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LAWN-TENNIS
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lawn-tennis matches between Oxford and Cambridge universities have been played annually; and almost every county in England, besides Scotland, Wales and districts such as “Midland Counties,” “South of England,” &c., have their own championship meetings. Tournaments are also played in winter at Nice, Monte Carlo and other Mediterranean resorts where most of the competitors are English visitors.

The results of the All England championships have been as follows:—

 Year.   Gentlemen’s Singles.   Year.  Gentlemen’s Singles.
1877  S. W. Gore 1894  J. Pim
1878  P. F. Hadow 1895  W. Baddeley
1879  J. T. Hartley 1896  H. S. Mahony
1880  J. T. Hartley 1897  R. F. Doherty
1881  W. Renshaw 1898  R. F. Doherty
1882  W. Renshaw 1899  R. F. Doherty
1883  W. Renshaw 1900  R. F. Doherty
1884  W. Renshaw 1901  A. W. Gore
1885  W. Renshaw 1902  H. L. Doherty
1886  W. Renshaw 1903  H. L. Doherty
1887  H. F. Lawford 1904  H. L. Doherty
1888  E. Renshaw 1905  H. L. Doherty
1889  W. Renshaw 1906  H. L. Doherty
1890  W. J. Hamilton 1907  N. E. Brookes
1891  W. Baddeley 1908  A. W. Gore
1892  W. Baddeley 1909  A. W. Gore
1893  J. Pim 1910  A. F. Wilding


 Year.   Gentlemen’s Doubles. 
1879  L. R. Erskine and  H. F. Lawford
1880  W. Renshaw  E. Renshaw
1881  W. Renshaw  E. Renshaw
1882  J. T. Hartley  R. T. Richardson
1883  C. W. Grinstead   C. E. Welldon
1884  W. Renshaw  E. Renshaw
1885  W. Renshaw  E. Renshaw
1886  W. Renshaw  E. Renshaw
1887  P. B. Lyon  H. W. W. Wilberforce
1888  W. Renshaw  E. Renshaw
1889  W. Renshaw  E. Renshaw
1890  J. Pim  F. O. Stoker
1891  W. Baddeley  H. Baddeley
1892  H. S. Barlow  E. W. Lewis
1893  J. Pim  F. O. Stoker
1894  W. Baddeley  H. Baddeley
1895  W. Baddeley  H. Baddeley
1896  W. Baddeley  H. Baddeley
1897  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1898  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1899  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1900  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1901  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1902  S. H. Smith  F. L. Riseley
1903  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1904  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1905  R. F. Doherty  H. L. Doherty
1906  S. H. Smith  F. L. Riseley
1907  N. E. Brookes  A. F. Wilding
1908  M. J. G. Ritchie  A. F. Wilding
1909  A. W. Gore  H. Roper Barrett
1910  M. J. G. Ritchie  A. F. Wilding


 Year.   Ladies’ Singles.   Year.  Ladies’ Singles.
1884  Miss M. Watson 1898  Miss C. Cooper
1885  Miss M. Watson 1899  Mrs Hillyard
1886  Miss Bingley 1900  Mrs Hillyard
1887  Miss Dod 1901  Mrs Sterry (Miss C. Cooper)
1888  Miss Dod 1902  Miss M. E. Robb
1889  Mrs Hillyard (Miss Bingley)  1903  Miss D. K. Douglass
1890  Miss Rice 1904  Miss D. K. Douglass
1891  Miss Dod 1905  Miss M. Sutton
1892  Miss Dod 1906  Miss D. K. Douglass
1893  Miss Dod 1907  Miss M. Sutton
1894  Mrs Hillyard 1908  Mrs Sterry
1895  Miss C. Cooper 1909  Miss D. Boothby
1896  Miss C. Cooper 1910  Mrs Lambert Chambers (Miss
1897  Mrs Hillyard     Douglass)


