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| name = 1880 men's tennis season
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| image = William Charles Renshaw.jpg
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| image_caption = William Renshaw shared the most title's this year
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The '''1880 men's tennis season''' <ref>{{cite web|title=Tennis season 1880|url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=season&anno=1880&tipoMainTorneos=main&surface=&tipo_de_torneo=|website=thetennisbase.com|publisher=the Tennis Base, 2016|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Archives|first1=Tennis|title=Tournaments 1880|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/jaarwedstrijdenfiche.php|website=www.tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives, 2016|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref> was the fifth amateur tennis tour held that year. It now incorporated 44 tournaments staged in [[Australia]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain and Ireland]] and the [[United States]]. The 1880 Wimbledon Championships was won by [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]] against [[Herbert Lawford]], in the Challenge Round.
The '''1880 men's tennis season''' <ref>{{cite web|title=Tennis season 1880|url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=season&anno=1880&tipoMainTorneos=main&surface=&tipo_de_torneo=|website=thetennisbase.com|publisher=the Tennis Base, 2016|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tournaments 1880|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/jaarwedstrijdenfiche.php|website=www.tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref> was the fifth annual season since the first mens tournaments were. held in 1876. It now incorporated 44 tournaments staged in [[Australia]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain and Ireland]] and the [[United States]]. The 1880 Wimbledon Championships was won by [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]] against [[Herbert Lawford]], in the Challenge Round.


