1881 men's tennis season

none April 2024 1881 men's tennis season William Charles Renshaw.jpg William Renshaw won most titles this year 200px 19 April – 10 November 73 (Amateur) Important (5 )National (2) Provincial/Regional/State (6) County (6) Local/other (54) ENG William Renshaw (4) GBR Richard Taswell Richardson (5) 1880 1882 The 1881 men's tennis season Tennis season 1881 https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=season&anno=1881&tipoMainTorneos=main&surface=&tipo_de_torneo= thetennisbase.com The Tennis Base, 2016 9 December 2016Archives Tennis Tournaments 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/jaarwedstrijdenfiche.php www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives, 2016 9 December 2016 incorporates 73 tournaments staged in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States. The 1881 Wimbledon Championships was won by William Renshaw. This year also saw the inaugural and important 1881 U.S. National Championships held at Newport Casino which Richard Sears won. This was also the year that the United States National Lawn Tennis Association,USTA HISTORY ARCHIVE https://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/History/USTA_history_archive/ usta.com USTA 17 July 2016 which is the world's first national tennis association, was founded. Renshaw then went on to win two other big tournaments of the year, namely, the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and Princes Club Championships, whilst Richard Taswell Richardson won the prestigious Northern Championships.John Nauright Charles Parrish Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, Calif. 9781598843002 198 The season began in April in Cheltenham, England, and ended in November in Melbourne, Australia. Calendar 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),Abolition of Challenge Rounds https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19220320.2.111.2?query=Paris%20International%20Championships paperspast.natlib.govt.nz EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922 6 October 2016 in some tournaments, not all.* Indicates challenger Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only onetime Key Important.Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, Calif. 9781598843002 198 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC&pg=RA1-PA198 Gillmeister Heiner Tennis:Cultural History 1998 A&C Black London 9780718501952 199 https://books.google.com/books?id=44Vu3DdHFvsC&pg=PA199Mazak Karoly The Concise History of Tennis 2017 Independently published 9781549746475 5–36 EnglishLake Robert J. A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History 2014 Routledge 9781134445578 48 https://books.google.com/books?id=8kyvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 National Provincial/State/Regional County Local January to March No events April DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist4 April.Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.68. North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament (First Meeting)Drayton ParkKetteringNorthamptonshire? Singles Doubles GBR G.H. Evans?GBR ? 19–23 April.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Cheltenham Covered Courts 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=19532 www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 8 July 2022Cheltenham Covered Court ChampionshipsImperial Winter GardensCheltenham, EnglandWood (i)Singles - Doubles GBR Ernest Renshaw6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 8-6IRE 1783 Ernest BrowneGBR Major Henry Holley GoodeveGBR G. HarrisonENG Ernest Edwin MeekENG Henry Blane PorterGBR S. DaviesGBR Ernest RenshawGBR William RenshawdefGBR George Montague ButterworthGBR G. Harrison.IRE 1783 Ernest BrowneGBR Miss WilliamsdefGBR Henry Blane PorterGBR Miss. Florence Mardall. May DateTournamentWinnerAll Comers' FinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist 23–29 MayIrish Lawn Tennis ChampionshipsIrish Championships 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=511 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 28 July 2016Dublin, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR William Renshaw1-6 6-4 6-3 6-1 GBR Richard Taswell Richardson IRE 1783 Peter Aungier GBR A J MullhollandGBR Ernest RenshawGBR Otway WoodhouseChallenge roundGBR Herbert Lawford IRE 1783 Spencer