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Llandudno Open
The Llandudno Open was a grass court tennis tournament first established by the Craigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club in 1890, and held at the Craigside Hydro Hotel, Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, North Wales. The tournament ran until 1914 when it was discontinued due to World War One. History The name “Craigside” is that of a small headland to the west side of the Little Orme, laying east of Llandudno, North Wales. It is still separated from the main Llandudno built-up area by a small tract of farmland now occupied by Bodafon Farm Park. Craigside was the location of the “Craigside Hydropathic Hotel or Craigside Hydro” opened in 1888 by John Smith, as a “hydrotherapy Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, is a branch of alternative medicine (particularly naturopathy), occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment. The te ...” health resort establishment, in which visitors co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ILTF Circuit
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes the Grand Slam events, annual team competitions for men (Davis Cup), women ( Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams ( Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Miéville Simond
George Miéville Simond (23 January 1867 – 8 April 1941) was an English tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Simond was born in Marylebone. In 1908 he won the silver medal in the men's indoor doubles competition together with his partner George Caridia George Aristides Caridia ( el, Γεώργιος Αριστείδης Καρυδιάς; 20 February 1869 – 21 April 1937) was a male tennis player from Great Britain and a two-time Olympic silver medalist. Career At the 1908 London Olympics .... References External links * 1867 births 1941 deaths English male tennis players Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic tennis players for Great Britain Sportspeople from Marylebone Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics British male tennis players Tennis people from Greater London {{England-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grass Court Tennis Tournaments
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Dorothy Boadle
Dorothy Whitefield Boadle (12 December 1885 - 1942) known later by her married name Dorothy Brown after her tennis career had finished was an Argentine born tennis player. She played at Wimbledon three times in 1907, 1910 and 1913. She was active from 1906 to 1924 and contested 15 career singles finals, and won 11 titles. Career Dorothy Brown was born Dorothy Boadle on 12 Dec 1885 in Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the second daughter of Thomas Scott Boadle and his wife was a representative of the Holt Shipping Company of Liverpool who moved to Buenos Aires in 1878. Dorothy was one of three lawn tennis playing sisters the others being Winifred Mary Boadle born (1884) and Marjorie Scott Boadle born (1889). Her main career singles highlights include winning the River Plate Championships eight times (1906, 1908–09, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1917). During her trips to England to compete at the Wimbledon Championships she took part in other tournaments mainly in North Wales, near t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred Longhurst
Winifred Mary Arden Longhurst (1873 – 24 November 1958 ) was a British tennis player. She was a four time quarter finalist in singles in the Wimbledon Championships in 1902, 1904, 1906 and 1912. She was active from 1892 until 1921 and won 29 career singles titles. Career Longhurst was born in 1878 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. She began her amateur tennis career in 1892. In major tournaments she competed at Wimbledon seven times in the women's all-comers singles event where she was 4 time Wimbledon quarter finalist (1902, 1904, 1906, 1912). Her major career singles titles include winning national and international level events including the Irish Championships three times from 1904 to 1906, the Welsh Championships two times from 1901 to 1902, the Austrian Championships in 1903 and the Scottish Championships in 1904. Her other singles titles at regional level tournaments include winning the Midland Counties Championships in 1895 and 1902. At county level events she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Cressy
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Ida Cressy
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Les Poidevin
Leslie Oswald Sheridan Poidevin (5 November 1876 – 19 November 1931) was an Australian tennis player and first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales and Lancashire CCC, Lancashire. Biography A right-handed batsman who was strong in defence, Poidevin started his first class cricket career with New South Wales in 1895. In 1901 he contributed an unbeaten 140 out of the team's total of 918 runs which was a record team score at the time. He would only bat in 23 innings for NSW over the course of his career but his average of 57.73 ranks favourably with the finest who have played for the state. In the English cricket team in Australia in 1901–02, 1901–02 Ashes series, Poidevin was the Twelfth man (cricket), twelfth man for the first Test match. He was scheduled to make his Test debut in the second Test match, but suffered a finger injury prior to the game. At the turn of the century he came to England to study medicine and began playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Roy Allen
Roy Allen born Edward Roy Allen (March 1859 – 26 October 1930) was a British tennis player active in the late 19th century and early 20th century. In major tournaments of the time he was an all-comers finalist in the men's doubles at the 1896 Wimbledon Championships partnering with his twin brother Charles Gladstone Allen where they lost to Reggie Doherty and Harold Nisbet. Roy played 28 consecutive seasons from 1887 to 1914, and won 97 singles titles. Career Roy played his first tournament 1887 at the Stevenage tournament where he reached the semi finals before losing to Arthur Gore. In 1891 he won his first title at the Boulogne, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France against Charles Gladstone Allen. In February 1913 he won his final title at the San Remo tournament in Italy. In 1914 he played his final tournament at the Monte Carlo Championships (today's Monte Carlo Masters) in France Roy won numerous singles titles throughout his career, he won the Nottinghamshire Championships fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gladstone Allen
Charles Gladstone Allen (1868 – 1924) was a British tennis player in the early years of Wimbledon. He was an all comers finalist at 1896 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles event partnering with his brother Roy Allen, where the lost to Reginald Doherty and Harold Nisbet. He was active from 1887 to 1914 and contested 17 career finals in singles and won 8 titles. Career Charles played his first event at the 1887 Stevenage LTC Tournament where he reached the quarter-finals. In 1890 he won his first singles title in Saxmundham LTC Tournament (later known as the Suffolk Championships) against his brother Roy Allen. He was a semi finalist at the Northern Championships in 1893, then considered the third most important tournament in the world at that time, and a quarter finalist at the Irish Championships in 1895. At the 1896 Wimbledon Championships he reached the all comers final of the men's doubles event partnered with his brother Roy Allen, but were defeated by Reginald Dohe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ball-Greene
George Courtney Ball-Greene (December 1861 – September 1939) was an Irish born tennis player. He was a two time semi-finalist at the Wimbledon Championships in the mens doubles event in 1902 and 1903. He was active from 1890 to 1919 and won 10 career singles titles. Career George was born on 25 November 1870 in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. He played his first tournament at the North of Ireland Championships in 1890 where he reached the semi-finals. He competed at the Wimbledon Championships nine times between 1894 and 1919. In the men's singles events his best result was reaching the fourth round in 1908 where he lost to the Canadian player Robert Powell. He was somewhat more successful in the men's doubles reaching the semi-finals twice in 1902 partnering with Herbert Roper Barrett where they lost Clement Cazalet and George Hillyard, and in 1903 partnering with William Wilberforce where they were beaten by the Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty. His main career singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grass Court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Grass courts are made of grasses in different compositions depending on the tournament. Although grass courts are more traditional than other types of tennis courts, maintenance costs of grass courts are higher than those of hard courts and clay courts. Grass courts (in the absence of suitable covers) must be left for the day if rain appears, as the grass becomes very slippery when wet and will not dry for many hours. This is a disadvantage on outdoor courts compared to using hard and clay surfaces, where play can resume in 30 to 120 minutes after the end of rain. Grass courts are most common in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
