1884 men's tennis season explained

1884 men's tennis season
Duration:	6 May – 21 December
Edition:	9th
Tournaments:	71
Categories:	Important (4) National (4) Provincial/Regional/State (8) County (11) Local/other (44)
Most Tournament Titles:	Charles Walder Grinstead (4)
Most Tournament Finals:	Charles Walder Grinstead (5) Ernest Browne (5)
Previous:	1883
Next:	1885

The 1884 men's tennis season was the ninth annual tennis season consisting of 70 tournaments. The season began in April in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon and ended in December in Melbourne, Australia.

Summary of tour

Herbert Lawford wins the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships at his 3rd attempt in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in straight sets. William Renshaw a fourth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. Former Wimbledon champion Donald Stewart wins the Northern Championship in Liverpool against Herbert Wilberforce. In America Richard Sears collects a fourth successive US National Championship beating Howard Taylor in straight sets.

The title leader this season was Charles Walder Grinstead winning 5 tournaments from 5 finals.

Calendar

Notes 1: Challenge Round: the final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921),^[1] in some tournaments not all.

• Indicates challenger

Key

Important.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

Men's 1884 Tennis tour included:^[6]

January

No events

February

No events

March

No events

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
16 - 17 May.^[9]	Clyde Park Tournament Boston United States Grass	William V.S. Thorne 77–73 (games)	Percy Knapp
12 - 17 May.^[10]	Fitzwilliam Club Championships Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, Ireland Grass	Ernest Browne ?	?
14 - 19 May	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships Dublin, Ireland Grass	Herbert Lawford 6-1 6-4 6-2	Eyre Chatterton	Herbert Knox McKay	Willoughby Hamilton Richard D. Sears
	William Renshaw** Maud Watson 6-0, 8-6, 6-3	Robert Galbraith Horn Connie Butler
19 - 24 May.^[11]	Fitzwilliam Purse Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, Ireland Grass	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-1, 1-6, 6-2	Robert Shaw Templer	William Drummond Hamilton	Toler Roberts Garvey J.Butler Robinson
21 - 24 May.^[12]	Whitehouse Open Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland Outdoor Grass	Richard Henry Fuller 6-4 6-3 6-3		A. Dunn jr.	Walter William Chamberlain Charles Robert Andrew Howden Patrick Smith

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
June.		? ?	?
2 - 6 June^[13]	West of England Championships Bath Great Britain Grass	Ernest de Sylly H. Browne 6-4, 6-2, 6-4	C.K. Wood		Wilfred Milne Ernest Browne Donald Charles Stewart
9 - 15 June		Donald Stewart 9-7 6-1 6-2	William Bush-Salmon	Richard Taswell Richardson	Theodore Robson Eskrigge Joseph Bruce Ismay
16 - 22 June		Donald Charles Stewart 10-8 6-1 6-3			C.K. Wood Frederick William Knox
16 - 22 June		Herbert Lawford 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-2	Frederick Bowlby	Teddy Williams William C. Taylor	Herbert Chipp Edward Charles Pine-Coffin Harry Grove Arthur John Stanley
19 - 21 June.		Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-3 7-5 0-6 6-3	Richard Field Conover	Henry Warner Slocum	A.T. Greenough F.A. Hopkins
21 - 26 June^[15]		George Butterworth 6-3, 4-6, 6-2		James Baldwin Charles Lacy Sweet	Montagu Hankey Lionel Wilberforce
23 - 26 June^[16]		James Baldwin 6-0 6-1 8-6	L.K. Smith	Ralph Bagnall-Wild	H. Clark P.D. Tucker B. Winthrop
25 -27 June.^[17]		Walter William Chamberlain 6-1, 6-1, 10-8	Charles Robert Andrew Howden	Charles Robert Andrew Howden George Nelson Stenhouse
		Challenger John Galbraith Horn
26 - 28 June^[18]	Northumberland Cricket Club Open Northumberland County Cricket Club Newcastle-upon-Tyne Great Britain Grass	E. M. Sinclair 2-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2		A. Dunn Jr.	Thomas Oswald Swarbreck T.R. Redmayne
23 - 29 June.		Richard Field Conover 6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4		William V.S. Thorne	Morgan Gibbes Post P. Willis
23 - 29 June		Teddy Williams 6-3 6-2 6-2		John Redfern Deykin C.E. Salmon	Alfred Henry Betham Robert Rawnsley Bowles Philip Grove
23 - 29 June		Robert Rawnsley Bowles 6-4, 6-1, 6-2	C.A. Woods	Philip Grove	Hamilton A. Emmons A.H. Griffiths John Charles Kay

