Waterloo Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameWaterloo Tournament
TourPre open era
Founded1881
Abolished1897
Editions17
LocationWaterloo
Liverpool
Lancashire, Great Britain

The Waterloo Tournament also known as the Waterloo LTC Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held in Waterloo, Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain from 1881 to 1897.

History

The Waterloo Tournament was an early 19th century tennis event first staged around June 1881 at Waterloo, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. The first winner of the men's singles was England's Richard Richardson. The final known edition was in 1897 was played at Aigburth Cricket Ground that was again won by Frank Riseley. It was a featured regeular series event on the Amateur Tennis Tour (1877-1912). Three Wimbledon men's finalists played this event during the course of its run Richard Richardson, Donald Stewart and Frank Riseley. The 1883 and 1897 editions were held at Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool. The 1885 women's event was won by future Wimbledon champion Lottie Dod.

Finals

Notes: 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.

* eight of the twelve editions had a challenge round

Men's singles

Included:[2]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1881United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Richard T. RichardsonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland F.W. Jones6-0 6-0 [3]
1882United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William John DownUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland R.H. Jones ? [4]
1883 [lower-alpha 1]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Joseph Bruce IsmayUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Gerald Barker6-3 6-1 [5]
1884United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Donald Charles StewartUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William John Bush-Salmon9-7 6-1 6-2 [6]
1885United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles StananoughtUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell Brown7-5 6-3 5-7 7-5 [7]
1886United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell BrownUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Parkfield Wethered6-3 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-1 [8]
1887 [lower-alpha 2]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell BrownUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Parkfield Wethered6-3 6-4 2-6 8-6 [9]
1888 [lower-alpha 3]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell BrownUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Chippw.o.[10]
1889United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern DeykinUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Dod6-2 7-5 7-5 [11]
1890United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern DeykinUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Parkfield Wethered6-0 1-6 6-2 6-2 [12]
1891 [lower-alpha 4]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell BrownUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern Deykin6-1 6-0 5-7 8-6 [13]
1892 [lower-alpha 5]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Andrew Laurie MacfieUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell Brown3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 [14]
1893 [lower-alpha 6]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Charles KayUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Andrew Laurie Macfie10-8 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 [15]
1894 [lower-alpha 7]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland T.J. WalmsleyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Charles Kay ? [16]
1895 [lower-alpha 8]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank L. RiseleyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandT.J. Walmsley6-1 6-1 6-0 [17]
1896 [lower-alpha 9]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank L. RiseleyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Henry Riseleyw.o.[18]
1897 [lower-alpha 10]United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFrank L. RiseleyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Henry Riseley0-8 6-4 [19]

Men's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1881United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Johan Frederick Caroe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Thomas Dyson Rayner
England Mr Churton
England Mr Curry
6-4, 6-5
1882United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick William Jones
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Reginald Herbert Jones
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Stananought
England Joseph Stananought
def.

Women's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1881England Kate RaynerEngland Lynn Cheetham6-2, 3-6, 7-5
1882England Edith DaviesEngland Miss Eckersley ?
1884United Kingdom Margaret BracewellUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E. Gordon6-4, 4–6, 6–4, 6-1
1885England Lottie DodUnited Kingdom Margaret Bracewell6-4, 6-2
1887England Miss PickthallUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mary Pick7-5, 6-1
1888England Annie DodEngland Katherine Hill4-6, 6–0, 6-3
1889England Mary PickUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss Pickthall6-1, 6-3

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1881United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss F. Berry
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss F. Helder
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss Jardine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss Jones
6-2, 3–6, 6-1
1882United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edith Davies
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss Cheetham
United Kingdom Margaret Bracewell
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss Snow
6-2, 3–6, 6-1

Mix doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1881United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mr J.F. Carde
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss K. Rayner
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mr E. Bucknell
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alice Bagnall-Wild
6-1, 12-10
1882United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mr D.W. Lee
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edith Davies
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Stananought
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss Snow
def.

Notes

  1. 1883 edition was held at Aigburth Cricket Ground Liverpool
  2. 1887 edition there was a challenge round
  3. 1888 edition there was a challenge round
  4. 1891 edition there was a challenge round
  5. 1892 edition there was a challenge round
  6. 1893 edition there was a challenge round
  7. 1894 edition there was a challenge round
  8. 1895 edition there was a challenge round
  9. 1896 there was no final match resulting in a walkover w.o.
  10. 1897 there was a challenge round and the event was staged once again in Aigburth.

References

  1. "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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  4. Lawn Tennis Calendar, The Field (1883). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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  7. Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, The (1885). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  8. Field Lawn Tennis Calendar, The (1887). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  9. Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, The (1887). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. Field Lawn Tennis Calendar, The (1889). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  11. Field Lawn Tennis Calendar, The (1890). "Edition –Waterloo 1889". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  12. Liverpool Mercury, The (June 1890). "Edition – Waterloo 1890". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  13. Liverpool Mercury, The (June 1891). "Edition – Waterloo 1891". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  14. Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, The (1892). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  15. Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, The (1893). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  16. "Edition – Waterloo 1894". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 1894. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  17. Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, The (1895). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  18. Liverpool Mercury, The (September 1896). "Edition – Waterloo 1896". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  19. Field Lawn Tennis Calendar, The (16 June 1897). "Edition –Waterloo 1897". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Sources

  • "Tournament – Waterloo". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017.

Further reading

  • Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
  • Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Longman. London England 1890–1923.
  • British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK.
  • Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
  • Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK.
  • Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
  • Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
  • The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.
  • The Field Lawn Tennis Calendar. The Field Office. from 1853. London. England
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