The first lawn tennis club in the world is formed in Leamington, Warwickshire, England.

The first lawn tennis court in Canada opens on the archery ground on the west side of the Halifax Public Gardens.

The All England Croquet Club stages the first men’s singles championship at Wimbledon.

Dartmouth’s first club, St. George’s Lawn Tennis Club, builds three grass courts on Canal Street.

Tennis championships at Wimbledon open to women for the first time.

1890 By this time clubs existed in all provinces except for Saskatchewan. 1890 Halifax’s South End

Tennis Club formed on

a leased portion of the

J. S. MacLean property

on Young Avenue. 1890 The Bridgewater Tennis Club opens its grass

tennis courts. 1893 The Sydney Lawn Tennis Club was incorporated by an Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature on 28 April. 1896 Tennis included for the first time in the staging

of the modern Olympics. 1900 St. Georges relocates

from Canal Street to Mott’s Lane, expanding

to five courts. 1902 Cromarty Tennis Club opens, at its present

location, in Sydney, NS 1908 The Waegwoltic Club was founded, originally known as the “Bloomingdale”. 1940–45 St. George’s membership is augmented by members of the British Navy who were stationed in the

area during WWII. 1985 St. George’s Tennis Club celebrates its centenary and publishes a history

of the club, a copy of which is now found in

the Wimbledon library.