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1878 Wimbledon Championship â Singles
Frank Hadow defeated Robert Erskine 6â4, 6â4, 6â4 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Spencer Gore 7â5, 6â1, 9â7 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1878 Wimbledon Championships.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977 Draw Challenge round All comers' finals Earlier rounds Section 1 The match between Clapham and Crum was not played. Section 2 Section 3 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1878 Wimbledon Championship - Singles Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... Wimbledon Championship by year â Men's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hadow
Patrick Francis "Frank" Hadow (2 January 1855 â 29 June 1946) was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878. Personal life Born 2 January 1855 Regent's Park, his father was Patrick Douglas Hadow who was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College Oxford University and became Chairman of the P&O Shipping Company. Frank Hadow attended Harrow School along with six of his seven brothers who were known as the "Harrow Hadows". Hadow represented Harrow at rackets and the brothers were well known as distinguished cricketers. Hadow's oldest brother Douglas Robert Hadow died during the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Sporting career He was the loftiest Wimbledon Champion. He played at Wimbledon whilst on holiday from his coffee plantation in Ceylon. He did not defend his title â and is therefore the only male champion never to have lost a set in singles there. He returned to Wimbledon nearly half a century later to collect a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Gore (sportsman)
Spencer William Gore (10 March 1850 â 19 April 1906) was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874â1875). Early years Spencer William Gore was the son of the Hon. Charles Alexander Gore, grandson of the second Earl of Arran, and Lady Augusta Lavinia Priscilla (''nÊe'' Ponsonby), a daughter of the fourth Earl of Bessborough. His mother's first marriage was to William Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry, who died in 1836. His father was the Commissioner of Woods and Forests. His two brothers were the theologian Charles Gore, the first Bishop of Birmingham, and Sir Francis Charles Gore, Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenue. Spencer was born and raised within a mile of the All England Croquet Club at West Side House, Wimbledon Common, Surrey. He was educated at Harrow School, where he excelled at all games, especially football and cricket, and was the captain of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lestocq Robert Erskine
Lestocq Robert Erskine (6 September 1857 â 29 May 1916) was a Scottish tennis player who was active during the first years after the introduction of lawn tennis. He was also a Liberal politician. Career Erskine was one of the 21 players that took part in the inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship singles competition. In the first round he defeated H. Wheeler in straight sets. In the second round he played against J. Lambert who became the first player in Wimbledon history to retire a match, conceding to Erskine after losing the first two sets. Erskine lost in the quarterfinal to William Marshall in three straight sets. The following year, 1878, he again entered the singles event and reached the final of the All-Comers tournament. After a win over A.W. Nicholson in the first round, a bye in the second, a win over F.W. Porter in the third round he reached the quarterfinal in which he defeated C.G. Hamilton in a five-set match. In the semifinal he won against future Wimbledon ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Lawford
Herbert Fortescue Lawford (15 May 1851 â 20 April 1925) was a former world No. 1 tennis player from Scotland who won the Men's Singles championship at Wimbledon in 1887, and was runner-up a record 5 times (shared with Arthur Gore). Career In the 1887 final, the native of Bayswater defeated Ernest Renshaw (also of Great Britain) in five sets: 1â6, 6â3, 3â6, 6â4, 6â4. He reached the finals of Wimbledon in 1880, 1884â86, and 1888. Lawford won the first major men's doubles tennis tournament, the Oxford University Men's Doubles Championship, in 1879 partnering Lestocq Robert Erskine. This event was a precursor to the Wimbledon men's doubles championship, introduced in 1884, and it was played over the best of seven sets ending in a score of 4â6, 6â4, 6â5, 6â2, 3â6, 5â6, 7â5. In 1885 he won the singles title at the inaugural British Covered Court Championships. Birth of the topspin: the Lawford-stroke Lawford is said to be the first person to introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bye (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of ''spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the ''server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Thomas Myers
Arthur Thomas Myers (16 April 1851 â 10 January 1894) was a British physician and sportsman. As a tennis player he participated in two Wimbledon Championships and also played first-class cricket. While studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1870, Myers played a first-class cricket match for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He batted in the middle order and scored seven in the first innings, then six in the second. He was a Cambridge Apostle. In 1878 he competed in his first Wimbledon and made it into the quarter-finals, before being defeated in straight sets by eventual champion Frank Hadow. The following year he won his first two matches and was eliminated in the third round, by Irishman C. D. Barry. Myers suffered from epilepsy and is believed to have taken his own life in 1894. John Hughlings Jackson published a study of his case. He was the brother of scholar Frederic William Henry Myers Frederic William Henry Myers (6 February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seton Montolieu Montgomerie