Duncan MaulIRE 1783 Miss Costello6-4, 7-5IRE 1783 Robert HassardIRE 1783 Miss. D. Meldon31 May.The St.George's Hill tournament was staged at Weybridge, Surrey from 1880 to 1966 on grass courts, it was known as the Brooklands Open between 1913-14.Nieuwland Alex Edition – St. George's Hill 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35709 www.tennisarchives.com Iddznew BV 8 July 2022St.George's Hill Tournament St. George's Hill LTCWeybridge, Surrey, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles ENG Wilfred Milne3 sets to 0 GBR B. Hawes GBR F.M. AshleyENG Oswald Milne GBR F.M. AshleyGBR Ferguson G. DaviesGBR Mr. Maclachlan GBR Rev. G.S. Money June DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalistJune.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Oxford University Tournament 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35708 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 11 July 2022Oxford University Champion TournamentNorham Gardens, Oxford, Great BritainGrassSingles – Doubles UKGBI Robert Wallace Braddell6-4, 8-6, 6-2UKGBI Rev. Thomas Poltimore Dimond 30 May–4 June.The Cambridge University tournament ran from 1881 to 1903 and featured winners such as Herbert Wilberforce and Anthony (Tony) Wilding.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Cambridge University LTC 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35770 www.tennisarchives.com Iddznew BV 8 July 2022 Cambridge University TournamentCambridge University LTCCambridge, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Barclay Fowell Buxton?ENG Erskine Gerald Watson GBR E.W. Brooke?GBR R. Hunt?GBR A.C. Cooper?GBR R. HuntByeGBR J.E. McMaster?GBR J.H.M. Whitehead? 1–5 JuneWest of England ChampionshipsBath, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Pelham Von Donop5-6 6-5 6-3GBR John Charles Kay GBR John Charles KayByeIreland 1783 William Norton Barry GBR H. C. JenkinsGBR Henry Blane Porter 5-10 JuneWorcester Park Challenge Cup. Worcester, Worcestershire, EnglandGrass GBR F. Durant?GBR ? 6–12 June Waterloo TournamentWaterloo, Liverpool 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=4368 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 28 July 2016 Liverpool, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Richard Taswell Richardson6-0 6-0GBR R W Jones GBR Henry Blane PorterGBR R W JonesGBR W. G. BarkerGBR T. R. HuntGBR C. Phillips 6–12 JunePrinces Club ChampionshipsPrince's Club Tournament 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=513 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 28 July 2016 London, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR William Renshaw7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3Ireland 1783 Alfred John Mulholland SCO Herbert LawfordGBR Richard Taswell RichardsonGBR John Charles ColeGBR L. G. Campbell 6–12 JuneEssex ChampionshipsEssex Championships 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=17718 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 27 October 2016 Brentwood, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Dale Womersley6-0 6-4GBR Nalton Womersley GBR Edward North BuxtonENG Charles Walder Grinstead6-3 6-1ENG Albert WomersleyGBR W.C. WellsGBR A. Fowler was absent. 16–18 June.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Liverpool Cricket Club Tournament 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=12812 www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 8 July 2022Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.69.Liverpool Cricket Club Lawn Tennis TournamentLiverpool Cricket ClubAigburth, Liverpool, EnglandGrassSingles GBR Richard Taswell Richardsons6-0, 6-0UKGBI Reginald Herbert Jones 20–26 JuneNorthern ChampionshipsChampionship Roll of Honour http://www.thenorthern.co.uk/files/roll_of_honour.pdf thenorthern.co.uk The Northern Lawn Tennis Club 26 October 2016 3 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181003162201/http://www.thenorthern.co.uk/files/roll_of_honour.pdf deadGBR Manchester, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Richard Taswell Richardson6-1 6-1 6-0GBR Walter Edwin Fairlie GBR Minden Fenwick GBR A. L. Payne GBR Percival C. Fenwick GBR J. J. Yates Challenge roundGBR John Comber July DateTournamentWinnerAll comers' finalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist26 June–1 July.OPEN TOURNAMENT AT