1880 men's tennis season

The 1880 men's tennis season [1][2] was the fifth amateur tennis tour held that year. It now incorporated 44 tournaments staged in Australia, Great Britain and Ireland and the United States. The 1880 Wimbledon Championships was won by John Hartley against Herbert Lawford, in the Challenge Round.

1880 men's tennis season
William Renshaw shared the most titles this year.
Details
Duration12 April – 28 November
Edition5th
Tournaments44 (Amateur)
CategoriesImportant (4)
National (2)
Provincial/Regional/State (2)
County (4)
Local (32)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesUnited Kingdom Dale Womersley (2)
United Kingdom Edward Brackenbury (2)
United Kingdom William Renshaw (2)
Most tournament finalsUnited Kingdom Otway E. Woodhouse (2)
United Kingdom William Renshaw (2)
1879
1881

The tour began in April Cheltenham, England and ended in October in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Calendar edit

Notes 1: Challenge Round: the final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921),[3] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season

Key

Important.[4][5][6][7][8]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

January to March edit

No events

April edit

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
12–18 April East Gloucestershire Championships[9] Cheltenham, Great Britain
Hard
Singles
  Ernest Renshaw
6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6
  Ernest Browne

May edit

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
10–16 May Northern Championships[10]
Manchester, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Richard Taswell Richardson[11]
6-0 6-3 6-0
  Walter Edwin Fairlie   Cecil Francis Parr
  John Ravenscroft
  J Bayly
  J Clarke
  John Comber
  W L Agnew
24 May-28 May Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[12]
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  William Renshaw
6-1 6-4 6-3
  Ernest Browne   Michael G. McNamara   S. D. Maul
  A. J. Mullholland
Challenge round
  Vere St. Leger Goold

June edit

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
4-6 Jun.[13] Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament
Manadon, Plymouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  William Bertie Roberts
6-0, 6-1
  Mr. Montagu   Mr. Keate   Mr. O'Brien
  Mr. Luxmore
26 June.[14] Essex County Cricket Club Tournament
County Cricket Ground
Brentwood, Essex, England
Grass
Singles
  Dale Womersley
2 sets to 0
  R.C. Ball   Nalton Womersley   Barrington Henry Syer Barnes
  J.G. Fowler
  J. Read
14–26 June Kemptown Tournament[15]
Kemptown, Brighton, Great Britain
?
Singles
  Arthur Oldham Jennings
6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4
  Thomas Jenner Verrall
24–25 June.[a][16][17] Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Aylestone Park
Leicester, Great Britain
?
Singles
  Stuart Macrae
6-5 4-6 6-4
  Champion Branfill Russell   Harold Baird Carlyon
  E.C. Keele
  H.F. Johnson
  Arthur Thomas Toller
  Dr John Thomas Jacques
  George de Horne Vaizey
21 June-4 July Princes Club Championships[18] Prince's Club, London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
  Herbert Lawford
5-7 5-7 6-3 6-0 8-6
  Edgar Lubbock   Otway E, Woodhouse
  Herbert Lawford
  Captain Blane
  David Charles Heatley
  O E Woodhouse

July edit

Date Tournament Winner All comers' finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
5 June–3 July.[19] Worcester Park Challenge Cup
Worcester, England
?
  F. Durant
6-0, 8-6, 9-7
  E. Johnson   Frederick Chetwynd-Stapylton
  A.C. Waddilove
  H.W. Horne
  W.R. Price
  Edward Chetwynd-Stapylton
12 July. Championship of the Esher LTC.
Esher Lawn Tennis Club
Esher, Surrey, England
?
  Clement Edward Cottrell
?
  ?
16 July.[20] Woodford Parish Championship[21]
County Cricket Ground
Woodford Parish, England
Grass
Singles
  Edward North Buxton
2 sets to 0
 
