Английская Википедия:1877 men's tennis season
Шаблон:Infobox tennis circuit season
The 1877 men's tennis season [1][2] was composed of 5 tournaments for the second edition pre-open era lawn tennis season. Before the birth of Open Era (tennis), most tournaments were reserved for amateur athletes. In 1874 British Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patented with the House of London Crafts the invention of a new game, which consisted of a shaped field hourglass, divided in the middle by a suspended net. The game was packaged in a box containing some balls, four paddles, the net components 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. In 1877 all were amateur tournaments, among them was the first 1877 Wimbledon Championship, the inaugural event was held from 9 to 19 July and saw as the inaugural winner Spencer Gore. The tournament would remain for a period of 35 years the sole major tennis tournament in the world until the International Lawn Tennis Federation introduces its three World championship series events in 1913 that continue until 1923, when the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association (f. 1881) only agrees to join the ILTF on the basis of two compromises: the title 'World Championships' would be abolished and wording would be 'for ever in the English language'. Wimbledon would still retain its prestigious and historical status,[3] and become one of the four Grand Slam tennis events from 1924.
Whilst Wimbledon was the most prominent event of this inaugural new sport season in Ireland two other tournaments were also staged, one taking place in Waterford and the other was University of Dublin Lawn Tennis Championships.
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),[4] in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
| Important. [5][6][7][8][9] |
| National |
| Provincial/Regional/State |
| County |
| Regular |
January to June
No events
July
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July.[10] | All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships All Ireland Lawn Tennis Club Champion Ground Lansdowne, Dublin, Ireland. Grass Singles |
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| 12 July | Championship of the Esher LTC Esher Lawn Tennis Club Esher, Surrey, England Grass Singles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Clement Edward Cottrell ? |
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| 19 July | Wimbledon Championships[11] All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, Middlesex, England Grass Singles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Spencer Gore 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 |
Шаблон:Flagicon William Marshall | Шаблон:Flagicon Charles Gilbert Heathcote Bye |
Шаблон:Flagicon F.N. Langham Шаблон:Flagicon Julian Marshall Шаблон:Flagicon Lestocq Robert Erskine Bye |
August
No events
September
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September | Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament[12] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Vere St. Leger Goold 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 |
Шаблон:Flagicon H. H. Elliott | Шаблон:Flagicon Vere St. Leger Goold Шаблон:Flagicon J. C. Roberts |
Шаблон:Flagicon H. H. Elliott Шаблон:Flagicon John M. Brown Шаблон:Flagicon Mr. Moore |
October
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October | Dublin University Championships[13] Dublin, Ireland Hard (Asphalt) Singles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Manders ? |
Шаблон:Flagicon George Henry Shannon | Шаблон:Flagicon George Henry Shannon Шаблон:Flagicon Charles Dubedat |
Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Edward Shaw |
November to December
No events
List of tournament winners
Important tournament in bold
- Шаблон:Flagicon Spencer Gore–Wimbledon–(1)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Manders– Dublin–(1)
- Clement Edward Cottrell–Esher–(1)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Vere St. Leger Goold–Waterford–(1)
See also
References
Sources
- A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Lake, Robert J. (2014), Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge, UK, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
- British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK.
- Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
- Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK.
- Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
- Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice, Nauright John and Parrish Charles, (2012), ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Cal, US, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Tennis; A Cultural History, Gillmeister Heiner, (1997), Leicester University Press, Leicester, UK.
- The Tennis Book, edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981 Шаблон:ISBN
- The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.
- Total Tennis:The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, by Bud Collins, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, Canada, Шаблон:ISBN
- Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide's 1890 to 1920 Wright & Ditsons Publishers, Boston, Mass, USA.
- https://app.thetennisbase.com/Men's 1877 season
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