At the London Olympics in 1908 Barrett won a gold medal in the men's indoor doubles event with Arthur Gore.[4][5] They also won the doubles in Wimbledon in 1909. In 1912 and 1913 he won the Wimbledon doubles title with Charles Dixon.
He played his first Wimbledon singles' competition in 1898, reaching the second round in which he lost to eventual finalist Lawrence Doherty. He achieved his best Wimbledon singles result in 1911 when he won the All-Comers final against compatriot Charles P. Dixon before losing in the Challenge Round to Anthony Wilding from New Zealand due to a retirement. Over the following years he would make regular appearances at Wimbledon until his final participation in 1921.[6]
He participated in the first Davis Cup in 1900 and was the non-playing captain of the winning British Davis Cup team in 1933.
His most successful tournament wins were at the Suffolk Championships at Saxmundham which he won 17 times between 1898 and 1921.[7]
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Anthony J. Zorab
6-1
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Ambrose Dudley
6-2
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Percy Hugh Robbs
6-2
6-3
8-6
Round 4
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
8-6
3-6
6-2
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Max Decugis 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-3
7-5
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Francis Earn Barritt
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
O. Kay
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Stoddart
5-7
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-0
7-5
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-2
4-6
6-2
1-6
6-2
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
James Cecil Parke
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
6-3
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.R. Sawyer
6-0
6-3
6-1
Round 4
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-3
3-6
8-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Beamish
6-1
1-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Dixon
5-7
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-1
Challenge Round
Tony Wilding 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-4
4-6
2-6
6-2
ret.
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
bye
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Beamish
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.H. Green
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Eric Pockley
6-3
6-3
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
10-8
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Oswald Graham Noel Turnbull
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
G. Murray Wilson
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Stoddart
6-3
6-1
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
H.J. Weston
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Rev. J. Burrough
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
G.R.C. Stuart
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Beamish
7-5
6-3
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Hillyard
4-6
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Francis Maurice Russell Davies
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Henry Marvelle (Harry) Read
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Reginald Speke Barnes
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Wylie Grant
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Cedric O. Scott
6-3
6-2
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Dixon
1-6
7-5
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
James Powell
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
James Cecil Parke
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Watt
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
D.P. Rhodes
6-3
5-7
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Lionel Escombe
4-6
7-5
11-9
ret.
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6-4
6-2
6-8
7-5
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.R. Sawyer
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.H. Green
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Reginald Speke Barnes
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Beamish
3-6
6-4
6-1
Final
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
0-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
B.A. Fitter
w.o.
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
F.M. Miles
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Edgar William Timmis
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
G. Murray Wilson
6-2
6-1
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Andrew Leicester Irvine
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Walter Scott Andrews
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Otway Scarlett Graham Toler
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 4
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Arthur Lowe
9-7
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Tony Wilding
2-6
6-4
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-3
6-1
3-6
6-1
Final
Arthur Gore 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-3
6-2
4-6
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Victor Gauntlett
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sidney Wallis Newling
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Roderick McNair
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe
w.o.
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-0
9-7
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
S.O.C. Finnigan
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.E. Dodge
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Percy Widdas
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
H.J. Weston
6-4
6-3
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
H.T. Thomson
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Andrew Leicester Irvine
6-2
8-6
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Percy Widdas
6-3
6-1
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
C.E. Hunter
6-2
8-6
ret.
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
H.G. Watts
w.o.
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Reverend R.P. Stone
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Clement Cazalet
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Roderick McNair
6-4
6-0
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-4
6-4
10-12
6-2
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.R. Sawyer
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Douglas Kitching
6-2
9-7
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Roderick McNair
7-5
6-1
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
w.o.
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Gerard Noel Cornwallis Mann
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
J.C. Boys
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.E. Dodge
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Francis Freeman (Frank) Roe
6-2
6-3
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Beamish
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
F.M. Brown
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
F.C. Goodall
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-2
6-4
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-4
6-4
4-6
9-7
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Henry Edward Bygrave Sewell
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sydney Adams
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
F.L. Shelton
6-4
6-1
Final
Arthur Gore 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
4-6
7-5
7-5
3-0
ret.