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
July		Mr Crawfurd 6-4 6-4 8-6	George Stanley
9 – 12 July.		Mr. Awdry 6-4, 2-6, 6-5	W.A. Platt	A.B. Fielden A.H. Jacob	F. Comins J.H. Deazeley M. Eales T.E. Graham
5 - 15 July		William Renshaw 6–0, 6–4, 9–7			Ernest Browne Wilfred Milne William Taylor RC Thompson
19 July		Reginald Arthur Gamble 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	Herbert Bowes-Lyon		Patrick Bowes-Lyon George Nelson Stenhouse Archibald Thomson
14 -20 July.^[20]		Horace Septimus Wansbrough 6-5 6-5 6-2	Henry Homfray	William Gerald Barker Daniel Lee	A. Fitzmaurice Hugh Vibart MacNaghten Leonard Dampier
21 - 27 July.		Teddy Williams 8-6, 6-2 6-3		John George Chamberlain Joseph Bruce Ismay	R.P. Carter John Redfern Deykin Arthur Walton Fuller Frank Noon
21-27 July.		Joseph Bruce Ismay 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4	Howard Pease	James Blackhouse Dale	J.G. Burdon Mark Fenwick
27 July.^[21]		Hugh V. McNaughten 3-6 6-0 6-1 ret.	W. J. Gray	John Redfern Deykin Joseph Bruce Ismay	L.G. Campbell Claude Erskine Farrer H.C. Goodhart Frank Noon
21 - 27 July.^[22]		Walter William Chamberlain 6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1		Arthur Walton Fuller John George Thursfield	E.T. Hopkins John Charles Kay Frank Noon Henry Blane Porter
21 - 27 July		Claude Erskine Farrer 6-2 6-4	William J. Down.	Charles Edward De Fonblanque Arthur John Stanley	W.R. Dagnall Leopold Maxse Harold S. Stone C.G. Woolley
21 - 27 July.^[23]		Eyre Chatterton 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	Thomas Harrison Griffiths	Percy Wildman Lushington Francis Woodcock Perry	George Bloomfield Garvey Grattan Wildman Lushington Francis Metcalfe Robert Shaw Templer
	Challenger Tom Campion
28–31 Jul.^[24]	Langley Marish Tournament Eaton Recreation Ground Langley Marish, Berkshire, England Grass	Felix Henry Prince Palmer 6-1. 6-0	Thomas Arthur Nash	Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett H.P. Ward	M.J. Michael Wiliam Harry Nash R.J. Price Maurice John Swabey