 Year.    Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Doubles.
1888  E. Renshaw and  Mrs Hillyard
1889  J. C. Kay  Miss Dod
1890  J. Baldwin  Miss K. Hill
1891  J. C. Kay  Miss Jackson
1892  A. Dod  Miss Dod
1893  W. Baddeley  Mrs Hillyard.
1894  H. S. Mahony  Miss C. Cooper
1895  H. S. Mahony  Miss C. Cooper
1896  H. S. Mahony  Miss C. Cooper
1897  H. S. Mahony  Miss C. Cooper
1898  H. S. Mahony  Miss C. Cooper
1899  C. H. L. Cazelet  Miss Robb
1900  H. L. Doherty  Miss C. Cooper
1901  S. H. Smith  Miss Martin
1902  S. H. Smith  Miss Martin
1903  F. L. Riseley  Miss D. K. Douglass
1904  S. H. Smith  Miss E. W. Thompson
1905  S. H. Smith  Miss E. W. Thompson
1906  F. L. Riseley  Miss D. K. Douglass
1907  N. E. Brookes  Mrs Hillyard
1908  A. F. Wilding  Mrs Lambert Chambers (Miss D. K. Douglass)
1909  H. Roper Barrett  Miss Morton
1910  S. N. Doust  Mrs Lambert Chambers

In the United States lawn-tennis was played at Nahant, near Boston, within a year of its invention in England, Dr James Dwight and the brothers F. R. and R. D. Sears being mainly instrumental in making it known to their countrymen. In 1881 at a meeting in New York of representatives of thirty-three clubs the United States National Lawn-Tennis Association was formed; and the adoption of the English rules put an end to the absence of uniformity in the size of the ball and height of the net which had hindered the progress of the game. The association decided to hold matches for championship of the United States at Newport, Rhode Island; and, by a curious coincidence, in the same year in which W. Renshaw first won the English championship, R. D. Sears won the first American championship by playing a volleying game at the net which entirely disconcerted his opponents, and he successfully defended his title for the next six years, winning the doubles throughout the same period in partnership with Dwight. In 1887, Sears being unable to play through ill-health, the championship went to H. W. Slocum. Other prominent players of the period were the brothers C. M. and J. S. Clark, who in 1883 came to England and were decisively beaten at Wimbledon by the two Renshaws. To a later generation belong the strongest single players, M. D. Whitman, Holcombe Ward, W. A. Larned and Karl Behr. Holcombe Ward and Dwight Davis, who have the credit of introducing the peculiar “American twist service,” were an exceedingly strong pair in doubles; but after winning the American doubles championship for three years in succession, they were defeated in 1902 by the English brothers R. F. and H. L. Doherty. The championship singles in 1904 and 1905 was won by H. Ward and B. C. Wright, the latter being one of the finest players America has produced; and these two in partnership won the doubles for three years in succession, until they were displaced by F. B. Alexander and H. H. Hackett, who in their turn held the doubles championship for a like period. In 1909 two young Californians, Long and McLoughlin, unexpectedly came to the front, and, although beaten in the final round for the championship doubles, they represented the United States in the contest for the Davis cup (see below) in Australia in that year; McLoughlin having acquired a service of extraordinary power and a smashing stroke with a reverse spin which was sufficient by itself to place him in the highest rank of lawn-tennis players.

Winners of United States Championships.

 Year.   Gentlemen’s Singles.   Year.   Gentlemen’s Singles.
1881  R. D. Sears 1896  R. D. Wrenn
1882  R. D. Sears 1897  R. D. Wrenn
1883  R. D. Sears 1898  M. D. Whitman
1884  R. D. Sears 1899  M. D. Whitman
1885  R. D. Sears 1900  M. D. Whitman
1886  R. D. Sears 1901  W. A. Larned
1887  R. D. Sears 1902  W. A. Larned
1888  H. W. Slocum 1903  H. L. Doherty
1889  H. W. Slocum 1904  H. Ward
1890  O. S. Campbell 1905  B. C. Wright
1891  O. S. Campbell 1906  W. J. Clothier
1892  O. S. Campbell 1907  W. A. Larned
1893  R. D. Wrenn 1908  W. A. Larned
1894  R. D. Wrenn 1909  W. A. Larned
1895  F. H. Hovey 1910  W. A. Larned