1880 Men's Tennis tour
 William Renshaw won most title's this year | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 12 April – 28 November |
| Edition | 4th |
| Tournaments | 19 (Amateur) |
| Categories | Important (5) National (1) Regional/State (3) County (4) Local (7) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  William Renshaw (2) |
| Most tournament finals | William Renshaw (2) |
← 1879 1881 → | |
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.
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 April | East 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 May | Northern Championships[10] Manchester, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles |
Richard Taswell Richardson[11] 6-0 6-3 6-0 |
|
6-0 5-6 6-2 1-6 6-5 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 May | Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[12] Dublin, Ireland Grass - |
 William Renshaw6-1 6-4 6-3 |
 Ernest de Sylly H. Browne6-3 6-4 6-3 |
Ernest de Sylly H. Browne Bye Michael G. McNamara6-0 6-1 6-3 |
S. D. Maul 6-2 6-3 6-3 Michael G. McNamaraBye A. J. Mullholland6-2 6-1 6-4 |
| Challenge round Vere St. Leger Goold |
June[]
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14–26 June | Kemptown tournament[13] Kemptown, Brighton, Great Britain ? |
A.O. Jennings 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4 |
T.J. Verrall |
? ? ? ? |
? ? ? ? ? ? |
| 24–25 June | [14] Leicester, Great Britain ? |
Champion Branfill Russell 6-5 4-6 6-4 |
Stuart Macrae |
Harold Baird Carlyon 6-4 6-2 E.C. Keele6-1 6-3 |
H.F. Johnson 6-1 6-5 Arthur Thomas Toller2-6 6-5 6-1 Dr John Thomas Jacques2 sets to 0 George de Horne Vaizey6-3 5-6 6-4 |
| 21 June-4 July | Princes 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 LawfordBye |
Captain Blane 6-5 6-1 6-4 David Charles Heatley6-2 6-4 6-1 O E WoodhouseBye |
July[]
| Date | Tournament | Winner | All comers' finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–16 July | Wimbledon 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. Montgomeries6-4 2-6 6-3 5-6 6-1 |
Richard Ridley Farrer 1-6 6-1 6-4 6-5 William Henry Darby D’Esterre6-0 6-3 6-1 H.C. Jenkins6-3 5-6 6-2 2-6 6-3 Ernest Renshaw6-3 6-3 3-6 6-0 |
| Challenge round Herbert Lawford | |||||
| 14–15 July | [18] Stafford, Great Britain ? |
Jonas Henry William Gardner 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
J. H. Forster |
||
| 28-31 July | County Kildare Tournament[19] Naas,[20] Ireland Singles - Doubles |
6-1 6-4 6-3 |
Jacob R. Sherrard |
Joseph R. Rainsford Algernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer |
Horrace Kennedy Ivor Kirkpatrick Thomas Browning ReevesR. D. Vincent |
August[]
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? August | Scottish Championships[21] St Andrews, Great Britain Singles |
def |
Leslie Balfour-Melville Def |
? | ? |
| 16–19 August | Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament[22] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles |
Vere St. Leger Goold 6-1 6-2 |
Frederick William Knox Def |
? | ? |
| 16–24 August | Devonshire Park Tournament[23] Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass |
Dale Womersley |
Frederick Brunning Maddison Def |
? | ? |
| 17–21 August | South of Ireland Championships[24] Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles |
Edward Bennett 6-4 6-4 6-2 |
|
William Dawson 6-0 6-0 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-4 6- |
6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 1-6 2-6 6-0 6-4 9-7 3-6 7-5 William DawsonBye |
| 23–24 August | [25] Torquay, Great Britain Grass |
6-0 6-0 |
C. Hughes |
C. Hughes Bye T. B. Hughes6-3 6-0 |
Thomas Arembery Tombe 6-1 6-1 Owen Gould6-0 6-1 Bye ? ? |
September[]
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–5 September | Championship of America [26] Staten Island, United States Grass |
Otway E. Woodhouse[27] 54-50 (games) |
 Isidore F. Hellmuth[28] |
 30-17 30-10 |
C W Barnes 30-10 27-24 William Larned30-16 30-11 |
| 27 September – 3 October | [29] Bournemouth, Great Britain Grass |
Francis Robert (Frank) Benson 6-1 6-1 6-3 |
L. G. Campbell |
? ? ? ? |
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
October[]
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–10 October | Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament[30] Brighton, Great Britain Grass Singles - |
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 October | Beacon Park Championships [31] Boston, United States Grass - |
Richard Sears Def |
Edward Gray |
? ? |
? ? ? ? |
November[]
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22–28 November | Victorian Championships (Autumn)[32] Melbourne, Australia Hard - |
 walkover |
Edward Wallington |
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)
-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)
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| 2 | William Renshaw (ENG)
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| 3 | Herbert Lawford (ENG)
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| 4 | Otway Woodhouse (GBR)
| |||
| 5 | Edgar Lubbock (GBR)
| |||
| 6 | Richard Taswell Richardson (GBR)
| |||
| 7 | Ernest Browne (GBR)
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| 8 | (GBR)
| |||
See also[]
- 1880 in sports
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External links[]
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