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Anthony Frederick Wilding born October 31, 1883 in
Christchurch, New Zealand – died May 9, 1915
near Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France, was a
champion tennis player and a soldier killed in
action during World War I.

From a well-to-do New Zealand family, he was
educated in New Zealand before attending Cambridge
University, where he developed his tennis game.   

In 1905, Wilding made his first Davis Cup
appearance as part of the Australasian team and
the following year won the Australian Open singles
and doubles championships. Finishing his
education, he was called to the English Bar in
1906.

Between 1907 and 1909 he helped the Australasian
team win the Davis Cup then won his second
Australian Open in 1909, the same year he
qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor at the
Supreme Court of New Zealand. Focusing on his
tennis game, he then won the Wimbledon
Championships singles title for four straight
years between 1910 and 1913 and narrowly missed
winning his fifth in a row but lost in the 1914
finals to Norman Brookes. In addition, he won four
doubles titles at Wimbledon. In 1914, he returned
to Davis Cup play, leading the Australasian team
to another championship.

At the outbreak of World War I, Tony Wilding
joined the Royal Marines, serving as a Captain
with the Armoured Car Division in the battlefields
of France. He was killed in action on May 9, 1915
during the Battle of Aubers Ridge at
Neuve-Chapelle, France.

Captain Tony Wilding was buried in the
Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery in
Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas-de-Calais, France. In
1978, he was named to the International Tennis
Hall of Fame.

==Grand Slam Titles:==
*Singles:
** Australian Open: 1906, 1909 
**Wimbledon Championships: 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913
*Doubles:
** Australian Open: 1906
**Wimbledon Championships: 1907, 1908, 1910, 1914
*Davis Cup: 
**winning team: 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914