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Did you know that Frank Hadow was a tea planter in Ceylon and also won the Wimbledon? facebook Did you know that Frank Hadow was a tea planter in Ceylon and also won the Wimbledon? This is mainly from the History of Ceylon Tea (Anura Gunasekara’s article on the connection between Ceylon Tea and the Wimbledon) The Sidelines What does Ceylon Tea and the Wimbledon have in common? Frank Hadow, a planter from Ceylon who won the 2nd Wimbledon in 1878 while on holiday! Born on the 2nd of January 1855, Patrick Francis Hadow was one of seven brothers and attended Harrow School, where five of his brothers also attended and they were known as the “Harrow Hadows.” Soon after his days at Balliol College, he settled in Ceylon as a planter. ...