlkleyFuturesGrass Brydan Klein Lewis Burton
Edward Corrie
2–6, 4–6
Win8–10Great Britain F15, LondonFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen David O'Hare
Joe Salisbury
6–7, 6–4,
Win9–10Portugal F7, Castelo BrancoFuturesHard Luke Bambridge Iván Arenas Gualda
Jaime Pulgar García
7–6, 6–4
Loss9–11Greece F4, HeraklionFuturesHard Joe Salisbury Alexandros Jakupovic
Markos Kalovelonis
1–6, 2–6
Win10–11Great Britain F9, NottinghamFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Daniel Cox
David Rice
6–4, 3–6,
Loss10–12Spain F30, SevillaFuturesClay Lloyd Glasspool Marco Bortolotti
Juan Lizariturry
3–6, 4–6
Win11–12Greece F7, HeraklionFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Peter Bothwell
Toby Martin
6–3, 7–5
Win12–12Greece F8, HeraklionFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Corentin Denolly
Alexandre Müller
Walkover
Loss12–13Great Britain F10, TiptonFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Billy Harris
Evan Hoyt
6–4, 3–6,
Win13–13Great Britain F11, BathFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Sam Barry
Filip Peliwo
6–4, 3–6,
Loss13–14Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard Lloyd Glasspool Andrea Vavassori
George Von Massow
5–7, 3–6

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.