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British Covered Court Championships 1885

General Date1885-04-20 - 1885-04-25
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceIndoor wood
Rounds4
CityLondon, Hyde Park Lawn Tennis Club
CountryEngland

Source Pastime, The Field

Info First edition.

Draw: 9

"…the floor of the old Maida Vale Court, now demoslished, was of asphalte ... the Hyde Park Club Court, which in 1885 replaced that at Maida Vale … was constructed with a wooden floor .." according to Charles Gilbert Heathcote in 'Tennis Lawn Tennis Rackets Fives' page 303
"…the Hyde Park Club covered court in Dorchester Square, which took the place of the Maida Vale court when the lease of the latter expired, was opened in April 1885 on the occcasion of the first Covered Court Championship." according to Charles Gilbert Heathcote in 'Tennis Lawn Tennis Rackets Fives' page 168
"…the Renshaws twins were at Cannes" Edward Clarkson Potter Jr. in 'Kings of the Court' page 28

Media

Winner Player Herbert Fortescue Lawford

Players

Herbert Chipp
Herbert Fortescue Lawford
Ernest George Meers
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Donald Charles Stewart
E. Syers Henley
William C. Taylor
Charles Prideaux Triscott
Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce

Rounds
Round 1

Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Donald Charles Stewart

6-5 6-3 6-5

Quarterfinals

Herbert Chipp*
Herbert Wilberforce

6-2 6-1 4-6 6-2

Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross*
E. Syers Henley

6-1 6-0 6-2

Charles Prideaux Triscott*
William C. Taylor

w.o.

Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Ernest George Meers

6-3 6-3 6-0

Semifinals

Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross*
Charles Prideaux Triscott

6-1 6-1 6-2

Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Herbert Chipp

6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2

Final

Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross

7-5 6-3 6-0

Tournament

Round 1