1880 Men's Tennis Season

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.

1880 men's tennis season

William Renshaw shared the most titles this year.
Details
Duration	12 April – 28 November
Edition	5th
Tournaments	44 (Amateur)
Categories	Important (4) National (2) Provincial/Regional/State (2) County (4) Local (32)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Dale Womersley (2) Edward Brackenbury (2) William Renshaw (2)
Most tournament finals	Otway E. Woodhouse (2) William Renshaw (2)
← 1879 1881 →

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

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), in some tournaments not all.

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

Key

January to March

No events

April

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarter finalist
12–18 April	East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great Britain Hard Singles	Ernest Renshaw 6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6	Ernest Browne

May

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

June

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

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

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

November

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

December

No events

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

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

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1880
#	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)

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