# Walter Clopton Wingfield

> Welsh sportsman and military officer (1833–1912); inventor of modern tennis

**Wikidata**: [Q725054](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725054)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Clopton_Wingfield)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/walter-clopton-wingfield


## References

1. The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.)
2. Find a Grave
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013