1893 Results

Thanks to Mark Ryan for most of the work in assembling and formatting these results and comments. Thanks also to Rollo and to Brian Stewart (slams)

January to March

Date Unknown, New Zealand Championship

Won by J Rees
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Date Unknown, Natal Championship, Pietermaritzburg, SA

FI: Mabel Grant d. Brady 6-3 8-6
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Date Unknown, Dinard, France (Clay)

FI: Hélène Prévost d. Margaret Manley-Sims (GB) 2-6 6-2 6-3 (handicap event)

April


???? South African Championships, Port Elizabeth, South Afrca (Clay)
Venue: Port Elizabeth Lawn Tennis Club

FI: Mabel Grant d. Mrs McLagan 6-1 6-0


Event traditionally held over Easter. Other female contestants included Mrs Ethel Davies Mrs Beatrice Paterson, and Miss Jessica Paterson
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April 10-15, British Covered Courts Championships, Hyde Park Club, London, England (Wood)

CR: Maud Shackle (holder) d. May Arbuthnot 6-2, 1-6, 7-5

This year the sisters May, Ivy and Ann Artbuthnot all competed in the women’s singles event.
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April, Tasmania Champs., Launceston

FI: Nina Rock d. A Gibson 6-1 4-6 6-3
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April 8-24, South Australian Championships, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Hard/Asphalt)
Venue: Adelaide Oval

Draw=5

1R: Maisie Parr d N Cole 6-1 6-0

SF: Mrs Ragless d Mrs Goldsmith 7-5 6-2
SF: Maisie Parr d Costello 6-0 6-1

FI: Maisie Parr d. Mrs Ragless 6-0 6-2

Doubles (Draw=5)

1R: LE Payne/Miss Young d N Cole/Miss Costello 8-6 2-6 6-4

SF: EM Parr/Maisie Parr d W Brown/N Hocart 6-1 6-2
SF: Mrs Groom/Miss Wyatt d Payne/Young 6-4 6-3

FI: EM Parr/Maisie Parr d Mrs Groom/Miss Wyatt 6-4 8-6

Miss Costello, who has only been in South Australia a short period, was 'one time champion of Ireland'

May

May 13-20, New South Wales Championships, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Grass)
Venue: Association Grounds, Moore Park

SF: Miss Mayne d Ada Keele 6-1 6-3
SF: Miss Dransfield d McKenzie 6-1 6-2

FI: Mayne d Dransfield 6-2 6-4

CR: Miss Mayne d Mabel Shaw (holder) 6-0 6-0

Doubles

1R: Miss Batt/Miss McKenzie d Miss Stayton/Miss Knight 6-4 6-1

SF: Batt/McKenzie d Woolnough/Elliot 6-1 6-2
SF: Dransfield/Ada Keele d ?? default??

FI: Dransfield/Keele d Batt/McKenzie 8-6 6-2

CR: Mayne/Shaw d Dransfield/Ada Keele 6-3 6-4

Mixed Doubles (incomplete)

Miss Woolnough/Dudley Webb d Dransfield/Tiley default
Miss Shaw/Willes d Miss Smith/Rawson 6-4 6-2
Miss Pearson/Silly d Mrs Metcalfe/Austin 6-4 3-6 6-4
Mabel Shaw/Percy Colquhoun d Miss Batt/Fox 6-4 6-3
Mabel Shaw/Wickham d Woolnough/Dudley Webb 6-2 6-2

FI: Shaw/Wickham d Colquhoun/Shaw 1-6 6-3 7-5

CR: Mabel Shaw/G Wickham (holders) d. Miss Mayne/Ben Green 6-3 6-3

Miss Mable Shaw Shaw had been indisposed while in Sydney. (Note there are two Miss Shaws). Tiley, who works in the Commercial Bank, could not manage to get away to compete.