R.C. Ball
7–16 July Wimbledon Championship[22][23]
London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
  John Hartley
walkover
  Otway E. Woodhouse   George Butterworth
  G. M. Montgomeries
  Richard Ridley Farrer
  William Henry Darby D'Esterre
  H.C. Jenkins
  Ernest Renshaw
Challenge round
  Herbert Lawford
15 - 17 July.[b][24] St Leonards-on-Sea Tournament
Archery Gardens
St Leonards-on-Sea, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  R. Stuart Wilson
7-5, 6-2
  Arthur Wellesley Soames   F.A. Coles
15 - 18 July.[25] County Galway LTC Tournament
Lisbeg, County Galway,Ireland
Grass
  Ernest Browne
?
  John Eyre   W. Aldridge   Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
  James Parsons Dove
20 July.[26] North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament
Drayton Park
Lowick, Northamptonshire
Grass
Singles
Doubles
  W.H. Collins
?
  G.H. Evans   H.O. Hall   A. Ashby
  F.M. Eden
  B. Clarke-Thornhill
21-26 July.[27] Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.
Lichfield, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
  Jonas Henry William Gardner
6-4 6-3
  J. H. Forster   C.W.A. Law   William Arthur Briscoe
  L.G. Knight
28-31 July County Kildare Tournament [28]
Naas,[29] Ireland
Singles - Doubles
  Joseph R. Rainsford
6-1 6-4 6-3
  Jacob R. Sherrard   Joseph R. Rainsford
 Algernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer
  Horrace Kennedy
  Ivor Kirkpatrick
  Thomas Browning Reeves
 R. D. Vincent

August edit

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
August.[30] Blackmoor Vale LTC Tournament
Sherborne School Cricket Ground
Sherborne, Blackmoor Vale, Dorset, England
Grass
  Sir Hubert James Medlycott
?
  B. Portman   Rev. Montague Hankey   G. Dendy
  A.C. Cole
  J.C. Fox
? August Scottish Championships
St Andrews, Great Britain
Wood (i)
Singles
  James Patten McDougall[31]
def
  Leslie Balfour-Melville
2 – 3 August.[32] Ripon Club Tournament
Ripon, LTC, Cricket Field
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Grass
  A.R. Springett
?
  Northing Pinckney Snowden   J. Walker
  T.F. Wilson
  C. Bickerstelle
  R. Paley
  W. Paley
  A.J. Wise
19 August.[33][34] Mersey Bowmen Archery Club Tournament
The Mersey Bowmen Archery Club
Sefton Park, Liverpool, England
Grass
  H.F. Rooke
?
  H. Duranty   L.J. Kilgour   J.R. Holme
  Mr. Isaacson
  Mr. Stewart
16–19 August Waterford Tournament[35]
Waterford, Ireland
Grass
Singles
  Vere St. Leger Goold
6-1 6-2
  Frederick William Knox
Def
  Robert Hassard   Arthur Bourke
  G. Butler
16–24 August Devonshire Park Championships[36]
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
  Dale Womersley
  Frederick Brunning Maddison
def.
  C.H.P. Carter William C. Taylor   G. Palmer
  Herbert Henley Playford
  Nalton Womersley
17–21 August South of Ireland Championships[37] Limerick, Ireland
Grass
Singles
  Edward Brackenbury
6-4 6-4 6-2
  Edward Montiford Longfield   William Dawson
  Samuel Martin Gully
  G Burton
  James F J Heffernan Considine
  Major Henry H Goodeve
  William Dawson
17–21 August Limerick CC Lawn Tennis Tournament
Limerick, Ireland
Grass
  Edward Brackenbury
6-4 6-4 6-2
  Edward Lysaght   Samuel Martin Gully   Heffernan Considine
  Charles A Mc Donald
  Major Henry H Goodeve
21 - 28 August.[38] Langley Marish Tournament
Langley Marish LTC
Langley Marish, Berkshire, England
Grass
  C. O. Phipps
6-5, 3-6, 6-3
  Zachary Hubert Nash   Rev. J. Swire   J.N. Hardcastle
|  Thomas Arthur Nash
23–24 August.[c] Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournament[39]
Torquay Cricket Ground
Torquay, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
  Ernest Maconchy
6-0 6-0
  C. Hughes   C. Hughes
  T. B. Hughes
  Thomas Arembery Tombe
  Owen Gould
30 August.[40] Bedfordshire LTC Tournament
Beds LTC
Fairfield, Bedfordshire, England
Grass
  Robert James Lindsell
?
  Frederick Willis   Augustus Scobell Orlebar   J. Hughes
  S. Mellor

