1885 men's tennis season explained

1885 men's tennis season
Duration:2 April – 11 November
Edition:10th
Tournaments:119 (Amateur)
Categories:Important (4)
National (4)
Provincial/Regional/State (18)
County (12)
Regular (81)
Most Tournament Titles: James Dwight (6)
Most Tournament Finals: James Dwight (8)
Previous:1884
Next:1886

The 1885 men's tennis season was the tenth annual tennis tour, consisting of 119 tournaments it began at the beginning of the year on 1 January New York City, United States and ended 11 November in Singapore, British Malaya.

Summary of tour

In a repeat of the 1884 final, Herbert Lawford retained his Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin, defeating Ernest Renshaw in five sets.[1] William Renshaw won a fifth consecutive Wimbledon Championship.[2] American player James Dwight broke British dominance at the Northern Championships in Manchester, defeating defending champion Donald Stewart in straight sets.[3] In the United States Richard Sears collected a fifth consecutive US National Championship, beating Godfrey Brinley in four sets. In Australia, the New South Wales Championships were held for the first time at the Association Cricket Ground at the Moore Park in Sydney.[4] In England, the British Covered Court Championships, one of the first tournaments in history to be played on indoor courts, is held in London.[5]

American player James Dwight was the title leader for the season, winning 6 titles from 8 finals. He was the first non-European player to do so since 1877.

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),[6] in some tournaments not all.

Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season

Key

Important.[7] [8] [9] [10]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

Tournaments in 1885 included:[11]

February

No events

March

No events

April

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
April.Canterbury Championships
Canterbury LTC
Christchurch, New Zealand
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Frederick Wilding
6-2 6-3 6-3
C.C. Corfe Edward James Ross F.H. Bruges
A.W. Cooke
J.B. Harrison
2 April.[13] Herbert Lawford
7-5, 6-3 6-0
Herbert Chipp
Charles Prideaux Triscott

May

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
4- 7 May Cambridge University LTC Tournament[14]
Cambridge
Great Britain
Grass
Herbert Wilberforce
6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5
Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake John Moyer Heathcote
Howard Pease
William Nevill Cobbold
Thomas Barton Holmes
Alfred E. Walker7
H. Ward
5 - 7 May Inter-Colonial Lawn Tennis Tournament[15]
Sydney
Australia
Grass
William John Bush-Salmon
1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Walter John C. Riddell Rex Allen Thomas Bately Rolin
Dudley Webb
18 May.Longwood Cricket Club Tournament
(later Longwood Bowl)
Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass, USA
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Howard Augustus Taylor
?
19 - 25 May.[16] E.W. Fletcher
6-4 4-6 6-5
A.R. Atkinson W.T. Booker
M. Pole
William Gerald Barker
D.F. Douglas
Arthur Copson Peake
E.M. Turner
20 - 25 May.[17] Whitehouse Open
Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Outdoor
Clay
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
8-6, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3
Richard Henry Fuller George Kerr
Archibald Thomson
William Ferguson
John Galbraith Horn
Charles R. Andrew Howden
Alfred Aitken Thomson
18 - 26 May Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[18]
Fitzwilliam LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Herbert Lawford
4-6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6-4
Eyre Chatterton
6-4, 7–5, 9-7
James Dwight
George Bloomfield Garvey
A.C. Robertson
Robert Shaw Templer
23 - 26 May.Fitzwilliam Plate
Fitzwilliam LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Herbert Knox McKay
6-3 7-5 6-2
William C. Taylor Tom Campion
J.Butler Robinson
Harry Grove
John Charles Kay
Ernest Edward Knox
Gilbert Mahon
23 - 26 May.Fitzwilliam Purse
Fitzwilliam LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Charles Henry Chaytor
6-3 7-5 6-2
George Arnulph Montgomerie Toler Roberts Garvey
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
Edward Bernard Greene
William Drummond Hamilton
Ronald M. McDougall
A. Taylor
26 May.[19] Young America Cricket Club Invitation
Young America Cricket Club
Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
6-3, 6-3, 6-2
Clarence Munroe Clark Richard Field Conover
William V.S. Thorne
11 - 27 May Dublin University Championships[20]
Dublin
Ireland
Asphalt
Tom Campion
5-7 6-1 7-5 6-1
Charles Henry Chaytor David Wilson Christie
C. Stein
Eyre Chatterton
Herbert Knox McKay
25 - 30 May West of England Championships[21]
Bath
Great Britain
Grass
Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
6-3, 6–1,6-4
James Dwight Edward G. Meyricke
William C. Taylor
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
E.H. Nicolls
H. Peters
C.A. Williamson
30 May.[22] [23] Scarlet Ribbon Amateur Tournament
Scarlet Ribbon LTC
Groveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Surface ?
J.W. Corwith
?
Charles A. Chase[24]

