Godfrey Malbone
Brinley
Male
United States of America
1864-11-22
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States of America
1939-05-06
Ragusa, Yugoslavia
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Godfrey Malbone Brinley was born November 22, 1864 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Godfrey was a boy when tennis was first introduced to the Garden State and he took the game quickly. At Saint Paul’s boarding school in New Hampshire he was a top tennis and squash player.
At age 17, Godfrey entered the Orange Invitation tournament and defeated Howard Taylor in the semi-finals and J.F. Bacon in the finals to win his first top-tier title. In 1883, while studying at Trinity College, he entered the U.S. Championships in Newport and reached the quarterfinals before falling to James Dwight in three sets. In 1884, Godfrey bowed out in the second round, defeated by Taylor, but he reached the semi-finals of the doubles.
In 1885, Godfrey joined the ranks of the game’s top players when he won the all-comers draw at the U.S. Championships to earn a berth in the Challenge Round against defending champion Dick Sears. He lost to Sears in four sets. Godfrey was crowned U.S. Intercollegiate champion in 1886, beating Philip Sears of Harvard in the final in New Haven. Philip Sears would go on to win the 1887 and 1888 titles.
Godfrey continued to play competitively until 1889, when he entered the priesthood. Godfrey passed away at age 74 while vacationing on the Dalmatian coast near Dubrovnik in 1939.
1882 - 1888
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46
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1886 - Orange Invitation (Amateur)
1886 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
1886 - Rochester USA (Amateur)
1882 - Orange Invitation (Amateur)
Round 1
R.B. Hale 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
w.o.
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
N.H. Emmons
6-4
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
William Larned Thacher 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-4
8-6
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
William Larned Thacher
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
William K. Gillett
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Philip Shelton Sears 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
?
Semifinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
F.H. Gillett
2-6
6-2
6-3
Final
Quincy Adams Shaw Jr. 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-2
6-2
3-6
8-6
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Palmer Ellis Presbrey
6-2
3-6
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Joseph Sill Clark 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-0
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Rodmond Vernon Beach
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
A.L. Ripley 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
4-6
6-5
6-0
Poule
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
J.M. Thomas
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Deane B. Miller
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Albert Church Hamlin
w.o.
Semifinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Howard Augustus Taylor
6-2
3-6
6-0
Final
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
J.F. Bacon
6-0
6-2
6-3
Preliminary Round
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
D.K. Snow
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Mr. Gardiner
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Charles Amherst Chase
6-2
6-5
Semifinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
William Larned Thacher
6-3
6-2
Final
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Philip Shelton Sears
6-0
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Ernest FitzHugh Ayrault
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Mr. McKenzie
6-2
6-2
Final
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Ganson Depew
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Charles Belmont Davis
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
3-6
9-7
6-1
Final
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Wallace Percy Knapp
6-3
6-3
3-6
6-4
Challenge Round
Richard Dudley Sears 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-3
4-6
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Wallace Percy Knapp 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
W.B. Merriman
6-5
6-1
Round 2
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
George Richards
6-3
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Mantle Fielding jr.
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Alexander Van Rensselaer 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Henry W. Hamlin
6-2
6-5
Round 1
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
S. H. Hooper
6-5
6-1
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Arthur Emden Newbold
6-4
5-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
James Dwight 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-2
6-3
Preliminary Round
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
J.M. Thomas
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Deane B. Miller
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Albert Church Hamlin
w.o.
Semifinals
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Howard Augustus Taylor
6-2
3-6
6-0
Final
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
J.F. Bacon
6-0
6-2
6-3