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1880 Women's Lawn Tennis season
Details
DurationMay 1880 – October 1880
Edition5th
Tournaments12
CategoriesNational (1)
Regional (1)
County (1)
Regular (9)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesFive women won one title each
Most tournament finalsFive women reached final each
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1880 Women's Lawn Tennis season[1] was mainly composed of national, regional, county, local regular amateur tournaments. This year twelve tennis events for women were staged three of the them in Ireland and nine events in England between May and October 1880

History

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

Victoria, Australia
.

In 1880 twelve tournaments for women were staged four of them in

Calcutta Cricket Club (f.1792),[4] inaugurated an open lawn tennis tournament that featured 21 entries.[5]

In June two tournaments are held featuring women's events. At the Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Tournament held at

Penzance, Cornwall, England, the ladies singles being won by Miss. Jackson and the gentleman's singles by Mr. H. H. Ley of Truro.[10]

In September 1880 the fifth edition of

Saint Leonards-on-Sea Tournament[13] began at the Archery Gardens, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England that ended on 18 September.[14] On 24 Septmber the Truro LTC Tournament commenced at Truro, in Cornawall, England.[15] On 1 October 1880 the Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament that began on 26 Septmber concluded.[16]
. At this time 'open' tournaments usually meant mens and womens players can compete.

At the 1880 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.

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),[17] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates doubles ** mixed doubles

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

Key

Important [18][19][20]
National
Provincial/Regional/State
County
Regular

January to April

No events

May

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi Finalist Quarter Finalist
May 24-28.[21]
Singles
 Ireland D. Meldon
6-1, 6-1		 Ireland Connie Butler Ireland May Langrishe
Ireland Miss Lynch
Ireland Connie Butler *
Ireland May Langrishe
default		 Ireland Miss Anderson
Ireland Miss Costello
Ireland Miss Costello **
Ireland Spencer D. Maul
6-4, 7-5		 Ireland D. Meldon
Ireland Robert Hassard
May 31.[22]
India, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
 ?
?

June

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
June 4-5.[23] Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament
Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Club
Manadon, Plymouth, Devon, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 United Kingdom Miss Keate **
United Kingdom A. Radcliffe
2 sets to 1		 United Kingdom Miss F. Fitzroy
United Kingdom Algernon Aylmer
June 14-22..[24] Kemptown Tournament
Kemptown, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 United Kingdom Miss Adshead
United Kingdom Miss. Eva Adshead
6-1, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

July

No events

August

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
August 15-16.[25]
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
 United Kingdom Miss. Jackson
def		 United Kingdom Miss Chard
August 16-19.[26]
Doubles
 Ireland May Langrishe
6-5, 6-0		 Ireland D. Meldon
August 17-21 .
Singles
 Ireland Miss Smith
>		 Ireland?
July 1-August 19.[27]
Doubles
 United Kingdom Miss. Scott **
United Kingdom Mr. H.F. Rooke
def		 United Kingdom Miss Maitland
United Kingdom Mr. H. Duranty
August 16-24.[28] Devonshire Park Championships
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 United Kingdom Miss. Spreckley **
United Kingdom Dale Womersley
2 sets to 0		 United Kingdom Miss Alexander
United Kingdom Mr. Taylor

September

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi Finalist Quarter Finalist
September..[29] Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament
Ealing, Middlesex, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles		 United Kingdom Blanche Bingley **
United Kingdom F.W. Rawson
2 sets to 0		 United Kingdom Miss Baker
United Kingdom M. Sharpe
September 16-18.[30]
Singles
 England Miss Augusta Langley
6-4, 6-4		 England Miss Flora Langley
September 24-25.[31]
Grass
Singles
 England Mrs Casey **
England Mr. Casey
def		 England Miss Paul
England Dr. F. Collins

October

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi Finalist Quarter Finalist
September 26-October 1.[32]
Grass
Singles
 England Ellen Maltby
6-3, 6-3		 England Mary Ann Maltby

November to December

No events

Tournament Winners

Singles and Mixed Doubles event winners below.

