George Lambert (tennis)
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George Lambert was a British real tennis
player.
Lambert was the world champion of the sport (1871–1885), succeeded by Tom Pettitt
.
Real tennis
Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original indoor racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis , is descended...
player.
Lambert was the world champion of the sport (1871–1885), succeeded by Tom Pettitt
Tom Pettitt
Tom Pettitt was the real tennis world champion from 1885 to 1890.-Biography:Born in Beckenham, Kent, England, Pettitt emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts as a penniless teenager. He quickly rose from being the dressing-room boy at a private court on Buckingham Street, to being its head...
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See also
- Real tennis world champions