Joshua Ward-Hibbert


Joshua Thomas Ward-Hibbert is a British basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League.

Personal

Ward-Hibbert's infant and junior school was Dagfa [House School] a small independent school in Nottingham. Ward-Hibbert was an accomplished basketball player as a teenager, playing for the England under-16 team. In 2010, he was named the England under-16 boys' player of the year by England Basketball after being named to the All-Tournament team at the Division B European Championships.

Career

Tennis

Best known for his former occupation as a tennis player. Ward-Hibbert holds the record for the fastest serve by a junior player at Wimbledon after clocking a 133 mph serve at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Ward-Hibbert, along with Liam Broady, won the 2012 Australian Open Boys' doubles title after defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2 in 2012.

Basketball

In 2016, while studying at Loughborough University, Ward-Hibbert switched his attention from tennis to basketball, initially playing for the Derby Trailblazers. He transferred to the British Basketball League club Leicester Riders during the 2016–17 [British Basketball League season|2016–17 BBL season].
On 13 August 2020, Ward-Hibbert signed with the London Lions for the 2020–21 BBL season.

Tennis career

Juniors

Junior Slam results – Singles:
Australian Open: QF

French Open: 1R

Wimbledon: 2R

US Open: 2R
Junior Slam results – Doubles:
Australian Open: W

French Open: QF

Wimbledon: QF

US Open: QF

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Tunisia F11, SousseFuturesHard

Doubles: 27 (13–14)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Vietnam F2, Ho [Chi Minh City]FuturesHard