Mrs
LAMBERT CHAMBERS PLAYING BACKHAND DRIVE WHILE RUNNING.
The server's partner always stands in while the service is being delivered. He should watch his partner serve if he has any variety of service. This is an important, but almost universally neglected point. It follows that one who has observed the flight and break of the ball must get to it more quickly than one who turns his back on it.
Always be on the net in a double. Get up and hit down.
The gravest error in doubles of which English players are guilty is in the position of the striker-out's partner, who frequently stands in at the net while his partner is receiving. Nothing but perfect lawn tennis on the striker-out's part, which one does not very often see, can justify this stupid forma- 1877. S. W. Gore. 1878. P. F. Hadow. *1879. J. T. Hartley.. 1880. J. T. Hartley. 1881. W. Renshaw. 1882. W. Renshaw. 1883. W. Renshaw. 1884. W. Renshaw. 1885. W. Renshaw.
VOI.. III THE TATE LIBRARY, BRIXTON, S.W. tion. It cost the Australian pair their match in the challenge round at Wimbledon last meeting. It has gone out a good deal, but recently I think there has been a tendency to reintroduce it. The game in England is now in a most interesting condition. It is a period of transition from the game introduced by the Dohertys back to the genuine old English hard-hitting school. When the history of lawn tennis is written, the past ten years will be regarded as a hiatus in the true game. The Dohertys' hold of the racket and their production of their strokes are entirely personal. No other first-class player in the world uses the grips or produces the strokes of the game in the way that the Dohertys do. As a matter of fact, it is utterly impossible with an unchanged grip to play modern lawn tennis. It was probably a realisation of this that caused Messrs. R. F. and H. L. Doherty to abandon the game. The recent successes of Australasian lawn tennis players fortunately do not mean that English lawn tennis is dead; on the contrary, they stand for the renascence of the genuine old English game, with its properly produced strokes and its forceful, sound tactics, plus the American service.
A most significant fact is that England, with her population of over 40,000,000 people, has not, since H. L. Doherty's win to 1911, produced a champion. Australasia, with about an eighth of this population, has produced two, while in the United States of America there are many promising aspirants with form practically equal to that of the champions.
The forehand stroke of the English ladies is played in a different manner from that of the men. They have not the strength to waste, so they play the natural stroke and use the hold advocated by Dr. Dwight and myself.
The laws of the game require revision and careful drafting. England and America recently passed a law with regard to the service. It is now a legal service if the ball pitch in any portion of the half-court diagonally opposite to that from which the server delivered his service or on any line thereof except the base line!
WINNERS OF THE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
CHAMPIONS. 1886. W. Renshaw. *1887. H. F. Lawford." 1888. E. Renshaw. *1895. W. Baddeley. 1896. H. S. Mahony. 1897. R. F. Doherty. 1889. W. Renshaw. 1890. W. J. Hamilton. *1891. W. Baddeley. 1892. W. Baddeley. 1893. J. Pim. 1898. R. F. Doherty. 1899. R. F. Doherty. 1900. R. F. Doherty. 1901, A. W. Gore.
The holder did not defend the title. 1894. J. Pim. 1902. H. L. Doherty.
P. A. VAILE. 1903. H. L. Doherty. 1904. H. L. Doherty. 1905. H. L. Doherty. 1906. H. L. Doherty. *1907. N. E. Brookes. *1908. A. W. Gore. 1909. A. W. Gore. 1910. A. F. Wilding.
K WINNERS OF THE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (continued). ALL COMERS' SINGLES. 1877. S. W. Gore.
H. F. Lawford. 1878. P. F. Hadow. 1887.
H. F. Lawford. 1879. J. T. Hartley. 1888.
E. Renshaw. 1880. H. F. Lawford. 1889. W. Renshaw. 1881. W. Renshaw. 1890. W. J. Hamilton. 1891. W. Baddeley. 1882. E. Renshaw. 1883. E. Renshaw. 1884. H. F. Lawford. 1885. H. F. Lawford. 1884. Miss Maud Watson. 1885. Miss Maud Watson. 1886. Miss Bingley. 1887. Miss Dod. 1888. Miss Dod. *1889. Mrs. Hillyard. *1890. Miss Rice. *1891. Miss Dod. 1892. Miss Dod. 1892. J. Pim. 1893. J. Pim. 1894. W. Baddeley. 1893.
W. Baddeley. 1896. H. S. Mahony. 1897. R. F. Doherty. 1898. H. L. Doherty. 1899. A. W. Gore. 1900. S. H. Smith. 1901. A. W. Gore. 1902. H. L. Doherty.
LADY CHAMPIONS.
Miss Dod. *1894. Mrs. Hillyard. *1895. Miss C. Cooper. 1896. Miss C. Cooper. 1897. Mrs. Hillyard. *1898. Miss C. Cooper. 1899. Mrs. Hillyard. 1900. Mrs. Hillyard. 1901. Mrs. Sterry. * The holder did not defend the title. 1879. L. R. Erskine and H. F. Lawford. 1880. W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw. 1881. W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw. 1882. J. T. Hartley and R. T. Richardson. 1883. C. W. Grinstead and C. E. Weldon. 1884. W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw. 1885. W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw. 1886. W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw.
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS. *1887. P. B. Lyon and H. W. W. Wilberforce. 1888. W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw. 1889. W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw. *1890. J. Pim and F. O. Stoker. 1891. W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley. 1892. H. S. Barlow and E. W. Lewis. 1893. J. Pim and F. O. Stoker. 1894. W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley. 1888. E. Renshaw and Mrs. Hillyard. 1889. J. C. Kay and Miss Dod. *1890. J. Baldwin and Miss K. Hill. *1891. J. C. Kay and Miss Jackson. *1892. A. Dod and Miss Dod. 1902. *1903. 1904. 1905. [LAWN TENNIS 1903. F. L. Riseley. 1904. F. L. Riseley. 1905. N. E. Brookes. 1906. F. L. Riseley. 1907. N. E. Brookes. 1908. A. W. Gore. 1909. M. J. G. Ritchie. 1910. A. F. Wilding.