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General First nameHubert (Huib)
LastnameWilton
GenderMale
CountryNetherlands
Date of birth1921-03-12
Place of birthRotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death1959-10-29
Place of deathOegstgeest, Netherlands


About

He was on the 1953 Netherlands Davis Cup team which also included among others Hans van Swol (his partner in the men\'s doubles),[1] Boebi van Meegeren and Ivo Rinkel. In 1950 Wilton reached the second round at Wimbledon, losing to Henry Billington of Great Britain 6-1 7-5 11-9.[2]

Wilton came from a wealthy family. His grandfather, Bartel Wilton (1828-1898), had founded a shipyard, which after a merger with the Fijenoord shipyard became Wilton-Fijenoord. After his tennis career he became the owner of a chain of movie theaters (\"City-concern\") which his father, Bartel Winton (1863-1938), had founded. In 1959 he financed the movie Moutarde van Sonansee by his friend Toon Hermans. Soon after the premiere of this movie, he died in a car accident on the freeway between The Hague and Amsterdam.

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Archive statistics Career1937 - 1953
Tournament wins7
Matches91
Match wins53


Tournament wins 1952 - Netherlands National Championship (Open)
1951 - Netherlands National Championship (Open)
1949 - Den Haag District (Amateur)
1947 - Netherlands National Championship (Open)
1947 - Roelvink's Amsterdam (Amateur)
1946 - Netherlands National Championship (Open)
1941 - Eindhoven (Amateur)


Tournaments Netherlands International Championships - 1953 Netherlands National Championship - 1952 Netherlands National Championship - 1951 Wimbledon - 1950 Netherlands National Championship - 1950 Netherlands International Championships - 1949 Netherlands National Championship - 1949 Brussel Racing Club - 1949 Antwerpen International - 1949 De Nieuwe Meer - 1949 Leeuwarden - 1949 Den Haag District - 1949 Bussum - 1949 Den Haag - 1948 Brussel Racing Club - 1948 Monte Carlo - 1947 Netherlands International Championships - 1947 Netherlands National Championship - 1947 Great Britain vs. Netherlands Team Match - 1947 Netherlands vs. Belgium - 1947 Hilversum - 1947 Roelvink's Amsterdam - 1947 Rotterdam Anglo Dutch - 1947 Wimbledon - 1946 Swiss International Championships - 1946 Midland Counties Championships - 1946 South of England Championships - 1946 Den Haag - 1946 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1946 Netherlands National Championship - 1946 Netherlands National Championship - 1945 Roelvink's Amsterdam - 1945 Netherlands National Championship - 1941 Eindhoven - 1941 Noordwijk - 1941 Rotterdam Anglo Dutch - 1941 s 'Hertogenbosch - 1941 Eindenhout - 1941 Oosterbeek - 1941 Netherlands National Championship - 1940 Noordwijk - 1940 Eindenhout - 1940 Oosterbeek - 1940 Apeldoorn - 1937