1880 Men's Tennis tour

The 1880 Men's tennis tour [1][2] was the 4th amateur tennis tour held that year. It now incorporated 19 tournaments staged in Australia, Great Britain and Ireland and the United States. The 1880 Wimbledon Championships was won by John Hartley against Herbert Lawford, in the Challenge Round.

1880 Men's Tennis tour
William Renshaw won most title's this year
Details
Duration12 April – 28 November
Edition4th
Tournaments19 (Amateur)
CategoriesImportant (5)
National (1)
Regional/State (3)
County (4)
Local (7)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles William Renshaw (2)
Most tournament finals William Renshaw (2)
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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),[3] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season

Key
Important tournaments [4][5][6][7][8]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

January to March

No events

April
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
12–18 AprilEast Gloucestershire Championships[9] Cheltenham, Great Britain
Hard
Singles		 Ernest Renshaw
6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6		 GBR E D S Browne?

?
?

?

?

May
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
10–16 MayNorthern Championships[10]
Manchester, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Richard Taswell Richardson[11]
6-0 6-3 6-0		 Walter Edwin Fairlie Cecil Francis Carr
6-0 5-6 6-2 1-6 6-5
John Ravenscroft
6-0 6-0 6-2		 J Bayly
1-6 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4
J Clarke
6-4 6-3 2-6 6-0
John Comber
6-3 6-4 6-5
W L Agnew
6-2 6-0 3-0 retired
24 May-28 MayIrish Lawn Tennis Championships[12]
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 William Renshaw
6-1 6-4 6-3		 Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
6-3 6-4 6-3		 Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
Bye
Michael G. McNamara
6-0 6-1 6-3		 S. D. Maul
6-2 6-3 6-3
Michael G. McNamara
Bye
A. J. Mullholland
6-2 6-1 6-4
Challenge round
Vere St. Leger Goold

June
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
14–26 JuneKemptown tournament[13] Kemptown, Brighton, Great Britain
?
Singles		 A.O. Jennings
6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4		 T.J. Verrall?
?
?
?		?
?
?
?
?
?
24–25 JuneLeicester tournament[14]
Leicester, Great Britain
?
Singles		 Champion Branfill Russell
6-5 4-6 6-4		 Stuart Macrae Harold Baird Carlyon
6-4 6-2
E.C. Keele
6-1 6-3		 H.F. Johnson
6-1 6-5
Arthur Thomas Toller
2-6 6-5 6-1
Dr John Thomas Jacques
2 sets to 0
George de Horne Vaizey
6-3 5-6 6-4
21 June-4 JulyPrinces Club Championships[15] Prince's Club, London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles		 Herbert Lawford
5-7 5-7 6-3 6-0 8-6		 Edgar Lubbock Otway E, Woodhouse
6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3
Herbert Lawford
Bye		 Captain Blane
6-5 6-1 6-4
David Charles Heatley
6-2 6-4 6-1
O E Woodhouse
Bye

July
Date Tournament Winner All comers' finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
7–16 JulyWimbledon Championship[16][17]
London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles 		John Hartley
walkover		 Otway E. Woodhouse
6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3		 GM Butterworth
6-2 6-3 6-3
G. M. Montgomeries
6-4 2-6 6-3 5-6 6-1		 Richard Ridley Farrer
1-6 6-1 6-4 6-5
William Henry Darby D’Esterre
6-0 6-3 6-1
H.C. Jenkins
6-3 5-6 6-2 2-6 6-3
Ernest Renshaw
6-3 6-3 3-6 6-0
Challenge round
Herbert Lawford
14–15 JulyStaffordshire tournament[18]
Stafford, Great Britain
?
Singles		 Jonas Henry William Gardner
6-3 4-6 6-3		 J. H. Forster
28-31 JulyCounty Kildare Tournament[19]
Naas,[20] Ireland
Singles - Doubles		 Joseph R. Rainsford
6-1 6-4 6-3		 Jacob R. Sherrard Joseph R. Rainsford
Algernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer		 Horrace Kennedy
Ivor Kirkpatrick
Thomas Browning Reeves
R. D. Vincent

