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1882 men's tennis season

The 1882 men's tennis season incorporated 72 events. The Wimbledon Championships and Irish Championships was won by William Renshaw, the U.S. National Championships was won by Richard Sears collecting his second title. Other big winners were Richard Taswell Richardson picking up the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships and Ernest Renshaw winning the Princes Club Championships, The title leader this season was Robert W. Braddell winning 4 tournaments from 6 finals.

The season started in April in Brighton, England and ended in November in Melbourne, Australia.

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

Key

January to March

No events

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

No events

List of tournament winners

Note: important tournaments in bold

  • Robert W. Braddell—Brighton, Oxford, Lemington Spa, Derby—(4)
  • William Renshaw -Cheltenham, Irish Championships, Wimbledon—(3)
  • Michael Gallwey McNamara—Brighton, Waterford—(2)
  • Charles Lacy Sweet—Cirecester, Exmouth—(2)
  • Ernest Renshaw—Princes Club—(1)
  • Richard Sears—U.S. National Championships—(1)
  • Richard Taswell Richardson—Northern Championships—(1)
  • Peter Aungier—Naas—(1)
  • Arthur Allen—San Gabriel—(1)
  • G. R. Brewerton —Edgbaston—(1)
  • Humphrey Berkeley—Teignmouth—(1)
  • George Butterworth—Bath—(1)
  • John Jameson Cairnes—New York—(1)
  • Joseph Sill Clark Sr.—Richfield Springs—(1)
  • William Cobbold—East Grinstead—(1)
  • Harry F. Connover—New York—(1)
  • E. J. Charley—Belfast—(1)
  • John William Down—Waterloo—(1)
  • Mark Minden Fenwick—Newcastle—(1)
  • A. A. Fuller—Brighton—(1)
  • Harry D. Gamble—Toronto—(1)
  • Charles Walder Grinstead—Brentwood—(1)
  • G. F. Hanson—Belfast—(1)
  • Arthur Wellesley Hallward—Darlington—(1)
  • Lawrence Hobart—Montclair—(1)
  • John Galbraith Horn—Edinburgh—(1)
  • L. Keyser—Melbourne—(1)
  • Herbert Lawford—Fulham—(1)
  • G. M. Minchin—Exeter—(1)
  • William Monement—Norwich—(1)
  • Edward Lysaght—Limerick—(1)
  • William C. Taylor—Eastbourne—(1)
  • Alexander Van Rensselear—Hoboken—(1)
  • A. Springett—Darlington—(1)
  • Joseph Sill Clark Sr.—Newark—(1)
  • Frederick C. Stammer—Lichfield—(1)
  • Richard Barron Templer—Montrose—(1)
  • Robert Shaw Templer—Armagh—(1)
  • Charles E. Weldon—Bath—(1)
  • Edward Lake Williams—Fulham—(1)
  • Mr. Winslow—Chestnut Hill—(1)

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

  • Nauright John Dr. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice

Sources

  • 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, .
  • The Concise History of Tennis, Mazak Karoly, (2010), 6th Edition, 2015.
  • 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
  • The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.
  • Total Tennis:The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, by Bud Collins, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, Canada,
  • Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide's 1890 to 1920 Wright & Ditsons Publishers, Boston, Mass, USA.
  • http://tennisarchives.com/Tournaments 1882
  • https://app.thetennisbase.com/Season Year 1882

External links

  • http://www.tennisarchives.com/
  • https://thetennisbase.com/