Waterloo Tournament

The Waterloo Tournament was an early 19th century tennis event first staged around June 1881 at Waterloo, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. The first winner of the men's singles was England's Richard Richardson. The final known edition was in 1897 was played at Aigburth Cricket Ground that was again won by Frank Riseley. It was a featured regeular series event on the Amateur Tennis Tour (1877-1912). Three Wimbledon men's finalists played this event during the course of its run Richard Richardson, Donald Stewart and Frank Riseley. The 1883 and 1897 editions were held at Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool. The 1885 women's event was won by future Wimbledon champion Lottie Dod.

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) ^[1] in some tournaments not all.

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Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1881	Richard T. Richardson	F.W. Jones	6-0 6-0 [3]
1882	William John Down	R.H. Jones	? [4]
1883 [a]	Joseph Bruce Ismay	William Gerald Barker	6-3 6-1 [5]
1884	Donald Charles Stewart	William John Bush-Salmon	9-7 6-1 6-2 [6]
1885	Charles Stananought	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	7-5 6-3 5-7 7-5 [7]
1886	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	William Parkfield Wethered	6-3 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-1 [8]
1887 [b]	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	William Parkfield Wethered	6-3 6-4 2-6 8-6 [9]
1888 [c]	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	Herbert Chipp	w.o.[10]
1889	John Redfern Deykin	William Dod	6-2 7-5 7-5 [11]
1890	John Redfern Deykin	William Parkfield Wethered	6-0 1-6 6-2 6-2 [12]
1891 [d]	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	John Redfern Deykin	6-1 6-0 5-7 8-6 [13]
1892 [e]	Andrew Laurie Macfie	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 [14]
1893 [f]	John Charles Kay	Andrew Laurie Macfie	10-8 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 [15]
1894 [g]	T.J. Walmsley	John Charles Kay	? [16]
1895 [h]	Frank L. Riseley	T.J. Walmsley	6-1 6-1 6-0 [17]
1896 [i]	Frank L. Riseley	Arthur Henry Riseley	w.o.[18]
1897 [j]	Frank L. Riseley	Arthur Henry Riseley	0-8 6-4 [19]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1881	Johan Frederick Caroe   Thomas Dyson Rayner	Mr Churton   Mr Curry	6-4, 6-5
1882	Frederick William Jones   Reginald Herbert Jones	Charles Stananought   Joseph Stananought	def.

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1881	Kate Rayner	Lynn Cheetham	6-2, 3-6, 7-5
1882	Edith Davies	Miss Eckersley	?
1884	Margaret Bracewell	E. Gordon	6-4, 4–6, 6–4, 6-1
1885	Lottie Dod	Margaret Bracewell	6-4, 6-2
1887	Miss Pickthall	Mary Pick	7-5, 6-1
1888	Annie Dod	Katherine Hill	4-6, 6–0, 6-3
1889	Mary Pick	Miss Pickthall	6-1, 6-3

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1881	Miss F. Berry   Miss F. Helder	Miss Jardine   Miss Jones	6-2, 3–6, 6-1
1882	Edith Davies   Miss Cheetham	Margaret Bracewell   Miss Snow	6-2, 3–6, 6-1

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1881	Mr J.F. Carde   Miss K. Rayner	Mr E. Bucknell   Alice Bagnall-Wild	6-1, 12-10
1882	Mr D.W. Lee   Edith Davies	Charles Stananought   Miss Snow	def.

• "Tournament – Waterloo". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017.

• Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
• Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Longman. London England 1890–1923.
• British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK.
• Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
• Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK.
• Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
• Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
• The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.
• The Field Lawn Tennis Calendar. The Field Office. from 1853. London. England

• http://www.tennisarchives.com/Tournaments 1885