The tour began in April [[Cheltenham]], [[England]] and ended in October in [[Boston Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts]], [[United States]].
The tour began in April [[Cheltenham]], [[England]] and ended in October in [[Boston Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts]], [[United States]].
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|rowspan=2| 12–18 April||style="background:#fae7b5" rowspan=2|[[East Gloucestershire Championships]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mazak|first1=Karoly|title=The Concise History of Tennis|date=2010|page=7|url=http://www.theconcisehistoryoftennis.com/|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> [[Cheltenham]], [[Great Britain]]<br />Hard <br />[[East Gloucestershire Championships|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Ernest Renshaw]]<br />6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6 ||{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} [[Ernest Browne]] || rowspan=2| ?<br /> <br /> ? <br /> || rowspan=2| ? <br /> <br />? <br /> <br /> ? <br />
|rowspan=2| 12–18 April||style="background:#fae7b5" rowspan=2|[[East Gloucestershire Championships]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mazak|first1=Karoly|title=The Concise History of Tennis|date=2010|page=7|url=http://www.theconcisehistoryoftennis.com/|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> [[Cheltenham]], [[Great Britain]]<br />Hard <br />[[East Gloucestershire Championships|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Ernest Renshaw]]<br />6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6 ||{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} [[Ernest Browne]] || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2|24 May-28 May||style="background:#ffc;" rowspan=2|'''[[Irish Lawn Tennis Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Wimbledon in the Dictionary of Irish Biography|url=https://www.ria.ie/news/dictionary-irish-biography/wimbledon-dictionary-irish-biography|website=www.ria.ie|publisher=The Royal Irish Academy, 22 June 2016|access-date=26 October 2016|date=2016-06-22}}</ref><br /> [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]<br />Grass<br />[[Irish Lawn Tennis Championships|Singles]] - [[Irish Lawn Tennis Championships|Doubles]]''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[William Renshaw]]<br/>6-1 6-4 6-3||{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} [[Ernest Browne|Ernest de Sylly H. Browne]] || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} [[Ernest Browne|Ernest de Sylly H. Browne]]<br/>{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} Michael G. McNamara || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} S. D. Maul<br/>{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} Michael G. McNamara<br/>{{flagicon|GBR}} A. J. Mullholland
|rowspan=2|24 May-28 May||style="background:#ffc;" rowspan=2|'''[[Irish Lawn Tennis Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Wimbledon in the Dictionary of Irish Biography|url=https://www.ria.ie/news/dictionary-irish-biography/wimbledon-dictionary-irish-biography|website=www.ria.ie|publisher=The Royal Irish Academy, 22 June 2016|access-date=26 October 2016|date=2016-06-22}}</ref><br /> [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]<br />Grass<br />[[Irish Lawn Tennis Championships|Singles]] - [[Irish Lawn Tennis Championships|Doubles]]''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[William Renshaw]]<br/>6-1 6-4 6-3||{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} [[Ernest Browne]] || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} [[Michael G. McNamara]] || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} S. D. Maul<br/>{{flagicon|GBR}} A. J. Mullholland
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|Challenge round<br />{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} [[Vere St. Leger Goold]] <br /> ||
|Challenge round<br />{{flagicon|IRE|1783}} [[Vere St. Leger Goold]] <br /> ||
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|rowspan=2| 14–26 June||[[Kemptown Tournament]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kemptown 1880|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=4329|website=tennsarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref><br />[[Kemptown, Brighton]], [[Great Britain]]<br />? <br />[[Kemptown Tournament|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Oldham Jennings<br />6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Thomas Jenner Verrall|| rowspan=2| ?<br />|| rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2| 14–26 June||[[Kemptown Tournament]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kemptown 1880|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=4329|website=tennsarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref><br />[[Kemptown, Brighton]], [[Great Britain]]<br />? <br />[[Kemptown Tournament|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Arthur Oldham Jennings<br />6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Thomas Jenner Verrall|| style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2|12 July.|| rowspan=2|[[Championship of the Esher LTC]].<br/>Esher Lawn Tennis Club<br/>[[Esher |Esher, Surrey]], [[England]]<br />? <br />||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Clement Cottrell (sportsman)|Clement Edward Cottrell]]<br />?||{{flagicon|GBR}} ?|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|12 July.|| rowspan=2|[[Championship of the Esher LTC]].<br/>Esher Lawn Tennis Club<br/>[[Esher |Esher, Surrey]], [[England]]<br />? <br />||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Clement Cottrell (sportsman)|Clement Edward Cottrell]]<br />?||{{flagicon|GBR}} ?|| style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2|16 July.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Woodford Parish 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35800 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> || rowspan=2|[[Woodford Parish Championship]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Routledge's sporting annual |date=1883 |publisher=George Routledge & Sons |location=London |page=115 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HkEAAAAQAAJ&dq=Armagh+Lawn+Tennis+Club+Tournament+1879&pg=PA96-IA1 |language=en |chapter=Lawn Tennis}}</ref><br/> County Cricket Ground<br/>[[Woodford, London|Woodford Parish]], [[England]]<br />Grass<br />[[Woodford Parish Championship|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Edward Buxton (conservationist)|Edward North Buxton]]<br />2 sets to 0||{{flagicon|GBR}}<br />R.C. Ball|| rowspan=2| <br />? <br /> <br /> || rowspan=2| ?
|rowspan=2|16 July.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Woodford Parish 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35800 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> || rowspan=2|[[Woodford Parish Championship]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Routledge's sporting annual |date=1883 |publisher=George Routledge & Sons |location=London |page=115 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HkEAAAAQAAJ&dq=Armagh+Lawn+Tennis+Club+Tournament+1879&pg=PA96-IA1 |language=en |chapter=Lawn Tennis}}</ref><br/> County Cricket Ground<br/>[[Woodford, London|Woodford Parish]], [[England]]<br />Grass<br />[[Woodford Parish Championship|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Edward Buxton (conservationist)|Edward North Buxton]]<br />2 sets to 0||{{flagicon|GBR}}<br />R.C. Ball|| style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2| 7–16 July||style="background:#ffc;" rowspan=2|'''[[1880 Wimbledon Championship|Wimbledon Championship]]'''<ref name="Tingay">100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977</ref><ref name="Barrett">Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)</ref><br />[[London]], [[Great Britain]]<br />Grass<br />[[1880 Wimbledon Championship – Singles|Singles]] ||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]]<br />walkover ||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Otway Woodhouse|Otway E. Woodhouse]] || rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[George Butterworth (tennis)|George Butterworth]]<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} G. M. Montgomeries || rowspan=2| {{Flagicon|GBR}} Richard Ridley Farrer<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} William Henry Darby D’Esterre<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} H.C. Jenkins<br /> {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Ernest Renshaw]]
|rowspan=2| 7–16 July||style="background:#ffc;" rowspan=2|'''[[1880 Wimbledon Championship|Wimbledon Championship]]'''<ref name="Tingay">100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977</ref><ref name="Barrett">Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)</ref><br />[[London]], [[Great Britain]]<br />Grass<br />[[1880 Wimbledon Championship – Singles|Singles]] ||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[John Hartley (tennis)|John Hartley]]<br />walkover ||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Otway Woodhouse|Otway E. Woodhouse]] || rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[George Butterworth (tennis)|George Butterworth]]<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} G. M. Montgomeries || rowspan=2| {{Flagicon|GBR}} Richard Ridley Farrer<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} William Henry Darby D'Esterre<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} H.C. Jenkins<br /> {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Ernest Renshaw]]
