James Ernest Renshaw ( eng. James Ernest Renshaw ; January 3, 1861 , Leamington , Warwickshire - September 2, 1899 , Twyford , Berkshire ) - British tennis player, six-time winner of the Wimbledon men's single and men's doubles. Twin brother and main rival in the fight for the titles of William Renshaw .
| Ernest Renshaw | |
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| Player gender | |
| Date of Birth | January 3, 1861 |
| Place of Birth | Leamington , Warwickshire , UK |
| Date of death | September 2, 1899 (38 years) |
| Place of death | Whiteford , Berkshire , UK |
| Citizenship | Great Britain |
| Growth | 179 [1] cm |
| Weight | 68 kg |
| Carier start | 1879 |
| Working hand | right |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Series Tournaments | |
| Wimbledon | victory ( 1888 ) |
| Double discharge | |
| Grand Slam Series Tournaments | |
| Wimbledon | victory (1884-1886, 1888-1889) |
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Biography
Born on January 3, 1861 , in Brandon Paraid, Leamington, Warwickshire , in the family of James Renshaw and his wife, Ellen Renshaw (nee - Knight), and was 15 minutes older than his twin brother, William. Educated at Cheltenham College . [2]
Ernest Renshaw died at Waltham St. Lawrence , near Twyford in Berkshire , on September 2, 1899 , at the age of 38, from poisoning with carbolic acid . Although an investigation was carried out, it wasn’t possible to establish whether the tennis player accepted the poisonous substance intentionally, or it all happened by chance [3] [2] .
In 1983 he joined his brother in the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
Sports career
First played at the Wimbledon tournament in 1880 , and immediately reached the quarterfinals, where, in four sets, he was defeated by Edward Woodhouse. During his career in these competitions, he scored only one victory in singles (in 1888, Ernest defeated the challenge in three games, with Herbert Lawford and his brother, the most serious rival), but, besides, he played four more times in the final where he lost to his brother three times and once to Herbert Lawford.
Also, together with his brother, Ernest won five times on the Wimbledon courts in doubles ( 1884 - 1886 , 1888 , 1889 ; this record, after a short time, was surpassed by the Doherty brothers).
From other tournaments in singles Ernest Renshaw won the Championship of Ireland four times ( 1883 , 1887 , 1888 , 1892 ), and once - competitions in Prince's club , in London . In the men's doubles, along with William, he also won the Championship of Ireland four times (1881, 1883, 1884, 1885), in mixed doubles - once, in 1887 , together with 16-year-old Lottie Daud [4] . In addition, Ernest and his brother won three titles at the Oxford University Championship, in the men's doubles [5] (1880, 1881, 1884; the tournament was open to all comers).
The last time the Renshaw brothers took part in competitions in the Wimbledon tournament in 1893 , but, they had to play against each other in the first round and William refused to fight. Ernest was unable to use his chance and lost in the second round, with a score of 6-1, 5-7, 1-6, 6-4, 3-6, Irishman Harold Mahoney .
Grand Slam Tournaments
Singles Grand Slam Finals: 5 (1-4)
Victory (1)
| Year | Tournament | Rival in the Final | Score in the final |
| 1888 | Wimbledon tournament | Herbert Lawford | 6-3, 7-5, 6-0 |
Defeats (4)
| Year | Tournament | Rival in the Final | Score in the final |
| 1882 | Wimbledon tournament | William Renshaw | 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6 |
| 1883 | Wimbledon tournament | William Renshaw | 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6 |
| 1887 | Wimbledon tournament | Herbert Lawford | 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 |
| 1889 | Wimbledon tournament | William Renshaw | 4-6, 1-6, 6-3, 0-6 |
See also
- William Renshaw
Notes
- ↑ The Outing magazine , vol. 7, 1885. P.139
- ↑ 1 2 Oxford Dictionary .
- ↑ Pharmaceutical journal ;: A weekly record of pharmacy and allied sciences, 1900. P. 279
- ↑ Doherty, Doherty, 1903 , p. 170–171.
- Ox Oxford University Lawn Tennis Club: 1879–1883 . Norham Gardens Lawn Tennis Club
Literature
- “The glorious reign of Renshaw” // A. Wallis Myers . The complete lawn tennis player . - Philadelphia: GW Jacobs & co, 1908. - P. 18-24.
- "William and Ernest Renshaw" // Herbert Chipp . Lawn tennis recollections . - Merritt & Hatcher, 1898. - P. 13-21.
- Reginald Doherty, Lawrence Doherty. RF and HL Doherty on lawn tennis . - New York: The Baker & Taylor company, 1903. - 258 p.
Links
- Ernest Renshaw on the International Tennis Hall of Fame website
- Ernest Renshaw at the Tennis Archives (inaccessible link)
- Wray Vamplew . Renshaw, William Charles . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Oxford University Press . 2004-12.