June

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
30 May -6 June.[25] [26] East Orange Club Amateur Tournament
East Orange Athletic Club
East Orange, New Jersey, United States
Grass
Patrick Lyman
6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Wallace Percy Knapp
June.[27] Thomas Robinson Grey
6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 6-3
J.S. Burton Harry Grove
Edward G. Meyricke
Benjamin V. Sellon Brodie
Hamilton A. Emmons
J.B. Forman
Stephen Dickinson Winkworth
Hamilton A. Emmons
Thomas Robinson Grey
6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 9-7
Harry Grove
John Redfern Deykin
Thomas Musgrave Burton
Miss Burton
6-0, 6-5
Thomas Robinson Grey
Miss Davis,
1 - 6 June Ernest Browne
6-4, 6–3, 6-2
James Dwight
Donald Stewart
Frederick William Knox
William C. Taylor
Charles Lacy Sweet
Robert Charles Thompson
8 - 13 June Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
3-6, 8–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6-3
Harry Grove
William C. Taylor
E.W. Brook
Herbert Chipp
James Herbert Crispe
Charles Lacy Sweet
19 - 12 June[30] Richard Sears
6-4, 6–1, 6-3
Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
M.P. Gybbes
E. Spinnet
C.A. Stevens
10 - 13 June.[32] Edinburgh University LTC Open
Edinburgh University LTC
Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
6-1, 6-2, 6-1
T. Leigh MacLachlan John Galbraith Horn
George James Kerr
James H. Aitken
Charles R. A. Howden
Reginald H. Noott
Alex Thomson
15 - 17 June.[33] Acton Vale LTC Open
Acton Vale LTC
East Acton, London, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
7-5 6-2 7-5
Frederick Alexander Bowlby
F. Bramah
F.E. Cole
A. Walker
13 - 19 June. Charles Stananought
7-5, 6–3, 5–7, 7-5
Jacob Gaitskell Brown Andrew Laurie Macfie
James Alexander Rome
L.W. Brooke
John Edmondson
J.W. Fowler
Richard Millar Watson
16 - 19 June. James Dwight
6-3 6-2 6-2
Alfred Henry Betham Francis Russell Burrow
Hamilton A. Emmons
G. Clark
J.B. Forman
Windsor Richard Heneage
John Charles Kay
16 - 19 June. Hamilton A. Emmons
w.o.
John Charles Kay J.H. Mitchell
W.J. Sarjant
A.E.H. Clarke
A.H. Griffiths
Albert Cecil Hill
L. Richardson
17 - 20 June.Broughty Ferry Open
Broughty Ferry LTC
Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Clay
Singles - Doubles
A. Browne
6-2 4-6 8-6 6-8 6-2
George Nelson Stenhouse J.B. Gray
L.F. Robertson
G.A. Ballingall
T. Leigh MacLachlan
H.B. Mitchell
D.J. Walls
18 - 20 June. James Dwight
2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
Arthur John Stanley Ernest Browne
Hamilton A. Emmons
John Charles Kay
E.M. Turner
20-23 June.[35] John Thorneycroft Hartley
6-0 6-2 6-1
Alexander Mallinson Charles Joseph Dymond
Maxwell Fitzsimmons
Maurice Spencer Clark
Reginald Higginbottom
Walter Oliver
Montague Stephenson
23 June. Robert Livingston Beeckman
?
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24 June.Berrylands Club Tournament
Berrylands LTC
Surbiton, Surrey, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
R. Playford
6-2, 6-2, 6-1
J.F. Newton L. Newton
A.B. Tomkins
J.W. Adamson
H. Higley
G. Rawlings
Harry Stanley Scrivener
20 - 27 June.[36] James Dwight
6-2, 6–4, 6–4,
E.W. Fletcher
A.L. Payne
Jacob Gaitskell Brown
William Nevill Cobbold
Hamilton A. Emmons
Andrew Laurie Macfie
Challenger
Donald Stewart
25 - 26 June.Orange Spring Tournament[37]
Montrose, NJ, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Howard Augustus Taylor
7-5, 6–2, 6-3