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|Challenge round<br />{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Herbert Lawford]] <br />
|Challenge round<br />{{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Herbert Lawford]] <br />
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|rowspan=2|20 July.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – North Northamptonshire LTC 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35556 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Idzznew BV |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>|| rowspan=2| [[North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament]]<br/> Drayton Park<br/>[[Lowick, Northamptonshire]]<br/>? <br />[[North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament|Singles]] <br />[[North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament|Doubles]] ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} W.H. Collins<br />?||{{flagicon|GBR}} G.H. Evans || rowspan=2| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} H.O. Hall|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|UKGBI}} A. Ashby<br /> {{flagicon|UKGBI}} F.M. Eden<br /> {{flagicon|UKGBI}} B. Clarke-Thornhill
|rowspan=2|20 July.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – North Northamptonshire LTC 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35556 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Idzznew BV |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>|| rowspan=2| [[North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament]]<br/> Drayton Park<br/>[[Lowick, Northamptonshire]]<br/>Grass<br />[[North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament|Singles]] <br />[[North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament|Doubles]] ||{{flagicon|UKGBI}} W.H. Collins<br />?||{{flagicon|GBR}} G.H. Evans || rowspan=2| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} H.O. Hall|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|UKGBI}} A. Ashby<br /> {{flagicon|UKGBI}} F.M. Eden<br /> {{flagicon|UKGBI}} B. Clarke-Thornhill
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|rowspan=2| ? August||style="background:#d0f0c0" rowspan=2|[[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]]<br /> [[St Andrews]], [[Great Britain]]<br />Wood (i)<br />[[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Patten McDougall]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Max |title=The encyclopedia of tennis. |date=1974 |publisher=Viking Press |location=New York |isbn=9780670294084 |page=314 |chapter=Winners Men's Singles}}</ref> <br/> def|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Leslie Balfour-Melville]]|| rowspan=2|| | rowspan=2| ?
|rowspan=2| ? August||style="background:#d0f0c0" rowspan=2|[[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]]<br /> [[St Andrews]], [[Great Britain]]<br />Wood (i)<br />[[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Patten McDougall]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Max |title=The encyclopedia of tennis. |date=1974 |publisher=Viking Press |location=New York |isbn=9780670294084 |page=314 |chapter=Winners Men's Singles}}</ref> <br/> def|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Leslie Balfour-Melville]]|| style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2|21 - 28 August.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Langley Marish 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35646 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>||[[Langley Marish Tournament]]<br />Langley Marish LTC<br /> [[Langley Marish|Langley Marish, Berkshire]], [[England]]<br/>Grass<br />||{{flagicon|GBR}} C. O. Phipps<br />6-5, 3-6, 6-3||{{flagicon|GBR}} Zachary Hubert Nash|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} Rev. J. Swire || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} J.N. Hardcastle<br />|{{flagicon|GBR}} Thomas Arthur Nash<br />
|rowspan=2|21 - 28 August.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tournaments: Langley Marish|url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ |website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |access-date=28 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>||[[Langley Marish Tournament]]<br />Langley Marish LTC<br /> [[Langley Marish|Langley Marish, Berkshire]], [[England]]<br/>Grass<br />||{{flagicon|GBR}} C. O. Phipps<br />6-5, 3-6, 6-3||{{flagicon|GBR}} Zachary Hubert Nash|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} Rev. J. Swire || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} J.N. Hardcastle<br />|{{flagicon|GBR}} Thomas Arthur Nash<br />
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|rowspan=2|1 - 3 September.{{efn|The Teignmouth and Shaldon tournament was staged from 1880-1937. From 1880 to 1884 was held on Asphalt courts then changed to grass courts.}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – TTeignmouth and Shaldon 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35639 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Idzznew BV |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>||rowspan=2|[[Teignmouth and Shaldon Open]]<br/>Teignmouth Tennis Club<br/>[[Teignmouth]], [[England]]<br/>Grass<br/>[[Teignmouth and Shaldon Open|Singles]] - [[Teignmouth and Shaldon Open|Doubles]] ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy<br />?||{{flagicon|GBR}} W.B. Young|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} H. Hayes|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} Sir Stephen Montagu Burrows<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} George Campbell Maconchy<br />{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Thomas Arembery Tombe
|rowspan=2|1 - 3 September.{{efn|The Teignmouth and Shaldon tournament was staged from 1880 to 1937. From 1880 to 1884 was held on Asphalt courts then changed to grass courts.}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – TTeignmouth and Shaldon 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35639 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Idzznew BV |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>||rowspan=2|[[Teignmouth and Shaldon Open]]<br/>Teignmouth Tennis Club<br/>[[Teignmouth]], [[England]]<br/>Grass<br/>[[Teignmouth and Shaldon Open|Singles]] - [[Teignmouth and Shaldon Open|Doubles]] ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy<br />?||{{flagicon|GBR}} W.B. Young|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} H. Hayes|| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} Sir Stephen Montagu Burrows<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} George Campbell Maconchy<br />{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Thomas Arembery Tombe
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|rowspan=2| 1–5 September||style="background:#d0f0c0" rowspan=2|Championship of America <ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Kaufman|editor1-first=Will|editor2-last=Macpherson|editor2-first=Heidi Slettedahl|title=Britain and the Americas culture, politics, and history|date=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=1851094318|page=958|edition=3rd print.}}</ref> <br />[[Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club]]<br />[[Staten Island]], [[United States]]<br />Grass<br />[[1880 Championship of America - Singles|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Otway Woodhouse|Otway E. Woodhouse]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawn-tennis on Staten Island. Mr. Woodhouse, of London, Wins In The Single Games. Games Today|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/09/04/98626184.pdf|website=New York Times Archive|publisher=New York Times. 4 September 1880|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref><br />54-50 (games) ||{{flagicon|CAN|1868}} [[I.F. Hellmuth|Isidore F. Hellmuth]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schneiderman|first1=E. Digby Baltzell ; with a new introduction by Howard G.|title=Sporting gentlemen : men's tennis from the age of honor to the cult of the superstar|date=2013|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=Somerset, NJ|isbn=9781412851800|page=48}}</ref>|| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} Edward H. Gray<br /> {{flagicon|USA}} C.M. Harvey || rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} C. W. Barnes<br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Walter M Wood]]<br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[William Larned]] <br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[W H Davidge]]<br />
