Full name | John Edward Barrett |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Mill Hill, London | 17 April 1931
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Plays | Left-handed |
Int. Tennis HoF | 2014 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 167-149 (52.8%) [1] |
Career titles | 5 [1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1955) |
French Open | 3R (1955, 1961) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958) |
US Open | 3R (1953) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1955)[2] |
Wimbledon | 3R (1956)[3] |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | QF (1960, 1961, 1966)[3] |
John Edward Barrett, MBE (born 17 April 1931) is a former tennis player, television commentator and author. He was born in Mill Hill, North West London, the son of Alfred Edward Barrett, a leaf tobacco merchant, and Margaret Helen Barrett (née Walker). He had one sister, Irene Margaret Leppington (1925–2009), a research chemist. His father had the rare distinction of having played both for Leicester Tigers RFC as a wing three-quarter and for Leicester Fosse FC (the former Leicester City) as a wing half.