Wilfred
Milne
Male
England
1857-03-00
Chertsey, Surrey, England
1919-05-17
Mutford, Suffolk, England
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Milne_(tennis)
Wilfred Milne was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England in March 1857. In 1881, he won his first singles title at the Saint George’s Hill Open in Weybridge, Surrey. He competed at the Wimbledon Championships 13 times between 1881 and 1900. He had an impressive record at the Championships, where he took part in the men’s singles event seven years in a row. His best results were reaching the quarter-finals stage: in 1884, when he lost to Ernest Renshaw; and in 1887, when he lost to Charles Lacy Sweet.
He took part in the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon nine times between 1884 and 1900, reaching the quarter-finals five times, in 1884, 1887, 1888, 1892 and 1898. In addition, he was a semi-finalist in 1886 partnering with Charles Ross, when they lost to Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce; and in 1891, when he partnered Arthur Stanley and lost to Harry Barlow and Ernest Renshaw.
Milne’s other singles highlights include winning the Teignmouth and Shaldon Open in 1885 and the Houndiscombe Open in Plymouth in 1888. He was also a runner-up to the Irishman Ernest Browne at the West of England Championships in Bath in 1883, to Ernest Lewis at the Torquay Open in 1887, at the West of England Championships again in 1889, when he lost to James Baldwin, and at the Torquay Open again in 1890, when he was beaten by Edward Avory.
Wilfred Milne died in June 1919 at Mutford, Suffolk, England age 62.
1881 - 1903
3
86
53
1888 - Houndiscombe (Amateur)
1885 - Teignmouth and Shaldon (Amateur)
1881 - St. George's Hill (Amateur)
Round 2
George Drury Rudkin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Harold (Harry) Bacon
6-3
6-1
13-11
Semifinals
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-8
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Mowbray Megginson
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Frederick T. Bradbury
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Samuel Francis (Frank) Gerard James
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Arnold Wyersdale Blake
6-4
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Osmond Robert McMullen 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
John Henry Eustace Hart
6-1
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Wilfred Milne
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Percy Bateman Brown
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-1
Semifinals
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-5
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
William John Bush-Salmon
6-2
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
5-7
2-6
6-1
7-5
6-2
Round 1
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
R.W. Miller
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
J. Hare
7-5
2-6
6-2
Final
Edward James Avory 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Charles P. Hayes
6-4
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
George Hillyard 1 *
Wilfred Milne
4-6
6-1
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow
6-2
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Nesfield Grant Benson
6-1
8-6
6-3
Final
James Baldwin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-5
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Frederick Wallis Stoddart
6-2
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Walter Castle
6-3
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-4
6-4
10-8
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Grosvenor de Jacobi du Vallon
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 2
George Hillyard 1 *
Wilfred Milne
4-6
4-6
6-4
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Walter Castle
w.o.
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Henry Gore Hawker
w.o.
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Dr Charles Hamilton Whiteford
6-1
6-3
Final
Wilfred Milne 1 *
C.R. Broad
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
George Arnulph Montgomerie
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
W.A. Kindersley
6-1
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-2
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
T. Spread
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
J. Hare
6-0
3-6
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
John Redfern Deykin
8-6
6-4
2-6
6-4
Final
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
1-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
W.A. Dixon
w.o.
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Arthur Nevile John Story
7-5
4-6
6-1
Final
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-5
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Herbert Chipp 1 *
Wilfred Milne
w.o.
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Eyre Chatterton
w.o.
Round 2
William C. Taylor 1 *
Wilfred Milne
4-6
7-5
3-6
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Oswald Milne
8-6
2-6
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Herbert Chipp 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
William Ross Ormsby Hindle
6-2
6-5
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
6-3
4-6
1-3
ret.
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Erskine Gerald Watson
6-2
6-3
Final
Wilfred Milne 1 *
H.C. Kent
6-3
6-5
6-2
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Joseph Constable Maxwell-Scott
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Oswald Milne
9-7
8-6
1-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
A.L. Griffiths
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Frederick William Knox
4-6
6-5
6-3
Semifinals
Richard Dudley Sears 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
George Jones Mitton
6-2
6-4
4-2
ret.
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
William John Bush-Salmon
6-3
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
Wilfred Milne
7-9
6-0
4-6
6-4
6-1
Round 1
William C. Taylor 1 *
Wilfred Milne
2-6
6-4
1-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
William John Bush-Salmon
6-1
5-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Pelham George Von Donop
5-6
6-4
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Thomas Arthur Nash
w.o.
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
William C. Taylor
7-5
4-6
2-6
6-3
6-3
Final
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Pelham George Von Donop
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Ernest Maconchy
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Arthur John Stanley
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-1
6-5
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
H. Hibbard
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Erskine Gerald Watson 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-5
6-2
Round 1
Francis Archibald Fairlie 1 *
Wilfred Milne
3-6
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
W.M. Bird
6-0
5-0
ret.
Round 2
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Mr. Castor
6-2
5-6
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Otway Edward Woodhouse 1 *
Wilfred Milne
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Sir William John Ferguson Davie
2
sets
to
0
Quarterfinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Ferguson G. Davies
2
sets
to
1
Semifinals
Wilfred Milne 1 *
Oswald Milne
2
sets
to
1
Final
Wilfred Milne 1 *
B. Hawes
3
sets
to
0