Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Ward-Hibbert at the2014 Wimbledon Championships
Born	Joshua Thomas Ward-Hibbert (1994-01-25)25 January 1994 (age 32) Mansfield, England
Occupations	Tennis player, basketball player
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Basketball career
No. 2 – Newcastle Eagles
Position	Guard /forward
League	BBL
Personal information
Nationality	British
Career information
Playing career	2008–present
Career history
2008–2009; 2011–2012; 2016	Derby Trailblazers
2016–2020	Leicester Riders
2020–2023	London Lions
2023-Present	Newcastle Eagles
Tennis career
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$38,290
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 588 (16 February 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 305 (18 November 2013)

Joshua Thomas Ward-Hibbert (born 25 January 1994) is a Britishbasketball player for theLondon Lions of theBritish Basketball League (BBL).

Ward-Hibbert's infant and junior school wasDagfa 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.^[1] In 2010, he was named the England under-16 boys' player of the year byEngland Basketball after being named to the All-Tournament team at the Division B European Championships.^[2]

Best known for his former occupation as atennis player. Ward-Hibbert holds the record for the fastest serve by a junior player at Wimbledon after clocking a 133 mph serve at the2011 Wimbledon Championships.^[3] Ward-Hibbert, along withLiam Broady, won the 2012 Australian Open Boys' doubles title after defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2 in 2012.^[4]

In 2016, while studying atLoughborough University, Ward-Hibbert switched his attention from tennis to basketball, initially playing for theDerby Trailblazers. He transferred to the British Basketball League (BBL) clubLeicester Riders during the2016–17 BBL season.^[5]

On 13 August 2020, Ward-Hibbert signed with the London Lions for the2020–21 BBL season.^[6]

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2014	Tunisia F11,Sousse	Futures	Hard	Hiroyasu Ehara	6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2013	Vietnam F2,Ho Chi Minh City	Futures	Hard	Andrew Fitzpatrick	Bun Kenny Jae Hwan Kim	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 2013	Vietnam F3, Ho Chi Minh City	Futures	Hard	Andrew Fitzpatrick	Logan MacKenzie Dane Propoggia	4–6, 7–6(9–7), [11–9]
Win	3–0	May 2013	Egypt F8,Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Liam Broady	Marco Crugnola Riccardo Sinicropi	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Jun 2013	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Liam Broady	Joris De Loore Jeroen Vanneste	2–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Aug 2013	Great Britain F15,Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	Scott Clayton Toby Martin	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	5–1	Aug 2013	Great Britain F16,Chiswick	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	David Rice Sean Thornley	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss	5–2	Aug 2013	Great Britain F17,Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	George Coupland Marcus Willis	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	5–3	Sep 2013	Great Britain F19,Roehampton	Futures	Hard	Edward Corrie	Lewis Burton Marcus Willis	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	6–3	Oct 2013	Israel F13,Akko	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	Ivo Klec Michal Schmid	6–3, 6–0
Loss	6–4	Oct 2013	Israel F14,Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	Luke Bambridge Evan Hoyt	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	6–5	Jan 2014	Great Britain F2,Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Richard Gabb	David Rice Sean Thornley	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6–6	Mar 2014	Great Britain F7,Preston	Futures	Hard (i)	Frederik Nielsen	Luke Bambridge Liam Broady	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–7	Mar 2014	Bahrain F1,Manama	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-Garcia	2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Win	7–7	Apr 2014	Qatar F4,Doha	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	Lorenzo Frigerio Luca Vanni	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7–8	Apr 2014	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Oliver Golding	Chen Ti Ruan Roelofse	1–6, 1–6
Loss	7–9	Jul 2014	Great Britain F12,Manchester	Futures	Grass	Edward Corrie	Oliver Golding George Morgan	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	7–10	Jul 2014	Great Britain F13,Ilkley	Futures	Grass	Brydan Klein	Lewis Burton Edward Corrie	2–6, 4–6
Win	8–10	Sep 2014	Great Britain F15,London	Futures	Hard	Frederik Nielsen	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win	9–10	Sep 2014	Portugal F7,Castelo Branco	Futures	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Iván Arenas Gualda Jaime Pulgar García	7–6(7–0), 6–4
Loss	9–11	Apr 2015	Greece F4,Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Joe Salisbury	Alexandros Jakupovic Markos Kalovelonis	1–6, 2–6
Win	10–11	Sep 2015	Great Britain F9, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Lloyd Glasspool	Daniel Cox David Rice	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	10–12	Sep 2015	Spain F30,Sevilla	Futures	Clay	Lloyd Glasspool	Marco Bortolotti Juan Lizariturry	3–6, 4–6
Win	11–12	Oct 2015	Greece F7,Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Lloyd Glasspool	Peter Bothwell Toby Martin	6–3, 7–5
Win	12–12	Oct 2015	Greece F8, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Lloyd Glasspool	Corentin Denolly Alexandre Müller	Walkover
Loss	12–13	Nov 2015	Great Britain F10, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Lloyd Glasspool	Billy Harris Evan Hoyt	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	13–13	Nov 2015	Great Britain F11,Bath	Futures	Hard (i)	Lloyd Glasspool	Sam Barry Filip Peliwo	6–4, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss	13–14	Feb 2016	Great Britain F2, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	Lloyd Glasspool	Andrea Vavassori George Von Massow	5–7, 3–6

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