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May 22-27, Irish Championships, Dublin, Ireland (Grass)
Venue: Fitzwilliam Square,

FI: Florence Stanuell d. Miss Pope 6-2 6-3

DF: Jane Corder/Miss Shaw d. G Crofton/Florence Stanuell default

MX: Elsie Pinckney/Manliffe Goodbody d. Miss Shaw/Frank Stoker 5-7 6-1 6-1 6-4

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Date Unknown, Ealing, GB

Won by Charlotte Cooper

First half of June


June 5-7, Welsh Championships, Penarth, Wales (Grass)

FI: Ethel Cochrane d. Miss Stoddart 6-1 6-0

Note that Max Robertson, in his 1973 Encyclopedia of Tennis, has the winner as Miss M Cochrane.
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June 5-10, Middlesex Championships, London, England (Grass)
Venue: Chiswick Park

FI: Edith Austin d. Charlotte Cooper 6-3 6-3

CR: Maud Shackle (holder) d. Edith Austin 4-6 6-3 6-4
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June 6-10, Scottish Championships, Saint Andrews, Fife, Scotland (Grass)

FI: Jane Corder d. Miss Moir 6-0 6-4

Holder Helen Jackson did not defend her title.
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Began June 7, North of Ireland Championships, Belfast, Ulster, Ireland (Grass)
Venue: Cliftonville Cricket Club

CR: Miss Shaw (holder) d. Miss Corder 3-6 6-0 9-7

Note that if the dates are correct (and there is no reason to doubt them) it precludes this Miss Corder from being the same as J Corder.
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June 12-17, Northern Tournament, Manchester, England (Grass)

CR: Lottie Dod (holder) d. Blanche Hillyard 6-3 3-6 7-5

DF: Blanche Hillyard/Maud Shackle d. Miss Clarke/Jane Corder 6-3, 6-2

Mixed Doubles

FI: Blanche Hillyard/Wilfred Baddeley d. Charlotte Cooper/Harold Mahony 6-4 6-1

CR: Blanche Hillyard/Wilfred Baddeley d. Lottie Dod/Anthony Dod (holders) 13-11 7-5

The following report on this Challenge Round singles match is taken from "Pastime" of June 21, 1893:

"Mrs Hillyard in the first set could do nothing with Miss Dod, who was at her best, driving with great power into the corners and volleying the returns. The set went to her at 6-3. In the second set the holder fell away in a most unaccountable manner, putting easy balls repeatedly into the net, while the challenger, who had certainly got more into her drive, won three games straight off, and in the end gained the set at 6-3.

"In the final set Mrs Hillyard continued to play well, and Miss Dod failed to recover her form. The result was that the score was called 5-4, 40-15, Mrs Hillyard leads; deuce followed and Mrs Hillyard got ‘vantage, but lost the game and the next two and the match. The holder mistrusted her drive at the close of this set and took to skying the ball, and if Mrs Hillyard at the critical time had gone for her shot, she might have won." Thus Dod saved 3 match points in defeating Hillyard.

Second half of June


June 19-24, Kent Championships, Beckenham, Kent, England (Grass)

CR: Maud Shackle (holder) d. Ruth Legh 6-3, 6-4

Legh listed as Miss P(ennington) Legh.
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June 19-26, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England

FI: Charlotte Cooper d. K Grey 6-2 3-6 6-3

CR: Helen Jackson (holder) d. Charlotte Cooper 6-0 2-6 6-1

DF: L Clark/Jane Corder d. Miss Mann/Miss Muff 6-2 6-1

MX: Charlotte Cooper/Harold Mahony d. Helen Jackson/Joshua Pim 6-4 7-5
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June 20-23, US Championships, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Grass)


Preliminary Round

**Miss Kimble d. Amy R Williams 4-6 14-12 8-6
Bessie Moore d. Emily Neff 6-0 6-1
**Miss Stone d. Mrs Clement Beecroft 6-0 6-2


First Round

Augusta Schultz d. Hattie Butler 2-6 6-2 6-2
Annabella Wistar d. Miss Calahan 6-1 6-2
Miss Bent d. Miss Hannis 6-2 7-5
Underhill d. Bertha Townsend default

Aline Terry d. Josephine White 6-2 6-2
Hattie Beaumont d. Helen Day Harris 6-3 6-2
Moore d. Ethel Bankson 3-6 6-3 8-6
Helena Hellwig d. Elizabeth Slevin 6-2 6-0

Quarterfinals (listed in paper as "2nd Round")

Schultz d. Wistar 6-3 6-1
Underhill d. Bent 4-6 6-4 9-7
Terry d. Beaumont 6-2 6-0
Moore d. Hellwig 7-5 1-6 6-4

Semifinals

Terry d. Moore 6-3 4-6 6-4
Schultz d. Underhill 6-2 3-6 6-0

Final:
Aline Terry d. Augusta Schultz 6-1 6-3

Challenge Round: Aline Terry d Mabel Cahill (Ire) (holder) default
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Doubles

