General Herbert
Chipp
Male
Great Britain
1850-01-04
Hampstead, London, Great Britain
1903-08-25
Ely, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain


About

Wikipedia:
Chipp played his first tournament in 1881 at the Hamsptead Cricket Club tennis tournament.[3] Chipp participated in the Wimbledon Championships between 1882 and 1900. In 1883 he reached his first tournament final at Redhill losing to Leopold Maxse in 3 sets.[4] In 1884 he reached the semifinals of the all-comers competition, which he lost to Herbert Lawford 5–7, 4–6, 4–6.[5] In 1885 he won the Middlesex Championships defeating Donald Charles Stewart in 3 sets.[6] and then reached the final of Acton Vale tournament before losing to Ernest Wool Lewis.[7] In 1886 he reached the finals of the British Covered Court Championships before losing to Edward Lake Williams 7–5, 7–5, 6–2.[8] He then entered the Kent Championships at Beckenham and won that title against Edward James Avory.[9]

In 1887 he played at the London Championships at Queens Club where he made it to the final losing to Ernest Wool Lewis in three straight sets.[10] In 1887 he failed to defend his Kent Championships title losing in the challenge round to Frederick Bowlby. In 1888 he reached the final of the Torquay Lawn Tennis Club tournament, and lost again to Ernest Lewis in five close sets.[11] He then travelled to Liverpool to take part in the Waterloo Tournament where he reached the challenge round against Jacob Gaitskell Brown, but conceded the title by way of a walkover.[12] He then travelled to Devon and took part in the Teignmouth and Sheldon grass court tournament, and won that title defeating John Redfern Deykin 6-0 6-1 6–0.[13] The same year he entered the prestigious Northern Championships being held in Liverpool, where he reached the all comers final, but was defeated by Irelands Willoughby Hamilton in straight sets, Hamilton would go onto win that event.[14] He then made the final of the Exmouth Open tournament but lost to Ernest Lewis.

He failed to defend his British Covered Court title in 1888 losing to Ernest Meers in five sets.[15] In 1890 he won the Burton-on-Trent tournament against George Lowe.[16] In 1891 he entered the London Covered Championships, but exited in the quarter finals to George Hillyard. He then played at the Queens Challenge Cup at Queens Club but lost to Harold Mahony in the quarter finals.[17] He played his final tournament in 1900 at the Wimbledon Championships losing in the second round to Henry Gillibrand E. Evered.[18] In 1898 he published the book Lawn Tennis Recollections,[19] and he contributed parts to J. M. Heathcotes book Tennis; Lawn Tennis, Rackets; Fives.[20] He also was Honorary Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association.[21]



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Archive statistics 1881 - 1900
5
143
93


Tournament wins 1890 - Burton on Trent (Amateur)
1888 - Teignmouth and Shaldon (Amateur)
1886 - Kent Championships (Open)
1885 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1883 - Hampstead Cricket Club (Amateur)


Tournaments Wimbledon - 1900 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1900 Irish Championships - 1892 Fitzwilliam Purse - 1892 Wimbledon - 1891 Queens Club Tournament - 1891 Kent Championships - 1891 South of England Championships - 1891 British Covered Court Championships - 1891 London Covered Court Championships - 1891 Chichester - 1891 Queens Challenge Cup - 1891 Middlesex Championships - 1891 Surrey Championships - 1890 Burton on Trent - 1890 Middlesex Championships - 1889 Wimbledon - 1888 Kent Championships - 1888 Essex Championships - 1888 British Covered Court Championships - 1888 Exmouth - 1888 Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1888 Teignmouth and Shaldon - 1888 Middlesex Championships - 1888 Waterloo - 1888 Torquay - 1888 Kent Championships - 1887 South of England Championships - 1887 British Covered Court Championships - 1887 Middlesex Championships - 1887 London Athletic Club - 1887 Kent County Championships - 1887 Wimbledon - 1886 Kent Championships - 1886 South of England Championships - 1886 British Covered Court Championships - 1886 Middlesex Championships - 1886 London Athletic Club - 1886 Wimbledon - 1885 British Covered Court Championships - 1885 Middlesex Championships - 1885 London Athletic Club - 1885 Brookfield - 1885 Acton Vale - 1885 Wimbledon - 1884 Exmouth - 1884 Middlesex Championships - 1884 Redhill - 1884 London Athletic Club - 1884 Redhill - 1883 London Athletic Club - 1883 Hampstead Cricket Club - 1883 Wimbledon - 1882 Hampstead Cricket Club - 1882 Hampstead Cricket Club - 1881

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