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Carl Fourneau
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Wilfred Pollen Haviland
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Louis Trasenster
6-0
6-4
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Willie Lemaire
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Arthur Lyman Williston
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.B. Sent
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Bernard Besly Yule
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Henry Norman Marrett
6-3
6-4
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Hugh Davies
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Henry Mayes
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Cecil Stewart Hartley
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.L. Hicks
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Frederick William (Fritz) Goldberg
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A. Hay
6-2
6-3
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Beamish
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Benjamin Ward Frost
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Cecil Stewart Hartley
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
C.E. Hunter
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
F.C. Clark
6-1
6-1
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.H. Green
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
R. Galloway
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Réginald Storms
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sir Nigel George Davidson
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep
6-3
6-4
Final
Paul de Borman 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
4-6
6-1
8-6
6-0
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Reverend Charles Cecil Lewis Way
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Stephen Gladstone Wheatley
6-1
ret.
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
G.H. Booth
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Evan Gwynne-Evans
6-1
7-5
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Henry Norman Marrett
w.o.
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Samuel Ernest (Ernest) Charlton
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Frederick William (Fritz) Goldberg
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Frederick William Charlton
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Beamish
6-1
6-4
Final
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-4
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Th. Goller
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Franz Kursaa
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-0
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
1-6
6-2
3-0
ret.
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Cecil Stewart Hartley
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sir Ernest Salter Wills
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
6-1
5-7
6-0
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
C.H. Taylor
w.o.
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sir Ernest Henry Pooley
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Tuckey
5-7
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
David Marc Andrew Graham Hawes
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Evan Gwynne-Evans
6-4
6-1
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
William Godfrey Milburn
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Frederick William Payn
2-6
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
John Frederick Stokes
6-1
6-4
Final
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Turketil George Pearson Greville
6-4
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-1
6-0
Final
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-4
1-6
6-1
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Paul Tournay
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Comte Robert Van der Straeten-Ponthoz
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Louis Trasenster
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
John Kellar Frost
6-2
4-2
ret.
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-3
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Hugh Matthew Sweetman
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Philip Graeme Pearson
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-2
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sidney Howard Smith
7-5
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Arthur Gore 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
8-6
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Hugh Davies
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Henry Norman Marrett
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Percy William Sherwell
6-3
6-3
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Dixon
4-6
6-3
3-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
E. Newman
4-6
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Georges Ferdinand Van der Stegen
6-4
8-6
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Louis Trasenster
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Baron Robert De Rossius d'Humain
6-4
6-0
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Willie Lemaire
6-1
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Reverend Charles Cecil Lewis Way
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-1
6-0
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Osborne Smeathman Hatton
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Richard Russell Hunting
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
John Flavelle
8-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.H. Green
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-4
7-5
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-4
6-2
Challenge Round
Arthur Gore 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Edward Stanley Franklin
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Walter George Bailey
6-3
6-2
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.H. Green
6-1
6-4
Challenge Round
Arthur Gore 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-2
8-6
9-7
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Victor Robyns de Schneidauer
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Baron Carel Van Rappard
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Henri Dubar de Goër
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
F. Cattoir
6-2
6-0
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Paul de Borman
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Osborne Smeathman Hatton
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alfred Cornforth Griffiths
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Alexander William Miller White
6-1
7-5
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
3-6
8-6
6-3
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sidney George Hough
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
F. Carter
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Sidney Wallis Newling
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Henry Martin
6-3
6-2
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Richard Clifford
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
H.T. Thomas
6-2
4-6
4-6
6-2
4-2
ret.
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
H.F. Overbury
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Arthur Knox Cronin
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Gerald William Chesterman
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
C.B. Sharpe
w.o.
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Benjamin Ward Frost
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Hugh Marley
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
4-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Frederick James Faulkland Rooke
6-2
6-0
Final
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
A.H. Green
6-3
7-5
6-3