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The 1880 Men's tennis tour was the 4th amateur tennis tour held that year. It now incorporated 41 tournaments staged in Australia, Great Britain and Ireland and the United States. The 1880 Wimbledon Championships was won by John Hartley against Herbert Lawford, in the Challenge Round.
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The Bedford Open also known as the Bedford Lawn Tennis Open Tournament was men's and women's grass court tennis tournament established in 1880 as the Bedfordshire LTC Tournament. It held the Bedford Lawn Tennis Club, Bedford, Berkshire, England and ran through until 1974 when it was abolished.
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The Bosmere Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was a Victorian era men's and women's grass court tennis tournament established in September 1880. The first edition was organised by the Bosmere Lawn Tennis Club and played at Creeting St Mary, Mid Suffolk, England and ran until at least 1885.
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- ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Dirleton Castle". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ↑ "A GRAND FANCY BAZAAR will be held in the Castle Gardens and Castle Park, Dirleton, Thursday, July 30. and the Two Following Days. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS: a Grand Assault-at-Arms, a Tennis Tournament by the Dirleton LTC, a Bee keeping Exhibition, and a Daily Band,". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh, Scotland: British Newspaper Archives. 15 July 1885. p. 1.
- ↑ Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
- ↑ Edinburgh Evening News (15 July 1885) p.1
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