David Mills enjoyed success at the British Closed Seniors' Grass Court Championships by clinching a doubles title at Wimbledon.
The Cambridge veteran partnered Nick Boys in the men's over-45 doubles and the pair lived up to their billing as top seeds by winning the event.
They did not have it all their own way though, as they were pushed all the way in a hard-fought final against No 2 seeds Johnny Barr and Michael Appleton.
Mills and Boys took the first set quite comfortably, winning it 6-2, but their opponents hit back to take the second 6-4.
The title was decided by a championship tie-break, which was also well contested. Mills and Boys held their nerve, though, and won it 10-7.
The duo's path to the title had been relatively straightforward up to that point. They won their opening match against Simon Constant-Grimmas and Nick Simmons 6-3, 6-2 and followed it up with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Charles Durham and Sean Bennett.
Cambridge players Alan Leeder and Scott Martin narrowly missed out on making the final, losing on a championship tie-breaker to Barr and Appleton 6-4, 3-6, 11-9.
Martin and Leeder had earlier enjoyed a comfortable win over Paul Bowden and Andrew Thompson 6-2, 6-1.
Mills' triumph in the doubles saw him avenge his singles defeat to Barr two days earlier.
The two rivals met in the quarter-finals, with No 4 seed Mills getting off to a fine start by taking the first set 6-4.
Barr, the seventh seed, hit back to take the second 7-5 and then ran away with the decisive third, winning it 6-1.
Mills had earlier beaten Blane Dodds and Gary Minns in straight sets, while Barr had accounted for Mills' fellow Cambridge veteran Martin, beating him 6-2, 6-4.
Leeder took part in the men's over-50 singles competition, reaching the quarter-finals before being beaten by top seed Christopher Hearn.
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