William Renshaw

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William Renshaw was a dominant 19th-century British tennis player best known for winning multiple Wimbledon singles titles and helping to popularize the sport.

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William Renshaw canonical 11
Ernest Renshaw 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British tennis player ⓘ
human ⓘ
tennis player ⓘ
causeOfDeath epilepsy ⓘ
competition Wimbledon Championships ⓘ
linked to: Wimbledon
competitionClass amateur tennis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1861-01-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1904-08-12 ⓘ
dominantPeriod 1881–1889 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Renshaw ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Tennis Hall of Fame ⓘ
handedness right-handed ⓘ
knownFor Wimbledon gentlemen's singles titles ⓘ
popularizing lawn tennis in the 19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Great Britain Davis Cup team ⓘ
notableWork popularization of lawn tennis in the 1880s ⓘ
numberOfWimbledonSinglesTitles 7 ⓘ
occupation tennis player ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Leamington Spa ⓘ
Warwickshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dorset ⓘ
England ⓘ
Swanage ⓘ
plays right-handed ⓘ
recordHeld most Wimbledon men's singles titles (amateur era) ⓘ
relative Ernest Renshaw ⓘ
residence Leamington Spa ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Ernest Renshaw ⓘ
sport tennis ⓘ
styleOfPlay aggressive volleying ⓘ
overhead serve-and-volley game ⓘ
titleHeld Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champion ⓘ
twin Ernest Renshaw ⓘ
WimbledonSinglesTitles 1881 ⓘ
1882 ⓘ
1883 ⓘ
1884 ⓘ
1885 ⓘ
1886 ⓘ
1889 ⓘ
yearOfHallOfFameInduction 1983 ⓘ

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