Thomas Hicks (tennis)

Thomas Henry Hicks (15 May 1869 – 6 September 1956)[1] was an Australian tennis player and administrator who managed Australia and New Zealand's participation in early Davis Cup competitions.

[2][3] Hicks was born in Balmain, New South Wales, the first of eight children and four sons of Henry Hicks and Emily Garrett.

He was the older brother of Ernest Hicks.

[4] Living in Stanmore, Hicks was educated at Newington College commencing in 1885 aged sixteen.

[5] Hicks was the Honorary Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia/Australia from 1904 until 1926.