Brame Hillyard

Brame was born in Darlington, England, in 1876. Hillyard is notable for being the first tennis player to appear at Wimbledon wearing shorts rather than trousers.^[2] He did so in 1930 on Court 10. Bunny Austin, three years later, was the first male player to do so on Centre Court.^[2] Hillyard reached the quarter-finals of the event in 1903. He competed at the 1923 World Hard Court Championships where he lost in the fourth round to Henri Cochet.^[1]

He played his first tournament in 1897 at the Gipsy Championships where he reached the semi finals.^[1] He won his first title in 1901 at the Bournemouth Open Tournament against Edward Yatman.^[1] His other career singles highlights included winning the Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships (1922),^[1] the Marseille International (1922),^[1] Bexhill-on-Sea Open (1923),^[1] the Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships (1923).^[1]

He also won the Cannes Métropole Hotel Championship (1923),^[1] the Beausoleil Championships in Monte Carlo (1923),^[1] East Grinstead Open (1924),^[1] the Welsh Championships (1925) in Newport,^[1] the Aix-Les-Bains International (1927).^[1] His final title was at the Cannes Beau Site New Year Meeting in 1929.^[1] and his final singles event was the Cannes Championships in 1938.^[1] He died in Tonbridge, England, in 1959.