Herbert Lawford
Herbert Fortescue Lawford was a former world No. 1 tennis player from Scotland who won the Men's Singles championship at Wimbledon in [1887 The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's singles|1887], and was runner-up a record five times.
Career
In the 1887 final, the native of Bayswater defeated Ernest Renshaw in five sets: 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4. He reached the finals of Wimbledon in 1880, 1884–86, and 1888.Lawford won the first major men's doubles tennis tournament, the Oxford University Men's Doubles Championship, in 1879 partnering Lestocq Robert Erskine. This event was a precursor to the Wimbledon men's doubles championship, introduced in 1884, and it was played over the best of seven sets ending in a score of 4–6, 6–4, 6–5, 6–2, 3–6, 5–6, 7–5. In 1885 he won the singles title at the inaugural British Covered Court Championships.