July

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
July George Stanley
18-17
W. J. Grant
29 Jun - 3 July Alfred Henry Betham
6–1, 6–3, 8-6
Conway John Morgan
John George Thursfield
James Dwight
William Henry Mahon
Edward G. Meyricke
Reginald Pease
29 Jun - 3 July Conway John Morgan
6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-2, 9-7
John George Thursfield George Reston Brewerton
Edward G. Meyricke
George Howard Cartland
William Brunston Thursfield
E.P. Wright
Challenger
Walter William Chamberlain
Walter William Chamberlain
Margaret Bracewell
6-1, 8-10, 6-3
W.H. Mahon
Beatrice Langrishe 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
2 - 4 July A. Dunn Jr.
3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4
Percival Fenwick Kenneth Ramsden Marley
1-6 6-3 6-5
J. A. Connor.
Mark Fenwick
Arthur Godfrey Pease
Hugh A. Taylor
7 – 10 July.North Berkshire ALTC Tournament
Abingdon, North Berkshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
A.D. Hensley
3-6, 6-3, 6-2
W.A. Jacob J.H. Deazeley
T.E. Graham
W. Abbott
W.R. Graham
Edward Arundel Geare
S. Hayman
A.D. Hensley
Miss Binney
6-1, 4-6, 6-3
W.R. Graham
Miss. Nicholas
9 – 11 July. William Henry Mahon
w.o.
Gilbert Mahon E.W. Brooke
L. Harrison
Percival Clennell Fenwick
Philip Leslie Hirst
J.T. Jones
5 - 15 July William Renshaw
7-5, 6–2, 4–6, 7-5
Ernest Browne
James Dwight
Herbert Chipp
Michael Gallwey McNamara
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
Arthur John Stanley
15 - 17 July.[44] Rainthorpe Hall Open
Rainthorpe Hall
Tasburgh, Norfolk, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Francis William Monement
?
Edgar Sheppard Paston Mack
G.E. Preston
H.C. Marsh
O' Shaughnessy Belli Reade
A.R. Stephenson
H. Twining
13 - 18 July Eyre Chatterton
2-6, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6-0
Ernest Edward Knox
Herbert Knox McKay
Ernest Browne
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
William Drummond Hamilton
Robert Shaw Templer
13 - 19 July Ernest Wool Lewis
6-1, 6-2
C. Perry
E. Marmion
A. Chittenden
L. Parsons
Edward Berners Upcher
F.B. Wallace
13 - 19 JulyNorthern Counties Challenge Cup[47]
Norton, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Hamilton A. Emmons
4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2
Arthur Godfrey Pease William Edwin Pease
E.R. Turner
George E. Newby
Howard Pease
Thomas Walker
W.E. Walker
20 September.[48] Litchfield Open
Litchfield Lawn Club
Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
?
20 - 25 July Herbert Chipp
7-5,7-5, 6-3
Harry Grove
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Henry Wilson-Fox
Ernest Wool Lewis
Edward Barratt-Smith
Robert Charles Thompson
Mr. Farrer
Harry Grove
6-1, 8-10, 6-3
Harry Grove
Blanche Bingley
6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Ernest Wool Lewis
Beatrice Langrishe
20 - 25 JulyWorcestershire County Cricket Club Open[49]
Worcester, Great Britain
Grass
John Charles Kay
6-2, 6-3
Frederick William Knox F.H.A. Blake
Walter William Chamberlain
A.E. Daldy
William Henry Mahon
Conway John Morgan
H.T. Shapley
21 - 27 July.[50] Willoughby Hamilton
6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3
Charles Henry Chaytor
Edward M. L. Lysaght
W.H. Clarke
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
William Drumond Hamilton
Challenger
Eyre Chatterton
22 - 25 July Hamilton A. Emmons
3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4
Percival Fenwick Kenneth Ramsden Marley
Gilbert Mahon
A.L. Davidson
A. Dunn Jr.
William Edwin Pease
E.M. Shand
23 - 25 July.[52] [53] William Nevill Cobbold
6-1, 6–2, 6-0 ret.
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon Percy Bateman Brown
L. Hampson
Sidney Alfred Noon
A. Smith
20 - 26 July Harold Stone
6–2, 6-4
F.E. Cole Harold Stapylton Greenwell
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
Vincent Sydney Allpress
Edgar John Chippendale
William John Down
E. Ranger
27 - 30 JulyLes Diablerets International Lawn Tennis Tournament
Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Clay
R.H. Legge
3-6 6-1 6-4
W. Ross H.J. Hamilton
W.M. Smyth
D. Fitzgerald
R.T. Michell
S.R. Snelling
P. Stares
27–31 July.[56] G. Egerton
6-4, 6-4
A. Evill Thomas A. Wynne Edwards
Arthur Bennett Mesham
J.R. Wynne Edwards
Mr. Hope
P. Ormrod
A.H. Turnour
Challenger
Captain H.T. Ravenhill