The Hon. Seton Montolieu Montgomerie (15 May 1846 â 26 November 1883) was the second son of Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton (1812â1861). Life and family He was born at the Clarendon Hotel, London. Seton may have been so named following his father being created Earl of Winton, a title previously held by the Seton family. His mother, Theresa Newcomen, born in Calcutta,Burke's Peerage, Page 2158 was an illegitimate daughter of Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen. Lady Theresa died in December 1853 and Seton's father remarried in 1858, his new wife being Lady Adela Caroline Harriet Capell (1828â1860), daughter of Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex. Seton had two half-sisters through this marriage: * Lady Sybil Amelia Montgomerie (died 3 February 1932) * Lady Hilda Rose Montgomerie (died 18 June 1928) Seton's older sister, Lady Egida Montgomerie (died 13 January 1880), married Frederick William Brook Thellusson, 5th Baron Rendlesham. His older brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Montgomerie, 15th Earl Of Eglinton
George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton, 3rd Earl of Winton (23 February 1848 â 10 August 1919) was the third and youngest son of Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, 1st Earl of Winton, KT, PC (29 September 18124 October 1861), styled Lord Montgomerie from 1814 to 1819, was a British Conservative politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1852 and ... and his first wife, Theresa Newcomen. Family Lord Eglinton married Janet Lucretia Cuninghame on 13 November 1873. They had several children: * Lady Georgiana Theresa Montgomerie (d. 21 August 1938) * Lady Edith Mary Montgomerie (d. 8 September 1947) * Archibald Seton Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton (23 June 1880 - 22 April 1945) * William Alexander Montgomerie (29 October 1881 - d. 9 May 1903) * Captain Francis Cuninghame Montgomerie (b. 25 January 1887 - 16 March 1950) Lord Eglinton died on 10 August 1919, aged 71. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gilbert Heathcote
Charles Gilbert Heathcote (2 March 1841 – 15 November 1913) was an English barrister and tennis player. He was one of the founders of the All England Club, and played in the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877 Biography Heathcote was born at Conington Castle, Conington, Huntingdonshire, the third son of John Heathcote of Conington Castle Huntingdon and his third wife Emily Colbourne. He was educated at Eton College and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge, on 6 April 1859. He was a scholar and migrated to Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 20 June 1863, being awarded an MA in 1866. He was admitted at Inner Temple on 26 January 1865 and was called to the bar on 18 November 1867. He served on the South Eastern Circuit. Heathcote was one of the founders of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. He is cited as one of the committee that formulated the rules of tennis in 1877 before the first Wimbledon Championships although according to other sources the Heathcote co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Tabor
Arthur Sydney Tabor (9 November 1852 â 14 October 1927) was an English first-class cricketer active 1872â87 who played for Middlesex, Surrey, Cambridge University and represented the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players Gentlemen v Players was a long-running series of English first-class cricket matches. Two matches were played in 1806, but the fixture was not played again until 1819. It became an annual event, usually played at least twice each season, exc ... series. He was born in Middlesex; died in Earl's Court. References 1852 births 1927 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Surrey cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Oliver
Frederick William Oliver (4 January 1836 â 7 July 1899) was an English first-class cricketer active 1855â57 who played for Surrey. He was born in Mayfair Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. ... and died in Earl's Court. He played in ten first-class matches. References 1836 births 1899 deaths 19th-century male tennis players English male tennis players English cricketers Surrey cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Oxford University cricketers People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People from Mayfair {{England-cricket-bio-1830s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hadow
Alexander Astell Hadow (1 June 1853 â 1 June 1894) was an English first-class cricketer active 1872 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Regent's Park; died in Bad Neuenahr Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler () is a spa town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district. The A61 motorway connects the town with cities like Cologne and Mainz. Formed by the merging of the .... References 1853 births 1894 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers People educated at Eton College {{England-cricket-bio-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
