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Derrick Barton

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Derrick Barton
Full nameDerrick William Barton
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born(1923-09-26)26 September 1923
Died11 March 2006(2006-03-11) (aged 82)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (1946, 1947)
Wimbledon3R (1946, 1947)
US Open3R (1946)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1947)

Derrick William Barton (26 September 1923 – 11 March 2006) was a British tennis player and coach.

Born in London, Barton competed briefly on tour in the immediate post-war period, playing for the Great Britain Davis Cup team in 1946 and 1947.[1] He was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships and twice made the singles third round. In 1947 he moved to the United States and began a career in coaching, first serving five years in charge of the Davidson College tennis team.[2] After this he coached Southwestern (now Rhodes College) in Memphis for two decades, then went into business building and resurfacing tennis courts.[1] He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Maum, Emmitt (November 12, 1987). "Tennis is lifetime career for Derrick Barton". 148:451. The Commercial Appeal. p. E–15. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Barton Quits Davidson Job". The Charlotte News. 1 August 1952.
  3. ^ "Derrick Barton". tntennishofstg.wpengine.com. Tennessee Tennis Patrons Foundation. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
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