Holt Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
tennis tournament
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.
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