Preliminary Round

Helena Hellwig/Bessie Moore d Calahan/Hannis 6-0 6-0

2nd Round

Hellwig/Moore d. Elizabeth Slevin/Josephine White 6-1 6-2
Hattie Butler/Aline Terry d Ethel Bankson/Hattie Beaumont 6-3 6-0
Augusta Schultz/Stone d. Amy Williams/Annabella Wistar 6-1 4-6 8-6
Mrs Harris/Hood d Miss Kimble/Emily Neff 7-5 6-3

Semifinals

Butler/Terry d. Hellwig/Moore 8-6 6-3 9-7
Schultz/Stone d. Harris/Hood 1-6 6-0 6-3

Final
Hattie Butler/Aline Terry d. Augusta Schultz/Miss Stone 6-4 6-3
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Mixed Doubles

PR=Preliminary Round

PR: Hattie Butler/Lieut Lansdale d Mrs Beecroft/Rev Michael 6-4 6-2
PR: Ethel Bankson/Robert Wilson d Miss Stone/Mr Prosser 3-6 6-1 6-2
PR: Ellen Roosevelt/Clarence Hobart d Amy Williams/Mr Clark 6-3 6-4
PR: Augusta Schultz/John Talmadge d Mrs Harris/Mr Hood 6-4 6-4
PR: Annabella Wistar/Mr Brown d Moore/Mr Johnston 6-8 7-5 6-3
PR: Aline Terry/HA Colby d Mabel Cahill and partner by default

1R: Hattie Butler/Lieut Lansdale-bye (??)
1R: Miss Bankson/Mr Wilson -bye (??)
1R: Schultz/Talmadge d Harris/Hood 6-4 6-4
1R: Rosevelt/Hobart-bye (??)
1R: Terry/Colby d Wistar/Brown 7-5 6-3

QF: Bankson/Wilson d Butler/Lansdale 6-2 6-3
QF: Schultz/Talmadge-bye (??)
QF: Roosevelt/Hobart d Terry/Colby 6-1 6-3

SF: Bankson/Wilson d Schultz/Talmadge 6-4 5-7 6-4
SF: Rossevelt/Hobart-bye (??)

FI: Ellen Roosevelt/Clarence Hobart d. Ethel Bankson/Robert N Wilson 6-1 4-6 10-8
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Notes and Summary

The draw is reconstructed from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Some oddities: Miss Stone and Miss Kimble (see **) are shown winning in the Prelim round, but not mentioned after. This could an error on the paper's part, but this is also true in the New York Tribune's reports of the event. Did they default?

The Prelim match between Kimble-Williams set an early record for most games(in a 3 set match) at 50. The match lasted for over 4 hours.

Miss Terry won the cup for 1 year and an enamel laurel wreath pin. Miss Schultz won a pair of opera glasses made of gold and pearl!

The ladies doubles winners got French traveling clocks, handy when playing away from home.

After the final, dinner was served at the club. In the evening "The grounds were illuminated by electric lights and Chinese lanterns ..."

The orchestra was stationed on the clubhouse porch and furnished the music. Dancing was indulged in all the evening and it was quite late when it was all over.

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began June 28, Middle States Championships, Montrose, New Jersey, USA (Grass)
Venue: Orange Lawn Tennis Club

FI: Mabel Cahill (Ire) d. Helena Hellwig 6-2 6-1

MX: Augusta Schultz/HA Colby d. Mabel Cahill (Ire)/Edwin P Fischer 8-6 6-4

Why did Miss Cahill fail to defend her US title?

First half of July



July 3-8, London Championships, London, England (Grass)
Venue: Queen’s Club

CR: Maud Shackle (holder) d. Edith Austin 6-2 6-1
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July 10-20, The Championships, Wimbledon, London, England (Grass)

Draw=7

Champ Dod sits out until the Challenge Round.

1R: Edith Austin d. S Robins 6-2 6-1
1R: Maud Shackle d. Ruth Legh 10-8 6-1
1R: Charlotte Cooper d. Henrietta Horncastle 6-4 6-1
1R: Blanche Hillyard-bye.

