The Waterloo Tournament also known as the Waterloo LTC Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held in Waterloo, Liverpool, Lancashire, Great Britain from 1881 to 1897.

History

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.

Finals

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.

Men's singles

Included:^[2]

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 [lower-alpha 1]	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 [lower-alpha 2]	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	William Parkfield Wethered	6-3 6-4 2-6 8-6 [9]
1888 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	John Redfern Deykin	6-1 6-0 5-7 8-6 [13]
1892 [lower-alpha 5]	Andrew Laurie Macfie	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 [14]
1893 [lower-alpha 6]	John Charles Kay	Andrew Laurie Macfie	10-8 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 [15]
1894 [lower-alpha 7]	T.J. Walmsley	John Charles Kay	? [16]
1895 [lower-alpha 8]	Frank L. Riseley	T.J. Walmsley	6-1 6-1 6-0 [17]
1896 [lower-alpha 9]	Frank L. Riseley	Arthur Henry Riseley	w.o.[18]
1897 [lower-alpha 10]	Frank L. Riseley	Arthur Henry Riseley	0-8 6-4 [19]

Men's doubles

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.

Women's singles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mix doubles

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.

Notes

References

Sources

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

Further reading

• 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

External links

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