August

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
August.Charmouth Open
Charmouth LTC
Charmouth, West Dorset, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
L. Wynch
3-6, 6-0, 6-1
Mr. Frazer Reginald Huyshe-Eliot Mr. Caistor
Charles Barrington Philpott
F. Wynch
Mr. T. Lewis
Miss T.H. Lewis
6-2, 6-3
Mr. H. Lewis
Miss. Vertue
27 July - 1 August.[57] Ernest Browne
6-4, 6–4, 4-6 8-6
Robert Chaloner Knox F.E. Bird
W.G. Pearson
Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph
George B. Garvey
Challenger
Toler Roberts Garvey
27 July - 1 Aug Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6-3, 6–2, 6-4
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
George Nelson Stenhouse
A.L. Davidson
A.P. Jones
L. MacLachlan
Anderson Steel
31 July–2 August.[58] Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament
Athboy Lawn Tennis Club
Athboy, County Meath, Ireland.
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
Charles Chaytor
6-3, 6-0
George Hewson C. Coleridge George Edward Vernon Cuppage
E. Collingwood
James Sherrard
George Archibald Tisdall
George Edward Vernon Cuppage
6-4, 6-3
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Ringwood
31 July–1 August.[59] C.C.J. Perry
6-1 6-2
E.M. Lachlan A. Buchanan
F.J. Troughton
W.S. Hunter
T.G. Stuart
Edwin Teixeira de Mattos
T.G. Stuart
1 - 4 August.[60] North of Wales Open
Pensarn LTC
Abergele, Conwy County Borough, North Wales
Grass
Singles - Doubles
T.M. Draper
?
E. Johnson
H. Sidebottom
W.R. Craig
Alfred Pittis Earwaker
W. Orton
W. Lifton Wynne
5 August. Fylde Tournament
Lytham LTC
Lytham Cricket Club Ground
Lytham St Annes, England.
Grass
Singles
John Leyland Birley
6-3, 6-5
Owen Seaman W.M. Baker J.M. Rea
E.T. Wilson
W.H.G. Worship
3 - 6 Aug Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6–0, 6–1, 6-3
A. Dunn jr.
William Edwin Pease
Algernon G. Bathurst
Harold S. Greenwell
G. Kemp
Arthur George Ridout
Challenger
Kenneth Ramsden Marley
2 - 8 Aug.[61] Plymouth Open
West Hoe LTC
West Hoe, Plymouth, England
Grass
Saint John Halford Coventry
9-1 games
George Parsons Alfred Edward Thompson
A. Tolcher
Maj. H.J. Couchman
H.G. Hawker
Mr. Patrick Storey
Henry G. Hawker
3 - 6 Aug Hugh A. Taylor
9-8, 3-6, 6-5, 4-6, unfinished
Percival Clennell Fenwick C.J. Dymond
S. Jackson
C. Elliot
W.R. Gibson
Charles Young Simpson
C. Welford
July - 8 AugMolesey Park Lawn Tennis Tournament
Molesey, Surrey, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Charles Edmund Tatham
6-3 6-3
R. Tatham
3 - 8 Aug.[62] [63] Penarth LTC Championships
Penarth LTC
Penarth, Wales
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Francis Escott Hancock
6-4 6-2
Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake
A.C. Robertson
Percy Kemp Heard
Harry T. Shapley
Albert Francis (Frank) Stoddart
William Parkfield Wethered
3 - 8 Aug.[64] Willoughby Hamilton
?
Rev. Edmund Lombard William Drummond Hamilton Effingham Carroll McDowel
M. White
4-8 Aug.[65] Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Howard Augustus Taylor William V.S. Thorne
