Joshua Pim

Joshua Pim
Full nameJoshua Pim[1]
Country (sports)United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born(1869-05-20)20 May 1869
Bray, Wicklow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died15 April 1942(1942-04-15) (aged 72)
Killiney, Dublin, Ireland
Turned pro1887 (amateur tour)
Retired1902
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record137–29 (82.53%)
Career titles37
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonW (1893, 1894)
US Open4R (1902)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonW (1890, 1893)

Dr Joshua Pim FRCSI (20 May 1869 – 15 April 1942) was a medical doctor and Irish amateur tennis player. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894, and was ranked British number one in both those years. He won the Wimbledon men's doubles in 1890 and 1893.

  1. ^ Full name as recorded in entries for Pim’s birth, marriage and death in the registers of the General Register Office, Dublin (Birth, Rathdown, April–June 1869, Vol. 7, p. 988; Marriage, Rathdown, April–June 1905, Vol. 2, p. 757; Death, South Dublin, April–June 1942, Vol. 2, p. 371), in his will and grant of probate (England and Wales Probate Calendar 1942, p. 331), and in his admission as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (Freeman’s Journal, 21 November 1896, p. 7).