Bermuda Tournament

The Bermuda Tournament[1] was one of earliest known women's grass court tennis event's staged only one time in September 1876.[2][3] It was held in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Bermuda Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1876 (1876)
Abolished1876 (1876)
LocationHamilton, Bermuda
SurfaceGrass

History

In 1924 Mary G. Gray gave an interview for American Lawn Tennis,[4] then a book published by the United States Lawn Tennis Association in which she spoke of a tennis tournament she played in at Hamilton, Bermuda,[5] the story was subsequently published under the chapter heading 'A Bermuda Tournament in 1876' On 15 September 1924.[6] On 3 September 1876 a women's tennis tournament was held in Hamilton, Bermuda,[7] that was won by Mary G. Gray who defeated Rose Key.

Earlier in 1876 in Ireland an All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships,.[8] organised by the Irish Champion Athletic Club, Dublin was also held between the 17th and 22th July that year.[9][10] In 1879 the first Bermuda Open Tennis Championships were held.[11]

Result
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1876. [12]Bermuda Mary G GrayBermuda Rose Key?

See also

References
  1. Fein, Paul (30 April 2009). "People and Trends that Changed the Sport". Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies. Sterling, VA: Potomac Books, Inc. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-61234-395-2.
  2. Fein (2009)
  3. Todd, T. The Tennis Players, from Pagan Rites to Strawberries and Cream, Gurnsey: Vallancey, 1979, p.164
  4. American Lawn Tennis, 'A Bermuda Tournament in 1876', Mary Gray, 15 September 1924, p.534
  5. American Lawn Tennis
  6. American Lawn Tennis
  7. King, Billie Jean (1988). We have come a long way : the story of women's tennis. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 5. ISBN 978-0070346253.
  8. Fein (2009)
  9. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Saturday 22 July 1876). The annual tournament of Archery, Croquet, and Tennis, got up by the spirited I.C.A.C. began on Monday last, came to a close on the Champion ground. London. England. p.43.
  10. King
  11. Bancroft, James W. (8 December 2021). The Early Years of the FA Cup: How the British Army Helped Establish the World's First Football Tournament. Barnsley, England: Frontline Books. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-3990-9994-3.
  12. American Lawn Tennis, 15 September 1924, p.534.
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