ROCHESTER. The 19th Rochester Open tournament. which extends over three days, was continued on Saturday, the weather being somewhat more favourable than on the opening day. Sporting Life. (Monday 6 August 1900). The British Newspaper Archive. London, England. page.3.Rochester OpenThe PaddockKing's School, Rochester, Kent, EnglandGrassSingles GBR H. Blatherwick6-3,6-3,6-4GBR A. Buchanan 2–13 JulyWimbledon Championship The Championships 1881:Gentlemen's All-Comers' Singles http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/1881_MS_A4.pdf wimbledon.com All England Lawn Tennis Club 17 July 2016London, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR William Renshaw6–0, 6–1, 6–1GBR Richard Taswell Richardson GBR Herbert Lawford GBR George S. Murray HillGBR Otway WoodhouseGBR William Henry Darby Challenge roundGBR John Hartley 11–17 July Scottish ChampionshipsWinslow F. L The Lawn Tennis Annual 1882 1882 Frederick Warne & Co London Edinburgh, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles SCO John Galbraith HornScottish Championships 1881 Final http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=1299 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 10 August 20166-1 6-5 GBR A L DavidsonGBR T A Bell GBR B S Cunliffe GBR Captain Gosling GBR Charles C MaconochieGBR Captain Sterling 12 July.Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881Routledges Sporting Annual (1883) Lawn Tennis Principle Meetings of 1882 Championship of the Esher LTC.Esher Lawn Tennis ClubEsher, Surrey, EnglandGrassGBR Clement Edward Cottrell6-5, 6-5, 6-1GBR Charles Martineau 12 July. Bedfordshire LTC TournamentNorth Beds Lawn Tennis ClubBlunhem House, Fairfield, Bedfordshire, EnglandGrassGBR Cecil Henry Polhill-Turner?GBR R. HughesGBR C. MellorGBR A.K. LindsellGBR F.H. SmithGBR Captain Leigh Warner 16 July.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Woodford Parish 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35799 www.tennisarchives.com Iddznew BV Woodford Parish Championship County Cricket GroundWoodford Parish, EnglandGrassSingles GBR Edward North Buxton2 sets to 0GBRR.C. Ball ? 15-16 July.Tournaments:Litchfield/Stafford - Staffordshire Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 25 May 2023 Madrid subscriptionStaffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.Lichfield, Great BritainGrassSingles GBR Henry W. J. Gardner 6-4, 2-6, 6-5 GBR E.W. BurnettGBR A.W. HartGBR E.K. Wade GBR John George Chamberlain GBR C.E. Green GBR L.G. Knight 17–20 JulyRoutledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.70.Alliance LTC ChampionshipCrouch End Hill, Crouch End, London, EnglandOutdoorGrass Singles GBR F.A. Clark?? 20-23 July. North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament (Second Meeting)Grafton UnderwoodNorth Northamptonshire? Singles Doubles GBR Edward North Buxton?GBR H.E. Kaye GBR N.F. RobertsGBR Daniel Wiltringham Stable GBR A. Fowler GBR S.E. PalmerGBR Ernest Robert Stable GBR E. Wheeler Challenge roundGBR F.E. Deck 18–24 JulyCanadian ChampionshipsLake J Robert A Social History of Tennis in Britain:Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History 2014 Routledge London, UK 9781134445578 73 Toronto, CanadaOutdoorGrassSingles CAN 1868 Isidore F. Hellmuth6–2, 6–2 CAN 1868 W.H. Young ? 18–24 JulyEdgbaston Open Tournament Edgbaston, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Dr. Walter W. Chamberlain6-3 6-1 6-4 GBR F.S. Goodwin GBR G.R. Brewerton GBR R.W. Miller GBR G.H. Cartland GBR G.J. Chamerlain GBR H. SimondsGBR J. Lambert 25–30 JulyLondon Athletic Club Tournament Fulham, London, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Frederick Lawrence Rawson6-1 4-6 6-2 6-3 GBR Otway Woodhouse GBR Edgar Lubbock GBR G. H. Taylor GBR B. JamesGBR Ernest Wool Lewis ENG Augustus Adolphus Nepean 30 July.Harrow Lawn Tennis Club Tournament.Harrow Lawn Tennis ClubHarrow, Middlesex, EnglandGrassGBR Frederick Gordon Templer2 sets to 1GBR J. RuaultGBR J.P. CharlesGBR G. HolmesGBR C. EdwardsFRA W. Guillemard GBR E.S. PriorGBR W. Wilkinson 25–30 JulyNorwich Open Tournament.Chapelfield GardensNorwich, Norfolk England? GBR Francis William Monement6-2 6-4GBR Edward Morgan HansellGBR William Bolding Monement GBR Henry Edward John Browne GBR Walter Edward Hansell GBR R.H. Perkin 25–31 JulyDundalk TournamentDundalk 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=16445 