1883 women's tennis season

Irish sporting event 1883 Women's tennis season Maud watson.jpg Maud Watson is title leader this year(3 singles, 3 doubles, 2 mix doubles) 160px 22 May – 5 October 8th 25 Important (2)National (0)Provincial/Regional/State (4)County (4) Regular (15) ENG Maud Watson (3) ENG Maud Watson (3) 1882 1884 The 1883 Women's tennis season was a tennis circuit composed of 25 national, regional, county, and regular tournaments. The season began in May in Dublin, Ireland, and ended in October in Staten Island, United States.Garcia Gabriel Season - 1883 https://thetennisbase.com/season/1883 The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 2 August 2023 Madrid subscription Season summary Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 the Wimbledon Championships, the U.S. National Championships, the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and the Northern Championships were considered by players and historians as the four most important tennis tournaments to win.Robertson Max The Encyclopedia of Tennis 1974 Allen & Unwin London 9780047960420 266, 267Meyers A. Wallis Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad 1903 Charles Scribner and Sons New York 55Lake Robert J. A Social History of Tennis in Britain 2014 Routledge 9781134445578 49 https://books.google.com/books?id=8kyvBAAAQBAJ&q=how+important+were+the+irish+tennis+championships&pg=PA48 en 1883 sees a decrease in the number women's singles events being held as the tennis circuit continues to form.Berry. David (2020). A people's history of tennis. (2) Feminists. Pluto Books London 978-0745339658. p.29. In May 1883 at the first major event of the year the Irish ChampionshipsIrish TV Documentary (4 Jul 2016). The True Tale Of The Irish Tennis Murderer. Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE). Dublin. Ireland. in Dublin, Ireland. In the women's Ireland's May Langrishe wins the singles title defeating her sister Beatrice Langrishe, she also picks up the mixed doubles title with Ernest Browne. In terms of draw size the West of England Championships was the largest tournament of the year with a draw of 46 across three events. In June 1883 at the second major tournament of the year the Northern Championships in Manchester featured a full schedule of events the singles title going to Edith Coleridge, she also picks up the doubles title with Rose Collier, whilst the mixed event is won by the pairing of Clara Fletcher and Ernest Browne (himself winning both mixed titles at both major tournaments). At the 1883 Wimbledon Championships the world's first major tennis tournament, it still remained an all men's event, no women's events were staged. At the U.S. National Championships there was still no women's championship events held. In October 1883 the first official event for women is held at the Staten Island Cricket Club organised by the Brighton Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports, the event is known as the Camp Washington Ladies Tournament a Miss Goodwin defeats Adeline Robinson in the singles final, however she wins the doubles title with a Miss Grandy.THE LAWN-TENNIS CONTESTS. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/10/06/archives/the-lawntennis-contests.html 2 August 2023 The New York Times 6 October 1883 New York, United States 8 subscription In 1913 the International Lawn Tennis Federation was created, that consisted of national member associations. The ILTF through its associated members then became responsible for supervising women's tour events. Season results 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 3 July 2022 in some tournaments not all.* Indicates challenge round final 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 Results included:Routledges Sporting Annual 1884 George Routledge and Son London 120–124 Lawn Tennis Tournaments of 1883Dwight James Lawn-tennis 1886 Wright & Ditson Boston 88–93 https://books.google.com/books?id=zfAWAAAAYAAJ&dq=Northern+Championships+tennis+1883&pg=PA90 en IX: Results of Championships Matches and Principal Open Competitions January to April No events May Mix doubles (**) EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist27 May.Irish ChampionshipsFitzwilliam LTCDublin, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 May Langrishe6-0, 6-1Ireland 1783 Beatrice Langrishe Ireland 1783 Connie ButlerIreland 1783 E. EsmondeIreland 1783 Miss BayleyIreland 1783 Mrs ClarkeIreland 1783 Lena RiceIreland 1783 Miss Shaw Ireland 1783 May Langrishe** Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne6-3, 6-2, 6-0Ireland 1783 Lena RiceIreland 1783 Peter Aungier June EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi FinalistQuarter Finalist2 June.West of England ChampionshipsLansdowne Cricket ClubBath, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Maud Watson6-1, 6-2Ireland 1783 N. PopeENG Clara Hill GBR Georgina KirkbyENG Florence Mardall GBR N. PopeENG Lilian Watson* ENG Maud Watson6-3, 5-6, 6-3ENG Edith DaviesGBR Grace Gibbs 9 June. East Gloucestershire Championships Montpelier Gardens Cheltenham, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles ENG Maud Watson6-3, 6-0ENG F Davies ENG Edith DaviesENG Miss