1878 men's tennis season
Men's tennis season
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The 1878 men's tennis season[2][3] was the third annual pre-open era season, with 15 tournaments staged in Great Britain and Ireland the Wimbledon Championships was won by challenger Patrick Francis Hadow defeating the defending champion Spencer Gore.
National (2)
Provincial/Regional/State (1)
County (1)
Local (9)
Frank Hadow (from Hadow family collection. He won the major event of this year Wimbledon) | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 21 May â 12 October |
| Tournaments | 15[1] |
| Categories | Important (1) National (2) Provincial/Regional/State (1) County (1) Local (9) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles | No outright leader |
| Most finals | No outright leader |
â 1877 1879 â | |
It began in April in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales and ended in October in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Summary
This early pre open era season began in April 1878 with Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club Tournament on grass played at Newcastle Emlyn, Wales the club is still open today.[4] In May a spring tennis tournament was held at the Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club on Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth, England the club held a second event in October this year.[5]
In July the most important event of the year the 1878 Wimbledon Championships was won by the challenger Patrick Francis Hadow who beat Spencer Gore in the all comers final. In August the inaugural Scottish Championships was won by James Patten MacDougall.[6][7] In September at the inaugural County Wicklow Championships the tournament was won by a Captain Hughes. In September at the South of Ireland Championships held Wicklow in Ireland, the Limerick Cup was won by Vere St. Leger Goold.[8]
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),[9] in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
| Important[10][11][12][13][14] |
| National |
| Provincial/State/Regional |
| County |
| Local/other |
January to March
No events
April
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 - 24 April.[15][16] | Teifiside LTC Championship Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club Newcastle Emlyn, Wales Grass Singles - Doubles |  Gwyn Saunders Davies? | Dacre Tyler | ||
May
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 - 24 May.[17][18] | Bournemouth CLTC Spring Tournament[19] Bournemouth CLTC Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles |  Edmond Bennet Brackenbury3 sets to 2 | Sir Hubert James Medlycott | ||
July
| Date | Tournament | Winner | All comers' finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July.[20] | All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships All Ireland Lawn Tennis Club Champion Ground Lansdowne, Dublin, Ireland. Grass Singles | ? | ? | ||
| 12 July | Championship of the Esher LTC Esher Lawn Tennis Club Esher, Surrey, England Grass Singles | Clement Edward Cottrell ? | ? | ||
| 9â19 July | Wimbledon Championship[21] London, Great Britain Grass Singles |  Patrick Francis Hadow6â4, 6â4, 6â4 |  Lestocq Robert Erskine | Herbert Lawford | Charles Gipps Hamilton Arthur Thomas Myers |
| Challenger round Spencer Gore[22] 7â5, 6â1, 9â7 | |||||
| 24 July.[23] | Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament. Staffordshire County Cricket Ground Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Grass Singles | Jonas Henry William Gardner ? | |||
August
September
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September.[27][28] | Armagh Lawn Tennis Tournament Armagh Lawn Tennis Club Armagh, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles |  W.F. Templer ? | Robert Shaw Templer | ||
| 8â9 September | County Wicklow Championships[29] Bromley, County Wicklow, Ireland Grass Singles | Henry Evelyn Tombe ? | Captain Hughes ? | Captain Hughes George Gordon Tombe | S. H. Butcher Augustine Lefroy George Gordon Tombe |
| 16â17 September | Waterford Tournament[30] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles | Vere St. Leger Goold ? | J. M. Brown | Henry Joseph Gallwey J. C. Roberts | Patrick Joseph Gallwey William Joseph Gallwey Pierce Barron-Newell |
| 23 September.[31][32] | Newon Abbott Lawn Tennis Tournament Newton Abbot Archery and Lawn Tennis Club South Devon Cricket Club Ground Newton Abbot, Devon, England Grass Singles - Doubles | Rev. William Hughes ? | W. Sandilands | ||
| 26â30 September.[33][34] | South of Ireland Championships Limerick Cricket Club Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles | Vere St. Leger Goold 8â6, 8â6 | William Henry Darby | William Henry Darby H H Eliott | Joseph Fritz James Heffernan Considine Robert Howden Kelly Charles Mounoir Sumner |
| Heffernan Considine Helena Considine 6-3, 6â5, 6-2 | Robert Howden Kelly Miss Lumley | ||||
October
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October.[35][36] | Moy and Charlemont LTC Tournament Moy and Charlemont Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Singles | Robert Baron Templer ? | S. Phipson | Robert Baron Templer H. Ringwood | Archibald Alexander Hamilton H. Ringwood Robert Shaw Templer |
| 7â12 October | Dublin University Championships[37] Dublin, Ireland Hard (Asphalt) Singles | James Jackson Sherrard ? | William Morgan Jellett | Henry James Daly ? William Morgan Jellett | Henry James Daly Richard Manders George Henry Shannon |
| 10 October.[38][39] | Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament Bournemouth CLTC Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles | Hubert James Medlycott ? | | ||
November to December
No events
Tournament winners
major tournaments in bold
Patrick Francis Hadow â Wimbledon Championships-(1)
W.F. Templer, Armagh, (1)
Edmond Bennet Brackenbury, Bournemouth I, (1)- Sir Hubert James Medlycott, Bournemouth II, (1)
- Henry Evelyn Tombe, Bromley, (1)
- James Jackson Sherrard, Dublin II, (1)
James Patten MacDougall, Edinburgh, (1)- Clement Edward Cottrell, Esher, (1)
- Jonas Henry William Gardnerâ, Lichfield, (1)
- William Henry Darby, Limerick, (1)
- Robert Baron Templer, Moy, (1)
Gwyn Saunders, Newcastle Emlyn, (1)- William Hughes, Newton Abbott, (1)
- Vere St. Leger Goold, Waterford, (1)
See also
- 1878 women's tennis season
- 1878 Tennis Season
- 1878 in sports