September edit

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
September.[41] Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Brighton Lawn Tennis Club
Queen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Grass
  H. Stanley
6-4, 6-3, 6-5
  Francis Henry Izard   Sir Arthur Oldham Jennings   A.W. Bailey
  F.O. Bax-Ironside
September.[42] Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament
Ealing Cricket Club
Ealing, Middlesex, England
Grass
  F.W. Rawson
3 sets to 0
  Alfred Penn Gaskell   Mr. Baker
  C.J. Wilkinson
  A.R. Atkinson
  Mr. St. Clair
  W. Hervey
  M. Sharpe
1 - 2 Sept. Armagh Lawn Tennis Tournament
Archery Lawn Tennis Club
Armagh, Ireland
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
  Robert Baron Templer
?
  Robert Shaw Templer   J.C. Hibbert   E. Obré
  E.J. Wolfe
1 - 3 September.[d][43] Teignmouth and Shaldon Open
Teignmouth Tennis Club
Teignmouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy
?
  W.B. Young   H. Hayes   Sir Stephen Montagu Burrows
  George Campbell Maconchy
  Thomas Arembery Tombe
4 September.[e][44] Shanklin LTC Tournament
Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Algernon Hay Lushington
?
  P. Hewitt   C.A. White   O. Borrodaile
  A. Spicer
1–5 September Championship of America [45]
Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club
Staten Island, United States
Grass
Singles
  Otway E. Woodhouse[46]
54-50 (games)
  Isidore F. Hellmuth[47]   Edward H. Gray
  C.M. Harvey
  C. W. Barnes
  Walter M Wood
  William Larned
  W H Davidge
24 - 25 September.[48] Truro LTC Open Tournament
Truro Cricket Grounds
Truro, Cornwall, England
Grass
  Mr. Casey
3 sets to 0
  William Ewart Beamish Barter   Dr.F. Collins
  P.A. Derry
  José Ricardo Grylls d'Almeida
  H.D. Foster
  L. Milne
  George Tallack Petherick
28 September.[49][50] Bosmere Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Bosmere, LTC
Creeting Rectory, Creeting St Mary, Suffolk, England
Grass
  J.M. Wilkinson
 ?
  George Algernon Draffen   A. Downes   E.R. Durnford
  H. Gaye
  Mr. Smythe

October edit

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
30 September - 1 October.[51] Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament
Bournemouth CLTC
Dean Park Cricket Ground
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Francis Robert (Frank) Benson
6-1, 6-1, 6-3
  F.A. Campbell
4–10 October Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament[52]
Brighton, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  William Renshaw
6-3 6-3
  Ernest Renshaw   Robert Bradell
  William H Darby
  Frederick Bunning
  H C Goddart
  H E Eaton
  William H Darby
4 October.[53] Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament
Dirleton Castle, LTC
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
?
Singles - Doubles
  Rev. J. Kerr
2 sets to 1
  A.M. Bell
6 - 11 October.[54][55] Henley Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Henley Lawn & Tennis Club
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
?
  E. Bayly
1-6, 6-1, 12-10
  W.H. Browning
7 - 14 October.[56][57] Savernake Forest LTC Tournament
Savernake Forest, LTC, S.F.C.C. Ground
Savernake, Wiltshire England
?
  George Rawdon Maurice Hewson
?
  Mr. Dunning   Edward Beaumont Cotton Curtis
  Thomas Curtis
  Rev. F. Carre
  Rev. M.R. Edmeades
  Mr. Hunter
  H. Tootell
11–17 October Beacon Park Open[58]
Boston, United States
Grass
  Richard Sears
Def
  Edward Gray

November edit

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
22–28 November Victorian Championships
(Autumn)[59]
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Singles - Doubles
  Frank Highett
walkover
  Edward Wallington   R P Arnold
  William McEvoy
  C W Butler
  E Silvester
  R Barton
  William McEvoy

