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1880 men's tennis season

The 1880 men's tennis season incorporated 44 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.

The season began in April Cheltenham, England and ended in October in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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), in some tournaments not all.<div style="text-align: center;">* Indicates challenger</div> Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season

Key

January to March

No events

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

No events

List of tournament winners

Note:List is alphabetical by first name and Important tournaments in bold

  • A.R. Springett—Ripon—(1)
  • Algernon Hay Lushington—Shanklin—(1)
  • Arthur Oldham Jennings—Kemptown-(1)
  • C. O. Phipps—Langley Marish—(1)
  • Clement Edward Cottrell—Esher—(1)
  • Dale Womersley—Brentwood, Eastbourne—(2)
  • E. Bayly—Henley—(1)
  • Edward Brackenbury—Limerick, Limerick II—(2)
  • Edward North Buxton—Woodford Parish—(1)
  • Ernest Browne—Lisbeg—(1)
  • Ernest Maconchy—Teignmouth, Torquay—(2)
  • Ernest Renshaw—Cheltenham—(1)
  • F. Durant—Worcester—(1)
  • F.W. Rawson—Ealing—(1)
  • Francis Benson—Bournemouth—(1)
  • Frank Highett-Melbourne—(1)
  • George Rawdon Maurice Hewson—Savernake—(1)
  • H. Stanley—Brighton (Queens Park)—(1)
  • H.F. Rooke—Liverpool—(1)
  • Herbert Lawford, Princes Club Championships—(1)
  • Hubert James Medlycott–Sherbourne—(1)
  • J.M. Wilkinson—Creeting St, Mary—(1)
  • James Patten McDougall—St. Andrews—(1)
  • John Hartley—Wimbledon Championship—(1)
  • Jonas Henry William Gardner—Lichfield—(1)
  • Joseph Rainsford—Naas—(1)
  • Mr. Casey—Truro—(1)
  • Otway E. Woodhouse—Staten Island—(1)
  • R. Stuart Wilson–St Leonards-on-Sea—(1)
  • Rev. J. Kerr—Dirleton—(1)
  • Richard Sears—Boston—(1)
  • Richard Taswell Richardson—Northern Championships—(1)
  • Robert Baron Templer—Armagh—(1)
  • Robert James Lindsell—Fairfield—(1)
  • Stuart Macrae—Leicester—(1)
  • Vere St. Leger Goold—Waterford—(1)
  • W.H. Collins—Lowick—(1)
  • William Bertie Roberts—Plymouth—(1)
  • William Renshaw—Brighton, Irish Lawn Tennis Championships—(2)

See also

Notes

References

Sources

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