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 29 July 2016 Dundalk, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles Ireland 1783 Robert Shaw Templerdef. Ireland 1783 Kerry Leyne Supple Ireland 1783 H Graves Ireland 1783 A. Edes Ireland 1783 Frederick Gordon Templer August DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalistAugust.Jones Ken Newcastle-Emlyn more miscellany : more local facts that you might not have known about : until now!! 2014 Summerhill Press Newcastle Emlyn 0955662540 303–318Tivyside LTC Tournament Tivyside Lawn Tennis ClubNewcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles WAL George Bevan Bowen? AugustHexham Tournament Hexham, Northumberland, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles ENG Jasper Gibson6-0, 6-0, 6-2GBR M. LiddellGBR J.W. Fowler GBR W. Gibson GBR J.O. Head GBR Henry Kirsopp GBR J.H. Nicholson AugustHampstead Cricket Club Tennis Tournament Hampstead, Middlesex, EnglandOutdoorHardSingles GBR Harry Sibthorpe Barlow3 sets to 1GBR Herbert ChippGBR Robert Samuel Creaton GBR E.F. Carey GBR R.A. Walker 2–4 August.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Cirencester Park Tournament 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=26631 www.tennisarchives.com Iddznew BV 8 July 2022 Cirencester Park Lawn Tennis TournamentEarl Bathurst EstateCirencester ParkCirencester, Gloucestershire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR F.E. Rooke?IRE 1783 Julian Marshall 4 August. North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament Drayton ParkLowick, NorthamptonshireGrassSingles Doubles UKGBI G.H. Evans?GBR Henry Minshull Stockdale UKGBI R.H. LindsayUKGBI F.G. Hodgson{ 1–6 AugustDarlington Open Tournament Darlington, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR A. Springett6-0 4-6 6-2 GBR Mark Fenwick GBRJ.W. Fowler GBR Cecil Fullerton GBR Minden Fenwick GBR R. De Clare Yeld GBR J.B. DaleGBR Miss Alice Cheese 9-7, 6-3GBR Percival C. FenwickGBR Miss. Winifred Fenwick. 1–7 AugustSouth of Ireland ChampionshipsLimerick, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles Ireland 1783 Edmond Bennett Brackenbury0-6 6-3 7-5 8-6 Ireland 1783 Edward Montiford Longfield Ireland 1783 Samuel Martin Gully Ireland 1783 G BurtonIreland 1783 James F J Heffernan ConsidineIreland 1783 Major Henry H GoodeveIreland 1783 William Dawson 2-6 August.County Kildare Closed TournamentNaas Military BarracksNaas, County Kildare, IrelandGrass - Ireland 1783 Peter Aungier?Ireland 1783 E.H. Bennett GBR Spencer Duncan MaulIreland 1783 W.A. CairnesIreland 1783 Paul BrownIreland 1783 Arthur OwenIreland 1783 Major Erasmus D. BorrowesIreland 1783 Gilbert de Laval Willis 2-6 AugustCounty Kildare ChampionshipCounty Kildare Tournament 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=13523 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 27 October 2016 Naas, IrelandOutdoorGrassGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Algernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer6-1 6-1 6-5Ireland 1783 Francis Metcalfe Ireland 1783 Jacob R. SherrardIreland 1783 James G. KennedyIreland 1783 Thomas C. Owen 2–7 AugustWaterford Tournament Waterford, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles Ireland 1783 Michael G. McNamara6-2 6-3 Ireland 1783 James Joycelyn Glascott Ireland 1783 Hercules R Langrishe Ireland 1783 Chaloner KnoxIreland 1783 John H BrowneIreland 1783 Henry Hills Goodeve 2–8 August.Tournaments: Orange Invitation https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 28 May 2023 subscription Orange InvitationMountain Station, MontroseSouth Orange, New Jersey, USOutdoorGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1877 Richard Field Conover7-5 6-2 6-3USA 1877 A.M. WoodUSA 1877 Samuel A. Campbell Jr. USA 1877 Richard Morse ColgateUSA 1877 S.E. HallUSA 1877 E. Winslow 8–10 AugustDownshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Downshire Archery and Lawn Tennis Club Cliftonville Cricket Club Ground, Belfast, Great BritainOutdoorGrass GBR F.L. Rawson5-2,5-1 Ireland 1783F.G.Gordon Ireland 1783 J. McNeile Ireland 1783 W. R. Young Ireland 1783 C. L. Graham 5-1 5-0Ireland 1783 F. St John Gordon Ireland 1783 John H. Browne Ireland 1783 O. B. Graham 9–12 AugustExmouth OpenTravis John F. The rise of the Devon seaside resorts 1750-1900 1993 University of Exeter Press Exeter 9780859893923 