August
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
? AugustScottish Championships[21]
St Andrews, Great Britain
Singles		 James Patten McDougall
def		 Leslie Balfour-Melville
Def		??
16–19 AugustWaterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament [22]
Waterford, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Vere St. Leger Goold
6-1 6-2		 Frederick William Knox
Def		??
16–24 AugustDevonshire Park Tournament[23]
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
 Dale Womersley
 Frederick Brunning Maddison
Def		??
17–21 AugustSouth of Ireland Championships[24] Limerick, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Edward Bennett
6-4 6-4 6-2		 Edward Montiford Longfield William Dawson
6-0 6-0 6-1
Samuel Martin Gully
4-6 6-4 6-4 6-		 G Burton
6-0 6-3 6-2
James F J Heffernan Considine
6-3 6-2 1-6 2-6 6-0
Major Henry H Goodeve
6-4 9-7 3-6 7-5
William Dawson
Bye
23–24 AugustTorquay Tournament[25]
Torquay, Great Britain
Grass
Singles		 Ernest Maconchy
6-0 6-0		 C. Hughes C. Hughes
Bye
T. B. Hughes
6-3 6-0		 Thomas Arembery Tombe
6-1 6-1
Owen Gould
6-0 6-1
Ernest Maconchy
Bye
?
?

September
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
1–5 SeptemberChampionship of America [26] Staten Island, United States
Grass
Singles		 Otway E. Woodhouse [27]
54-50 (games)		 Isidore F. Hellmuth[28] Edward H Gray
30-17
C M Harvey
30-10		 C W Barnes
30-10
Walter M Wood
27-24
William Larned
30-16
W H Davidge
30-11
27 September – 3 OctoberHampshire Championships[29]
Bournemouth, Great Britain
Grass
Singles		 Francis Robert (Frank) Benson
6-1 6-1 6-3		 L. G. Campbell?
?
?
?		?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?

October
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
4–10 OctoberSussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament[30]
Brighton, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 William Renshaw
6-3 6-3		 Ernest Renshaw Robert Bradell
?
William H Darby
?		 Frederick Bunning
?
H C Goddart
?
H E Eaton
?
William H Darby
Bye
11–17 OctoberBeacon Park Championships [31]
Boston, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Richard Sears
Def		 Edward Gray?

?
?

?

?

?

November
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
22–28 NovemberVictorian Championships
(Autumn)[32]
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Singles - Doubles		Frank Highett
walkover		 Eduard.W. Wallington R P Arnold
3-1
William McEvoy
3-0		 C W Butler
3-0
E Silvester
3-2
R Barton
3-0
William McEvoy
Bye

December

No events

List of tournament winners

Note: Important tournaments in bold

  • Richard Sears-Boston(1)
  • Francis Benson-Bournemouth-(1)
  • Ernest Renshaw-Cheltenham-(1)
  • William Renshaw-Brighton, Dublin-(2)
  • Dale Womersley-Eastbourne-(1)
  • James Patten McDougall-Edinburgh-(1)
  • A.Jennings-Kempton-(1)
  • Champion Branfill Russell-Leicester-(01)
  • Edward Bennett—Limerick-(1)
  • Herbert Lawford-London-(1)
  • Richard Taswell Richardson-Manchester-(1)
  • Joseph Rainsford-Naas-(1)
  • Joseph Gardner-Stafford-(1)
  • Otway E. Woodhouse-Staten Island-(1)
  • Ernest Maconchy-Torquay-(1)
  • Vere St. Leger Goold-Waterford-(1)
  • John Hartley -Wimbledon-(1)
  • Frank Highett-Melbourne-(1)

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1880 [33]
# Player
1 John Hartley (ENG)
2 William Renshaw (ENG)
3 Herbert Lawford (ENG)
4 Otway Woodhouse (GBR)
5 Edgar Lubbock (GBR)
6 Richard Taswell Richardson (GBR)
7 Ernest Browne (GBR)
8 George Montgomerie (GBR)

See also

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