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Walter Clopton Wingfield (
October 1833 –
April 18,
1912) was a
Welsh inventor of
lawn tennis (1874), which he called
Sphairistikè (Greek for "ball games").
Wingfield was educated at
Rossall School, and was living at Nantclwyd Hall, Llanelidan, in north Wales, when he patented nets for the new sport in
1873. He also authored two tennis works:
The Book of the Game and
The Major's Game of Lawn Tennis. He also invented the butterfly
bicycle. His honours include the Royal Body Guard and Captain, First Dragoon Guards. He was inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997.
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