176 1. publ. Exmouth, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR E. W. Mancounchy6-3 1-6 6-4 GBR Thomas Hoare GBR T.P. Hogg GBR E.G. Farquharson GBR G. F. Hampson GBR Champion Russell GBR Henry Kindersley ** GBR Miss. Georgiana Kindersley2-6, 7-5, 7-5Ireland 1783 Thomas Arembery TombeGBR Miss. Lilian Cole. 9–12 AugustTeignmouth and Shaldon Tournament Teignmouth, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Champion Branfill Russell 5-6 6-1 6-0 GBR Charles John Cole GBR Charles John Cole GBR Spencer Cox GBR Arthur Bellfield GBR C. Haynes Ireland 1783 Thomas Arembery Tombe 8–13 AugustNorth of Ireland Championships Belfast, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles Ireland 1783 E. J. Charley 2-1 (sets) GBR J.R. Bristow Ireland 1783 A.H. Callwell Ireland 1783 A. Eager Ireland 1783 E.M. Charley Ireland 1783 H.O. Lanyon Ireland 1783 H.W. BoyceGBR John Taswell Richardson 13 August.Tournaments: Langley Marish https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 28 May 2023 subscriptionLangley Marish TournamentLangley Marish LTC Langley Marish, Berkshire, EnglandGrassENG Thomas Arthur Nash6-5, 3-6, 6-3ENG Wiliam Harry NashGBR Maurice John SwabeyGBR G.E. Hale|GBR Richard Helder 13 Aug.Tournaments: Gloucestershire https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 28 May 2023 subscriptionGloucestershire Lawn Tennis TournamentMontpellier GardensCheltenham, Great BritainOutdoorGrass/AsphaltSingles - Doubles GBR George Montague Butterworth6-1 6-1GBR Alexander Kaye Butterworthw.o.GBR Walter William Chamberlain GBR H. HardwickGBR Percy Hattersley Smith GBR C. Tillard 14–15 August.The Maidstone tournament was staged from 1881 to 1927.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Maidstone 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4288 www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 8 July 2022Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament Maidstone Athletic Ground Maidstone, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Richard Mercer w.o. GBR Mr. Stited GBR Randall MercerGBR Mr. Scudamore GBR Mr. GroundGBR A. MercerGBR Mr. TaskerGBR C.G. Traill 15-16 August.Tournaments: Penzance LTC https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 subscriptionPenzance LTC TournamentPenzance LTCPenzance, Cornwall, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR P.H. Fernandez6-5 6-5GBR Rev. William Ewart Beamish BarterGovernment HM Correspondence: FP Creighton - PAPERS OF MANDELL CREIGHTON, BISHOP OF LONDON: BARTER (Rev. William Ewart Beamish) ff.100-5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/85469c9f-3ada-4461-b79d-fb30c1ab14de discovery.nationalarchives The National Archives 23 May 2023 English July 1896GBR C.G. Fagan GBR W.E.T. BolithoGBR R.J. McNeillGBR H.W. Simons 18-19 August.THE SECOND LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT ROCHFORD HUNDRED CLUB.—The president's (the Rev. F. Thackeray's) prize, to be competed for at the RocHford Hundred Lawn Tennis Club on 17 August. Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser. (Friday 4 August 1882). The British Newspaper Archive. Essex, England. page.5.Rochford Hundred Club Lawn Tennis TournamentRochford Hundred ClubSouthend-on-Sea, Essex, England.OutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR M. Thackeray6-3, 4-6, 6-5 GBR W. WoodGBR J.C. PageGBR A. StallibrassGBR E. BentonGBR R.C. BrowneGBR A. LancasterGBR E. Meeson 15–20 AugustDevonshire Park ChampionshipsDevonshire Park 1880 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=4332 tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 28 October 2022 Eastbourne, Great BritainGrass GBR George S. Murray Hill2 sets to 0 UKGBI Sidney Alfred NoonGBR Joseph Butler Chamberlain William C. Taylor GBR Alexander Raymond AspinallGBR F. LinkGBR Leo MaxseGBR E.P. Nicholls 22-26 AugustWestgate-on-Sea Tournament Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, EnglandOutdoorAsphaltSingles GBR G.G. Dineley?GBR T. SopwithGBR R. Whyte GBR C. Leigh Clare GBR W. Price GBR H. Steward 26–30 August.Tournaments: Tenby - South Wales https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription June 2026 InternetArchiveBot South Wales Championships Tenby LTCTenby, Carmarthenshire, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles GBR L.G. Campbell 6-2, 6-5, 9-7 WAL Grismond Saunders Davies GBR P.T. Ashe