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
August		Joseph Sill Clark 3-2 Sets
1 - 2 August.^[26]		Walter William Chamberlain 6-2 6-4	Frederick William Knox
28 Jul-2 Aug.^[27]		Ernest Browne w.o.	Alexander Francis Grant		Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph
	Challenger Eyre Chatterton
29 Jul-2 Aug.		Peter Aungier 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4	John Peter Stephen Gradwell	Captain Kenyon-Slaney	Peter Latouche J. Murray C.A. Williamson
	Challenger Thomas Harrison
28 Jul-3 Aug		Charles W. Grinstead 6-0 6-4	E. N. Cubitt	P. Colley Edmund Arthur Hollingbury	E. Bragy Edward Henry Christy Laurence Joseph Petre C. Wells
28 Jul-3 Aug		Herbert W-Fox 1-6 6-2 6-1	John C. Gray
28 Jul-3 Aug.		A. L. Davies 6-1, 4-6, 12-10, 6-3	Robert Rawnsley Bowles	H.C. Woolley	E. Brown C.E. Salmon W.G. Smith
28 Jul-3 Aug		Charles Walder Grinstead rain stooped play			Marmaduke Strickland Constable Ernest Wool Lewis
28 Jul-3 Aug.		Donald Stewart 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0	Ernest Browne 1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 8-6	James Dwight	Jacob Gaitskell Brown Richard Dudley Sears F. Rathbone
	Challenger Herbert Wilberforce
28 Jul-3 Aug.^[28]		Howard Augustus Taylor 8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3		William V.S. Thorne E.K. Butler
1-6 August^[29]		Ernest Wool Lewis 6-4, 6–4, 6-4	Roy Allen
3 -8 Aug.		Captain Taylor 6-3 6-2	Charles Hobson Marriott	Theodore Coventry H. Shipton
4 -10 Aug.^[30] ^[31] ^[32] ^[33]		Francis William Monement 6-4 1-6 6-1		Charles. E. Weddon	Hamilton A. Emmons	Charles Sidney Cullingham Edward Morgan Hansell
4 -10 Aug.		Frederick W. Knox 6-4 7-5 6-4		John H. Browne 6-0, 6-3	Hercules Robert Langrishe	F.E. Bird J. Butterworth William James Gallwey
		Challenger George Butterworth
10 – 13 August.^[34]		W.S. Wright w.o.	William Francis Wells-Cole	L. Harrison H.N. Wade	E.W. Brooke Thomas Barton Holmes C.V. Wilkes
11 - 17 Aug.		Patrick Bowes-Lyon 7-9 6-2 6-1 ret.		John Galbraith Horn 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1	Minden Fenwick Norman Leslie Hallward	A.L. Davidson Percival Clennell Fenwick Hugh A. Taylor E.M. Turner
		Challenger Herbert Wilberforce
11 - 17 Aug		Charles Walder Grinstead 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4			John Redfern Deykin Walter William Chamberlain	A.A. Fuller Philip Grove Hugh Workman-MacNaghten William C. Taylor
11 - 17 Aug		Charles Lacy Sweet 6-2 6-3 6-3	L. G. Campbell	Orlando Robert Coote	William John Down A. Massy Leo Maxse
11 - 17 Aug.		Ernest Browne 6-1 ret.	Marmaduke Strickland Constable	Harold Stapylton Greenwell William C. Taylor	Ernest Edwin Meek George E. Newby Arthur Godfrey Pease
11 - 17 Aug.		Captain Wood 6-1 6-1	William P. Wethered	J.C. Rogers Erskine Gerald Watson	P.W. Bush Edward Charles Pine-Coffin Arthur Percy (Percy) Jones Henry Blane Porter
15-20 Aug.^[36]		F.A. Hedley 6-4, 2-6, 6-5	W.J. Bagnall	William Edward Baddeley	J.W. Baddeley W.E. Elliott W.L. Ward
18 - 20 Aug		H.P. Mason 6-4 6-2	Richard Montague Ainslie	E. Crawley R. Hill	Ernest Henry Ainslie Anthony Alfred Bowlby C. Dunn W. Hunter
18 - 20 Aug		Charles Walder Grinstead 6-2 6-2 6-3	H. Anderson	H.P. Marriott
20 August.		G.A. Bolton 6-2, 6-1	Harry Stanley Scrivener	Herbert Henley Playford	E. Boydell Percy Kemp Heard H. Kerby
19 - 21 Aug.^[37]	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England Grass Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – Doubles	Francis William Monement 6-4 1-6 6-1	Maurice Welldon	Hamilton A. Emmons	Charles Sidney Cullingham Edward Morgan Hansell
18 - 23 Aug.^[38]		Arthur Godfrey Pease 6-5 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-5	George E. Newby	John Charles Kay W.B. Tarpey	C.L. Clay H.H. Clay G.F. Richardson C.A. Woodhouse
21–23 August.^[39]		G. Egerton w.o.	R. Lloyd Williams	A. MacBean J.P. Lewis	Thomas Alured Wynne Edwards Major Mesham P. Ormrod H. Lloyd Williams
	Challenger Arthur Bennett Mesham
18 - 24 Aug.		Charles Walder Grinstead 6-2 6-2 6-3	Gerald Erskine Watson	Walter William Chamberlain Harry Grove	Henry Blane Porter H. Kerby Charles Lacy Sweet G.H. Taylor
18 - 24 Aug		Percival Clennell Fenwick 6-3 6-2 6-3	Archibald Thomson	Charles Robert Andrew Howden	William Ferguson Alfred Gordon Rae
22-24 August.^[40]		William Bolding Monement 6-1, 6-0	Edward Berners Upcher		Charles Sidney
