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Joshua Thomas Ward-Hibbert (born 25 January 1994) is a British basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL).

Best known for his former occupation as a tennis player. Ward-Hibbert holds the record for the fastest serve by a junior player at Wimbledon after clocking a 133 mph serve at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Ward-Hibbert, along with Liam Broady, won the 2012 Australian Open Boys' doubles title after defeating Adam Pavlasek and Filip Veger 6–3, 6–2 in 2012.

Joshua Ward-Hibbert

In 2016, while studying at Loughborough University, Ward-Hibbert switched his attention from tennis to basketball, initially playing for the Derby Trailblazers. He transferred to the British Basketball League (BBL) club Leicester Riders during the 2016–17 BBL season.

Joshua Ward-Hibbert

On 13 August, 2020, Ward-Hibbert signed with the London Lions for the 2020–21 BBL season.

Joshua Ward-Hibbert

Tennis career

Juniors

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: QF (2012) French Open: 1R (2012) Wimbledon: 2R (2011) US Open: 2R (2012)

Junior Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: W (2012) French Open: QF (2012) Wimbledon: QF (2011) US Open: QF (2012)

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Doubles: 27 (13–14)

Personal

Ward-Hibbert's infant and junior school was Dagfa House School a small independent school in Nottingham. Ward-Hibbert was an accomplished basketball player as a teenager, playing for the England under-16 team. In 2010, he was named the England under-16 boys' player of the year by England Basketball after being named to the All-Tournament team at the Division B European Championships.