GBR Mr. Voyle WAL Mr. Morris GBR F. Lort Phillips GBR E. Smith GBR G. Synge 29 August-4 SeptemberVictoria Park Lawn Tennis Tournament Exeter, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Champion Branfill Russell6-3 7-5 GBR Spencer Cox GBR G. Batten ? GBR Pelham Von Donop GBR A.Belfield GBR A.W. Buckingham GBR H. B. Kindersley 29-30 AugustTournament at Abbot's Court Hoo https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18810903/173/0037 4 May 2023 The Field British Newspaper Archive 3 September 1881 London, England 37 Abbot's Court Hoo Tournament Hoo St Werburgh, Rochester, Kent, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR E. Mansel6-3 ENG Warwick Stunt GBR H. Cobb GBR Capt. Johnson GBR Major Blackwood GBR F. Day GBR Mr. Johnson GBR O.H. Pedley 30-31 August.Tournaments: Holt Lawn Tennis Club https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/holtltc The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 14 May 2023 Madrid subscription June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Holt Lawn Tennis Club TournamentHolt LTCHolt, Norfolk, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG William Meaburn Tatham2 sets to 1GBR William Bolding MonementGBR Francis William MonementENG Charles Edmund Tatham ENG Henry William Pelham-Clinton GBR S. Hart-Davies ENG Edward Morgan Hansell 31 August.Tournaments: Sittingbourne - Gore Court Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscriptionGore Court Championships Sittingbourne, Gore Court Archery and LTCGore Court, Sittingbourne, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR W.H. Patterson5-4 6-1 GBR J. PattersonGBR John Walter Langlois GBR E. Marmion GBR A. Chittenden GBR W. Plumb GBR E.K. Skinner GBR J.A. Tuke 31 July–1 August.Tournaments: Rochester Open https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscriptionRochester OpenPaddock Lawn Tennis ClubRochester, Kent, EnglandGrass Singles UKGBI H. Blatherwick 6-1 6-2 UKGBI A. BuchananUKGBI W.A. DartnallUKGBI W.H. St. John Hope 31 August - 3 SeptemberU.S. National ChampionshipsStark Douglas Tennis and the Newport Casino. 2011 Arcadia Pub Newport, Rhode Island, US 0738574821 25 Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island, United StatesOutdoorGrassSinglesDoubles USA Richard Sears 6-0 6-3 6-2 USA William Glyn USA Edward H. GrayUSA Samuel Shaw USA Crawford NightingaleUSA Edward GrayUSA William GammellUSA Mr. KesslerUSA Clarence ClarkUSAFrederick Winslow Taylor6-5 6-4 6-5USA Alexander Van RensselaerUSA Arthur Newbold September DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalistSeptember.Skipton TournamentCraven Lawn Tennis Club (f.1879)?Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire, EnglandOutdoorGrass GBR T.R. Atkinson?GBR J.B. Dury GBR R.J. JeffersonGBR J. St. JohnENG W. BairstowGBR L. Dewhurst September. West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Tournament West Somerset Lawn Tennis ClubTaunton, Somerset, EnglandOutdoorGrass GBR Francis Escott Hancock2 sets to 0GBR R.P. Spurway GBR G.F. HampsonGBR C.R. RodwellGBR J. St. JohnGBR A. NewtonGBR G. PeardGBR F. Scott 30 Aug–3 Sept.LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT ALDERSHOT. The third annual Aldershot Division Open Lawn Tennis Tournament commenced at the Club Grounds, Aldershot, on Tuesday, the 30th August, and continued daily during the week. Aldershot Military Gazette British Newspaper Archive 10 September 1881 Aldershot, Hampshire, England 5Edition – Aldershot 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=36174 www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 10 January 2023Aldershot Division Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Aldershot Divisional LTC Aldershot Garrison, Hampshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Lt-Col Robert H. Stuart Truell6–4, 1–6, 6–5GBR Lieut. Robert Howden KellieGBR Percy Wildman Lushington GBR Lieut. KingGBR William Robert Boileau Peyton 29 August-4 SeptVictoria Park Lawn Tennis TournamentVictoria ParkExeter, Devon, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Spencer Cox6-3 7-5GBR Champion Russell GBR G. Batten GBR Pelham Von Donop GBR A.Belfield GBR A.W. Buckingham GBR H. B. Kindersley 5–6 September."VALE OF CLWYD LAWN TENNIS AND CRICKET CLUB. THE THIRD ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 'will be held' at DENBIGH, on 30 August and following days. GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES EVENT to be called the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup, the value, not less than 10 guineas, to be given by the Vale of Clwyd Club". North Wales Chronicle. Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales: The British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1883. p. 1. Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open TournamentVale of Clwyd LTCRuthin, Vale of Clwyd, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles ENG Percy John Frederick Lush5-2 5-4GBR M. Lush GBR R.L. Williams GBR P.J.T. HeneryGBR A.B. MeshamGBR Major. Mesham 5–9 September.South of England Championships Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Edgar Lubbock6-4 6-2 6-0GBR Robert W. Braddell GBR R.N. Cooper-ColesGBR Frederick Brunning Maddison GBR Charles John ColeGBR C. Fairfax GBR Leopold Maxse GBR William C. Taylor 13–17 September.The Torquay Tennis Tournament was staged from 1880 to 1974 on grass courts.Torquay Lawn Tennis TournamentTorquay 1881 http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=4372 .tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 27 October 2016Winter GardensTorquay, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles ENG Ernest Maconchy? Ireland 1783 Thomas Arembery TombeGBR C. Haynes ENG B.C. SkottoweGBR G. EgertonENG W. Ware ENG J. BaylyIreland 1783 Thomas Arembery Tombe6-2 6-4GBR F. Crowdy GBR G. EgertonGBR W. Ware GBR Miss. Coulthard6-2 6-4Ireland 1783 Thomas Arembery TombeGBR Miss. Cole 15–17 September.The St Leonards-on-Sea Tournament ran from 1880 to 1891.Saint Leonards-on-Sea Lawn Tennis TournamentNieuwland Alex Edition – St. Leonards-On-Sea 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4322 www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 8 July 2022 St Leonards-on-Sea, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Arthur Wellesley Soames6-3 6-5 6-5GBR A.H. TrevorGBR S. Twining GBR A.R.N. Coles GBR Charles John Chichester Smith 19 September.White Rose Lawn Tennis Tournament Gentleman's Cricket Ground York, Yorkshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR F. Durant6-4 6-5GBR E.M. Turner GBR A. HothamGBR Granville Croft GBR Mr. BainesGBR Major Lee's 19–24 September.The East Gloucestershire Championships ran from 1879 to 1969. East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR William Renshaw6–0, 6–1, 6–1GBR Robert Wallace Braddell Ireland 1783 Ernest BrowneIreland 1783 Michael Gallwey McNamaraGBR Henry Blane PorterChallenge roundIreland 1783 Ernest Browne 24-25 September. TRURO LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: This ninth annual open tournament, under the auspices of the Truro Lawn Tennis Club, was concluded on last Friday evening. Royal Cornwall Gazette British Newspaper Archives 16 August 1888 Truro, Cornwall, England 6 Truro LTC Open TournamentTruro, Cricket ClubTruro, Cornwall, EnglandGrassGBR H. Mann?GBR Francis Joseph RidgwayGBR Lancelot Melvill HaslopeGBR Robert FoxGBR Charles Reginald Gerveys GryllsGBR H.E. LambeGBR T.W. Wilson 26 September-2 October.Lawn Tennis http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10071527 trove.nla.gov.au National Library of Australia, The Mercury Newspaper, Hobart, Australia, 9 August 1910 18 July 2016Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament(later Hampshire Championships) Bournemouth, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Montague Hankey6-2 6-3 6-0GBR J. G. Johnson GBR Rev. Edmond Bennet BrackenburyGBR E.W. Brooke GBR John Dalby Dewhurst GBR Edward George Farquharson GBR H. Fort GBR F.E. Rooke October DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist 3–10 OctoberArmagh ALTC TournamentArmagh tournament draw 1881 https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=tournament&accion=draw&torneoSearchEnc=ARMAGH&year=1881 thetennisbase.com The Tennis Base 29 July 2016 Armagh, Northern IrelandOutdoorHardSingles IRE 1783 Robert Barron Templer2-0 (sets) GBR H. Irwin GBR M. Blacker IRE 1783 E. J. Wolfe GBR M. BlackerGBR A. BurkeGBR C. S. Poole IRE 1783 V. De. Tattersall Challenge roundIRE 1783 Robert Shaw Templer 3–10 October.