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1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1902 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Top 3 1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge related articles
1 Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Kosmos Holding and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States and Australia. The current champions are Spain, who beat Canada to win their sixth title in 2019.More
2 Crescent Athletic Club
The Crescent Athletic Club was an athletic club in Brooklyn. Founded by a group of Yale University alumni in 1884 as an American football club, it later expanded to include other sports, including baseball, lacrosse and basketball. The club had over 1,500 members in the early 20th century. The club's membership declined in the 20th century, and it filed for bankruptcy in 1939. The club also became an important social institution in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, hosting plays, dinners, dances, lectures, concerts, and minstrel shows.More
3 Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, co-extensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the most-populous county in the state, the second-most densely populated county in the United States, and New York City's most populous borough, with an estimated 2,648,403 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, it shares a land border with the borough of Queens, at the western end of Long Island. Brooklyn has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan across the East River, and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects it with Staten Island.More
1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Details
Duration6 – 8 August
Edition2nd
Teams2
Champion
Winning Nation  United States
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The 1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the second edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The tie was played at the Crescent Athletic Club in Brooklyn, New York, United States.[1] The Crescent Athletic Club was located at Narrows Avenue and 85th Street, site at present of the Fort Hamilton HS Athletic Field.

1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Intro articles: 2
1 New York (state)
New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It was one of the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States. With a total area of 54,555 square miles and a population of more than 19 million residents as of 2019, New York is the 27th largest U.S state as well as the fourth-most-populous. To distinguish it from New York City, the largest city in the state, it is sometimes referred to as New York State.More
2 United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States, or America, is a country primarily located in North America, consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, it is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area. With a population of over 328 million, it is the third most populous country in the world. The national capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City.More

Result

United States vs. British Isles


United States
3 		Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, NY, United States [1]
6–8 August 1902 [1]
Grass
British Isles
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Malcolm Whitman
Joshua Pim 		6
1 		6
1 		1
6 		6
0 		   
2
William Larned
Reginald Doherty 		6
2 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		 
3
Dwight Davis / Holcombe Ward
Laurence Doherty / Reginald Doherty 		6
3 		8
10 		3
6 		4
6 		   
4
William Larned
Joshua Pim 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5
Malcolm Whitman
Reginald Doherty 		6
1 		7
5 		6
4 		     

1902 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Result articles: 10
1 United States Davis Cup team
The United States of America's Davis Cup Team represents the United States in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the United States Tennis Association.More
2 Great Britain Davis Cup team
The Great Britain Davis Cup team is the men's national tennis team and has represented the United Kingdom internationally since 1900. Organised by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European association.More
3 United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland. Otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles (240,000 km2).More
4 Malcolm Whitman
Malcolm "Mal" Douglass Whitman was an American tennis player who won three singles titles at the U.S. National Championships.More
5 Joshua Pim
Dr Joshua Pim FRCSI was a medical doctor and Irish amateur tennis player. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894. He won the Wimbledon men's doubles in 1890 and 1893.More
6 William Larned
William Augustus Larned was an American tennis player who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. He won seven singles titles at the U.S. National Championships.More
7 Reginald Doherty
Reginald "Reggie" or "R. F." Frank Doherty was a British tennis player and the older brother of tennis player Laurence Doherty. He was known in the tennis world as "R.F." rather than "Reggie". He was a four-time Wimbledon singles champion and a triple Olympic Gold medalist in doubles and mixed doubles.More
8 Dwight F. Davis
Dwight Filley Davis, Sr. was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929.More
9 Holcombe Ward
Holcombe Ward was an American tennis player who was active during the last years of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th. He won the U.S. National Championships singles title in 1904 and additionally won six doubles titles at the Grand Slam event.More
10 Laurence Doherty
Hugh Laurence "Laurie" Doherty was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics in singles and doubles. In 1903 he became the first non-American player to win the U.S. National Championships.More

References

  1. ^ a b c "United States v British Isles". daviscup.com.

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