{{Short description|English tennis player}} {{about|the tennis player|the talent manager|Herbert Barrett (talent manager)}} {{Distinguish|text=the cricketer Herbert Barritt}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Herbert Barrett |image = HerbertRoperBarrett.jpg |caption = |fullname = Herbert Roper Barrett |country = {{GBR}} |residence = |birth_date = {{birth date |1873|11|24|df=yes}} |birth_place = Upton, Essex, England |death_date = {{death date and age|1943|07|27|1873|11|24|df=yes}} |death_place = Horsham, Sussex, England |height = <!-- {{convert|HEIGHT IN METRES|m|abbr=on}} or {{convert|FEET|ft|INCHES|in|abbr=on}} --> |college = |turnedpro = |retired = |plays = |careerprizemoney = |tennishofyear = <!-- year inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame --> |tennishofid = <!-- ID from the Tennis HoF website, taken from http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/First Name-Last Name i.e. martina-navratilova, which it is all undercase letters--> |website = <!-- official web site address like this: [http://www.site.com www.site.com] --> |singlesrecord = 332–58 (85.13%)<ref>{{cite web|title=Record: WINS HIGHEST % (AT LEAST 250 MATCHES)|url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=records&id=KGLOMGFAMQ|website=thetennisbase.com|publisher=Tennis Base|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704203348/https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=records&id=KGLOMGFAMQ|url-status=dead}}</ref> |singlestitles = 51<ref>{{cite web|title=Herbert Roper Barrett: Career match record|url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=ROPER-BARRETT%2C+HERBERT&player_input=ROPER-BARRETT%2C+HERBERT&sub=2#aSubmenu|website=thetennisbase.com|publisher=The Tennis Base|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Herbert Roper-Barrett player profile|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/player.php?playerid=4845|website=tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> |highestsinglesranking = |currentsinglesranking = |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = |Wimbledonresult = F (1908<sup>{{Tooltip|AC|All-Comers}}</sup>, 1909<sup>{{Tooltip|AC|All-Comers}}</sup>, 1911<sup>{{Tooltip|Ch|Challenge Round}}</sup>) |USOpenresult = |Othertournaments = <!-- adds a "Other tournaments" title --> |MastersCupresult = |WTAChampionshipsresult = |Olympicsresult = |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |highestdoublesranking = |currentdoublesranking = |grandslamsdoublesresults = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = |WimbledonDoublesresult = '''W''' (1909, 1912, 1913) |USOpenDoublesresult = |OthertournamentsDoubles = |Mixed = |mixedrecord = |mixedtitles = |AustralianOpenMixedresult = |FrenchOpenMixedresult = |WimbledonMixedresult = |USOpenMixedresult = |OthertournamentsMixedDoubles = | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Tennis}} {{MedalGold | 1908 London | Indoor doubles}} {{MedalSilver | 1912 Stockholm | Indoor mixed doubles}} }}
'''Herbert Roper Barrett,''' KC (24 November 1873 – 27 July 1943) was a tennis player from Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76 |title=Herbert Roper Barrett |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>
==Biography== [[File:Roper Barrett, Dixon, 1913.jpg|thumb|280px|Roper Barrett with C.P. Dixon in the 1913 Davis Cup]] Barrett was born on 24 November 1873 in Upton, Essex.
At the London Olympics in 1908 Barrett and Arthur Gore won a gold medal in the men's indoor doubles event.<ref>{{cite web|title=London 1908|url=http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/history/medallists/london-1908.aspx|publisher=ITF|access-date=18 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |title=Herbert Roper Barrett Olympic Results |access-date=2013-05-15 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204073514/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |archive-date=4 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They also won the doubles in Wimbledon in 1909. In 1912 and 1913 he won the Wimbledon doubles with Charles Dixon.
He played his first Wimbledon singles competition in 1898, reaching the second round in which he lost to eventual finalist Laurence Doherty. In 1908 he reached the All comers final, beating Anthony Wilding and Major Ritchie before losing in five sets to former doubles partner Arthur Gore.<ref name="aeltc">{{cite web |title=Wimbledon player archive – Roper Barrett |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/0f6b80a5-da34-413c-9c16-5b0ccec89245.html |publisher=AELTC}}</ref> In 1909 he beat James Cecil Parke and Friedrich Rahe before losing to Ritchie in the all comers final. He achieved his best Wimbledon singles result in 1911 when he beat Parke and Gordon Lowe before winning the All-Comers final against compatriot Charles P. Dixon. In the Challenge Round against Anthony Wilding from New Zealand, Roper Barrett had to retire at the start of the fifth set.<ref name="aeltc"/> Over the following years he would make regular appearances at Wimbledon until 1921.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|author=Bud Collins|edition=2nd}}</ref>
He participated in the first Davis Cup in 1900 and was the non-playing captain of the winning British Davis Cup team in 1933.
His most successful tournament wins were at the Suffolk Championships at Saxmundham which he won 17 times between 1898 and 1921; he reached 18 finals there and won the tournament 14 consecutive times between 1904 and 1921, all three achievements are all-time records at a single tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roper Barrett-Biography |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=31 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202220334/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roper-barrett-1.html |archive-date=2 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He won the Essex Championships 13 times (1897–1898, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912), and also won the East of England Championships 6 times (1897–1899, 1901–1902, 1910).
He died on 27 July 1943.
==Grand Slam finals==
=== Singles (2 runner-ups) ===
{|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !style="width:140px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:170px"|Opponent !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1908 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore || 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1911 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Wilding || 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 2–6 ret. |}
===Doubles (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !style="width:140px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:170px"|Partner !style="width:170px"|Opponents !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1908 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Major Ritchie<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Wilding || 1–6, 2–6, 1–6, 7–9 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1909 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore || {{flagicon|AUS}} Stanley Doust<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} Harry Parker || 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1910 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Gore || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Major Ritchie<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Wilding || 1–6, 1–6, 2–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win|| 1912 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Charles P. Dixon || {{flagicon|FRA}} Max Decugis<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} André Gobert || 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1913 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Charles P. Dixon || {{flagicon|GER|empire}} Heinrich Kleinschroth<br>{{flagicon|GER|empire}} Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe || 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1914 || style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Charles P. Dixon || {{flagicon|AUS}} Norman Brookes<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Wilding || 1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–8 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}} * {{Davis Cup player}} * {{Sports-Reference|ba/roper-barrett-1.html|Roper Barrett}} * {{Olympics.com profile|herbert-roper-barrett|Herbert Roper BARRETT}} * [http://www.olympic.org/medallists-results?athletename=roper%20barrett&category=&games=&sport=31718&event=&mengender=false&womengender=false&mixedgender=false&teamclassification=false&individualclassification=false&continent=&country=&goldmedal=false&silvermedal=false&bronzemedal=false&worldrecord=false&olympicrecord=false&targetresults=true Olympics.org medals overview] {{dead link|date=June 2018}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180623112857/http://www.tennisr.com/talk/herbert-roper-barrett-1873-1943-an-early-english-lawn-tennis-player-226664.html Times Obituary]
{{Wimbledon men's doubles champions}} {{Footer Olympic Champions Tennis Men's Doubles}}
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