|rowspan=2| 1–5 September||style="background:#d0f0c0" rowspan=2|Championship of America <ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Kaufman|editor1-first=Will|editor2-last=Macpherson|editor2-first=Heidi Slettedahl|title=Britain and the Americas culture, politics, and history|date=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=1851094318|page=958|edition=3rd print.}}</ref> <br />[[Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club]]<br />[[Staten Island]], [[United States]]<br />Grass<br />[[1880 Championship of America - Singles|Singles]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Otway Woodhouse|Otway E. Woodhouse]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawn-tennis on Staten Island. Mr. Woodhouse, of London, Wins In The Single Games. Games Today|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/09/04/98626184.pdf|website=New York Times Archives|date=September 4, 1880|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref><br />54-50 (games) ||{{flagicon|CAN|1868}} [[I.F. Hellmuth|Isidore F. Hellmuth]]<ref>{{cite book|last2=Schneiderman|first1=E. Digby|last1= Baltzell |first2=Howard G.|title=Sporting gentlemen : men's tennis from the age of honor to the cult of the superstar|date=2013|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=Somerset, NJ|isbn=9781412851800|page=48}}</ref>|| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} Edward H. Gray<br /> {{flagicon|USA}} C.M. Harvey || rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} C. W. Barnes<br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Walter M Wood]]<br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[William Larned]] <br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[W H Davidge]]<br />
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|rowspan=2|30 September - 1 October.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Bournemouth 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4258 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> ||rowspan=2| [[Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament]]<br/>Bournemouth CLTC<br/>[[Dean Park Cricket Ground]]<br/>[[Bournemouth]], [[England]]<br/>Grass<br/>[[Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament|Singles]] - [[Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament|Doubles]]||{{flagicon|GBR}} Francis Robert (Frank) Benson<br/>6-1, 6-1, 6-3||{{flagicon|GBR}} F.A. Campbell|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|30 September - 1 October.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Bournemouth 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4258 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> ||rowspan=2| [[Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament]]<br/>Bournemouth CLTC<br/>[[Dean Park Cricket Ground]]<br/>[[Bournemouth]], [[England]]<br/>Grass<br/>[[Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament|Singles]] - [[Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament|Doubles]]||{{flagicon|GBR}} Francis Robert (Frank) Benson<br/>6-1, 6-1, 6-3||{{flagicon|GBR}} F.A. Campbell|| style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2|4 October.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Dirleton Castle 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35692 |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>||rowspan=2|[[Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament]]<br />Dirleton Castle, LTC<br />[[Dirleton |Dirleton, East Lothian]], [[Scotland]]<br />?<br />[[Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament|Singles]] - [[Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament|Doubles]] ||{{Flagicon|SCO}} Rev. J. Kerr<br />2 sets to 1||{{Flagicon|GBR}} A.M. Bell|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| <br />
|rowspan=2|4 October.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Dirleton Castle 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35692 |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>||rowspan=2|[[Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament]]<br />Dirleton Castle, LTC<br />[[Dirleton |Dirleton, East Lothian]], [[Scotland]]<br />?<br />[[Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament|Singles]] - [[Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament|Doubles]] ||{{Flagicon|SCO}} Rev. J. Kerr<br />2 sets to 1||{{Flagicon|GBR}} A.M. Bell|| style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2|6 - 11 October.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Henley LTC 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35693 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hazeldine |first1=Elizabeth |title=Henley on Thames Through Time |date=15 July 2014 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |location=Stroud |isbn=9781445638294 |chapter=Introduction}}</ref>||rowspan=2|[[Henley Lawn Tennis Club Tournament]]<br />Henley Lawn & Tennis Club<br />[[Henley-on-Thames]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]]<br />?<br />||{{Flagicon|GBR}} E. Bayly<br />1-6, 6-1, 12-10||{{Flagicon|GBR}} W.H. Browning|| style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2| || style="background:#ededed;" rowspan=2|
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|rowspan=2|7 - 14 October.<ref>{{cite news |title=THE FIELD, THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN: SAVERNAKE FOREST L.T. CLUB. The clubs first tournament was held, by kind permision, upon the S.F.C.C. around, on Thursday, Oct. 7 to Oct. 14, when admirable prizes were handed out. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18801023/232/0040 |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=The Field |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |archive-url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |archive-date=23 October 1880 |location=London, England |page=40 |format=Subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Savernake Forest 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35694 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives}}</ref>||rowspan=2|[[Savernake Forest LTC Tournament]]<br />Savernake Forest, LTC, S.F.C.C. Ground<br />[[Savernake, Wiltshire]] [[England]]<br />?<br />||{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} George Rawdon Maurice Hewson<br />?||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Mr. Dunning|| rowspan=2|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Edward Beaumont Cotton Curtis<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} Thomas Curtis|| rowspan=2|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Rev. F. Carre<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} Rev. M.R. Edmeades<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} Mr. Hunter<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} H. Tootell
|rowspan=2|7 - 14 October.<ref>{{cite news |title=THE FIELD, THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN: SAVERNAKE FOREST L.T. CLUB. The clubs first tournament was held, by kind permission, upon the S.F.C.C. around, on Thursday, Oct. 7 to Oct. 14, when admirable prizes were handed out. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18801023/232/0040 |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=The Field |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |location=London, England |page=40 |format=Subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Edition – Savernake Forest 1880 |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=35694 |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives}}</ref>||rowspan=2|[[Savernake Forest LTC Tournament]]<br />Savernake Forest, LTC, S.F.C.C. Ground<br />[[Savernake, Wiltshire]] [[England]]<br />?<br />||{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} George Rawdon Maurice Hewson<br />?||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Mr. Dunning|| rowspan=2|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Edward Beaumont Cotton Curtis<br /> {{Flagicon|GBR}} Thomas Curtis|| rowspan=2|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Rev. F. Carre<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} Rev. M.R. Edmeades<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} Mr. Hunter<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} H. Tootell
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|rowspan=2| 11–17 October||rowspan=2| [[Beacon Park Open]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dwight|first1=James|title=Lawn Tennis in New England|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_18/outXVIII02/outXVIII02s.pdf|website=la84.org|publisher=LA Foundation Archive: Outing Magazine, Volume 18, Issue, 2, p.158|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=12 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912135451/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_18/outXVIII02/outXVIII02s.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><br /> [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[United States]]<br />Grass<br /> ||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Sears (tennis)|Richard Sears]]<br />Def||{{Flagicon|USA}} Edward Gray || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|
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1880 men's tennis season
William Renshaw shared the most titles this year.
Details
Duration12 April – 28 November
Edition5th
Tournaments44 (Amateur)
CategoriesImportant (4)
National (2)
Provincial/Regional/State (2)
County (4)
Local (32)
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesUnited Kingdom Dale Womersley (2)
United Kingdom Edward Brackenbury (2)
United Kingdom William Renshaw (2)
Most finalsUnited Kingdom Otway E. Woodhouse (2)
United Kingdom William Renshaw (2)
1879
1881