Wallace Percy Knapp
6 -8 Aug Joseph Sill Clark.
6-0 6-4
William Edward Glynn
Fitz James Hynes
Alexander Galt
Alexander Monro Grier
W.W. McMaster
Henry Gordon Mackenzie
3–9 Aug Toler Roberts Garvey
6-1, 6–0, 6-0
Thomas Harrison Griffiths David Wilson Christie
Hercules Robert Langrishe
Challenger
Frederick William Knox
3–9 Aug.[66] Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
6-4, 6-4, 6-3
H.W. Bucknall
3–9 Aug.[67] Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3
Robert Livingston Beeckman
Herbert M. Sears
11 Aug.[68] Narragansette Pier Open
Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
w.o.
Quincy Shaw
Charles Amherst Chase
Oliver Samuel Campbell
Leib Harrison Dulles
John Ryerson
Albert Empie Wright
10–13 Aug.[69] Wilfred Milne
6-3, 6–5, 6-2
H.C. Kent Ferguson G. Davies
Erskine Gerald Watson
Saint John H. Coventry
Stanley Riseley
J.C. Rogers
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
10–13 Aug.[70] Joseph Sill Clark
?
?
10–14 AugCounty Carlow Lawn Tennis Tournament
Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
H. Thorpe
6-3, 6–5, 6-2
Frederick J. Smith Leckey C.J. Alexander
H. Fitzmaurice
Arthur B.N. Gladwell Boyd
Charles John Engledow
J.E. Jameson
K.D. Tanner
10–14 Aug James Dwight
6-2 6-3 6-3
Harry Grove
John F. Peel Rawlinson
Harry Grove
James Dwight
6-1, 6-1, 6-2
William Nevill Cobbold
William Reierson Arbuthnot
Harry Grove
Blanche Bingley
7-5, 6-2
James Dwight
] Margaret Bracewell
12–14 Aug. Henry Gordon Mackenzie.
6-2, 6–1, 6-1
Robert Orr Shaw Wood Robert Casimir Dickson
Andrew E. Plummer
Lawrence H. Baldwin
L.O. Dick
Sutherland MacKlem
13–15 Aug. Francis William Monement
4-6, 6–4, 6-4
Maurice Welldon T. Chilton R.C. Brockman
H.W. Nicholson
15–18 Aug.[71] Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships[72]
Inverkip Rovers LTC
Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Scotland
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
Charles H. J. Higginbotham
6-4, 6-4, 6-2
George Arbuthnot Burns Walter McDonald
Archibald Thomson
George Kerr
Henry Guy Nadin
Richard Millar Watson
A. Graham Murray
17–19 AugWindermere Open
Windermere and District Lawn Tennis Club
Windermere, Westmorland, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
E.W. Brook
5-6, 6-4, 6-1
J.A. Mason R.M. Ainslie
H.J. Norris
J.L. Bell
A. Hardy
H. Paley
G.C. Wrigley
18–21 Aug Ernest Wool Lewis
6–2, 6–1, 6-4
Harry St John Edward Berkeley Napier Lincoln Elwes
Philip Elwes
R.D. Hodgson
Challenger
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Ernest Wool Lewis
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
6-3, 6-2
Lincoln Elwes
Philip Elwes
Ernest Wool Lewis
Miss Partner?
6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Harry Saint John Hornby
Miss. Partner?
18–21 Aug. Richard Sears
6-3, 4–6, 6–0, 6-3
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
Joseph Sill Clark
Challenger
Godfrey Brinley
17–22 AugYorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
