Willoughby Hamilton was an Irish male tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player.

Hamilton won the Wimbledon Championships in 1890, becoming the first Irish player to win the tournament. The previous year, he had won both the Irish and North England Championships, defeating the great William Renshaw in the former. For the span 1889-90, Hamilton was ranked by many as the best tennis player in the world.

Singles: 1 (1-0)

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
1890	Wimbledon	United Kingdom William Renshaw William Renshaw William "Willie" Charles Renshaw is one of the greatest British male tennis players of all time, and a candidate for the greatest tennis player of all time...	6–8, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1