Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1880 |
Abolished | 1880 |
Location | Ealing, Middlesex, England |
Venue | Ealing Cricket Club |
Surface | Grass |
The Ealing Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis event staged only one time in September 1880 . [1] It was held on the grounds of the Ealing Cricket Club (f.1870), Ealing, Middlesex, England.
In 1870 the Ealing Cricket Club was founded. [2] In September, 1880 it established lawn tennis tournament that was played on the Ealing Cricket Club Ground. [3] The tournament was staged only one time. It featured a men's singles event that was won by F.W. Rawson who defeated Alfred Penn Gaskell, [4] who would later be a finalist at the East of England Championships. It also featured a mix doubles event that was won by Mr. Rawson, and a 17 year old Blanche Bingley, [5] she would go onto to win her first Wimbledon singles title in 1886.
In 1882 following this tournaments short lived existence, the Ealing Lawn Tennis & Archery Club was formally established at St. Leonards Road, West Ealing. [6] This club would go on to stage the Ealing LTC Open Tournament in its first year, that continued until 1884 when it staged their first Ealing LTC Championship. [7] Bingley became a member of the Ealing LTAC and, went onto to win five more titles at Wimbledon whilst representing her club. [8]