(later Yorkshire Championships)
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Gilbert Mahon
6-0, 6–2, 6-4
Arthur Godfrey Pease Henry Edwin Caldecott
W.F. Rodgers
Challenger
E.W. Fletcher
17–22 Aug.[73] William S. N. Heard
5-6, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3
E.W. Evans A. Johnston
A.C. Maxwell
E. Webb-Bowen
W.L. Phillips
R.E. Whitehead
17–22 Aug.[74] James Baldwin
6-1 6-3 6-0
S.F. Hulton E.W. Davies
E.W. Evans
William Sidney Nelson Heard
E.M. Samson
A. Glover-Williams
William George Wyld
19–22 Aug.[75] Braemar Lawn Tennis Tournament
Braemar LTC
Braemar, Scotland
Grass
Alexander Hayne
6-4 6-4 6-3
Alasdair Blackwood Andrew Duncan
Bruce Elliott
19–22 Aug Arthur William Buckingham
6-3 6-2 6-0
S.H. Whately Mortimer Drury Buckingham
A.Peere Williams-Freeman
E. Bray
W.J. Hadden
Robert Reginald Luxton
T.P. Whately
20–22 Aug[76] John Galbraith Horn
6-2, 6-2
George Kerr C.S. Fowler
H.B. Harris
D.J. Walls
20–22 Aug Ernest Browne
6-2, 6-2, 6-4
E.W. Fletcher James Dwight
Harold Stapylton Greenwell
Arthur Edward Corner
Alexander Mallinson
18–22 Aug Archibald Thomson
6-3, 6–4, 6-3
B.S. Cave H. Gillbanks
William Ferguson
H.F. Adams
J.B. Gray
L. Perry
Alfred Aitken Thomson
Dudley Stuart
Anderson Steel
4-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-4, 6-4
William Ferguson
N.J. Finlay
William Ferguson
Miss L. Murray
0-6, 7-5, 6-3
B.S. Cave
Miss. H. Lyell
19–24 Aug.[78] Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club
Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England
Grass
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis TournamentDoubles
Charles Richard Longe
6-1, 6-0
Herbert Davy Longe R.C. Brockman
C.R. Freeman
H.A. Collins
Charles Sidney Cullingham
G.A. Lane
Henry Evelyn Tombe
24–27 AugCambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
6–3, 6–0, 7-5
Percy Bateman Brown
George Ernest Dixon Brown
F.H. Aves
Edmund Henry Parker
Frederick Charles Martin Whitehead
24–29 Aug.[79] Les Grands Vaux Tournament
Caesarian LTC
Les Grands Vaux, St Saviour, Jersey
Clay/Grass
Singles
Godfrey Stratton Mills
6–3, 6–4, 7-5
Harold Horsley James Lancaster
Sidney Kingston-Mills
24–29 Aug Eyre Chatterton
5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4
Walter Reid Craig
William C. Taylor
T.M. Draper
Thomas Robinson Grey
Harry Grove
Robert C. Thompson
26–28 Aug.[80] Saint John Halford Coventry
6-4 6-3
H.S. Parsons W.E. Bastard
H. St. G. Thomas
Richard W. Arthur
E.G. Hawker
W.S. Sheldon
E.H.A. Tolcher
24 Jul–30 AugBrookfield Isle of Wight Open
Brookfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Grass
James Dwight
6-4, 1–6, 6–4, 6-2
H. Pritchard
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Herbert Chipp
A.W. Coomber
E.O. Dunn
E.G. Easton
24 - 29 Aug.[81] James Herbert Crispe
3-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-5
Arthur Godfrey Pease C.H.C. Harrison
Henry Bowser Wimbush
William Francis Wells-Cole
Arthur Edward Corner
Leonard William Greenwell
George Richmond Mewburn

