Английская Википедия:1887 men's tennis season
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Infobox tennis circuit season
The men's tennis season was composed of the twelfth annual pre-open era tennis circuit incorporating 126 tournaments.[1]
The tour began in January in Napier, New Zealand and ended in December in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Summary of tour
Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 the Wimbledon Championships, the U.S. National Championships, the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and the Northern Championships were considered by players and historians as the four most important tennis tournaments to win.[2][3][4]
In the first big tournament of the year Ernest Renshaw wins a second Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title,[5] in Dublin after a five-year break beating three-time defending champion Herbert Lawford in four sets. At the Wimbledon Championships Herbert Lawford avenges his Irish championships defeat by beating Ernest Renshaw for the title in five sets.[6] At the Northern Championships in Liverpool, Harry Grove the defending champion defeats George Ernest Dixon Brown in five sets. In the United States Dick Sears wins a seventh consecutive US National Championship beating Henry Slocum in three sets.[7]
In March in the United States the inaugural Southern California Championships is staged for the first time this year and in New Zealand the Auckland Tennis Championships are held for the first time. In April in England Ernest Lewis defeats Edward Lake Williams in three sets for his first British Covered Court Championships. In May in South Asia, Charles Edward De Fonblanque defeats Edward George Farquharson in the Ceylon Championships held on the clay courts Nuwara Eliya.
In early June at the Scottish Championships held in Edinburgh Harry Grove of England defeats two-time defending champion Patrick Bowes-Lyon in five sets. In late June at the Welsh Championships in Penarth Irish player Ernest Browne wins a second title after English player James Baldwin retired after two sets to love down. In July in North America at the Canadian National Championships held in Toronto, Canada Charles Smith Hyman wins a third title defeating Lawrence H. Baldwin in three sets.[8] In August the Nottinghamshire Championships are staged for the first time in England this event is known today as the Nottingham Open.[9]
In October back in the United States Philip Shelton Sears representing Harvard wins his first national Intercollegiate Championships at New Haven, Connecticut defeating G.G. Shaw jr in three sets.[10] In late December in Australasia at Christchurch, New Zealand, Percival Clennell Fenwick wins his second national New Zealand Championships defeating Richard Dacre Harman in five sets.[11]
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),[12] in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
Important.[13][14][15][16] |
National |
Provincial/State/Regional |
County |
Local |
January
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist |
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30 December 1886 – 2 January 1887.[17] | Napier Open Farndon Park Napier, New Zealand Surface? Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Percival Clennell Fenwick 6–2 6–0 6–4 |
Шаблон:Flagicon E.P. Hudson | ||
February
No events
March
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist |
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1–3.[18] | St Augustine Lawn Tennis Club Tournament St. Augustine, United States Grass Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas S. Beckworth 6–2 1–6 5–7 6–4 6–4 |
? | ||
10–21.[19][20] | Auckland Tennis Championships, Auckland, New Zealand Hard (outdoor) Singles Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon William Morrison 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Andrew Morey | ||
19–24.Шаблон:Efn[21][22] | Southern California Championships Casa Blanca Club Riverside, California, United States Grass Singles Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon William H. Young |
Шаблон:Flagicon C. Trevelia | ||
April
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist |
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April.[23] | Bengal Lawn Tennis Championships Calcutta Cricket Ground Calcutta, Bengal, India Grass Singles Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Gilbert Mahon 5–7, 8–7, 7–8, 8–6, 6–1 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Mr. Heckle | ||
9 – 12 April.[24] | Geelong Easter Handicap Tournament Geelong LTC Geelong, Australia Hard Asphalt Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest Raleigh 6–2 6–0 6–4 |
Шаблон:Flagicon John Stanley Barton Orr | Шаблон:Flagicon W.L. Hewitt | Шаблон:Flagicon J.W. Colville Шаблон:Flagicon Beckett Weigall |
21 – 23 April.[25] | British Covered Court Championships Hyde Park LTC London, Great Britain Wood (i) Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest Wool Lewis 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew George Ziffo | Шаблон:Flagicon Herbert Chipp Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Still |
Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Sophocles Constantinidi Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest George Meers Шаблон:Flagicon William John Bush-Salmon Шаблон:Flagicon George Nelson Stenhouse |
Challenger Шаблон:Flagicon Edward Lake Williams | |||||
May
June
July
August
September
October
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist |
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26 Sept – 1 Oct.[168] | Delaware Field Club Open Delaware Field Club Wilmington, Delaware, United States Clay Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Charles Belmont Davis 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Marmaduke Smith | ||