The 1880 men's tennis season [1][2] was the fifth annual season since the first mens tournaments were. held in 1876. It now incorporated 44 tournaments staged in Australia, Great Britain and Ireland and the United States. The 1880 Wimbledon Championships was won by John Hartley against Herbert Lawford, in the Challenge Round.

The tour began in April Cheltenham, England and ended in October in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Calendar

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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),[3] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key

Important.[4][5][6][7][8]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

January to March

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No events

April

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
12–18 April East Gloucestershire Championships[9] Cheltenham, Great Britain
Hard
Singles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Renshaw
6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6
Ireland Ernest Browne

May

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
10–16 May Northern Championships[10]
Manchester, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
United Kingdom Richard Taswell Richardson[11]
6-0 6-3 6-0
United Kingdom Walter Edwin Fairlie United Kingdom Cecil Francis Parr
United Kingdom John Ravenscroft
United Kingdom J Bayly
United Kingdom J Clarke
United Kingdom John Comber
United Kingdom W L Agnew
24 May-28 May Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[12]
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
England William Renshaw
6-1 6-4 6-3
Ireland Ernest Browne Ireland Michael G. McNamara United Kingdom S. D. Maul
United Kingdom A. J. Mullholland
Challenge round
Ireland Vere St. Leger Goold

June

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
4-6 Jun.[13] Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament
Manadon, Plymouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Bertie Roberts
6-0, 6-1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mr. Montagu United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mr. Keate United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mr. O'Brien
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mr. Luxmore
26 June.[14] Essex County Cricket Club Tournament
County Cricket Ground
Brentwood, Essex, England
Grass
Singles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dale Womersley
2 sets to 0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland R.C. Ball United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Nalton Womersley United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Barrington Henry Syer Barnes
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland J.G. Fowler
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland J. Read
14–26 June Kemptown Tournament[15]
Kemptown, Brighton, Great Britain
?
Singles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Oldham Jennings
6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Thomas Jenner Verrall
24–25 June.[a][16][17] Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Aylestone Park
Leicester, Great Britain
?
Singles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Stuart Macrae
6-5 4-6 6-4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Champion Branfill Russell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harold Baird Carlyon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.C. Keele
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H.F. Johnson
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Thomas Toller
England Dr John Thomas Jacques
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George de Horne Vaizey
21 June-4 July Princes Club Championships[18] Prince's Club, London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Lawford
5-7 5-7 6-3 6-0 8-6
United Kingdom Edgar Lubbock United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Otway E, Woodhouse
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Lawford
United Kingdom Captain Blane
United Kingdom David Charles Heatley
United Kingdom O E Woodhouse

