William Renshaw

E889477

British tennis player human tennis player

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ernest Renshaw	1

Statements (50)

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

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Herbert Lawford → competedAgainst → William Renshaw ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ernest Renshaw