1880 Men's Tennis season

1880 Men's Tennis season
Details
John Hartley won his 2nd and last Wimbledon title this year
Duration	12 April – 28 November
Edition	4th
Tournaments	19 (Amateur)
Categories	Important (5) National (1) Regional/State (3) County (4) Local (7)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	William Renshaw(2)
Most tournament finals	William Renshaw(2)
← 1879 1881 →

The 1880 Men's tennis season was the 4th amateur tennis tour held that year. It now incorporated 19 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.

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),^[1] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key

Important tournaments ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

January to March

No events

April

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarter finalist
12–18 April	1880 East Gloucestershire Championships^[6] GBR Cheltenham, Great Britain Hard Singles	ENG Ernest Renshaw 6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6	GBR E D S Browne	? ?	? ? ?

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
10–16 May	1880 Northern Lawn Tennis Championships^[7] Manchester, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard T. Richardson^[8] 6-0 6-3 6-0	Walter Edwin Fairlie	Cecil Francis Carr 6-0 5-6 6-2 1-6 6-5 John Ravenscroft 6-0 6-0 6-2	J Bayly 1-6 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 J Clarke 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-0 John Comber 6-3 6-4 6-5 W L Agnew 6-2 6-0 3-0 retired
10–16 May
24 May-28 May	1880 Irish Championships^[9] Ireland Dublin, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	William Renshaw 6-1 6-4 6-3	Ireland Ernest de Sylly H. Browne 6-3 6-4 6-3	Ireland Ernest de Sylly H. Browne Bye Ireland Michael G. McNamara 6-0 6-1 6-3	S. D. Maul 6-2 6-3 6-3 Michael G. McNamara Bye A. J. Mullholland 6-2 6-1 6-4
24 May-28 May		Challenge round Ireland Vere St. Leger Goold

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarter finalist
14–26 June	1880 Kemptown^[10] Kemptown, Brighton, Great Britain ? Singles	GBR A.O. Jennings 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4	T.J. Verrall	? ? ? ?	? ? ? ? ? ?
14–26 June				? ? ? ?	? ? ? ? ? ?
24–25 June	1880 Leicester tournament^[11] Leicester, Great Britain ? Singles	GBR Champion Branfill Russell 6-5 4-6 6-4	Stuart Macrae	Harold Baird Carlyon 6-4 6-2 E.C. Keele 6-1 6-3	H.F. Johnson 6-1 6-5 Arthur Thomas Toller 2-6 6-5 6-1 Dr John Thomas Jacques 2 sets to 0 George de Horne Vaizey 6-3 5-6 6-4
24–25 June				Harold Baird Carlyon 6-4 6-2 E.C. Keele 6-1 6-3
21 June-4 July	1880 Princes Club Championships^[12] Prince's Club, London, Great Britain Grass Singles	SCO Herbert Lawford 5-7 5-7 6-3 6-0 8-6	Edgar Lubbock	O E Woodhouse 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3 SCO Herbert Lawford Bye	Captain Blane 6-5 6-1 6-4 David Charles Heatley 6-2 6-4 6-1 O E Woodhouse Bye

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	All comers' finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
7–16 July	1880 Wimbledon Championship^[13]^[14] London, Great Britain Grass Singles	John Hartley walkover	O. E. Woodhouse 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3	GM Butterworth 6-2 6-3 6-3 G. M. Montgomeries 6-4 2-6 6-3 5-6 6-1	Richard Ridley Farrer 1-6 6-1 6-4 6-5 William Henry Darby D’Esterre 6-0 6-3 6-1 H.C. Jenkins 6-3 5-6 6-2 2-6 6-3 Ernest Renshaw 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-0
7–16 July		Challenge round Herbert Lawford

14–15 July	1880 Staffordshire tournament^[15] Stafford, Great Britain ? Singles	ENG Jonas Henry William Gardner 6-3 4-6 6-3	J. H. Forster	? ? ? ?	? ? ? ? ? ?
14–15 July				? ? ? ?	? ? ? ? ? ?
28-31 July	1880 County Kildare Tournament^[16] Ireland Naas,^[17] Ireland Singles - Doubles	Ireland Joseph R. Rainsford 6-1 6-4 6-3	Ireland Jacob R. Sherrard ?	Ireland Joseph R. Rainsford Bye Ireland Algernon Ambrose Michael Aylmer ?	Ireland Horrace Kennedy ? Ireland Ivor Kirkpatrick ? Ireland Thomas Browning Reeves ? Ireland R. D. Vincent ?