July

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Date Tournament Winner All comers' finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
5 June–3 July.[19] Worcester Park Challenge Cup
Worcester, England
?
United Kingdom F. Durant
6-0, 8-6, 9-7
United Kingdom E. Johnson United Kingdom Frederick Chetwynd-Stapylton
United Kingdom A.C. Waddilove
United Kingdom H.W. Horne
United Kingdom W.R. Price
United Kingdom Edward Chetwynd-Stapylton
12 July. Championship of the Esher LTC.
Esher Lawn Tennis Club
Esher, Surrey, England
?
United Kingdom Clement Edward Cottrell
?
United Kingdom ?
16 July.[20] Woodford Parish Championship[21]
County Cricket Ground
Woodford Parish, England
Grass
Singles
United Kingdom Edward North Buxton
2 sets to 0
United Kingdom
R.C. Ball
7–16 July Wimbledon Championship[22][23]
London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
United Kingdom John Hartley
walkover
United Kingdom Otway E. Woodhouse United Kingdom George Butterworth
United Kingdom G. M. Montgomeries
United Kingdom Richard Ridley Farrer
United Kingdom William Henry Darby D'Esterre
United Kingdom H.C. Jenkins
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Renshaw
Challenge round
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Lawford
15 - 17 July.[b][24] St Leonards-on-Sea Tournament
Archery Gardens
St Leonards-on-Sea, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
United Kingdom R. Stuart Wilson
7-5, 6-2
United Kingdom Arthur Wellesley Soames United Kingdom F.A. Coles
15 - 18 July.[25] County Galway LTC Tournament
Lisbeg, County Galway,Ireland
Grass
Ireland Ernest Browne
?
Ireland John Eyre Ireland W. Aldridge United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
England James Parsons Dove
20 July.[26] North Northamptonshire LTC Tournament
Drayton Park
Lowick, Northamptonshire
Grass
Singles
Doubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland W.H. Collins
?
United Kingdom G.H. Evans United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H.O. Hall United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A. Ashby
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland F.M. Eden
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B. Clarke-Thornhill
21-26 July.[27] Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.
Lichfield, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
United Kingdom Jonas Henry William Gardner
6-4 6-3
United Kingdom J. H. Forster United Kingdom C.W.A. Law United Kingdom William Arthur Briscoe
United Kingdom L.G. Knight
28-31 July County Kildare Tournament [28]
Naas,[29] Ireland
Singles - Doubles
Ireland Joseph R. Rainsford
6-1 6-4 6-3
Ireland Jacob R. Sherrard Ireland Joseph R. Rainsford
IrelandAlgernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer
Ireland Horrace Kennedy
Ireland Ivor Kirkpatrick
Ireland Thomas Browning Reeves
IrelandR. D. Vincent

August

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
August.[30] Blackmoor Vale LTC Tournament
Sherborne School Cricket Ground
Sherborne, Blackmoor Vale, Dorset, England
Grass
United Kingdom Sir Hubert James Medlycott
?
United Kingdom B. Portman England Rev. Montague Hankey United Kingdom G. Dendy
United Kingdom A.C. Cole
United Kingdom J.C. Fox
? August Scottish Championships
St Andrews, Great Britain
Wood (i)
Singles
United Kingdom James Patten McDougall[31]
def
Scotland Leslie Balfour-Melville
2 – 3 August.[32] Ripon Club Tournament
Ripon, LTC, Cricket Field
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Grass
United Kingdom A.R. Springett
?
United Kingdom Northing Pinckney Snowden United Kingdom J. Walker
United Kingdom T.F. Wilson
United Kingdom C. Bickerstelle
United Kingdom R. Paley
United Kingdom W. Paley
United Kingdom A.J. Wise
19 August.[33][34] Mersey Bowmen Archery Club Tournament
The Mersey Bowmen Archery Club
Sefton Park, Liverpool, England
Grass
United Kingdom H.F. Rooke
?
United Kingdom H. Duranty United Kingdom L.J. Kilgour United Kingdom J.R. Holme
United Kingdom Mr. Isaacson
United Kingdom Mr. Stewart
16–19 August Waterford Tournament[35]
Waterford, Ireland
Grass
Singles
Ireland Vere St. Leger Goold
6-1 6-2
Ireland Frederick William Knox
Def
Ireland Robert Hassard Ireland Arthur Bourke
Ireland G. Butler
16–24 August Devonshire Park Championships[36]
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
United Kingdom Dale Womersley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick Brunning Maddison
def.
United Kingdom C.H.P. Carter William C. Taylor United Kingdom G. Palmer
United Kingdom Herbert Henley Playford
United Kingdom Nalton Womersley
17–21 August South of Ireland Championships[37] Limerick, Ireland
Grass
Singles
England Edward Brackenbury
6-4 6-4 6-2
Ireland Edward Montiford Longfield Ireland William Dawson
Ireland Samuel Martin Gully
Ireland G Burton
Ireland James F J Heffernan Considine
Ireland Major Henry H Goodeve
Ireland William Dawson
17–21 August Limerick CC Lawn Tennis Tournament
Limerick, Ireland
Grass
England Edward Brackenbury
6-4 6-4 6-2
Ireland Edward Lysaght Ireland Samuel Martin Gully Ireland Heffernan Considine
Scotland Charles A Mc Donald
Ireland Major Henry H Goodeve
21 - 28 August.[38] Langley Marish Tournament
Langley Marish LTC
Langley Marish, Berkshire, England
Grass
United Kingdom C. O. Phipps
6-5, 3-6, 6-3
United Kingdom Zachary Hubert Nash United Kingdom Rev. J. Swire United Kingdom J.N. Hardcastle
|United Kingdom Thomas Arthur Nash
23–24 August.[c] Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournament[39]
Torquay Cricket Ground
Torquay, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
England Ernest Maconchy
6-0 6-0
United Kingdom C. Hughes United Kingdom C. Hughes
United Kingdom T. B. Hughes
Ireland Thomas Arembery Tombe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Owen Gould
30 August.[40] Bedfordshire LTC Tournament
Beds LTC
Fairfield, Bedfordshire, England
Grass
United Kingdom Robert James Lindsell
?
United Kingdom Frederick Willis United Kingdom Augustus Scobell Orlebar United Kingdom J. Hughes
United Kingdom S. Mellor

