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Richard Sears (tennis)

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Richard Dudley "Dick" Sears (October 26, 1861 – April 8, 1943) was an American tennis player, who won the US National Championships singles in its first seven years, from 1881-87, and the doubles for six years from 1882-87, after which he retired from tennis. [1]

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Alexander Van Rensselaer

Alexander Van Rensselaer (October 1, 1850 – July 18, 1933) was an American philanthropist, sportsman and patron of Princeton University.

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Bill Tilden

William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill," was an American male tennis player.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Bristol Open

The Bristol Open, originally known as the West of England Championships and the West of England Lawn Tennis Championships is a defunct tennis tournament that was originally hosted in Bath, Somerset, England, from 1881 till 1895.

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Cheltenham

Cheltenham, also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a regency spa town and borough which is located on the edge of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England.

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Clarence Clark (tennis)

Clarence Munroe Clark (August 27, 1859 – June 29, 1937) was an American financier who helped develop electric light, power, and streetcar companies, as well as a noted tennis player.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Edward Gray (tennis)

Edward H. Gray was an American tennis player active in the late 19th century.

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Godfrey Brinley

Godfrey Malbone Brinley (22 November 1864 – 6 May 1939) was a tennis player from the United States.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Henry Slocum (tennis)

Henry Warner Slocum, Jr. (May 28, 1862 – January 22, 1949) was an American male tennis player who was active in the late 19th century.

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Herbert Lawford

Herbert Fortescue Lawford (15 May 1851 – 20 April 1925) was a former co-World No. 1 tennis player from Scotland who won the Men's Singles championship at Wimbledon in 1887, and was runner-up a record 5 times (shared with Arthur Gore).

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Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken (Unami: Hupokàn) is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Howard Taylor (tennis)

Howard Taylor was a tennis player from the United States.

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International Tennis Hall of Fame

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Irish Open (tennis)

The Irish Open and originally known as the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and for sponsorship reasons also known as Carroll's Irish Open is formally a men's and women's tennis tournament held at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland.

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James Dwight

James Dwight (July 14, 1852, France – July 13, 1917) was an American tennis player.

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John W. Sears

John Winthrop Sears (December 18, 1930 – November 4, 2014) was an American lawyer, historian and politician.

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Joseph Sill Clark Sr.

Joseph Sill Clark Sr. (November 30, 1861 – April 14, 1956) was an American tennis player.

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Longwood Cricket Club

Longwood Cricket Club is a tennis and former cricket club based in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Manchester Open

The Manchester Open previously known as the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships, the Northern Championships, the Northern Tennis Tournament and the Manchester Trophy was a grass court tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club, in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, Great Britain.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Oliver Campbell

Oliver Edward Michael Campbell (February 25, 1871 – July 11, 1953) was an American male tennis player who won the three consecutive singles titles at the U.S. Championships from 1890 through 1892.

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Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American retired tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

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Philip Sears

Philip Shelton Sears (November 12, 1867 – March 10, 1953) was an American tennis player and sculptor.

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Real tennis

Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (originally called "lawn tennis") is derived.

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Robert Livingston Beeckman

Robert Livingston Beeckman (April 15, 1866 – January 21, 1935) was an American politician and the 52nd Governor of Rhode Island.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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United States Tennis Association

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States.

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US Open (tennis)

The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hard court tennis tournament.

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William Glyn

William E. Glyn was an American based British male tennis player.

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1881 U.S. National Championships – Singles

Richard Sears won the singles title at the inaugural U.S. tennis championships, by beating William Glyn in the final.

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1882 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

The 1882 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) took place on the outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, United States.

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1882 U.S. National Championships – Doubles

Sears and Dwight defeated Nightingale and Smith in the final of the second U.S. doubles championship.

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1882 U.S. National Championships – Singles

Richard Sears won his second singles title at the 1882 U.S. tennis championships, by beating Clarence Clark in the final.

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1883 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

The 1883 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) took place on the outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, United States.

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1883 U.S. National Championships – Doubles

Dwight and Sears won the title by defeating Newbold and Van Rensselaer in the final.

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1883 U.S. National Championships – Singles

Richard Sears won his third singles title at the 1883 U.S. tennis championships, by beating James Dwight in the final.

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1884 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

List of champions of the 1884 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open).

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1884 U.S. National Championships – Doubles

James Dwight and Richard Sears defended their title against Alexander Van Rensselaer and Walter Berry in the final.

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1884 U.S. National Championships – Singles

A challenge round was introduced which was played until 1911.

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1884 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Doubles

Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Ernest Lewis and Teddy Williams 6–3, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 to win the inaugural Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1884 Wimbledon Championships.

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1884 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles

Herbert Lawford defeated Charles Walder Grinstead 7–5, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion William Renshaw defeated Herbert Lawford 6–0, 6–4, 9–7 in the Challenge Round to win the 1884 Wimbledon Championships.

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1885 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

List of champions of the 1885 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open).

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1885 U.S. National Championships – Singles

Richard Sears won his fifth title at the U.S. championships.

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1886 U.S. National Championship (tennis)

List of champions of the 1886 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open).

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1886 U.S. National Championships – Doubles

Sears and Dwight won the doubles title by beating Taylor and Brinley in four sets in the final.

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1886 U.S. National Championships – Singles

Richard Sears won his 6th consecutive title by beating Robert Livingston Beeckman in the challenge round.

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1887 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

List of champions of the 1887 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open).

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1887 U.S. National Championships – Doubles

In the final, Sears and Dwight won in five sets against Taylor and Slocum.

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1887 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles

Richard Sears won his 7th consecutive title by beating Henry Slocum in the challenge round.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sears_(tennis)

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