The Doherty Cup Explained

The Doherty Cup
City:Cambridge
Country:England
Venue:Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club
Men's Singles: Michal Kaminski (2021)

The Doherty Cup,[1] also known as Cambridge University Tournament, is men's closed grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881 as the Cambridge University LTC Tournament,[2] and held in Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

History

The Cambridge University LTC Tournament was originally founded in the 19th century, and first staged in May 1881,[2] at the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club (f.1881),[3] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[2] [4] This tournament was an open event for students of the University, but closed to other outside players. The first winner of the men's singles was Britain's Barclay Fowell Buxton.[2] the men's event was known as the Doherty Cup from 1920 onward.[5] The 1924 edition was won by Donald Ross Ruttnam who defeated the American player Jimmy Van Alen.[5] In 2021 Michal Kaminski of Poland defeated Krishna Amin of India.

Finals

Incomplete Roll

Men's Singles

Doherty Cup

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1881 Barclay Fowell Buxton Erskine Gerald Watson?
1885 Herbert Wilberforce J.S. Burton6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3
1888 Clement Cazalet Alfred E. Walker2-6 6-1 6-2 5-7 6-1
1903 Anthony Wilding Richard Prescott Keigwin6-0 6-0
1919 Cotah Ramaswami??
1924 Donald Ross Ruttnam Jimmy Van Alen
2017[6] Michal Kaminski James Shemilt
2021[7] Michal Kaminski Krishna Amin

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Light Blues' Lawn Tennis.In the Doherty Cup final in the Cambridge University lawn tennis tournament yesterday D. R. Rutnam beat J. H. van Alen 6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 9-11, 6-4. . Daily Mirror . The British Newspaper Archive . 30 May 1924 . London, England . 14.
  2. Web site: Cambridge University LTC . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616033806/https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=1383&n=Cambridge%20University%20LTC . Jun 16, 2024 . Tennis Archives.
  3. Web site: Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club – Founded 1881. cultc.soc.srcf.net/ . 16 January 2023.
  4. News: 35TH Cambridge University Tournament. Seventy-seven competitors entered for the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club Tournament, which concluded yesterday . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . The British Newspaper Archive . 1 May 1920 . Leeds, Yorkshire, England . 20.
  5. Daily Mirror (1924)
  6. Web site: Doherty Cup 2017 . Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club . 16 January 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616034307/http://cultc.soc.srcf.net/club-cups/doherty-cup-2017/ . Jun 16, 2024 .
  7. Web site: Doherty Cup 2021 . Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club . 16 January 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116074529/https://cultc.soc.srcf.net/club-cups/doherty-cup-2021/ . 16 January 2023 .