December edit

No events

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was founded in 1878 until 1879 In 1880 it was called the Leicester Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1881 it became an open tournament the Leicester Open Tennis Tournament. In 1900 it became the Leicestershire County Lawn Tennis Championships. The club also shared the staging of the Leicstershire County Championships with other venues.
  2. ^ The St. Leonards-On-Sea tournament was staged from 1880 to 1891 on grass courts, it featured players such as Joshua Pim and Herbert Wilberforce.
  3. ^ The Torquay Tennis Tournament was staged from 1880 to 1974 on grass courts.
  4. ^ The Teignmouth and Shaldon tournament was staged from 1880 to 1937. From 1880 to 1884 was held on Asphalt courts then changed to grass courts.
  5. ^ The Shanklin tournament was staged from 1880 to 1931

List of tournament winners edit

Note:List is alphabetical by first name and Important tournaments in bold

  •   A.R. Springett—Ripon—(1)
  •   Algernon Hay Lushington—Shanklin—(1)
  •   Arthur Oldham Jennings—Kemptown-(1)
  •   C. O. Phipps—Langley Marish—(1)
  •   Clement Edward Cottrell—Esher—(1)
  •   Dale Womersley—Brentwood, Eastbourne—(2)
  •   E. Bayly—Henley—(1)
  •   Edward Brackenbury—Limerick, Limerick II—(2)
  •   Edward North Buxton—Woodford Parish—(1)
  •   Ernest Browne—Lisbeg—(1)
  •   Ernest Maconchy—Teignmouth, Torquay—(2)
  •   Ernest Renshaw—Cheltenham—(1)
  •   F. Durant—Worcester—(1)
  •   F.W. Rawson—Ealing—(1)
  •   Francis Benson—Bournemouth—(1)
  •   Frank Highett-Melbourne—(1)
  •   George Rawdon Maurice Hewson—Savernake—(1)
  •   H. Stanley—Brighton (Queens Park)—(1)
  •   H.F. Rooke—Liverpool—(1)
  •   Herbert Lawford, Princes Club Championships—(1)
  •   Hubert James Medlycott–Sherbourne—(1)
  •   J.M. Wilkinson—Creeting St, Mary—(1)
  •   James Patten McDougall—St. Andrews—(1)
  •   John HartleyWimbledon Championship—(1)
  •   Jonas Henry William Gardner—Lichfield—(1)
  •   Joseph Rainsford—Naas—(1)
  •   Mr. Casey—Truro—(1)
  •   Otway E. Woodhouse—Staten Island—(1)
  •   R. Stuart Wilson–St Leonards-on-Sea—(1)
  •   Rev. J. Kerr—Dirleton—(1)
  •   Richard Sears—Boston—(1)
  •   Richard Taswell RichardsonNorthern Championships—(1)
  •   Robert Baron Templer—Armagh—(1)
  •   Robert James Lindsell—Fairfield—(1)
  •   Stuart Macrae—Leicester—(1)
  •   Vere St. Leger Goold—Waterford—(1)
  •   W.H. Collins—Lowick—(1)
  •   William Bertie Roberts—Plymouth—(1)
  •   William Renshaw—Brighton, Irish Lawn Tennis Championships—(2)

Rankings edit

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1880 [60]
# Player
1   John Hartley (ENG)
2   William Renshaw (ENG)
3   Herbert Lawford (ENG)
4   Otway Woodhouse (GBR)
5   Edgar Lubbock (GBR)
6   Richard Taswell Richardson (GBR)
7   Ernest Browne (GBR)
8   George Montgomerie (GBR)

See also edit

Notes edit

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  • Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice, Nauright John and Parrish Charles, (2012), ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Cal, USA, ISBN 1598843001.
  • The Concise History of Tennis, Mazak Karoly, (2010), 6th Edition, 2015.
  • Tennis; A Cultural History, Gillmeister Heiner, (1997), Leicester University Press, Leicester, UK.
  • The Tennis Book, edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981 ISBN 0-87795-344-9
  • The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.
  • Total Tennis:The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, by Bud Collins, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 0-9731443-4-3
  • Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide's 1890 to 1920 Wright & Ditsons Publishers, Boston, Mass, USA.
  • http://www.tennisarchives.com/
  • https://thetennisbase.com/

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