Herbert Chipp

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Chipp

Herbert Chipp (born 4 January, 1850 at Hampstead, England; died 25 August, 1903 at Ely, Cambridgeshire)[1] was an English tennis player.

Chipp participated in the Wimbledon Championships in between 1882 and 1900. In 1884 he reached the semi-final of the all-comers competition, which he lost to Herbert Lawford 5-7, 4-6, 4-6.[2]

In 1898 he published the book Lawn Tennis Recollections,[3] and he contributed parts to J. M. Heathcotes book Tennis; Lawn Tennis, Rackets; Fives.[4] He also was Honorary Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association.[5]

Chipp died in 1903 at the age of 53.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tennisarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1006
  2. ↑ Collins, B. (2010): History of Tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, p. 414.
  3. ↑ Chipp, H (1898): Lawn Tennis Recollections. Reprint from RareBooksClub.com, ISBN 978-1130808858.
  4. ↑ Heathcote, J. et al. (1901): Tennis : Lawn Tennis : Racquets : Fives. Longmans, Green & Co., London. (online)
  5. ↑ Gillmeister, H. (1998): Tennis: A Cultural History. London, Leicester University Press,p. 251. ISBN 0-8147-3121-X.
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