CornfordENG Florence MardallENG Lilian Watson *ENG Maud Watson6-1, 6-1ENG Kate CornfordENG F Davies 21 June. Leicester OpenLeicester, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Agnes Watts 2-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2ENG Miss Noon 22 June.County Kilkenny TournamentArchersfield, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 May Langrishe6-1, 6-2, 6-0Ireland 1783 Mary Lysaght 30 June.Northern Championships Manchester, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Edith Coleridge 6-3, 9-7ENG Miss EckersleyENG Miss L Cheetham ENG Emily FletcherENG N. GarnettENG A. McLarenSCO B. McLarenENG K. MitchellENG Edith Coleridge * ENG Rose Collier6-3, 9-7ENG Miss L CheethamENG Miss Eckersley July * (denotes doubles) ** (denotes mix doubles)x DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist7 Jul.Leamington Open TournamentLeamington Spa, EnglandGrassSingles - Doubles No Ladies Singles ENG Lilian Watson *ENG Maud Watson6-4, 6-4, 6-4ENG Miss Noon ENG Agnes Watts 21 Jul.Staffordshire C.C.C. TournamentStaffordshire Lawn Tennis ClubLichfield, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesGBR Mrs Peter Smith2-6, 6-4, 6-5GBR Rose Collier 25 Jul.Norwich OpenNorwich, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesGBR G Rant6-1, 6-2GBR J.Hartoup August EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist1 AugFramlingham OpenFramlingham, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesENG Miss G Want6-2, 6-0ENG Miss Davey 4 Aug Worcestershire CCC OpenWorcester, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesENG Florence Mardall6-2, 6-4GBR Miss Hill 8 Aug West Somersetshire TournamentTaunton, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesENG Georgina Woodhouse6-5, 6-2ENG Mary Spurway 9 Aug Victoria Park Lawn Tennis TournamentExeter, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesIreland 1783 Lilian Cole6-2 6-1GBR Miss Cobbold 16 Aug.South Wales Championships Tenby, WalesGrassSingolare - DoppioWAL C Jones6-2 3-6 6-4ENG E Fletcher 17 Aug East Grinstead Lawn Tennis TournamentEast Grinstead, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesENG Leila Lodwick6-2 6-1ENG Miss Cobbold 18 Aug.Exmouth TournamentExmouth, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesENG Maud Watson6-4 6-2ENG Lilian Cole 23 Aug.Teignmouth and Shaldon OpenTeignmouth, EnglandAsphaltSingles - DoublesENG Florence Mardall6-3, 2-6, 6-3ENG Lilian Watson 25 Aug.South of Scotland ChampionshipsMoffat, ScotlandGrassSingles - DoublesSCO Jane Meikle6-3 2-6 6-3SCO A Forest Midland Counties ChampionshipsEdgbaston, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesENG Miss Hutton6-5 8-6ENG L Sanders 29 AugMid Devon Lawn Tennis TournamentEggesford, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesGBR Leila Lodwick6-2 6-1GBR Miss Cobbold September EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist5 Sep.Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club TournamentBournemouth, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesGBR Mrs Hornby5-6 6-3 6-1GBR M Richards 8 SepDevonshire Park ChampionshipsEastbourne, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesGBR M Leslie10-8 6-4GBR Miss Congreve 12 SepPortishead Open Lawn Tennis TournamentPortishead, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesGBR Miss Bryant6-2 6-3GBR J. Carter 14 SepSaxmundham LTC Tournament Saxmundham, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesGBR G. Rant6-0 6-2GBR L. Davy October EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist5 Oct. Camp Washington Ladies Lawn Tennis TournamentStaten Island, United StatesGrassSingles - DoublesUSA Miss Goodwin6-2 4-6 6-5USA Adeline Robinson November to December No events Tournament winners (singles) This is a list of winners by the total number of singles titles won for 1883: ENG Maud Watson – Bath, Cheltenham, Exmouth, (3) Ireland 1783 May Langrishe – Archersfield, Irish Championships, (2) ENG Edith Coleridge – Northern Championships, Leicester (2) ENG Florence Mardall – Teignmouth, Worcester, (2) ENG Leila Lodwick – East Grinstead, Eggesford (2) GBR G. Rant – Norwich, Saxmundham, (2) USA Miss Goodwin – Staten Island, (1) GBR Mrs Peter Smith – Lichfield, (1) ENG Miss G Want – Framlingham, (1) ENG Georgina Woodhouse – Taunton, (1) Ireland 1783 Lilian Cole – Exeter, (1) WAL C Jones – Tenby, (1) SCO Jane Meikle – Moffat, (1) ENG Miss Hutton – Edgbaston, (1) GBR Mrs Hornby – Bournemouth, (1) GBR M Leslie – Eastbourne, (1) GBR Miss Bryant – Portishead, (1) Statistical summary Singles Total Tournaments (25) Most Titles: ENG Maud Watson (3) Most Finals: ENG Maud Watson (3) Most Matches Played: ENG Maud Watson (11) Most Matches Won: ENG Maud Watson (11) Match Winning %: ENG Maud Watson (100%) Most Tournaments Played: ENG Maud Watson (3) Doubles Total Tournaments (9) Most Titles: ENG Lilian Watson & ENG Maud Watson (3) Most Finals: ENG Lilian Watson & ENG Maud Watson (3) Mix doubles Total Tournaments (16) Most Titles: ENG Florence Mardall & ENG Maud Watson (2) Most Finals: ENG Florence Mardall & ENG Maud Watson (2) References Category:Pre Open era tennis seasons 1883 Women's Tennis Season Category:1880s in women's tennis