SF: Shackle d. Austin 6-0 6-2
SF: Hillyard d. Cooper 6-3 6-1

FI: Blanche Hillyard d. Maud Shackle 6-3 6-2

CR: Lottie Dod (holder) d. Blanche Hillyard 6-8 6-1 6-4

In the first set there were six breaks of service in the first six games; at 5-4, 40-0, Lottie Dod had three set points, but could not convert any of them. In the second set Blanche Hillyard won her service to love in the first game and had three break points in the second game, which went to a total of ten deuces before Lottie Dod held serve. Lottie Dod then won the next five games to take the second set. In the final set there were six breaks of serve in the first six games once again. At 4-3, Lottie Dod got the vital break of serve and won her own serve to back this break up. Although Blanche Hillyard held to 4-5, Lottie Dod held on to win the set, match and championship in the next game. There was a break of a few minutes early in the third set when Lottie Dod slipped and fell, but she was not seriously hurt.
Hillyard tests Dod in the challenge round. Weeks before Wimbledon she had held 3 match points at Manchester, losing 6-3 3-6 7-5. This time she again falls in 3. A figure in white with her cricket cap secure on her head, Lottie moved about the court with her black stockings providing color. At the start of the third Lottie fell heavily. It was thought she might retire. However, she held on for her third straight crown. Lottie Dod never again played tennis competively. She went on to other sports (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=15608#), including golf, and archery, where she won a silver medal at the 1908 Olympics.

With a scant record of 8-0, Dod remains the only woman in tennis history NEVER to lose a singles match in a grand slam (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=15608#)

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began July 11, New York State Championships, Saragota Springs, New York, USA (Grass)
Venue: Saragota Athletic Club

FI: Mabel Cahill (Ire) d. Bessie Moore 9-7 6-1

Second half of July

July 19-22, Nottinghamshire Open, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (Grass)

FI: Kate Nunneley d. E. Vaudrey 6-0 6-1

Kate Nunneley was born in England, but would eventually emigrate to New Zealand, where she would win the New Zealand Championships many times.
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began July 25, Canadian Championships, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Grass)
Venue: Toronto Club

CR: Maude Delano-Osborne (holder) d. Mrs Sydney Smith 6-8 8-6 6-2
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c. late July? Edgbaston (Birmingham), England (Grass)

FI: D. Morgan d. Blanche Bingley Hillyard 12-10 retired [HO] (Handicap only event)

First half of August


July 31-August 5, Northumberland Championships, Newcastle, Northumberland, England (Grass)

FI: Jane Corder d. Charlotte Cooper 6-2 7-5

DF: Jane Corder/Alice Pickering d. Miss Crosby/K Grey 6-1, 6-2

MX: Jane Corder/George Ball-Greene d. Helen Jackson/William Renshaw 6-3 7-5
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Circa August 5-12, Queensland Championships, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Grass)

FI: Mabel Taylor d. Miss Wallace 6-3 6-2

MX: Mabel Taylor/Ernest Gilligan d. Mrs Drake/A Pixley 6-2 6-1

Holder miss MacGregor did not defend her singles title.
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began August 7, Darlington, Durham, England (Grass)

FI: Charlotte Cooper d. Miss Shaw 6-0 6-1

MX: Charlotte Cooper/Harold Mahony d. Miss Shaw/HG Stobart 6-1 6-4
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August 7-12, Exmouth, Devon, England (Grass)

FI: Lilian Pine-Coffin d. Miss Bryan 6-4 6-2
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August 8-10, Pensarn, Wales (Grass)

FI: M Pick d. K. Broadhurst 6-1 6-1

CR: M Pick d. L Brown (holder) 6-2 6-1
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August 9-12, West of Scotland Championships, Castle Wemyss, Fife, Scotland (Grass)

FI: H Graham d. B Watson 3-6 6-2 6-0

DF: K Jamieson/M Jamieson d. H Graham/A Jamieson 6-2 2-6 9-7

MX: K Arbuthnot/H Nadin d. Mrs Lascelles/MS Lascelles 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Second half of August

????, Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor,Maine, US
Venue: Kebo Valley Lawn Tennis Club

FI: Miss Goodfellow d. Miss Gibson 6-2 6-1 6-2

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August 15-19, Derbyshire Championships, Buxton, Derbyshire, England (Grass)

FI: Blanche Hillyard d. Helen Jackson 6-0 6-1

DF: Blanche Hillyard/Bertha Steedman d. Charlotte Cooper/E Cooper 6-2 6-1

MX: Blanche Hillyard/George Hillyard d. Bertha Steedman/JW Steedman 6-1 6-2
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August, East of England Championships, Felixstowe

