lawn-tennis matches between Oxford and Cambridge universities have been played annually; and almost every county in England, besides Scotland, Wales and districts such as “ Midland Counties, ” “South of England, ” &c., have their own championship meetings. Tournaments are also played in winter at Nice, Monte Carlo and other Mediterranean resorts where most of the competitors are English visitors. The results of the All England championships have been as Year.

1888 E. Renshaw and Mrs Hillyard 1889 ]. C. Kay, , Miss Dod

1890 ]. Baldwin, , Miss K. Hill 1891 I. C. Kay, , Miss Jackson

1892 A. Dod, , Miss Dod

1893 W. Baddeley Mrs Hillyard,

1 894

H. S. Mahony

Miss C. Cooper

Year. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Doubles. 1895 H. S. Mahony and Miss C. Cooper 1896 H. S. Mahony, , Miss C. Cooper 1897 H. S. Mahony, , Miss C. Cooper 1898 H. S. Mahony, , Miss C. Cooper 1899 C. H. L. Cazelet, , Miss Robb 1900 H. L. Doherty, , Miss C. Cooper 1901 S. H. Smith, , Miss Martin 1902 S. H. Smith ~, , Miss Martin 1903 F. L. Riseley, , Miss D. K. Douglass 1904 S. H. Smith, , Miss E. W. Thompson 1905 S. H. Smith, , Miss E. W. Thompson 1906 F. L. Riseley, , Miss D. K. Douglass 1907 N. E. Brookes, , Mrs Hillyard 1908 A. F. Vildi11g, , Mrs Lambert Chambers (Miss D. K. Douglass)

1909 H. Roper Barrett, , Miss Morton 1910 S. N. Doust, , Mrs Lambert Chambers In the United States lawn-tennis was played at Nahant, near Boston, within a year of its invention in England, Dr James Dwight and the brothers F. R. and R. D. Sears being mainly instrumental in making it known to their countrymen. In 1881 at a meeting in New York of representatives of thirty three clubs the United States National Lawn-Tennis Association was formed; and the adoption of the English rules put an end to the absence of uniformity in the size of the ball and height of the net which had hindered the progress of the game. The association decided to hold matches for championship of the United States at Newport, Rhode Island; and, by a curious coincidence, in the same year in which W. Renshaw first won the English championship, R. D. Sears won the first American championship by playing a volleying game at the net which entirely disconcerted his opponents, and he successfully defended his title for the next six years, winning the doubles throughout the same period in partnership with Dwight. In 1887, Sears being unable to play through ill-health, the championship went to H. W. Slocum. Other prominent players of the period were the brothers C. M. and J. S. Clark, who in 1883 came to England and were decisively beaten at Wimbledon by the two Renshaws To a later generation belong the strongest single players, M. D. Whitman, Holcombe Ward, W. A. Larned and Karl Behr. Holcombe Ward and Dwight Davis, who have the credit of introducing the peculiar “American twist service, ” were an exceedingly strong pair in doubles; but after winning the American doubles championship for three years in succession, they were defeated in 1902 by the English brothers R. F. and H. L. Doherty. The championship singles in 1904 and 1905 was won by H. Ward and B. C. Wright, the latter being one of the finest players America has produced; and these two in partnership won the doubles for three years in succession, until they were displaced by F. B. Alexander and H. H. Hackett, who in their turn held the doubles championship for a like period. In 1909 two young Californians, Long and McLoughlin, unexpectedly came to the front, and, although beaten in the final round for the championship doubles, they represented the United States in the contest for the Davis cup (see below) in Australia in that year; McLoughlin having acquired a service of extraordinary power and a smashing stroke with a reverse spin which was sufficient by itself to place him in the highest rank of lawn-tennis players. Winners of United States Championships.

Year. Gentlemen's Singles. Year. Gentlemen's Singles. 1881 R. D. Sears 1896 R. D. Wrenn 1882 R. D. Sears 1897 R. D. Wrenn 1883 R. D. Sears 1898 M. D. Whitman 1884 R. D. Sears 1899 M. D. Whitman 1885 R. D. Sears 1900 M. D. Whitman 1886 R. D. Sears 1901 W. A. Larned 1887 R. D. Sears 1902 W. A. Larned 1888 H. W. Slocum 1903 H. L. Doherty 1889 H. W. Slocum 1904 H. Ward

1890 O. S. Campbell 1905 B. C. Wright 1891 O. S. Campbell 1906 W. ]. Clothier 1892 O. S. Campbell 1907 W. A. Larned 1893 R. D. Wrenn 1908 W. A. Larned 1894. R. D. Wrenn 1909 W. A. Larned

1895 F. H. Hovey 1910 W. A. Larned