1878 Men's Tennis tour

The 1878 Men's tennis tour [2][3] was composed of the second annual pre-open era tour. It now incorporated 6 tournaments staged in Great Britain and Ireland the Wimbledon championships was won by Patrick Francis Hadow defeating the challenger and defending champion Spencer Gore.

1878 Men's Tennis tour
Frank Hadow
(from Hadow family collection)
Details
Duration9 July – 12 October
Edition2nd
Tournaments6 [1]
CategoriesImportant (1)
National (1)
Regional/State (1)
County (0)
Local (3)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Henry Evelyn Tombe (1)
James Jackson Sherrard (1)
Patrick Francis Hadow(1)
James Patten MacDougall (1)
William Henry Darby (1)
Vere St. Leger Goold (1)
Most tournament finals Henry Evelyn Tombe (1)
James Jackson Sherrard (1)
Patrick Francis Hadow(1)
James Patten MacDougall (1)
William Henry Darby (1)
Vere St. Leger Goold (1)
Vere St. Leger Goold (1)
← 1877
1879 →

Calendar

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),[4] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key
Important tournaments [5][6][7][8][9]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

January to June

No events

July
Date Tournament Winner All comers' finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
9–19 JulyWimbledon Championship [10]
London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles 		Patrick Francis Hadow
6-4, 6-4, 6-4		 Lestocq Robert Erskine Herbert Lawford
Bye		 Charles Gipps Hamilton
Bye
Arthur Thomas Myers
Challenger round
Spencer Gore[11]
7-5, 6-1, 9-7

August
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
12–19 AugustScottish Championships[12]
[13] Edinburgh, Great Britain
Singles		 James Patten MacDougall[14]

September
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
8–9 SeptemberBromley Tournament[15]
Bromley, County Wicklow, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Henry Evelyn Tombe
?		 Captain Hughes Captain Hughes
Bye
George Gordon Tombe
?		 S. H. Butcher
?
Augustine Lefroy
?
George Gordon Tombe
Bye
16–17 SeptemberWaterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament[16]
Waterford, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Vere St. Leger Goold
?		 J. M. Brown Henry Joseph Gallwey
?
 Ireland J. C. Roberts
?		 Patrick Joseph Gallwey
?
William Joseph Gallwey
?
Pierce Barron-Newell
?
26–30 SeptemberSouth of Ireland Championships[17]
Limerick, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Vere St. Leger Goold[18]
8–6, 8–6		 William Henry Darby William Henry Darby
Bye
H H Eliott
1-6, 3-6		 Joseph Fritz James Heffernan Considine
1-6, 3-6
Robert Howden Kelly
1-6, 1-6
Charles Mounoir Sumner
1-6, 2-6

October
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
7–12 OctoberDublin University Championships[19]
Dublin, Ireland
Hard (Asphalt)
Singles		 James Jackson Sherrard
?		 William Morgan Jellett Henry James Daly
?
William Morgan Jellett
Bye		 Henry James Daly
Bye
Richard Manders
?
George Henry Shannon
?

November to December

No events

List of tournament winners

Important tournament in bold

  • Henry Evelyn Tombe - Bromley-(1)
  • James Jackson Sherrard - Dublin-(1)
  • James Patten MacDougall - Edinburgh-(1)
  • William Henry Darby - Limerick-(1)
  • Vere St. Leger Goold - Waterford-(1)
  • Patrick Francis Hadow - Wimbledon-(1)

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis, 6th edition, 2016

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1878 [20]
# Player
1 Patrick Francis Hadow (ENG)
2 Spencer Gore (ENG)
3 William Marshall (GBR)
4 Lestocq Robert Erskine (SCO)
5 C.G. Hamilton (GBR)

See also

References
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  2. Archives, Tennis. "1878 Men's tournaments". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. "Tennis season 1878". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base, 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  4. "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. Mazak, Karoly (2016). The Concise History of Tennis, The complete tennis history from 1877 (6th ed.). Karoly Mazak. pp. 5–11. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 9781598843002.
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  8. Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis | The complete tennis history from 1877 (6th ed.). Karoly Mazak (Ph.D.). p. 3.
  9. Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.
  10. "The Championships Wimbledon 1878Gentlemen's All-Comers' Singles" (PDF). LTA. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  11. Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.
  12. "Craiglockhart was Wimbledon warm-up tournament of choice for the pros". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. the Edinburgh News 3 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  13. "Lawn Tennis in Scotland, 50 years of the game". news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, 9 August 1927. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  14. "Scottish Championships 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  15. "Bromley 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  16. "Waterford 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  17. "South of Ireland Championships 1878 Limerick Cup Ireland". Tennis Archives. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  18. "Some history regarding Limerick Lawn". Limerick Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  19. "Dublin University Championships 1878". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  20. Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis. p. 6.

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