FI: Elsie Lane d. Henrietta Govey Horncastle 6-3 11-9
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August 21-24, The Hague, Holland (Clay)

FI: N Hart d. Mme Blom 6-4 8-6

MX: Mme Blom/A Mullmeister d. Miss van der Hoop/A Woulde 6-4 6-1
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August 21-26, North of England Championships, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England (Grass)

FI: L Clark d. May Arbuthnot 6-4 2-6 6-2

DF: Ivy Arbuthnot/May Arbuthnot d. Miss Cressy/Miss Crosby 6-3 6-4

MX: L Clark/HE Caledcott d. M Crossely/HG Nadin 6-4 7-5

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Late August? Niagara-on-the-Lake International, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada (Grass)

FI: Maude Osborne d. Mrs Sydney Smith 6-8 6-3 6-3

DF: Maude Osborne/Mrs Sydney Smith d. Miss Bernard (GB)/Miss Nay (US) 6-2 7-5

MX: Maude Osborne/Gordon Mackenzie d. Miss Coldham/Ashton Coldham 6-4 6-3

September

September 4-9, Sussex Championships, Brighton, Sussex, England (Grass)

CR: Blanche Hillyard d. Maud Shackle (holder) 6-1 6-4

DF: Elsie Lane/Maud Shackle d. Edith Cole/Lilian Pine-Coffin 6-4 6-1

MX: Lilian Pine-Coffin/Ernest Renshaw d. Elsie Lane/Charles G Allen 6-3 6-3
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September 7-9, Pacific Coast Championships, San Rafael, California, USA (Hard)

CR: Bee Hooper d. Susie Morgan (holder) 9-7 6-4 3-6 9-11 7-5

A 67-game five-set match.
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September 11-16, South of England Championships, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England (Grass)

CR: Blanche Hillyard (holder) d. Maud Shackle 6-1 4-6 15-13

MX: Blanche Hillyard/Wilfred Baddeley d. N Martin/JF Martin 6-2 7-5

Blanche Hillyard looked like running away with this match early on before Maud Shackle made a stirring comeback. The third set was as close as the score indicates; Maud Shackle managed to reach match point at 10-9, 40-30, but could not convert.
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Circa September 19-23, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne, France (Clay)

FI: J Corder (GB) d. Mrs White (GB) 6-0 6-0 6-2

Holder H Froome (GB) did not defend.
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October

November

November 16-24, Victorian Championships, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Hard/Asphalt)
Venue: Warehouseman's Cricket Ground

SF: Raleigh d F Waters 6-2 4-6 8-6
SF: C Peach d Mabel Shaw 2-6 6-5 6-4

FI: C Peach d. E Raleigh 6-4 2-6 6-4

Doubles

SF: Mabel Shaw/Phenie Shaw d E Raleigh/C Raleigh 6-5 6-4
SF: Nellie A'Beckett/F Waters d C Peach/C Peach 6-2 6-2

FI: Mabel Shaw/Phenie Shaw d Nellie A'Beckett/F Waters 6-3 5-6 6-2

Mixed Doubles (Draw=8)

1R: Miss Brookes/W Balfour d Mabel Shaw/Percy Colquhoun 3-6 6-3 6-2
1R: Phenie Shaw/Mansfield d C Raleigh/G Wickham 7-5 6-2
1R: F Waters/Ben Green d E Raleigh/Alec Chomley 6-3 6-3
1R: C Peach/Windeyer d Nellie A'Beckett/A'Beckett 6-4 6-4

SF: Waters/Green d Shaw/Mansfield 6-2 7-5
SF: Brookes/Balfour d Peach/Windeyer 6-4 7-5

FI: F Waters/Ben Green d. Miss Brookes/W Balfour 6-3 6-2

December and Year End

He David,

I added some doubles scores to the US Nationals-it should now be complete, though mysteries remain. I also put in definite start and end dates.

We are making good progress with these early results.

A suggestion: If possible, delete the results contained in the original threads that are now included in the new thread (i.e. most results in the new thread). This has been done so far for most of the years from circa 1878 to 1892 and makes things look a lot more ordered.

Results whose dates are not known could be included in a special section. Having all the old, disordered results and partial results at the beginning of a thread makes things look very messy.

