Walter Clopton Wingfield
Welsh sportsman and military officer (1833–1912); inventor of modern tennis
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Updated 2026-07-20
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield was a Welsh inventor and a British Army officer who was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997 as the founder of modern lawn tennis, an example of the original equipment for the sport and a bust of Wingfield can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
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- والٹر کلپٹن ونگ فیلڈLow confidencewikipedia · ur.wikipedia.org
- Walter Clopton WingfieldLow confidencewikipedia · ca.wikipedia.org
- Walter Clopton WingfieldLow confidencewikipedia · cy.wikipedia.org
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