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  James Ernest Renshaw, 1983 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ernest Renshaw was the older of the fabled English Renshaw twins by 15 minutes, and he was a half-inch taller at 5-foot-101/2.
Ernest, who made the singles title round five times, won in 1888, and might have done better if brother hadn't been in the way, losing the prize to Willie thrice 1882, 1883 and 1889, and to Herbert Lawford in 1887.
A right-hander, Ernest was born January 3, 1861, in Leamington, England, and died September 2,1899 in Twyford, England.
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 Ernest Renshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernest Renshaw (3 January 1861–2 September 1899) was an English tennis player.
Together with his twin brother William Renshaw, he won the men's doubles at Wimbledon five times.
Ernest also won the singles championship at Wimbledon once, in 1888.
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 LAWN-TENNIS - LoveToKnow Article on LAWN-TENNIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Both in singles and doubles the best players often make it their aim to get up comparatively near the net as soon as possible, whether they are serving or receiving the serve, the object being to volley the ball whenever possible before it begins to fall.
This year is also memorable for the first championship doubles won by the twin brothers William and Ernest Renshaw, a success which the former followed up by winning the Irish championship, beating among others H. Lawford for the first time.
After a year or two it became evident that neither the volleying tactics of Renshaw nor the strong back play of Lawford would be adopted to the exclusion of the other, and both players began to combine the two styles.
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 William Charles Renshaw, 1983 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Not only did William Charles Renshaw, a forceful right-handed aggressor, win an unequaled six straight Wimbledons from 1881, wresting the title from John Hartley, 6-0, 6-2, 6-1, but he added a record seventh title in 1889, defeating older (by 15 minutes) brother, Ernest Renshaw, in the title round, 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0.
England's Renshaw twins (Ernest was also right-handed) were rivals and accomplices.
Thrice Willie stopped Ernest for the Wimbledon title, but seven times between 1880 and 1889 they combined for the doubles championship a record later topped by one by the Doherty brothers, Laurie and Reggie.
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 LAWN - Online Information article about LAWN
tactics afterwards brought to perfection by the Renshaws, which aimed at forcing the adversary back to the base-line and killing his return with a volley from a position near the net.
standing back and the other near the net; the two Renshaws stood about the same level, just inside the service-line, and from there volleyed with relentless severity and with an accuracy never before equalled, and seldom if ever since; while their service also acquired an immense increase of pace.
BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat.
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 Gold, Ernest --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Ernest Bloch's mastery of musical forms and his influence as a teacher brought him wide acclaim.
One of the great pioneers in nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford discovered radioactivity, explained the role of radioactive decay in the phenomenon of radioactivity, and proved that the positive electric charge in every atom is concentrated in a nucleus at the heart of the atom.
The U.S. naturalist, writer, and illustrator Ernest Thompson Seton was an early practitioner of the modern school of animal-fiction writing.
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 Tournoi de Wimbledon - Wikipédia
1882 : Willie Renshaw bat Ernest Renshaw : 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-2
1887 : Herbert Lawford bat Ernest Renshaw : 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4
1888 : Ernest Renshaw bat Herbert Lawford : 6-3 7-5 6-0
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 Encyclopedia: William Renshaw
William Charles Renshaw (January 3, 1861 - August 12, 1904) was one of the greatest British male tennis players ever.
The following lists male tennis players from over the years who have been ranked in the top 25 in the open era, in the top few prior to the open era, in the top few in doubles, quarterfinalists or better in a Grand Slam tournament, or medalists in the Olympics...
For other uses see Wimbledon (disambiguation) Wimbledon is an area in the London Borough of Merton, south-west London.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Renshaw   (226 words)

  
 Ernest Renshaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ernest Renshaw (el 3 de enero de 1861 - el 2 de septiembre de 1899) era un jugador inglés del tenis.
Junto con su hermano gemelo Guillermo Renshaw, él ganó los dobles de los hombres en Wimbledon siete veces, y escoge una vez (en 1888).
English version: Ernest Renshaw Next: Ladislas J. Meduna Up
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 » Ernest Renshaw :: Sports Personalities, Teams and News Events :: Information from the World of Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ernest Renshaw (3 January 1861 2 September 1899) was an English tennis player.
Poland The Poland national football team (Polish: polska reprezentacja narodowa) is the national team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association.
His father gave him the racket, beginning one of the brightest careers in tennis history.
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 William Renshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William "Willie" Charles Renshaw (January 3, 1861–August 12, 1904) was one of the greatest British male tennis players of all time.
He won 12 Wimbledon titles: 7 in singles and 5 in doubles, partnering with his twin brother Ernest Renshaw.
This page was last modified 10:36, 23 September 2005.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Renshaw   (66 words)

  
 Championship Tennis Tours [ CTT ]: Wimbledon Championships Tickets and Packages
The Oxford University Lawn Tennis Club donated the trophy for the first Men’s Doubles championship.
The popularity of Wimbledon increased rapidly in the mid-1880s with the British Twins, Wenest and William Renshaw who won 13 titles between 1881 and 1889.
This period was known as the ‘Renshaw Rush’.
www.tennistours.com /event_pages/wimbledon/history.asp   (368 words)

  
 Sports History | Staffordshire | Malcolm Henson | Team Sports, Class and Community in the 19th & 20th Century
This small modification eased the task of the groundstroke player and Lawford, who eventually beat Ernest Renshaw to win the championship in 1887 at the age of 36,regarded that as a fair height for the development of all kinds of skill.
Neither the ladies' doubles nor the mixed were given championship status at Wimbledon until 1913, partly because of the prior claims of their original homes and possibly because there was a feeling that attention at Wimbledon ought to be concentrated on the more serious business.
They had taken the place of Renshaws at Wimbledon and the crowds, who had been falling away in the dull years of the 1890s, flocked back.
www.staffs.org /schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/pgstudents/tennis/history.htm   (2888 words)