Hi Mark,
Thanks for the suggestions. I wait for Rollo to delete the rest of the old thread when he's double checked it.
I'm not putting unknown date tournaments at the beginning, I'm putting them in where I guess they might go. In this case, New Zealand, Natal and Tasmania were all likely to be in Jan-March so are at the beginning.
I guess I see getting everything collected is the most important thing. Dates, additional rounds, notes and formatting can always be improved later.
David

???, Bar Harbor, Maine, Usa
Venue: Kebo Valley LTC

FI: miss Goodfellow d. miss Gibson 6-2 6-1 6-2

A few more bits:

8-24 April - South Australian Championships
Adelaide Oval (Asphalt)

R1 Maisie Parr d N Cole 61 60

SF Mrs Ragless d Mrs Goldsmith 75 62
SF Maisie Parr d Costello 60 61

FI Parr d Ragless 60 62

DOUBLES
R1 LE Payne/Miss Young d N Cole/Miss Costello 86 26 64

SF Maisie Parr/EM Parr v N Hocart/W Brown 61 62
SF Mrs Groom/Miss Wyatt d Payne/Young 64 63

FI Parr/Parr d Groom/Wyatt 64 86

Miss Costello, who has only been in South Australia a short period, was 'one time champion of Ireland'

13-20 May - NSW Championships
Association Grounds, Moore Park, Sydney (Grass)

SF Mayne d Ada Keele 61 63
SF Dransfield d McKenzie 61 62

FI Mayne d Dransfield 62 64

CR Mayne d Mabel Shaw 60 60

Shaw had been indisposed while in Sydney

DOUBLES
Miss Batt/Miss McKenzie d Miss Stayton/Miss Knight 64 61

SF Batt/McKenzie d Woolnough/Elliot 61 62
SF Dransfield/Keele d ?? walkover??

FI Dransfield/Keele d Batt/McKenzie 86 62

CR Mayne/Shaw d Dransfield/Keele 63 64

MIXED (incomplete)
Miss Woolnough/Dudley Webb d Dransfield/Tiley walkover
Miss Shaw/Willes d Miss Smith/Rawson 64 62
Miss Pearson/Silly d Mrs Metcalfe/Austin 64 36 64
Mabel Shaw/Percy Colquhoun d Miss Batt/Fox 64 63
Miss Shaw/Wickham d Woolnough/Dudley Webb 62 62

FI Shaw/Wickham d Colquhoun/Shaw 16 63 75

CR Shaw/Wickham d Mayne/Green 63 63

Tiley, who works in the Commercial Bank, could not manage to get away to compete.

16-24 November - Victorian Championships
Warehouseman's Cricket Ground (Asphalt)

SF Raleigh d F Waters 62 46 86
SF C Peach d Mabel Shaw 26 65 64

FI C Peach d Raleigh 64 26 64

DOUBLES
SF Mabel Shaw/Phenie Shaw d E Raleigh/C Raleigh 65 64
SF F Waters/Nellie A'Beckett d C Peach/C Peach 62 62

FI Shaw/Shaw d Waters/A'Beckett 63 56 62

MIXED
Miss Brookes/W Balfour d Mabel Shaw/Percy Colquhoun 36 63 62
Phenie Shaw/Mansfield d C Raleigh/G Wickham 75 62
F Waters/Green d E Raleigh/Alec Chomley 63 63
C Peach/Windeyer d Nellie A'Beckett/A'Beckett 64 64

SF Waters/Green d Shaw/Mansfield 62 75
SF Brookes/Balfour d Peach/Windeyer 64 75

FI Waters/Green d Brookes/Balfour 63 62

Edited in to this point.

Thank you Jimbo and Gee Tee.

Interesting how some early events were held on asphalt. It reminded of an audio clip from FMB Fischer, a politician, tennis player, and later sports good moghul who had many ties to the Riviera.

I may put this in an earlier thread later, but I see no harm in putting it here too.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/sound/social-life-in-parliament

Interesting how some early events were held on asphalt. It reminded of an audio clip from FMB Fischer, a politician, tennis player, and later sports good moghul who had many ties to the Riviera.
Interesting - never heard of volleys being considered illegal before!

One of my mini-projects at the moment is to find out the surfaces of the early Australian tournaments. It seems the only state championship to be definitely played on grass from the earliest days was the NSW Championships. All the others seem to have been on asphalt (using uncovered balls - similar to the ones Fischer talks about - in some cases) until into the 20th Century.