September

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
September (Autumn)Hendon Lawn Tennis Tournament
Hendon LTC
Little Sherrock Field, Hendon, Middlesex England
Clay
Singles - Doubles
William Howard
?
31 Aug - 2 Sep. Henry Guy Nadin
6-4 6-3 6-0
Frank Noon G.E. Lowe
Conway John Morgan
Sydney Herbert Evershed
A.E. Phipps
H.E. Sugden
G.E. Lowe
Henry Guy Nadin
3 sets to 1
Frank Noon
Conway John Morgan
Frank Noon
Miss Hodson
divided title.
Sydney Herbert Evershed
Mrs Evershed
2–5 SepRothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament
Craigmore Grounds
Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
L. McLachlan
6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3
B.H. Harris D.G. Kemp
Horatio Babington Peile
J.C. Burns
C.H. Nield
Anderson Steel
A.W. Woodburn
3–5 SepWest Teviotdale (Hawick) Open
Hawick Cricket Ground
Hawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
George Nelson Stenhouse
6-0, 6-3, 6-8, 6-8, 6-3
S.C. Knott
Forrester John Thomson
Charles Stanislaus Constable
S.C. Fowler
Hubert Ware
D.J. Walls
George Nelson Stenhouse
Richard Millar Watson
8-6, 6-4, 6-3
Alfred Aitken Thomson
Forrester John Thomson
Richard Millar Watson
Miss Lottie Dod
6-3, 4-6, 3-2 ret.
S.C. Scott
Miss Scott
5–September.[82] Valentine Gill Hall
31 August–7 September.[83] United Services Tennis Club Tournament
United Service Recreation Club,
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William George Wyld
6-2, 6-1
W. Platt Major G.M. Currie
Francis Marwood Hext
Lieut. G. Daubeny
H. Ferguson
C. Poulter
W.L. Brooke-Smith
7–9 September[84] Buffalo Lawn Tennis Tournament
Summer Street Grounds
Buffalo, New York (State), United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
A.L. Plummer
?
?
8–11 September.[85] Lenox Invitation
Lenox Lawn Tennis Club
Harlem, New York, USA
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
?
9–11 September.Downshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Downshire LTC
Royal Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland
Outdoor
Grass
Robert Shaw Templer
6-4, 6-2
G. Macan
James Kinahan
R.J. McNeill
L. Bristow
G.H. Clarke
J. McNeile
Walter Francis Templer
7 - 17 Sep Ernest Lewis
4-6, 7–5, 6–3, 6-3
William C. Taylor Edward James Avory
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
J.F. Adair
Harry Grove
William Howard
Edward Somes Saxton
12-19 Sep.[87] Lieut. D. Bligh
2 sets to 1
Lieut. R. Jones.?
?
14–20 Sep Herbert Wilberforce
?
S. Wilson
23 Sep.[88] Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
?
21–26 Sep Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
w.o.
William C. Taylor
21–27 Sep Norton Open
Norton, County Durham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
H. A. Emmons
4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2
Arthur Godfrey Pease
29–September.[89] Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation)
Westchester Country Club
Harrison, New York, USA
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Robert Livingston Beeckman

October

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
October.[90] Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Brighton Lawn Tennis Club
Queen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Grass
James Dwight
7-5, 6–3, 7-5
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross

?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
28 Sep-4 OctSouthern Championships
Wilmington, NC, United States
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Charles Belmont Davis
6-2, 6–1, 6-2
E. Porter
8 OctoberArmagh Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Outdoor
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Robert Shaw Templer
w.o.
Major Cadell
A.D.M. Moore
L. Hardyman
H. Murphy
Challenger
Walter Francis Templer
6 - 10 Oct Walter John Carre Riddell[92]
25 games to 13
6 - 12 Oct Wallace Percy Knapp[94]
10-10-8, 10–8, 6-3
Augustus Duryee W.B. Lord
Lewis Henry Paddock

November

DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist
2–7 November Trevor Douglas Davies Berrington
5-6 5-6 6-3 5-4 ret.
F.O. Anderson F. Drake
A.P. Hill
Edward Lee French
H.R. Hackman
G. Hamilton
G.C. Walker
9-11 November.[95] Geoffrey Paulson Owen
7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Dr. Henry Nickleson-Smythe Robert W. Braddell
A.P. Hill
Jonathan Lee-Hoo
Norman Pendleton
Cap. Alistair Campbell retd.
Ian Jenkins-St.Clair

