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Ernest Browne
Browne (before 1903)
Full nameErnest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
Country (sports) Ireland
Born11 July 1855
Great Malvern, England
Died13 April 1946(1946-04-13) (aged 90)
Cheltenham, England
Singles
Career record118/30 (79.7%) [1]
Career titles22 [2]
Highest rankingNo. 4 (1882, Karoly Mazak)[3]
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonSF (1885)
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Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne (11 July 1855, Great Malvern, Worcestershire – 13 April 1946, Cheltenham, England;[4] also E. de S. H. Browne) was an Irish tennis player and former World No 4.[5]

Career

Browne played his first tournament in April at 1880 at a tournament staged in Cheltenham on clay he reached the final before losing to Ernest Renshaw. In late May 1880 he entered the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and reached the All-Comers final losing to William Renshaw in straight sets. In 1881 he entered three tournaments this year including the South of England Championships losing in the 1st round. At Irish Championships he lost a second match against Herbert Lawford retiring at two sets to one down. He reached his second successive Cheltenham final in 1881 before losing to William Renshaw. Browne took part in the Wimbledon Championships between 1882 and 1885. In 1885 he reached the semifinals of the all-comers-competition, but lost to Ernest Renshaw.[6] He won the Irish Championships in doubles (1882) and mixed doubles (1882, 1883) the Scottish Championships singles title consecutively three times from (1889–91).[7] and the Welsh Championships singles title twice (1886–87). In addition he won three consecutive West of England Championships, (1883,84,85) titles at Bath and the Cheltenham tournament singles title four times, (1881, 1885–87).[8] He was ranked World No. 4 for the years 1882, 1883 and 1885 by Karoly Mazak.[3] Browne was a friend and mentor of Ernest and William Renshaw.[9] He played his last tournament at the 1892 Scottish Championships where he was defending in the challenge round against challenger Arthur Gore he conceded the title by a walkover.

Personal

Ernest was born in 1855 in England. He was baptised 20 October 1855 in Great Malvern, Worcester, England the son of George & Susanna Mary Browne.[10] He married Ellen Augusta Ramsay the daughter of Sir Alexander Ramsay in Kensington London in December 1885.[11] After his retirement he resided in Tullamore, King's County, Ireland.[12] His wife Ellen Browne died in Cheltenham,[13] Gloucestershire in June 1929 he spent his final years in England and died in Cheltenham England in 1946 at the age of 90.[14]

Career tournaments

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),[15] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenge round

Singles titles

No Year Tournament Location Surface Oponnent Score
1. 1881 Cheltenham [16] Cheltenham Grass Scotland Robert W. G. L. Braddell 6-3. 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
2. 1883 South of Ireland Championships [17] Limerick Hard Ireland William Dawson 6-3, 6-2, 6-5
3. 1883 West of England Championships [18] Bath Grass England Wilfred Milne 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
4. 1884 West of England Championships Bath Grass England C. K. Wood 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
5. 1884 North Yorkshire Championships[19] Scarborough Grass England Marmaduke S. Constable 6-1 ret.
6. 1884 King’s County and Ormonde Tournament Parsonstown Grass Ireland Eyre Chatterton w.o.
7. 1885 West of England Championships [20] Bath Grass United States James Dwight 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
8. 1885 East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham Grass England Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
9. 1885 North Yorkshire Championships Scarborough Grass United Kingdom E.W. Fletcher 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
10. 1885 King’s County and Ormonde Tournament Parsonstown Grass Ireland Toler Roberts Garvey 6-1, 6-2 *
11. 1886 Harrogate Harrogate [21] Grass United Kingdom Gilbert Mahon 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
12. 1886 North of England Championships Scarborough [22] Grass United Kingdom Harry Grove 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
13. 1886 Welsh Championships [23] Penarth Grass United Kingdom James Baldwin 6-0 ret.
14. 1886 East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham Grass United States James Dwight 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 9-7
15. 1887 North of England Championships [24] Scarborough Grass United Kingdom James Baldwin 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
16. 1887 Welsh Championships[23][25] Penarth Grass United Kingdom James Baldwin 6-1 6-2 ret. *
17. 1887 East Gloucestershire Championships[26] Cheltenham Grass United States James Dwight 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
18. 1889 Scottish Championships [27] Edinburgh Grass Scotland Patrick Bowes Lyon 6-4 6-4 6-2
19. 1890 Scottish Championships [27] Edinburgh Grass England George R. Mewburn 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4 *
20. 1891 Scottish Championships [27] Edinburgh Grass United Kingdom Arthur Carvosso 6-3 6-3 6-1 *

References

  1. ^ "Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne: Match record". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne: Stats". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 10-13.
  4. ^ Tennis Archives
  5. ^ Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. pp. 9–13. ISBN 9781549746475.
  6. ^ Collins, B. (2010): History of Tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, p. 414.
  7. ^ Doherty, R.F. et al. (1903): R. F. & H. L. Doherty on Lawn Tennis. Baker and Taylor Co., New York, p. 173. (online)
  8. ^ "Ernest Browne:Tournaments activity". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  9. ^ Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner's sons, New York, p. 180. (online)
  10. ^ "Ernest De Sylly Hamilton Browne Esquire (b. 1855) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree". www.wikitree.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  11. ^ "FreeBMD - Search: Marriages: District: Kensington: London: Entries". www.freebmd.org.uk. Registrar of Birth, Marriages and Deaths UK. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  12. ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. National Archives of Ireland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Ellen Augusta Ramsay (1858-1929)". www.wikitree.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 March 1922. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Cheltenham 1881". www.tennisarchives.com. The Field Magazine 1881. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Limerick 1883". www.tennisarchives.com. Past Time Magazine 1883. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  18. ^ "West of England Championships 1883". www.tennisarchives.com. Pastime 1883. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  19. ^ "North Yorkshire 1884". www.tennisarchives.com. Past Time Magazine 1884. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  20. ^ "West of England Championships 1885". www.tennisarchives.com. Pastime Magazine 1885. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  21. ^ "HARROGATE Tournament Draw 1886". thetennisbase.com. Past Time Magazine 1886. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  22. ^ "NORTH OF ENGLAND CH. Tournament Draw 1886". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  23. ^ a b Myers, Arthur Wallis (1904). Lawn Tennis at Home Abroad. New York: Scribner and Sons. p. 64.
  24. ^ "NORTH OF ENGLAND CH. Tournament Draw 1887". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  25. ^ "WELSH CH. Tournament Draw 1887". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  26. ^ "CHELTENHAM Tournament Draw 1887". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  27. ^ a b c Meyers, Arthur Wallis (1903). "Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad". New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons. p. 63. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

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