1879 men's tennis season explained

1879 men's tennis season
Duration:2 June – 28 December
Edition:4th
Tournaments:26 (Amateur) [1]
Categories:Important (2)
National (1)
Provincial/State/Regional (3)
County (4)
Local/other (16)
Most Tournament Titles: Vere St. Leger Goold (3)
Most Tournament Finals: Vere St. Leger Goold (5)
Previous:1878
Next:1880

The 1879 men's tennis season [2] [3] was composed of the fourth annual pre-open era tennis season and incorporated 26 tournaments. The 1879 Wimbledon Championships was won by John Hartley defending champion Patrick Francis Hadow, defending champion could not participate in the Challenge Round. This year saw the inaugural [4] Irish Championships that in its early stages of development was considered as important that of the Wimbledon Championships the event was won by Vere St. Leger Goold who defeated in Charles David Barry in the final by Charles David Barry 8–6, 8–6. Important this year was the staging of six hard court tournaments some of which included the Dublin University Championships the East Gloucestershire Championships held in Cheltenham Great Britain,[5] Nice Tennis Tournament in Nice, France and the first tournament to be held outside of Europe in Australia with the Victorian Championships.

The tour started in Nice, France in May and ended in Melbourne, Australia in December.

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),[6] in some tournaments not all.

Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season

Key

Important.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local/other

January to April

No events

May

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalist
28 April - 2 May.[13] Earlsfort Terrace Tournament
Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, Ireland
Asphalt
Vere Thomas Saint Leger Goold
?
J.C. Roberts
14 - 15 May.[14] Bournemouth CLTC Spring Tournament
Bournemouth CLTC
Dean Park Cricket Ground
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Sir Hubert James Medlycott
?
?

June

WeekTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalist
16 June[15] Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[16]
[17] Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Singles
Vere St. Leger Goold[18]
8–6, 8–6
David Charles Barry Henry Evelyn Toombe
John Jameson Cairnes
F J Joyce
J J Sherrard
L McDonnell
A Hodgson
30 Jun -30 Jul Edgar Lubbock
6-1 6-0 8-6
Lestocq Robert Erskine

July

DateTournamentWinnerAll comers' finalistSemifinalistQuarterfinalist
7–16 July John Hartley
walkover
Vere St. Leger Goold
Bye
Cecil Francis Parr
Charles Gilbert Heathcote
C D Barry
G E Tabor
Challenge round
Patrick Francis Hadow
14-15 July.[21] Henry W. J. Gardner
6-4 6-3
E. W. Burnett William Arthur Briscoe
J.H. Lonsdale
N. Bailey
J.C. Keene
W.W. Jacks
14-15 July
Nalton Womersley
6-4 6-5

Dale Womersley

August

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalist
August Leslie Balfour-Melville[24] [25]
def
?
27 July- 2 August.[26] County Kildare Tournament
Naas Military Barracks
Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Grass
-
Algernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer
4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
James G. Kennedy
29 July - 2 August.[27] County Kildare Closed Tournament
Naas Military Barracks
Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Grass
-
George Edward Devere Kennedy
6-4, 6-5
H. Mitchell
6 - 8 August.[28] County Galway LTC Tournament
County Galway Lawn Tennis Club
Lisbeg, County Galway, Ireland
Grass
-
W.G. Eyre
?
W. Peebles
12 - 13 August.[29] F.L. Cope
?
Robert Shaw Templer
15–16 August[30] Montague Hankey
6-5 6-5 6-5
Captain James J. Glascott Captain James J. Glascott
James H. Medlycott
Captain Bradford
James C. Pipon
22–25 AugustWaterford Tournament
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

September

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalist
2 September.[31] [32] Teifiside LTC Championship
Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club
Newcastle Emlyn, Wales
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Gwyn Saunders Davies
?
Frank Miles
3–9 SeptemberJoseph Fritz James Heffernan Considine
6–4, 6–3
Henry Evelyn Tombe Joseph Fritz James Heffernan Considine[35]
T. J. Johnston
Major Richard de Ros Rose
W. Ryan
Charles R B Heaton-Armstrong
Henry Evelyn Tombe
Mrs. R B Heaton-Armstrong
6-3, 6-5, 6-2
Mr. Baker
Miss Annie Rice
2 - 5 September.[36] Yare LTC Tournament
Yare Lawn Tennis Club
Fritton, Great Yarmouth
Surface ?
Singles - Doubles
Percy Lucas
?
Julian Marshall
23 September.[37] Captain Short
6-5, 4-6, 6-3
M. Short

October

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemifinalistQuarter finalist
30 September - 4 October.[38] Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament
Bournemouth CLTC
Dean Park Cricket Ground
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
?
Sir Hubert James Medlycott
7–11 October. William Renshaw
6-4 6-3 5-6 6-4
20–23 October.[39] Dublin University Championships
Singles - Doubles
Henry James Daly
?
Ernest Edward Knox Charles William O’Hara Mease
Henry James Daly
Charles William O’Hara Mease
Thomas Haines Abrahall
G.H. Bailey

November

No events

December

List of tournament winners

Note: Important tournaments in bold

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1879 [43]
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See also

Sources

External links

Notes and References

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  6. Web site: Abolition of Challenge Rounds. Papers Past. EVENING POST. CIII. 65. 20 March 1922. 6 October 2016.
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