December

No Events

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1885[96]
Player
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  5. News: Lawn- Tennis. — The Covered Court Lawn Tennis Championship was commenced yesterday at the Hyde Park Club Court. Paddington, the winner of which will crowned Covered Court Champion of Great Britain. . 19 May 2023 . London Evening Standard . British Newspaper Archive . 21 April 1885 . London. 3. subscription.
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  32. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The annual lawn tennis tournament in connection with Edinburgh University was begun Corstorphine on Wednesday concluded on Saturday results as follows; Source: Dundee Evening Telegraph, Monday 15 June 1885, Angus, Scotland, The British Newspaper Archive, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18850615/002/0002, page. 2.
  33. ACTON VALE LAWN TENNIS CLUB OPEN TOURNAMENT:The Acton Vale Open will be held at the Acton Vale Club at Homier Road, Wednesday, June 15, 10. and 17the, commencing next week. The Field. (Saturday 06 June 1885) The British Newspaper Archive. London, England. page.1.
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  44. LAWN TENNIS OPEN TOURNAMENT AT RAINTHORPE HALL, NORFOLK (By permission of Sir Charles Harvey, Bart.), In aid of the Restoration of Tharston Church will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 5th, 6th and 7th August, commencing day at 11 a.m. Norwich Mercury. (Saturday 26 July 1884) The British Newspaper Archive. Norfolk, England. page.1.
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  56. Web site: Tournaments: Vale of Clwyd - North Wales Tournaments. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 26 May 2023. subscription.
  57. Web site: Tournaments: King's County and Ormonde. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 22 May 2023. subscription.
  58. News: LAWN TENNIS FIXTURES. Howth Lawn Tenuis Club Annual Open Tournament—July 27th and following days. King’s County and Ormond Lawn Tennis Club and Championship of Midland Counties—At Parsonatown, July 28th and following days. Athboy Lawn Tennis Club, At Athboy July 31st to 2nd August the Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament. . 19 May 2023 . Dublin Daily Express . British Newspaper Archive . 28 July 1885 . Dublin, Republic of Ireland . 3. subscription.
  59. Web site: Tournaments: Rochester Open. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 23 May 2023. subscription.
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  61. News: TOURNAMENT AT WEST HOE. The fourth annual West Hoe Lawn Tennis Tournament of the West Hoe Lawn Tennis Club at Plymouth was concluded on Saturday. The gentleman's singles was won by Mr. St John Halford Coventry who beat Mr. George Parsons 9 games to 1. . 15 August 2023 . Western Morning News . British Newspaper Archive . 10 August 1885 . Devon, England . 6. subscription.
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  65. Web site: Tournaments: Wentworth. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 26 May 2023. subscription.
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  75. News: BRAEMAR TOURNAMENT: The tournament was organised by the Braemar Lawn Tennis Club, and the arrangements carried out by the club president Mr Henry White, J.P. of Queen's Gate. Afternoon tea at the tennis pavilion was christended with the delightful weather, it was a great social success. The tournament was finished the men's singles won by Alexander Hayne who beat Alasdair Blackwood 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. . 15 August 2023 . Aberdeen Weekly News . British Newspaper Archive . 29 August 1885 . Aberdeenshire, Scotland . 5. subscription.
  76. News: FIFESHIRE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. The annual tournament of this Association was begun yesterday in the College Grounds, St Andrews, and will continue for the next two days. . 15 August 2023 . Dundee Courier . British Newspaper Archive . 10 August 1885 . Angus, Scotland . 4. subscription.
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  87. News: LAWN TENNIS. The final tie for the Gentlemen's Single match of the final Open Lawn Tennis Tournament were played off last week. The result was that B.A. Bligh proved the victor. The play was follows; best of 'three sets: - Lieut. Bligh, B.A. v. Lieut. R. Jones, Bligh won 2 sets to 1.. Aldershot Military Gazette . British Newspaper Archive . 26 September 1885 . Aldershot, Hampshire, England . 5.
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