1879 women's tennis season

none November 2022 1879 Women's Tennis season April 1879 – October 1879 4th 7 National (1)Regional (2)County (1)Regular (3) Ireland 1783 May Langrishe (1)ENG Florence Mardall (1)Ireland 1783 Miss Perry(1) Ireland 1783 Annie Rice (1)Ireland 1783 Miss A. Ritchie (1) Ireland 1783 May Langrishe (1)ENG Florence Mardall (1)Ireland 1783 Miss Perry(1) Ireland 1783 Annie Rice (1)Ireland 1783Miss A. Ritchie (1) 1878 1880 The 1879 Women's Tennis seasonHeathcote John Moyer Pleydell-Bonverie Edward Oliver Ainger Arthur Campbell Tennis 1890 Longmans, Green, and Company London 148 en The development of Lawn Tennis was mainly composed of national, regional, county, local regular amateur tournaments. This year, seven tennis events for women were staged, four of them in Ireland and two events in England between April and October 1879. Season summary 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 1879 seven tournaments for women were staged five of them in Ireland. In the spring the Earlsfort Terrace Tournament held in Dublin, Ireland is played on asphalt courts featuring a ladies singles and doubles event. Between April and May the newly established Oxford University Tennis Championship was held in Oxford, England that included a women's event.Hargreaves Jennifer Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport 11 September 2002 Routledge Oxford 978-1-134-91276-6 en Rationlized Sports In June the Irish Championships are established,Williams Jean A Contemporary History of Women's Sport, Part One: Sporting Women, 1850-1960 24 April 2014 Routledge Oxford 978-1-317-74666-9 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=xL1wAwAAQBAJ&dq=Women%27s+tennis+in+1879&pg=PA15 en this was the first major national championships in the world to feature not only a women's singles event won by a May Langrishe, but also a mixed doubles event.Hedges Martin The concise dictionary of tennis 1978 Mayflower Books New York 0-86124-012-X 124 In August the Armagh Tennis Tournament is staged at the Archery Lawn Tennis Club, Armagh that features a mixed doubles event. In September 1879 the fourth edition of South of Ireland Championships in Limerick the singles event was won by Annie Rice.Limerick Lawn Tennis Club. (2013) Limerick Lawn Tennis Club. History - Source: http://www.lltc.ie/about-us/history |website=www.lltc.ie Publisher: Limerick Lawn Tennis Club. Limerick, Ireland. The same month the first North of Ireland Championships are staged in Belfast the women's singles was won by Miss C. Ritchie. In October 1879 in England the inaugural East Gloucestershire Championships are held at the Imperial Winter Gardens in Cheltenham,Garcia Gabriel Cheltenham: East Gloucs Champs Tournament: Roll of honour https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=tournament&accion=honour&pais=GBR&nomTorneo=CHELTENHAM&descPais=GREAT+BRITAIN&codpais=GBR&stats=CHELTENHAM#datosDraw thetennisbase.com Tennismem SAL 24 November 2022 Madrid, Spain this is first significant tournament in England to feature a women's singles event, that is won by Florence Mardall and, also women's doubles event. In Bermuda the Bermuda Open Tennis Championships are held for the first time,Bancroft James W. The Early Years of the FA Cup: How the British Army Helped Establish the World's First Football Tournament 8 December 2021 Frontline Books Barnsley, England 978-1-3990-9994-3 69 https://books.google.com/books?id=fOJIEAAAQBAJ&dq=West+of+England+Championships+tennis+1881&pg=PA69 en at this time 'open' tournaments usually meant men's and women's players can compete. At the 1879 Wimbledon Championships the world's first major tennis tournament, it still remained an all men's event, no women's events were staged. 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),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 doubles ** mixed doubles Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season Key Main events Nauright, 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 events Provincial/Regional/State events County events Regular events January to March No events April to May Note: The Oxford University Tennis Championship were held results unknown. EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi FinalistQuarter FinalistMay 2Oxford University Tennis ChampionshipHargreaves Oxford University LTCOxford, EnglandGrassSingles? ? May 2.Earlsfort Terrace TournamentDublin, IrelandOutdoorAsphaltSinglesIreland 1783 Miss PerrydefIreland 1783 Miss CostelloIreland 1783 May LangrisheIreland 1783 Miss ShawIreland 1783 Miss CaseyIreland 1783 Miss LaneIreland 1783 Miss Scovell June EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi FinalistQuarter FinalistJun 10Irish Championships Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis ClubDublin, IrelandOutdoorGrassSinglesIreland 1783 May LangrisheHedges, Martin (1978)6-2, 0–6, 8-6Ireland 1783 D. MeldonIreland 1783 Miss CaseyIreland 1783 Connie ButlerIreland 1783 Adela LangrisheIreland 1783 Miss Costello ** Ireland 1783 E Elliott6-4, 6-4Ireland 1783 Adela LangrisheIreland 1783 Charles D Barry July No events August EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalistAug 13. Armagh ALTC TournamentArchery Lawn Tennis ClubArmagh, IrelandGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Miss Cope **Ireland 1783 A. J. Wilson ** defIreland 1783 Miss BaylyIreland 1783 Robert Shaw Templer September EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi FinalistQuarter FinalistSep 26.South of Ireland ChampionshipsLimerick, IrelandOutdoorGrassSinglesIreland 1783 Annie Rice 6–3, 6-4Ireland 1783 T. RiceIreland 1783 Miss GrubbeIreland 1783 Miss Smith Ireland 1783 Mrs Armstrong ** Ireland 1783 Henry E. Tombe7-5, 6-2Ireland 1783 Annie RiceIreland 1783 Mr Baker Sep 30.North of Ireland ChampionshipsOrmeau Cricket GroundBelfast, IrelandOutdoorGrassSinglesIreland 1783 Miss A. Ritchie 6–3, 6-4Ireland 1783 Miss C. Ritchie October EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi FinalistQuarter FinalistOct 11 East Gloucestershire ChampionshipsCheltenham, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles ENG Florence Mardall6-5, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 6-3ENG Marian BradleyENG Mary AbercrombieENG Ellen Maltby ENG Clara HillENG Ellen RamsayENG Miss Shand ENG Miss WilloughbyENG Mary Abercrombie *ENG Marian Bradley6-2, 6–3, 6-2ENG Clara HillENG Florence Mardall November to December No events Tournament winners Singles This is list of winners sorted by number of singles titles (major titles in bold) Ireland 1783 Miss A. Ritchie (1) Belfast ENG Florence Mardall (1) Cheltenham Ireland 1783 Miss Perry (1) Dublin II Ireland 1783 May Langrishe (1) Dublin Ireland 1783 Annie Rice (1) Limerick Doubles This is list of winners sorted by number of doubles titles ENG Mary Abercrombie & ENG Marian Bradley (1) Cheltenham Mix Doubles This is list of winners sorted by number of doubles titles (major titles in bold) GBR Miss Cope & Ireland 1783 A. J. Wilson (1) Armagh Ireland 1783 Miss Costello & Ireland 1783 E Elliott (1) Dublin Ireland 1783 Mrs Armstrong & Ireland 1783 Henry E. Tombe (1) Limerick References collapsed Category:Pre Open era tennis seasons 1879 Women's Tennis Tour Category:1879 in women's history