| 1885 men's tennis season | |
| Duration: | 2 April – 11 November |
| Edition: | 10th |
| Tournaments: | 131 |
| 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 circuit, consisting of 131 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.
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.
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]
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| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April. | Canterbury Championships Canterbury LTC Christchurch, New Zealand Grass Singles - Doubles |  Frederick Wilding6-2 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 | |||
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter 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-Salmon1–6, 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 Singles – Doubles | 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] | ||
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter 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 ? | > | |||
| 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 | |||
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter 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 July | Northern 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 July | Worcestershire 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 July | Les 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. OrmrodA.H. Turnour | |
| Challenger Captain H.T. Ravenhill | |||||
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter 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 Aug | Molesey 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 Aug | County 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 Aug | Windermere 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 Aug | Yorkshire 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 Tournament – Doubles | 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 Aug | Cambridgeshire 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 Aug | Brookfield 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 | ||
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter 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 Sep | Rothesay 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 Sep | West 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 | ||||
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter 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 Oct | Southern Championships Wilmington, NC, United States Clay Singles - Doubles | Charles Belmont Davis 6-2, 6–1, 6-2 | E. Porter | ||
| 8 October | Armagh 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 | ||
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter 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 | |
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