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament 1881 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=26632 www.tennisarchives.com Iddznew BV 8 July 2022Brighton Lawn Tennis Club TournamentBrighton Lawn Tennis ClubQueen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, EnglandGrassGBR C. Fairfax6-1, 6-4, 7-5GBR A.O. Jennings GBR W.P. BowyerENG Leonard Dampier GBR A. EveleghENG Robert Howden Kellie GBR H. Langton GBR W. Stuckey 4–10 OctoberSussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament Brighton, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles IRE 1783 Michael Gallwey McNamara2-6 6-2 6-0 6-1GBR Champion Russell GBR Charles John Cole GBR Charles Walder Grinstead GBR Humphery H. Berkley GBR H. Brooker GBR George S. Murray Hill GBR H. M. Nichol GBR Henry B. Thornhill GBR Miss. E. Munt6-3, 6-1 GBR Orlando R. Coote GBR Miss. Leila Lodwick26–28 October.Engraving: Lawn Tennis Tournament at the St. Georges Club Ground, Hoboken, New Jersey, October 27, 1881. - Print Hoboken Historical Museum https://hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/archive/C8CA75A5-4EB3-496D-9F5B-993721791757 hoboken.pastperfectonline.com Hoboken Historical Museum 23 February 2023St. George's Cricket Club TournamentSt. George's Cricket ClubNew York, United StatesOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles IRE 1783 John Jameson Cairnes 7-5 6-2 6-3USA James Rankine USA Charles F. Watson Sr. USA F. Ennis USA W. P. Anderson USA R. J. Cross USA H. Henry USA James Rankine November DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist 4–10 NovemberVictorian ChampionshipsIntercolonial Lawn Tennis Championships http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11523704 National Library of Australia, The Argus, Melbourne, 12 November 1881 18 July 2016Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne, AustraliaOutdoorHardSingles - Doubles AUS Louis Whyte6-4 4-6 6-1 6-1AUS Francis James Highett AUS J. S. Conran AUS Francis James Highett AUS R. H. James AUS W. M. Mitchell AUS Francis James Highett December No events Tournament winners Note: major tournaments are in bold ENG William Renshaw—Cheltenham, Irish Championships, Princes Club, Wimbledon—(4) GBR Richard Taswell Richardson—Aigburth, Waterloo, Northern Championships—(2) Ireland 1783 Michael G. McNamara—Brighton-Waterford—(2) GBR Edward North Buxton—Lowick, Woodford Parish—(1) USA Richard Sears—U.S. National Championships—(1) Ireland 1783 Richard Barron Templer—Armagh—(1) GBR Pelham Von Donop—Bath—(1) Ireland 1783 E. J. Charley—Belfast—(1) GBR F. L. Rawson—Belfast—(1) GBR Montague Hankey—Bournemouth—(1) GBR C. Fairfax —Brighton—(1) GBR Barcley Fowell Buxton—Cambridge—(1) ENG Ernest Renshaw -Cheltenham (indoor)—(1) GBR Dale Womersley—Colchester—(1) GBR F. E. Rook—Cirencester—(1) GBR A. Springett—Darlington—(1) Ireland 1783 Robert Shaw Templer—Dundalk—(1) GBR Edgar Lubbock—Eastbourne—(1) GBR Walter William Chamberlain—Edgbaston—(1) GBR John Galbraith Horn—Edinburgh—(1) SCO Leslie Balfour-Melville—Edinburgh—(1) GBR C. Martineau —Esher—(1) GBR Spencer Cox—Exeter—(1) GBR E. W. Mancounchy—Exmouth—(1) Ireland 1783 Edmond Bennett Brackenbury—Limerick—(1) SCO Herbert Lawford—London—(1) GBR Frederick Lawrence Rawson—London—(1) GBR Richard Mercer—Maidstone—(1) AUS Louis Whyte—Melbourne—(1) Ireland 1783 Peter Aungier—Naas—(1) Ireland 1783 John Jameson Cairnes -New York -(1) GBR A.W. Soames-St Leonards-on-Sea-(1) ENG Jonas Henry William Gardner-Stafford-(1) GBR Champion Branfill Russell—Teignmouth—(1) ENG Ernest Maconchy-Torquay-(1) CAN 1868 Isidore F. Hellmuth—Toronto—(1) GBR Wilfred Milne—Weybridge—(1) See also 1881 Tennis Season 1881 in sports Notes 2 References 3 Sources A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Lake, Robert J. (2014), Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge, UK, 9781134445578. Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers. British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK. Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK. Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice, Nauright John and Parrish Charles, (2012), ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Cal, US, 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 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, 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/1881 Men's Tennis season https://app.thetennisbase.com/1881 Men's Tennis season External links http://tennisarchives.com/ https://thetennisbase.com/ collapsed Category:Pre Open era tennis seasons Category:1881 in tennis