1876 women's tennis season

none October 2022 1876 Women's Tennis Season April–May 1876 – December 1876 1st 2 National (1)Regular (1) Ireland 1783 Miss W CaseyBermuda 1875 Mary G Gray (1) Ireland 1783 Miss W CaseyBermuda 1875 Mary G Gray (1) 1877 1876 Women's Tennis Season was mainly composed of national and local amateur tournaments. This year two tennis events were staged in Dublin, Ireland and Hamilton, Bermuda between April and December 1876.Fein Paul Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies 30 April 2009 Potomac Books, Inc. Sterling, VA, United States 978-1-61234-395-2 95 https://books.google.com/books?id=gX1-BdCFht8C&dq=The+Bermuda+Tournament+tennis+1876&pg=PA95 en History Before the birth of Open Era, most tournaments were reserved for amateur athletes. In 1874 the British Major Walter Clopton Wingfield he patented the House of London Crafts the invention of a new game, which consists of a shaped field hourglass, divided in the middle by a net suspended. The game was packaged in a box containing some balls, four paddles, the network and the signs to mark the field. The game was based on the rules of the old real tennis and, at the suggestion of Arthur Balfour, was called lawn-tennis. The official date of birth of the court would be February 23, 1874.On This Day - Feb 23 1874: Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patented his game of 'Sphairistike', which later became known as lawn tennis. https://www.irishnews.com/sport/2018/02/23/news/on-this-day-in-1874-major-walter-clopton-wingfield-patented-his-game-of-sphairistike-which-later-became-known-as-lawn-te-1262263/ 13 October 2022 The Irish News 23 February 2018 en The women's amateur tennis seasons covers a period of thirty five years from 1876 to 1912. During this period there was no single international organization responsible for overseeing tennis. At the very start in tennis history lawn tennis clubs themselves organized events and some like the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in England (f.1877) and the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Ireland (f.1879) generally oversaw tennis in their respective countries. This would later change when tennis players started (those that could) traveled the world to compete in events organized by individual national lawn tennis associations (NLTA)'s the oldest of which then was the United States Lawn Tennis Association (f. 1881). In certain countries that did not establish a national association until later, had provincial, regional or state lawn tennis associations overseeing tournaments in a province, region or state within a country, such as the Northern Lawn Tennis Association in Manchester, England (f.1880),Heathcote J. M. Heathacote: C. G. Tennis; Lawn Tennis 1890 Spottiswoode and Co London 164 https://books.google.com/books?id=pjDB-9foYGMC&dq=Northern+Lawn+Tennis+Association+was+founded+in&pg=PA518 en had responsibility for coordinating tournaments staged by clubs in the North of England region. In Australia the Victorian Lawn Tennis Association (f.1904) organised tournaments in the state of Victoria, Australia. In 1876 the very first tournaments for women were organised in Ireland and Bermuda. In Ireland an All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships organised by the Irish Champion Athletic Club, Dublin were held between 17 and 22 July,Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Saturday 22 July 1876). The annual tournament of Archery, Croquet, and Tennis, got up by the spirited I.L.A.C. began on Monday last, came to a close on the Champion ground. London. England. p.43. that was won by a Miss W Casey who defeated a Miss Vance.King Billie Jean We have come a long way : the story of women's tennis 1988 McGraw-Hill New York 978-0070346253 5King, Billie Jean and Starr, Cynthia. (November 1, 1988). We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis. McGraw-Hill. New York. United States. p.5.Fein In September 1876 a second tournament for women was staged at Hamilton. Bermuda that was won by Mary G Gray. This year in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia a local sports goods supply company imported tennis equipment from England, tennis courts were laid and local competitions held for the first time.The Companion to Tasmanian History: Tennis https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Tennis.htm www.utas.edu.au University of Tasmania 13 October 2022 In 1876 in the United States tennis was first played in Boston Massachusetts on a private tennis court built by Hollis Hunnewell and Nathaniel Thayer.Danzig Allison The Royal & Ancient Game of Tennis: A Short History https://uscourttennis.org/history/ uscourttennis.org United States Court Tennis Association 13 October 2022 In Canada the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club was established.History https://www.torontolawn.com/history/ torontolawn.com The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club 26 September 2023 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 a global women's tour. 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),Papers Past, (20 March 1922). Abolition of Challenge Round. Paris International Championships. Evening Post Newspaper: Volume CIII, Issue 65, National Library of New Zealand. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers. Accessed: 14 July 2022 October. in some tournaments not all.* Indicates challenger Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season Key MainNauright, John, Parrish, Charles, (2012) Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara, Calif, USA. ISBN 9781598843002. p. 198.Gillmeister, Heiner (1998) Tennis:Cultural History. A&C Black. London. ISBN 9780718501952. p.199.Lake, Robert J. (2014) A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History: Routledge. Oxford. p.48. National Provincial/Regional/State County Regular January to June No events July EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi FinalistQuarter FinalistJul 7.KingAll Ireland Lawn Tennis ChampionshipsAll Ireland LTCDublin, IrelandGrassSinglesIreland 1783 Miss W Caseydef. Ireland 1783 Miss Vance August No events September EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi FinalistQuarter FinalistSep 3.American Lawn Tennis, 'A Bermuda Tournament in 1876', Mary Gray, 15 September 1924, p.534Todd, T. The Tennis Players, from Pagan Rites to Strawberries and Cream, Gurnsey: Vallancey, 1979, p.164Bermuda TournamentHamilton, BermudaGrassSinglesBermuda 1875 Mary G Graydef.Bermuda 1875 Rose Key November to December No events Tournament winners Singles This is list of winners sorted by number of singles titles Ireland 1783 Miss W Casey (1) Dublin Bermuda 1875 Mary G Gray (1) Hamilton References collapsed Category:Pre Open era tennis seasons 1876 Women's Tennis Tour Category:1876 in women's history