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarter finalist
? August	1880 Scottish Championships^[18] St Andrews, Great Britain Singles	James Patten McDougall def	Leslie Balfour-Melville Def	?	?
? August				?	?
16–19 August	1880 Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis ^[19] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles	Vere St. Leger Goold 6-1 6-2	Frederick William Knox Def	?	?
16–19 August				?	?
16–24 August	1880 Devonshire Park tournament^[20] Eastbourn, Great Britain Grass	Dale Womersley	Frederick Brunning Maddison Def	?	?
16–24 August				?	?
17–21 August	1880 South of Ireland Championships^[21] Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles	Edward Bennett 6-4 6-4 6-2	Edward Montiford Longfield	William Dawson 6-0 6-0 6-1 Samuel Martin Gully 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-	G Burton 6-0 6-3 6-2 James F J Heffernan Considine 6-3 6-2 1-6 2-6 6-0 Major Henry H Goodeve 6-4 9-7 3-6 7-5 William Dawson Bye
17–21 August
23–24 August	1880 Torquay Tournament^[22] Torquay, Great Britain Grass Singles	Ernest Maconchy 6-0 6-0	C. Hughes	C. Hughes Bye T. B. Hughes 6-3 6-0	Thomas Arembery Tombe 6-1 6-1 Owen Gould 6-0 6-1 Ernest Maconchy Bye ? ?

September

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
1–5 September	1880 Championship of America ^[23] Staten Island, United States Grass Singles	Otway E Woodhouse ^[24] 54-50 (games)	Isidore F. Hellmuth^[25]	Edward H Gray 30-17 C M Harvey 30-10	C W Barnes 30-10 Walter M Wood 27-24 William Larned 30-16 W H Davidge 30-11
1–5 September				Edward H Gray 30-17 C M Harvey 30-10
27 September – 3 October	1880 Hampshire Championships^[26] Bournemouth, Great Britain Grass Singles	Francis Robert (Frank) Benson 6-1 6-1 6-3	L. G. Campbell	? ? ? ?	? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
4–10 October	1880 Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament^[27] Brighton, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	William Renshaw 6-3 6-3	Ernest Renshaw	Robert Bradell ? William H Darby ?	Frederick Bunning ? H C Goddart ? H E Eaton ? William H Darby Bye
4–10 October				Robert Bradell ? William H Darby ?
11–17 October	1880 Beacon Park Championships^[28] Boston, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Sears Def	Edward Gray	? ?	? ? ? ?
11–17 October				? ?	? ? ? ?

November

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
22–28 November	1880 Victorian Championships (Autumn)^[29] Melbourne, Australia Hard Singles - Doubles	Frank Highett walkover	Eduard.W. Wallington	R P Arnold 3-1 William McEvoy 3-0	C W Butler 3-0 E Silvester 3-2 R Barton 3-0 William McEvoy Bye
22–28 November				R P Arnold 3-1 William McEvoy 3-0

December

No events

List of tournament winners

Note: Important tournaments in bold

Richard Sears-Boston(1)
Francis Benson-Bournemouth-(1)
Ernest Renshaw-Cheltenham-(1)
William Renshaw-Brighton, Dublin-(2)
Dale Womersley-Eastbourne-(1)
James Patten McDougall-Edinburgh-(1)
A.Jennings-Kempton-(1)
Champion Branfill Russell-Leicester-(01)
Edward Bennett—Limerick-(1)
Herbert Lawford-London-(1)
Richard Taswell Richardson-Manchester-(1)
Joseph Rainsford-Naas-(1)
Joseph Gardner-Stafford-(1)
Otway E. Woodhouse-Staten Island-(1)
Ernest Maconchy-Torquay-(1)
Vere St. Leger Goold-Waterford-(1)
John Hartley -Wimbledon-(1)
Frank Highett-Melbourne-(1)

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1880 ^[30]
#	Player
1	John Hartley (ENG)
2	William Renshaw (ENG)
3	Herbert Lawford (SCO)
4	Otway Woodhouse (GBR)
5	Edgar Lubbock (GBR)
6	Richard T. Richardson (GBR)
7	Ernest Browne (GBR)
8	George Montgomerie (GBR)

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