1 – 3 October | Southern Championships[169] Wilmington, United States Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Charles Belmont Davis 6–2 6–1 6–2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon E. Porter | ||
12 – 14 October.[170][171] | Intercollegiate Championships New Haven LTC New Haven, United States Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Philip Sears (Harvard College) 6–8, 6–2, 6–2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon G.G. Shaw jr | ||
22 – 26 October.[172][173] | Victorian Championships Melbourne Hard Asphalt Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur G. H. Colquhoun 6–4, 6–2, 6–0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Walter Timon Coldham | ||
November
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist |
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2 – 7 November.[174] | Punjab Lawn Tennis Championships Lahore Gymkhana Club, Lawrence Hall Gardens Lahore, India Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon R.D. Spencer 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Edward Lee French | ||
December
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist |
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December.[175] | Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Royal South Yarra LTC Melbourne Grass Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon John Dickson Cramond 15 games to 5 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Alexander Paxton | ||
22 – 26 October.[176][177] | New Zealand Championships Napier, New Zealand Grass Singles – Doubles |
Шаблон:Flagicon Percival Clennell Fenwick 6–2 6–0 6–4 |
Шаблон:Flagicon E.P. Hudson |
List of tournament winners
The list of winners by number of singles titles won:
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest Wool Lewis—Bournemouth, Chiswick Park, Eastbourne, Stamford Bridge, Teignmouth, Torquay—(6)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Slocum—Harrison, Livingston, Nahant, New Haven, Wentworth—(5)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest W. Fletcher—Chapel Allerton, Ilkley, Stockton-on-Tees, Whitby—(4)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest Browne—Cheltenham, Penarth, Scarborough—(3)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Grove—Northern Championships, Liverpool, Bath, Exmouth—(3)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Bowes-Lyon—Dublin, Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne—(3)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Robert L. Beeckman—Bar Harbor, Eleberon, Hoboken—(3)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Willoughby Hamilton—Dublin (Fitzwilliam), Dublin (Landsdowne), Howth—(3)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Charles Gladstone Eames—Rochester, Stevenage—(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Grainger Chaytor—Kilkenny, Parsonstown—(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest George Meers—Leyton, Leyton (2nd)—(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Seymour Noon—Stafford, Stafford II –(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Frederick William Snook—Nottingham, Nottingham (2nd) –(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Augustus Taylor–Stentonn, Southampton—(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Percival Clennell Fenwick—Napier, Napier (2nd) –(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Valentine Gill Hall—Hitchin, Tivoli–(2)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest Renshaw–Irish Championships, Dublin–(1)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Herbert Lawford-Wimbledon, London-(1)
- Шаблон:Flagicon James Dwight–(1)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Manliffe Goodbody–(1)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Sears–U.S. National Championships,Newport, Rhode Island–(1)
Notes
References
Sources
- A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 5358651.
- Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register, A.H. Baily & Company of Cornhill. London. England. July 1887
- Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. Шаблон:ISBN.
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- Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge:. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. Шаблон:ISBN.
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- Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalogue (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York, NY, USA: New York, American sports publishing company.
- The Australian Dictionary of Biography (1966–2021). Including a supplementary volume of ‘missing persons’ have, so far, been published. Volumes 1–19. The National Centre of Biography. Australian National University. Canberra. Australia.
- The John Player Nottingham Tennis Tournament: Record of Winners Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887–1970)" (PDF).https://www.nottinghamcastleltc.co.uk/history/?d=John+Player+Nottingham+Tennis+Tournament+1971.pdf. Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7.
Further reading
- A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
- Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register, A.H. Baily & Company of Cornhill. London. England. 1860 to 1889
- Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, A.H. Baily & Company of Cornhill. London. England. 1889 to 1900
- Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vinton and Co. London. England. 1900 to 1926.
- 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.
- Total Tennis:The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, by Bud Collins, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, Canada, Шаблон:ISBN
- 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.
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