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The Renshaw Cup was won outright annually from 1905 to 1949. The original cup was presented to The All England Lawn Tennis Club in 1905 by members of the family of Ernest and William Renshaw (who contributed so much to lawn tennis in the 1880's) as First Prize to the winner of the All Comers' Singles.
Fred Perry did not have an easy path to the 1934 final, having been 1-2 down against Menzel (Czechoslovakia) in the third round. He beat Lott (USA) 10/8 in the fourth and took five sets to beat Sidney Wood, who had ousted him in the 1931 semi-finals and gone on to win the Championship. In the dramatic final against Australia's Jack Crawford, "Perry went beserk. He reached Arthur Ashe's 'serene high' and stayed there for twelve unforgettable games to lead two sets to love (in the second set Crawford won only eight points) and 1/0. Crawford, temporarily finding the eye of the storm, got back into the match and at one time looked like winning the third set when he served at 5/4. But Perry broke back and held his own for 6/5. Crawford, serving, reached 40/0. Perry pulled him back to deuce and then got to match-point. Crawford, determined to get to the net before Perry, foot-faulted on his first service. His second went into the net" (Max Robertson Wimbeldon, 1987, p. 93). Perry, who was already American and Australian Champion, was triumphant at the age of 25, the first Englishmen to win the Men's singles since A. W. Gore in 1909, the year of his own birth.
Fred Perry did not have an easy path to the 1934 final, having been 1-2 down against Menzel (Czechoslovakia) in the third round. He beat Lott (USA) 10/8 in the fourth and took five sets to beat Sidney Wood, who had ousted him in the 1931 semi-finals and gone on to win the Championship. In the dramatic final against Australia's Jack Crawford, "Perry went beserk. He reached Arthur Ashe's 'serene high' and stayed there for twelve unforgettable games to lead two sets to love (in the second set Crawford won only eight points) and 1/0. Crawford, temporarily finding the eye of the storm, got back into the match and at one time looked like winning the third set when he served at 5/4. But Perry broke back and held his own for 6/5. Crawford, serving, reached 40/0. Perry pulled him back to deuce and then got to match-point. Crawford, determined to get to the net before Perry, foot-faulted on his first service. His second went into the net" (Max Robertson Wimbeldon, 1987, p. 93). Perry, who was already American and Australian Champion, was triumphant at the age of 25, the first Englishmen to win the Men's singles since A. W. Gore in 1909, the year of his own birth.