Peter Latham | |
Birth Name: | Peter Walker Latham |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1865 |
Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
Death Place: | Chiswick, England |
Occupation: | Racquets, real tennis player |
Children: | 5 |
Peter Walker Latham (1865–1953) was a British racquets and real tennis player.
Peter Latham was born in Manchester on 10 May 1865. He married Annie Sarah Carpenter in 1888, and they had five children.[1]
Latham was the world champion of rackets from 1887-1902, and was also the world champion of real tennis from 1895-1905 and from 1907-1908.[1] He is the only person to hold both titles simultaneously (which he did in 1895-1902) as of 2024.
He died at his home in Chiswick on 22 November 1953.[1]