![]() William Renshaw wins first hardcourt title this year | |
Details | |
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Duration | 2 June – 28 December |
Tournaments | 26 (Amateur) [1] |
Categories | Important (2) National (1) Provincial/State/Regional (3) County (4) Local/other (16) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | ![]() |
Most finals | ![]() |
← 1878 1880 → |
The 1879 men's tennis season [2] [3] incorporated 26 tournaments. The 1879 Wimbledon Championships was won by John Hartley. Defending champion Patrick Francis Hadow could not participate in the Challenge Round. This year saw the inaugural [4] Irish Championships that in its early stages of development was considered as important as the Wimbledon Championships. The event was won by Vere St. Leger Goold who defeated Charles David Barry in the final by 8–6, 8–6. Important this year was the staging of six hard court tournaments some of which included the Dublin University Championships the East Gloucestershire Championships held in Cheltenham Great Britain, [5] Nice Tennis Tournament in Nice, France and the first tournament to be held outside of Europe in Australia with the Victorian Championships.
The season started in Nice, France in May and ended in Melbourne, Australia in December.
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), [6] in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
Important. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] |
National |
Provincial/State/Regional |
County |
Local/other |
No events
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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14 - 15 May. [12] | Nice Tennis Tournament St. Philippe Rink Nice, France Hard Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-3, 6-1 | ![]() | ||
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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28 April - 2 May. [13] | Earlsfort Terrace Tournament Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, Ireland Asphalt | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
14 - 15 May. [14] | Bournemouth CLTC Spring Tournament Bournemouth CLTC Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ? | ||
Week | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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16 June [15] | Irish Lawn Tennis Championships [16] [17] Dublin, Ireland Grass Singles | ![]() 8–6, 8–6 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
30 Jun -30 Jul | Grand National Lawn Tennis Tournament [19] Hendon, London, Great Britain Grass Singles | ![]() 6-1 6-0 8-6 | ![]() |
Date | Tournament | Winner | All comers' finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
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7–16 July | Wimbledon Championship [20] London, Great Britain Grass Singles | ![]() walkover | ![]() | ![]() Bye ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Challenge round![]() | |||||
14-15 July. [21] | Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament. Lichfield, Great Britain Grass Singles | ![]() 6-4 6-3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
14-15 July | Essex County Cricket Club Tournament [22] Knighton, Essex, Great Britain Grass Singles | ![]() Nalton Womersley 6-4 6-5 | ![]() Dale Womersley | ||
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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August | Scottish Championships [23] St Andrews, Great Britain Grass Singles | ![]() def | ? | ||
27 July- 2 August. [26] | County Kildare Tournament Naas Military Barracks Naas, County Kildare, Ireland Grass - | ![]() 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. | ![]() | ||
29 July - 2 August. [27] | County Kildare Closed Tournament Naas Military Barracks Naas, County Kildare, Ireland Grass - | ![]() 6-4, 6-5 | ![]() | ||
6 - 8 August. [28] | County Galway LTC Tournament County Galway Lawn Tennis Club Lisbeg, County Galway, Ireland Grass - | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
12 - 13 August. [29] | Armagh Lawn Tennis Tournament Archery Lawn Tennis Club Armagh, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
15–16 August [30] | Dorchester Kingston Park Tournament Kingston Park CLTC Kingston Park, Kingston Maurward House, Dorchester, Dorset, England Grass Singles | ![]() 6-5 6-5 6-5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
22–25 August | Waterford Tournament Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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2 September. [31] [32] | Teifiside LTC Championship Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club Newcastle Emlyn, Wales Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
3–9 September | South of Ireland Championships [33] [34] Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles | ![]() 6–4, 6–3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6-3, 6-5, 6-2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
2 - 5 September. [36] | Yare LTC Tournament Yare Lawn Tennis Club Fritton, Great Yarmouth Surface ? Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
23 September. [37] | North of Ireland Championships Ormeau Cricket Ground Belfast, Northern Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-5, 4-6, 6-3 | ![]() | ||
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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30 September - 4 October. [38] | Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament Bournemouth CLTC Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
7–11 October. | East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great Britain Hard (Asphalt) Singles | ![]() 6-4 6-3 5-6 6-4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20–23 October. [39] | Dublin University Championships Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
No events
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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22–28 December | Victorian Championships [40] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Hard (Asphalt) Singles | ![]() 2-1 (sets) | ![]() | | ![]() ![]() ? |
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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?. [42] | Choceň Tournament Choceň, Bohemia Grass - | ? ? | ? | ||
Note: Important tournaments in bold
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