1878 Men's Tennis season
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The Harrow Hadows, P.F. Hadow in center. (Hadow family collection) | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 9 July – 12 October |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Tournaments | 6 [1] |
| Categories |
Important (1) National (1) Regional/State (1) County (0) Local (3) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |
 Henry Evelyn Tombe (1) James Jackson Sherrard (1) Patrick Francis Hadow(1)  James Patten MacDougall (1) William Henry Darby (1) Vere St. Leger Goold (1) |
| Most tournament finals |
Henry Evelyn Tombe (1) James Jackson Sherrard (1) Patrick Francis Hadow(1) James Patten MacDougall (1) William Henry Darby (1) Vere St. Leger Goold (1) Vere St. Leger Goold (1) |
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The 1878 Men's tennis season was composed of the second annual pre-open era tour. It now incorporated 6 tournaments staged in Great Britain and Ireland the Wimbledon championships was won by Patrick Francis Hadow defeating the challenger and defending champion Spencer Gore.
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),[2] in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
| Important tournaments [3][4][5][6] |
| National tournaments |
| State Regional tournaments |
| County tournaments |
| Local tournaments |
January to June
No events
July
| Date | Tournament | Winner | All comers' finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–19 July | 1878 Wimbledon Championship [7] London, Great BritainGrass Singles | Patrick Francis Hadow 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 | Lestocq Robert Erskine | Herbert Lawford Bye | Charles Gipps Hamilton Bye Arthur Thomas Myers |
| Challenger round Spencer Gore[8] 7-5, 6-1, 9-7 |
August
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12–19 August | 1878 Scottish Championships[9] [10] Edinburgh, Great BritainSingles | James Patten MacDougall[11] | |||
September
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–9 September | 1878 Bromley tournament[12] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles | Henry Evelyn Tombe ? | Captain Hughes | Captain Hughes Bye George Gordon Tombe? | S. H. Butcher ? Augustine Lefroy? George Gordon Tombe Bye |
| 16–17 September | 1878 Waterford tournament[13] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles | Vere St. Leger Goold ? | J. M. Brown | Henry Joseph Gallwey ? Ireland J. C. Roberts? | Patrick Joseph Gallwey ? William Joseph Gallwey? Pierce Barron-Newell? |
| 26–30 September | 1878 South of Ireland Championships[14]Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles | Vere St. Leger Goold[15] 8–6, 8–6 | William Henry Darby | William Henry Darby Bye H H Eliott1-6, 3-6 | Joseph Fritz James Heffernan Considine 1-6, 3-6 Robert Howden Kelly1-6, 1-6 Charles Mounoir Sumner1-6, 2-6 |
October
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–12 October | 1878 Dublin University LT Championships[16] Dublin, Ireland Hard (Asphalt) Singles | James Jackson Sherrard ? | William Morgan Jellett | Henry James Daly ? William Morgan JellettBye | Henry James Daly Bye Richard Manders? George Henry Shannon? |
November to December
No events
List of tournament winners
Important tournament in bold
- Henry Evelyn Tombe - Bromley-(1)
- James Jackson Sherrard - Dublin-(1)
- James Patten MacDougall - Edinburgh-(1)
- William Henry Darby - Limerick-(1)
- Vere St. Leger Goold - Waterford-(1)
- Patrick Francis Hadow - Wimbledon-(1)
Rankings
Source: The Concise History of Tennis, 6th edition, 2016
| Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1878 [17] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | |||
| 1 | Patrick Francis Hadow (ENG) | |||
| 2 | Spencer Gore (ENG) | |||
| 3 | William Marshall (GBR) | |||
| 4 | Lestocq Robert Erskine (SCO) | |||
| 5 | C.G. Hamilton (GBR) | |||
See also
- 1878 Tennis Season
- 1878 in sports
References
- ↑ "Tournaments 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ↑ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 9781598843002.
- ↑ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. p. 199. ISBN 9780718501952.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis | The complete tennis history from 1877 (6th ed.). Karoly Mazak (Ph.D.). p. 3.
- ↑ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge:. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.
- ↑ "The Championships Wimbledon 1878Gentlemen's All-Comers' Singles" (PDF). LTA. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.
- ↑ "Craiglockhart was Wimbledon warm-up tournament of choice for the pros". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. the Edinburgh News 3 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis in Scotland, 50 years of the game". news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, 9 August 1927. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Scottish Championships 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Bromley 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ "Waterford 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ "South of Ireland Championships 1878 Limerick Cup Ireland". Tennis Archives. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ↑ "Some history regarding Limerick Lawn". Limerick Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Dublin University LT Championships 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis. p. 6.
Sources
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- 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.
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- 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 Barbra, Cal, USA, ISBN 1598843001.
- The Concise History of Tennis, Mazak Karoly, (2010), 6th Edition, 2015.
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External links
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