  
 Wimbledon. (from TENNIS) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
With their warm personalities and exciting, competitive play, the Renshaws are often credited with transforming tennis into a spectator sport.
William won the Wimbledon singles championship seven times, on three occasions defeating his brother in the final.
Ernest was victorious once, and in partnership they won the doubles championship, first played at Oxford in 1879, seven times.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-92484?tocId=92484   (706 words)

  
 Re: Renshaw of Maryland and North Carolina
In Reply to: Renshaw of Maryland and North Carolina by Peg Hamilton
I note you have Renshaws in central Illinois in the 1800s.
Their children were: Elmer Eugene, Elbert Guy, Ernest Renshaw, Jesse Earl, George Bertram, and Richard Earl.
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 Willie Renshaw Tennis Player
William Charles Renshaw, 1983 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall - - Tennis Hall of FameLawn Tennis Club.
HickokSports.com - History - Tennis - Wimbledon Men's Champions This document is a history of the the Wimbledon men's singles tennis championship, - 1890, William Hamilton, 68 62 36 61 61, Willie Renshaw -
MSN Encarta - Wimbledon (tennis) - Wimbledon (tennis), annual tennis tournament held in the district of - The tournaments all-time mens champions are Britains Willie Renshaw, -
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 Lottie Dod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Slowly, Dod became an established top player, illustrated by the fact she partnered then seven-time Wimbledon doubles winner Ernest Renshaw for the first time 1887.
Suzanne Lenglen broke Dod's record of three consecutive singles wins by winning from 1919 to 1923.
Apart from entering women's tournaments, Dod sometimes also played and won matches against men (who usually played with a handicap), and on one occasion defeated star players Ernest Renshaw and George Hillyard (the husband of Blanche) when doubling with Herbert Baddeley.
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 Ashbourne Ernest Albert Renshaw in Ashbourne - Ernest Albert Renshaw Ashbourne Leasing Companies in Ashbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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 tennisreporters.net
Pete may never break old Willie Renshaw's record for the most titles with eight now, but given that Renshaw's run happened before the turn of the last century and before Swiss women birthed babes with soft grips and lightening fast hands, Mr.
Sampras has little reason to burst into tears.
Teenager Roger Federer is no Ernest Renshaw, the name of Willie's brother who old Bill beat for his seventh title.
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 de Freitas Books-Natural History, Science & Technology
A spectacular copy of a detailed compendium of species descriptions, each entry discussing the tree's shape, leaf or needle, flower or buds, root system, fruit, distribution.
Harris, Ernest C. Wild Visitors to a Cotswold Garden.
A near fine copy in original dark-green lettered bright green cloth; with just a hint of wear at spine corners and small lightened patch on rear.
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 The Tennis Bookshop
The winner of the Men’s “Single-Handed” Championship (16 players in the draw) was H.F. Lawford who beat Ernest Renshaw in the final, allowing Lawford to be the challenger of the previous year’s winner, William Renshaw.
The programme has a contemporary ink note to the effect that Lawford became the champion, as Willie Renshaw could not play the Challenge round owing to tennis elbow.
Readers will recall that up to and including 1921, last year’s winner of the men’s singles stood out to allow the others to compete through to a winner who then issued a challenge to the previous year’s winner.
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 ATPtennis.com - Tennis news from around the world
I wish you nothing but the best and good luck in the rest of your life.
William and Ernest Renshaw, Sir Norman Brookes, Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Rod Laver, Arthur Ashe, Bjorn Borg, Peter McNamara, Tim Mayotte, Stefan Edberg and Pat Rafter........Todd Martin, in your retirement, heartiest congratulations on joining this most prolific and highly regarded group of 'tennis gentlemen'.
When it came to being a gentleman on and off the court, sincere, sportsmen like and honest, these men were the ultimate with their constant display of these qualitie.; Todd, welcome to that group.
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 A Mellor Boyhood Chapter 6
Tradesmen, of course, soon turned to mechanical transport.
Ernest Renshaw, the plumber, had a Morgan three-wheeler with its twin cylinders exposed in front of the ‘bonnet’.
Behind the two open seats, on either side of the single rear wheel, were stowed the tools of his trade.
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 Plurabelle - Chemistry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Needham, Joseph; Baldwin, Ernest: Hopkins and Biochemistry: Papers Concerning Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, OM, PRS, with a Selection of his Addresses and a Bibliography of his Publications.
Lister, Ted; Renshaw, Janet: Understanding Chemistry for Advance Level.
Kahane, Ernest; Levy, Jeanne: Colamine, triméthylamine, bétaïne, carnitine, muscarine, bétaïnaldéhyde, sinapine.
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 CNN.com - Wimbledon Single Champions (1877-2004) - Jun 16, 2005
The most successful male players in the history of Wimbledon are Pete Sampras and William Renshaw who took the title seven times.
1889 -- William Renshaw --- Blanche Bingley Hillyard
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 Talk About Tennis Antiques
Thomas Tate began making rackets in London under his name around 1880.
By 1884, stars like Ernest Renshaw and Richard Sears had begun using his rackets to win championships.
He moved into a shop on Great Portland Street in 1889 and is mentioned as a racket maker in the 1890 Badminton Library.
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