Bermuda Tournament

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Bermuda Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1876;150 years ago (1876)
Abolished1876;150 years ago (1876)
Location Hamilton, Bermuda
SurfaceGrass

The Bermuda Tournament [1] was one of earliest known women's grass court tennis event's staged only one time in September 1876. [2] [3] It was held in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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History

In 1924 Mary G. Gray gave an interview for American Lawn Tennis, [4] then a book published by the United States Lawn Tennis Association in which she spoke of a tennis tournament she played in at Hamilton, Bermuda, [5] the story was subsequently published under the chapter heading 'A Bermuda Tournament in 1876' On 15 September 1924. [6] On 3 September 1876 a women's tennis tournament was held in Hamilton, Bermuda, [7] that was won by Mary G. Gray who defeated Rose Key.

Earlier in 1876 in Ireland an All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships, [8] organised by the Irish Champion Athletic Club, Dublin was also held between the 17 and 22 July that year. [9] [10] In 1879 the first Bermuda Open Tennis Championships were held. [11]

Result

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1876. [12] Flag of Bermuda (1875-1910).svg Mary G Gray Flag of Bermuda (1875-1910).svg Rose Key?

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fein, Paul (30 April 2009). "People and Trends that Changed the Sport". Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies. Sterling, VA: Potomac Books, Inc. p. 95. ISBN   978-1-61234-395-2.
  2. ↑ Fein (2009)
  3. ↑ Todd, T. The Tennis Players, from Pagan Rites to Strawberries and Cream, Gurnsey: Vallancey, 1979, p.164
  4. ↑ American Lawn Tennis, 'A Bermuda Tournament in 1876', Mary Gray, 15 September 1924, p.534
  5. ↑ American Lawn Tennis
  6. ↑ American Lawn Tennis
  7. ↑ King, Billie Jean (1988). We have come a long way : the story of women's tennis. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 5. ISBN   978-0070346253.
  8. ↑ Fein (2009)
  9. ↑ Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Saturday 22 July 1876). The annual tournament of Archery, Croquet, and Tennis, got up by the spirited I.C.A.C. began on Monday last, came to a close on the Champion ground. London. England. p.43.
  10. ↑ King
  11. ↑ Bancroft, James W. (8 December 2021). The Early Years of the FA Cup: How the British Army Helped Establish the World's First Football Tournament. Barnsley, England: Frontline Books. p. 69. ISBN   978-1-3990-9994-3.
  12. ↑ American Lawn Tennis, 15 September 1924, p.534.
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