September

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
September.[41] Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Brighton Lawn Tennis Club
Queen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Grass
United Kingdom H. Stanley
6-4, 6-3, 6-5
United Kingdom Francis Henry Izard United Kingdom Sir Arthur Oldham Jennings United Kingdom A.W. Bailey
United Kingdom F.O. Bax-Ironside
September.[42] Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament
Ealing Cricket Club
Ealing, Middlesex, England
Grass
United Kingdom F.W. Rawson
3 sets to 0
United Kingdom Alfred Penn Gaskell United Kingdom Mr. Baker
United Kingdom C.J. Wilkinson
United Kingdom A.R. Atkinson
United Kingdom Mr. St. Clair
United Kingdom W. Hervey
United Kingdom M. Sharpe
1 - 2 Sept. Armagh Lawn Tennis Tournament
Archery Lawn Tennis Club
Armagh, Ireland
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
Ireland Robert Baron Templer
?
Ireland Robert Shaw Templer Ireland J.C. Hibbert Ireland E. Obré
Ireland E.J. Wolfe
1 - 3 September.[d][43] Teignmouth and Shaldon Open
Teignmouth Tennis Club
Teignmouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
England Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy
?
United Kingdom W.B. Young United Kingdom H. Hayes United Kingdom Sir Stephen Montagu Burrows
England George Campbell Maconchy
Ireland Thomas Arembery Tombe
4 September.[e][44] Shanklin LTC Tournament
Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
England Algernon Hay Lushington
?
United Kingdom P. Hewitt United Kingdom C.A. White United Kingdom O. Borrodaile
United Kingdom A. Spicer
1–5 September Championship of America [45]
Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club
Staten Island, United States
Grass
Singles
United Kingdom Otway E. Woodhouse[46]
54-50 (games)
Canada Isidore F. Hellmuth[47] United States Edward H. Gray
United States C.M. Harvey
United States C. W. Barnes
United States Walter M Wood
United States William Larned
United States W H Davidge
24 - 25 September.[48] Truro LTC Open Tournament
Truro Cricket Grounds
Truro, Cornwall, England
Grass
United Kingdom Mr. Casey
3 sets to 0
United Kingdom William Ewart Beamish Barter United Kingdom Dr.F. Collins
United Kingdom P.A. Derry
Portugal José Ricardo Grylls d'Almeida
United Kingdom H.D. Foster
United Kingdom L. Milne
England George Tallack Petherick
28 September.[49][50] Bosmere Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Bosmere, LTC
Creeting Rectory, Creeting St Mary, Suffolk, England
Grass
United Kingdom J.M. Wilkinson
 ?
United Kingdom George Algernon Draffen United Kingdom A. Downes United Kingdom E.R. Durnford
United Kingdom H. Gaye
United Kingdom Mr. Smythe

October

[edit]
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
30 September - 1 October.[51] Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament
Bournemouth CLTC
Dean Park Cricket Ground
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
United Kingdom Francis Robert (Frank) Benson
6-1, 6-1, 6-3
United Kingdom F.A. Campbell
4–10 October Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament[52]
Brighton, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Renshaw
6-3 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Renshaw United Kingdom Robert Bradell
United Kingdom William H Darby
United Kingdom Frederick Bunning
United Kingdom H C Goddart
United Kingdom H E Eaton
United Kingdom William H Darby
4 October.[53] Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament
Dirleton Castle, LTC
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
?
Singles - Doubles
Scotland Rev. J. Kerr
2 sets to 1
United Kingdom A.M. Bell
6 - 11 October.[54][55] Henley Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Henley Lawn & Tennis Club
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
?
United Kingdom E. Bayly
1-6, 6-1, 12-10
United Kingdom W.H. Browning
7 - 14 October.[56][57] Savernake Forest LTC Tournament
Savernake Forest, LTC, S.F.C.C. Ground
Savernake, Wiltshire England
?
Ireland George Rawdon Maurice Hewson
?
United Kingdom Mr. Dunning United Kingdom Edward Beaumont Cotton Curtis
United Kingdom Thomas Curtis
United Kingdom Rev. F. Carre
United Kingdom Rev. M.R. Edmeades
United Kingdom Mr. Hunter
United Kingdom H. Tootell
11–17 October Beacon Park Open[58]
Boston, United States
Grass
United States Richard Sears
Def
United States Edward Gray

