Ernest Browne

Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne (11 July 1855 – 13 April 1946;[3] also E. de S. H. Browne) was an Irish tennis player who was active in the late 19th century.

Ernest Browne
Browne (before 1903)
Full nameErnest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
Country (sports) Ireland
Born11 July 1855
Great Malvern, England
Died13 April 1946(1946-04-13) (aged 90)
Cheltenham, England
Singles
Career record118–30 (79.7%) [1]
Career titles22 [2]
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonSF (1885)

Career

Browne played his first tournament in April at 1880 at a tournament staged in Cheltenham on clay he reached the final before losing to Ernest Renshaw. In late May 1880 he entered the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and reached the All-Comers final losing to William Renshaw in straight sets. In 1881 he entered three tournaments this year including the South of England Championships losing in the 1st round. At Irish Championships he lost a second match against Herbert Lawford retiring at two sets to one down. He reached his second successive Cheltenham final in 1881 before losing to William Renshaw. Browne took part in the Wimbledon Championships between 1882 and 1885. In 1885 he reached the semifinals of the all-comers-competition, but lost to Ernest Renshaw.[4] He won the Irish Championships in doubles (1882) and mixed doubles (1882, 1883) the Scottish Championships singles title consecutively three times from (1889–91).[5] and the Welsh Championships singles title twice (1886–87). In addition he won three consecutive West of England Championships, (1883,84,85) titles at Bath and the Cheltenham tournament singles title four times, (1881, 1885–87).[6] Browne was a friend and mentor of Ernest and William Renshaw.[7] He played his last tournament at the 1892 Scottish Championships where he was defending in the challenge round against challenger Arthur Gore he conceded the title by a walkover.

Personal

Ernest was born in 1855 in England. He was baptised 20 October 1855 in Great Malvern, Worcester, England the son of George & Susanna Mary Browne.[8] He married Ellen Augusta Ramsay the daughter of Sir Alexander Ramsay in Kensington London in December 1885.[9] After his retirement he resided in Tullamore, King's County, Ireland.[10] His wife Ellen Browne died in Cheltenham,[11] Gloucestershire in June 1929 he spent his final years in England and died in Cheltenham England in 1946 at the age of 90.[12]

Career tournaments

Notes: 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),[13] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenge round

Singles titles
NoYearTournamentLocationSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1881Cheltenham [14]CheltenhamGrass Robert W. G. L. Braddell6–3. 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
2.1883South of Ireland Championships [15]LimerickHard William Dawson6–3, 6–2, 6-5
3.1883West of England Championships [16]BathGrass Wilfred Milne6–3, 6–2, 6–3
4.1884West of England ChampionshipsBathGrass C. K. Wood6–4, 6–2, 6–4
5.1884North Yorkshire Championships[17]ScarboroughGrass Marmaduke S. Constable6–1 ret.
6.1884King’s County and Ormonde TournamentParsonstownGrass Eyre Chattertonw.o.
7.1885West of England Championships [18]BathGrass James Dwight6–3, 6–1, 6–4
8.1885East Gloucestershire ChampionshipsCheltenhamGrass Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross6–4, 6–3, 6–2
9.1885North Yorkshire ChampionshipsScarboroughGrass E.W. Fletcher6–2, 6–2, 6–4
10.1885King’s County and Ormonde TournamentParsonstownGrass Toler Roberts Garvey6–1, 6–2 *
11.1886HarrogateHarrogate [19]Grass Gilbert Mahon3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
12.1886North of England ChampionshipsScarborough [20]Grass Harry Grove6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
13.1886Welsh Championships [21]PenarthGrass James Baldwin6–0 ret.
14.1886East Gloucestershire ChampionshipsCheltenhamGrass James Dwight6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 9–7
15.1887North of England Championships [22]ScarboroughGrass James Baldwin7–5, 6–1, 6–3
16.1887Welsh Championships[21][23]PenarthGrass James Baldwin6–1, 6–2 ret. *
17.1887East Gloucestershire Championships[24]CheltenhamGrass James Dwight3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
18.1889Scottish Championships [25]EdinburghGrass Patrick Bowes Lyon6–4, 6–4 6–2
19.1890Scottish Championships [25]EdinburghGrass George R. Mewburn6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 *
20.1891Scottish Championships [25]EdinburghGrass Arthur Carvosso6–3, 6–3 6–1 *
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References
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  3. Tennis Archives
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