Singles

Important tournament in bold

Doubles

Mix Doubles

Tournaments

  1. Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Tournament
  2. Devonshire Park Championships
  3. Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament
  4. Kemptown Tournament
  5. Mersey Bowmen Archery Club Tournament
  6. Mount's Bay Lawn Tennis Tournament
  7. Irish Championships
  8. South of Ireland Championships
  9. Saint Leonards-on-Sea Tournament
  10. Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament
  11. Truro LTC Tournament
  12. Waterford Tournament

References

  1. ^ Heathcote, John Moyer; Pleydell-Bonverie, Edward Oliver; Ainger, Arthur Campbell (1890). "The development of Lawn Tennis". Tennis. London: Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 151.
  2. ^ Heathcote, J. M. Heathcote: C. G. (1890). Tennis; Lawn Tennis. London: Spottiswoode and Co. p. 164.
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  4. ^ "History". ccfc1792.com. Kolkata, India: Calcutta Cricket & Football Club. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ^ "LAWN TENNIS. A fitting finale to long and pleasant cold weather season, the Calcutta Cricket Club, with its usual sporting energy, inaugurated a lawn tennis tournament, open to members of the services and of the various Calcutta clubs. There were twenty-one entries". The Sportsman. London. 31 May 1880. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Lawn Lennis Fixtures: May to September". The Field. London, England. 28 April 1880. pp. 35–37.
  7. ^ "LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The annual tournament of the Waterford Cricket and Tennis Club begins on Monday. The entries included most the best players in the South Ireland". Waterford Standard. Waterford, Republic of Ireland. 12 August 1880. p. 3.
  8. ^ The Field
  9. ^ "Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Championship Tournament. Eastbourne. First Prize a championhip Silver Cup. Will be held from 16 August". The Sportsman. London. 9 July 1880. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Lawn Tennis Tournament". Cornwall Cornishman. Penzance, Cornwall, England: Newspaper Archive.com. 19 August 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Sports and Pastimes". Bazaar Exchange and Mart, and Journal of the Household. 23. London: Alfred Bradley: 335. 29 September 1880.
  13. ^ Bazaar Exchange and Mart, and Journal of the Household.
  14. ^ "Archery Gardens: The second Saint Leonards-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Tournament. Grand Three Days' Meetings, scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 16th, 17th and 18th". Hastings and St Leonards Observer. Hastings, East Sussex, England. 10 September 1881. p. 4.
  15. ^ "Lawn Tennis Tournament at Truro under the auspices of the Truro Lawn Tennis Club, a tournament commenced yesterday at the Cricket Field". Royal Cornwall Gazette. Falmouth, Cornwall, England. 24 September 1880. p. 5.
  16. ^ ".Lawn Tennis: Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament. This tournament was concluded on Saturday, Brighton, with excellent play and splendid weather". Daily Telegraph & Courier (London). London, England. 3 October 1880. p. 3.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ ,Nauright, John, Parrish, Charles, (2012) Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara, Calif, USA. ISBN 9781598843002. p. 198.
  19. ^ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998) Tennis:Cultural History. A&C Black. London. ISBN 9780718501952. p.199.
  20. ^ Lake, Robert J. (2014) A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History: Routledge. Oxford. p.48.
  21. ^ The Field
  22. ^ The Sportsman (Monday 31 May 1880). p.4.
  23. ^ The Field
  24. ^ The Field
  25. ^ Cornwall Cornishman, Newspaper Archives August 19, 1880 Page 7
  26. ^ Waterford Standard (12 August 1880)
  27. ^ The Field
  28. ^ The Sportsman. (9 July 1880). p.1.
  29. ^ The Field
  30. ^ Hastings and St Leonards Observer (10 September 1881) p.4.
  31. ^ Royal Cornwall Gazette (24 September 1880) p.5.
  32. ^ Daily Telegraph & Courier (London) (3 October 1880)p.3.
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