November

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
22–28 November Victorian Championships
(Autumn)[59]
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Australia Frank Highett
walkover
England Edward Wallington Australia R P Arnold
Australia William McEvoy
Australia C W Butler
Australia E Silvester
Australia R Barton
Australia William McEvoy

December

[edit]

No events

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ The Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was founded in 1878 until 1879 In 1880 it was called the Leicester Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1881 it became an open tournament the Leicester Open Tennis Tournament. In 1900 it became the Leicestershire County Lawn Tennis Championships. The club also shared the staging of the Leicstershire County Championships with other venues.
  2. ^ The St. Leonards-On-Sea tournament was staged from 1880 to 1891 on grass courts, it featured players such as Joshua Pim and Herbert Wilberforce.
  3. ^ The Torquay Tennis Tournament was staged from 1880 to 1974 on grass courts.
  4. ^ The Teignmouth and Shaldon tournament was staged from 1880 to 1937. From 1880 to 1884 was held on Asphalt courts then changed to grass courts.
  5. ^ The Shanklin tournament was staged from 1880 to 1931

List of tournament winners

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Note:List is alphabetical by first name and Important tournaments in bold

  • United Kingdom A.R. Springett—Ripon—(1)
  • England Algernon Hay Lushington—Shanklin—(1)
  • United Kingdom Arthur Oldham Jennings—Kemptown-(1)
  • United Kingdom C. O. Phipps—Langley Marish—(1)
  • United Kingdom Clement Edward Cottrell—Esher—(1)
  • United Kingdom Dale Womersley—Brentwood, Eastbourne—(2)
  • United Kingdom E. Bayly—Henley—(1)
  • England Edward Brackenbury—Limerick, Limerick II—(2)
  • United Kingdom Edward North Buxton—Woodford Parish—(1)
  • Ireland Ernest Browne—Lisbeg—(1)
  • England Ernest Maconchy—Teignmouth, Torquay—(2)
  • England Ernest Renshaw—Cheltenham—(1)
  • United Kingdom F. Durant—Worcester—(1)
  • United Kingdom F.W. Rawson—Ealing—(1)
  • United Kingdom Francis Benson—Bournemouth—(1)
  • Australia Frank Highett-Melbourne—(1)
  • Ireland George Rawdon Maurice Hewson—Savernake—(1)
  • United Kingdom H. Stanley—Brighton (Queens Park)—(1)
  • United Kingdom H.F. Rooke—Liverpool—(1)
  • Scotland Herbert Lawford, Princes Club Championships—(1)
  • United Kingdom Hubert James Medlycott–Sherbourne—(1)
  • United Kingdom J.M. Wilkinson—Creeting St, Mary—(1)
  • Scotland James Patten McDougall—St. Andrews—(1)
  • United Kingdom John HartleyWimbledon Championship—(1)
  • United Kingdom Jonas Henry William Gardner—Lichfield—(1)
  • Ireland Joseph Rainsford—Naas—(1)
  • United Kingdom Mr. Casey—Truro—(1)
  • United Kingdom Otway E. Woodhouse—Staten Island—(1)
  • United Kingdom R. Stuart Wilson–St Leonards-on-Sea—(1)
  • Scotland Rev. J. Kerr—Dirleton—(1)
  • United States Richard Sears—Boston—(1)
  • United Kingdom Richard Taswell RichardsonNorthern Championships—(1)
  • Ireland Robert Baron Templer—Armagh—(1)
  • United Kingdom Robert James Lindsell—Fairfield—(1)
  • United Kingdom Stuart Macrae—Leicester—(1)
  • Ireland Vere St. Leger Goold—Waterford—(1)
  • United Kingdom W.H. Collins—Lowick—(1)
  • United Kingdom William Bertie Roberts—Plymouth—(1)
  • England William Renshaw—Brighton, Irish Lawn Tennis Championships—(2)

Rankings

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Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1880 [60]
# Player
1  John Hartley (ENG)
2  William Renshaw (ENG)
3  Herbert Lawford (ENG)
4  Otway Woodhouse (GBR)
5  Edgar Lubbock (GBR)
6  Richard Taswell Richardson (GBR)
7  Ernest Browne (GBR)
8  George Montgomerie (GBR)

See also

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Notes

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