23–25 August.^[41] ^[42]		Herbert Wilberforce 6-4, 3–6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1	William Sidney Nelson Heard	Gethin Meredith William Gascoyne Dalziel	George Bevan Bowen Grismond Saunders Davies
25 - ? Aug		Norman L. Hallward 6-0 6-0 6-1	A.N. Dumbleton	M.D. Buckingham H.L. Luxton	R.H.S. Barnes Arthur Belfield Charles Henry Luxton P. Whately
26 - 28 Aug		Alfred Aitken Thomson 6–5, 6–1, 6–2	S.C. Knott	Forrester John Thomson	Alex Buchanan Thomas Byrne Sellar L. Sanderson
25 - 31 Aug		W. W. Chamberlain 6-4 6-3 6-0	E. W. Brook	W.E. Baddeley Lewin Venn Alexander	Frank Noon G.E. Lowe W.G. Lowe H.E. Sugden
25 - 31 Aug		Richard Sears 6-0 1-6 6-0 6-2	[[[William V.S. Thorne| William VS Thorne]] || rowspan=4| Clarence Clark Percy Knapp|| rowspan=4| Robert Livingston Beeckman Alexander Van Rensselaer George Richards Alexander Galt|- valign=top|Challenger Howard Taylor|-valign=top| Richard Sears James Dwight 6-4, 6-1, 8-10, 6-4|| Alexander Van Rensselaer Arthur Newbold|- valign=top| |||- valign=top|rowspan=2|27–29 Aug.^[43] ||rowspan=2|Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament Manadon, Plymouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles || Edward Linwood Strong 6-3 6-3||| Saint John Halford Coventry|| rowspan=2| George William Webber|| rowspan=2| F. Stoney W. Ware|-valign=top| |||-valign=top|} September Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist 1 - 4 Sep. R. Grove Annesley 6-5 6-5 6-2 J.E. Jameson Arthur S. E. Annesley R.L. Rike A. Fitzmaurice J.H. Thomas C.O. Vigers 27 Aug - 5 Sep.^[44] C.C.J. Perry 6-3 7-6 6-4 C. Igglesden J.W. Collard H. Cooper A.W. Oliver F.J. Troughton 1 - 7 Sep Charles Smith Hyman 8-6 6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2 Alexander Monro Grier FitzJames Hynes F. Lewis Bird Henry R. Elmsley Henry Gordon Mackenzie V. Wolsely 1 - 7 Sep Ernest Wool Lewis 6-0 6-2 6-3 Montague Hankey Charles Gathorne Edmund Orr W. Heath John Henry Lewis R. Pinckney H. Olliffe 1 - 7 Sep. Howard Augustus Taylor 7-5 6-2 6-3 Jackson C. Wilmerding James Dwight Morton Spring Paton 1 - 7 Sep Teddy Williams 1-6 6-2 6-2 6-2 William C. Taylor Orlando Robert Coote P. Colley Charles Lacy Sweet 2–4 Sep^[45] Joseph C. Maxwell-Scott 3-6 6-3 9-7 6-2 James Locke L. Sanderson W.O. Stevenson Edmund J. Constable Maxwell J. Moffat A. Sellar Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-1 6-2 6-2 A. Sellar Archibald Thomson S.B. Murray Miss Murray 6-1 6-3 C.E. Stewart Miss Stuart 22 - 27 Sep. Charles Lacy Sweet 0-6 6-1 6-3 6-3 George Lawrence Orme Edward Barrett-Smith L.G. Campbell J.B. Forman J. Garrett William C. Taylor October Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist 30 Sep-6 Oct James Dwight ? Quincy Adams Shaw Jr C.C. Wheelwright Palmer Ellis Presbrey Howard Augustus Taylor 3 - 6 Oct G.S. Money 10-12 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 Alexander W. Miller White Mr. Tayler H. Webb C.J. Nowell Mr. Price Mr. de Reuterskiold F. Vizard 6 - 12 Oct Wallace Percy Knapp 10-12 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 Godfrey M. Brinley November No Events December Rankings Source: The Concise History of Tennis Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1884^[47] Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sources Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Tournament Roll of Honour - Worcesterships Championships - 1884-1970". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. . "History - KZN Tennis". KZN Tennis. Kwazulu Natal Tennis Association. 2018. Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. . Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. . Nieuwland, Alex (2009–2017). "Tournaments 1884". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Further reading Total Tennis:The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, by Bud Collins, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, Canada, The Tennis Book, edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981 Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, A. Wallis Myers Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode. External links https://app.thetennisbase.com/1884 Men's Tennis Season http://www.tennisarchives.com/Tournaments 1884

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