It wasn't that the clubs that hosted the championships didn't have grass courts, but it seems they didn't have enough to host a large tournament all on the same surface. Also the hard-courts could be playable sooner after inclement weather in this era.

Somewhere like the Warehouseman's Grounds in Melbourne could have potentially hosted a Davis Cup tie (eg 1908 CR) on grass, but not had enough courts to play a State, or even a smaller Australasian Championships, on grass.

Once I have a bit more certainty, I'll put the details into the appropriate threads. At the moment, I reckon the tournaments before the 1920s are unconfirmed so far as grass-courts are concerned, though some state championships (ie Tasmania) were played on asphalt until WWII or beyond.

The Victorian and South Australian Championships were certainly played on grass once new venues - at Kooyong and Memorial Drive respectively - had been adopted (1921+) and probably earlier, though at other venues.

At the moment, I reckon the tournaments before the 1920s are unconfirmed so far as grass-courts are concerned, though some state championships (ie Tasmania) were played on asphalt until WWII or beyond.



Intersting indeed! I recall that Newmark also uncovered info on the Irish being held at first on asphalt too.

So the grass wasn't always greener.....

Intersting indeed! I recall that Newmark also uncovered info on the irisg being held at first on asphalt too.

So the grass wasn't always greener.....
No..

Sorry to pollute this thread as it isn't just specific to 1893, but I've just said in a PM to Mark that:

The court surfaces will take some time to confirm fully. By 1903 though, it seems the SA and QLD tournaments were played on grass, while the VIC title seemed to have been on turf since at least 1898. It's possible that grass was used even earlier than these years, but I've - as yet - been unable to confirm for sure. I imagine once grass courts were used for state titles, that surface would have been the norm from then on.

Just wanted to let you know.

Updated to say:

NSW: Grass from inception
QLD: Grass from 1888
VIC: Asphalt to 1891, grass thereafter
SA: Asphalt to 1895, grass thereafter
WA: Asphalt to 1902, grass thereafter
TAS: Generally Asphalt to mid-1930s, then clay (en tout cas) to 1960s

In the earliest days of the Tasmanian and Queensland Championships (some prior to women's events being held), some tournaments appear to have been played on a variety of private courts - some which appear to have been on grass.

April

April 10-15, Covered Courts Championships, Queen's Club, London, England (Wood)

CR: Maud Shackle (holder) d. May Arbuthnot 6-2, 1-6, 7-5

This year the sisters May, Ivy and Ann Artbuthnot all competed in the women’s singles event.
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According to Lance Tingay's "The Guinness book of tennis" , until 1894 included the venue was the Hyde Park Club.

The exact tournament's name was "British Covered Court Championships", not to be confused with the "London Covered Court Championships" of following years, also played at Queen's Club.

BCC corrections made in line with Jimbo's research

began July 25, Canadian Championships, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Grass)
Venue: Toronto Club

CR: Maude Osborne (holder) d. Mrs E. Smith 6-8 8-6 6-2


CR: Maude Delano-Osborne (holder) d. Mrs Sydney Smith 6-8, 6-2, 6-2

Second half of August

Late August? Niagara-on-the-Lake International, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada (Grass)

FI: Maude Osborne d. Mrs S Smith 6-8 6-3 6-3

DF: Maude Osborne/Mrs S Smith d. Miss Bernard (GB)/Miss Nay (US) 6-2 7-5

MX: Maude Osborne/Gordon Mackenzie d. Miss Coldham/Ashton Coldham 6-4 6-3

FI: Maude Delano-Osborne d. Mrs Sydney Smith 6-8, 6-3, 6-3

Above edited, although Rollo had stealthily beaten me to one of them?

Date Unknown, Tasmania

Won by Nina Rock



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April, Tasmania Champs., Launceston
FI: Nina Rock d. A Gibson 61 46 63

Tasmania moved to April with final result. Thanks guys

Added in info for 1893 South African Chmps.

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??, Dinard, France (Clay)

FI: Hélène Prévost d. Margaret Manley-Sims (GB) 2-6 6-2 6-3 (handicap event)

Dinard now added to beginning of year, thanks guys

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August, East of England Championships, Felixstowe

FI: Elsie Lane d. Henrietta Govey Horncastle 6-3 11-9

East of England edited in

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??, Edgbaston (Birmingham), England (Grass)

FI: D. Morgan d. Blanche Bingley Hillyard 12-10 retired [HO]

Thanks team, Edgbaston added in late July when it was played in 1891