Bermuda Tournament
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In 1924 Mary G. Gray gave an interview for American Lawn Tennis,[4] then a book published by the United States Lawn Tennis Association in which she spoke of a tennis tournament she played in at Hamilton, Bermuda,[5] the story was subsequently published under the chapter heading 'A Bermuda Tournament in 1876' On 15 September 1924.[6] On 3 September 1876 a women's tennis tournament was held in Hamilton, Bermuda,[7] that was won by Mary G. Gray who defeated Rose Key.
Earlier in 1876 in Ireland an All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships,[8] organised by the Irish Champion Athletic Club, Dublin was also held between the 17 and 22 July that year.[9][10] In 1879 the first Bermuda Open Tennis Championships were held.[11]
