The Holt Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in August 1880 at Holt LTC, Holt, Norfolk, England. The event ran annually until 1884.
History The Holt Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was a late 19th century grass court tennis tournament held for the first time in August 1880 at the Holt Lawn Tennis Club (f.1879), on the grounds of the Greshams School (f.1555), Holt, Norfolk, England. The first winner of the men's singles was England's William Meaburn Tatham. In August 1882 a women's singles event was played and won by a Miss A. Partridge who defeated a Miss A. Foster. The final winner of the gentleman's singles was William Bolding Monement. The tournament ran until 1884 only and was discontinued.
Finals (Incomplete Roll)
Men's Singles YearWinnerRunner-upScore1881 William Meaburn Tatham William Bolding Monement2 sets to 1.1882 William Bolding Monement Francis William Monement6–5, 6–2.1883 Charles Edmund Tatham William Bolding Monement6–1, 2–6, 6–1.1884 William Bolding Monement Edward Berners Upcher6–1, 6–0.
Women's Singles YearWinnerRunner-upScore1882 Miss A. Partridge Miss A. Foster2–0 sets, 4–2,4–2.Norwich Mercury
Men's doubles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1883 Francis William Monement William Bolding Monement William Henry Rawlinson H.C. Marsh2 sets to 0.
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