1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1900 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge January 2025 1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge 250px 8 – 10 August 1900 1st 2 USA 1896 1902 The 1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the first edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. History The tournament was conceived in 1899 by four members of the Harvard University tennis team, who came up with the idea of challenging the British to a tennis competition. Once the idea received the go-ahead from the United States Lawn Tennis Association and the British Lawn Tennis Association, Dwight F. Davis,https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/the-ten-best-davis-cup-moments-1638070.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/the-ten-best-davis-cup-moments-1638070.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Ten Best Davis Cup Moments The Independent 2010-11-14 2009-03-09 Paul Newman one of the four Harvard players,http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/davis-cup-competition-established Davis Cup competition established History 2010-11-14 designed a tournament format and spent money from his own pocket to purchase an appropriate sterling silver trophy from Shreve, Crump & Low. The first match between the United States and the British Isles was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900. The American team, of which Davis was a part, won the first three matches and the Challenge. Teams United States Dwight Davis: A left-hander who possessed the twist serve, backing this up with steady ground strokes and volleys. In 1899, Davis won the Intercollegiate and US National Doubles Championships with Ward.Trengove Alan The Story of the Davis Cup Century Hutchinson Publishing 1985 22 0-09-159860-5 registration https://archive.org/details/storyofdaviscup0000tren/page/22 Holcombe Ward: A right-hander and credited with originating the twist serve. He won the Intercollegiate and US National Doubles Championships with Davis in 1899.Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book New Chapter Press 2008 640 978-0-942257-41-0 Malcolm Whitman: A right-hander who appeared in the quarterfinals of the 1896 and 1897 US National Championships and won in 1898, defeating Dwight F. Davis in the all-comers final and receiving the title because 1897 champion Robert Wrenn was fighting in the Spanish–American War. Prior to the Challenge he had placed in the U.S. Top 10 three times, and was ranked No. 1 in 1898 and 1899. British Isles Ernest Black Arthur Gore: A right-hander who appeared in the semifinals of the 1898 Wimbledon Championships, the Challenge Round of the 1899 Championships – losing to Reginald Doherty – and the all-comers final of the 1900 Championships, losing to Sydney Smith. Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book New Chapter Press 2008 408 978-0-942257-41-0 Herbert Roper Barrett: A right-hander who appeared in the semifinals of the 1899 Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinals of the 1900 Championships. He also teamed with Harold Nisbet to reach the Challenge Round in the doubles at the latter Championships, losing to Laurence and Reginald Doherty. Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book New Chapter Press 2008 427 978-0-942257-41-0 Result United States vs. British Isles United States 1896 Great Britain British Isles Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United Stateshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1900-WG-CHR-BRI-USA-01 United States v British Isles daviscup.com 8–10 August 1900 http://www.daviscup.com/en/history/davis-cup-history.aspx Davis Cup History Davis Cup 2010-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20101222185347/http://www.daviscup.com/en/history/davis-cup-history.aspx 22 December 2010 live Grass 3 0 Dwight Davis 4 6 6 6 Ernest Black 6 2 4 4 Malcolm Whitman 6 6 6 Arthur Gore 1 3 2 Dwight Davis Holcombe Ward 6 6 6 Ernest Black Herbert Roper Barrett 4 4 4 Dwight Davis 9 9 Arthur Gore 7 9 2 Malcolm Whitman Ernest Black References 30em External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ October 18, 2010 Category:Davis Cups by year International Lawn Tennis Challenge International Lawn Tennis Challenge Category:1900 in sports in Massachusetts Category:1900s in Boston Category:August 1900 sports events in the United States Category:Tennis tournaments in Boston