1888 men's tennis season explained

1888 Men's Tennis season
Duration:	17 April – 29 December
Edition:	13th
Tournaments:	129
Categories:	Important (4) National (5) Provincial/Regional/State (11) County (6) Local/other (2)
Most Tournament Titles:	Ernest Wool Lewis (8)
Most Tournament Finals:	Ernest Wool Lewis (8)
Previous:	1887
Next:	1889

The 1888 Men's tennis season^[1] was composed of the thirteenth annual pre-open era tennis circuit incorporating 129 tournaments.

The season began in January in Madras, India, and ended in December in Napier, New Zealand.

Season summary

In 1888 the twelfth edition of the 1888 Wimbledon Championships was held, this saw the victory of Ernest Renshaw^[2] who defeated the Briton Ernest Wool Lewis in the final of the preliminary tournament by 7–9, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4 . Renshaw then defeated defending champion Herbert Lawford in the challenge round to claim the title for the first time. In the fourth edition of the men's doubles the brothers William Renshaw and Ernest Renshaw^[3] regained the title they had not been able to defend the previous year by beating the title holders Herbert Wilberforce and Patrick Bowes-Lyon in the challenge round per 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3.

In 1888 the eighth edition of the Irish Championships was also played where the Briton Ernest Renshaw prevailed who defeated James Willoughby Hamilton 6-4 5-7 6-4 3-6 6–2 in the final. In the U.S. National Championships, (today known as the US Open) held on the grass courts of the Newport Casino in Newport in the United States, the American Henry Slocum prevailed in the men's singles, defeating his compatriot Howard Augustus Taylor in 3 sets in the final of the preliminary tournament with the score of 6-4 6-1 6–0. Richard Sears after his seventh consecutive victory at the US National Championships he no longer participated in the tournament so the victory was awarded to Taylor without playing the challenge round. In addition to the men's singles tournament at the Staten Island Cricket Club in New York, the doubles tournament was also held where Oliver Campbell and Valentine Gill Hall prevailed, beating Edward MacMullen and Clarence Hobart in the final.

In the New South Wales Championships in Sydney, the Australian Dudley Webb prevailed in the men's singles, beating his compatriot Charles W. Cropper in the final. In the British Covered Court Championships in London, one of the earliest tournaments in tennis history to be played on indoor courts, Ernest Lewis prevailed in the men's singles defeating Ernest George Meers.

Calendar

Included:^[4] 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),^[5] in some tournaments not all.

• Indicates challenger

Notes 2:'This is an incomplete roll of tournaments staged this year

Key

Important.^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

January

No events

February

Nessun evento

March

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
March		Henry Graff Trevor 5 sets	C.E. Garrett
	Challenger Thomas Sterling Beckwith
10 Mar		F. Ward 2-6 6-5 6-3	T.C. Sangster	George McMahon Mr. Agnew Turner

May

Week	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1 May^[11]		Dudley Webb 6–0, 6–4, 7–5	Charles W. Cropper
20 May.^[12]	Ceylon Championships Nuwara Eliya Lawn Tennis Club Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon Clay Singles – Doubles	Charles Edward De Fonblanque 6-4 6-5 4-6 4-6 6-4	Edward George Farquharson	L.E. Dalton Thomas W. Gallwey	James Parsons Dove M. Findlay Edgar Vanderspar
21 May^[13]		Ernest Renshaw 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2	Willoughby Hamilton
26 May.	Fitzwilliam Club Championships Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, Ireland Grass	Willoughby Hamilton 6-4 6-3 6-1	Harold Segerson Mahony	J.F. Hughes J.T. Maxwell	Ernest Henry Greene Charles Pierce Rowley James Edward Mahon C. Roberts
		Challenger Tom Campion
24 – 26 May^[14]	West of Scotland Championships Pollockshields Athletic Club Pollockshields Scotland Grass	J.B. Gray 6–3, 8–6, 6–2	William Thomas Hendry	C. Gray Anderson Steel	Herbert Bowes-Lyon Richard Millar Watson Horatio R. Babington Peile G.H. Aitken
24 - 26 May.^[15]		Arthur Nevile John Story 6-2 2-6 6-3 8-6	Edward Barnard Fuller		John Adams James Cleland Burns R. Roxburgh E.W. Wyatt

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
Jun		Alfred Aitken Thomson 6-3 8-6 3-6 7-5	Arthur Nevile John Story
4 Jun		Edward Peale MacMullen 6-0, 6–4, 0–6, 8-6	Robert Livingston Beeckman
4 Jun^[16]		Harry S. Barlow 6–4, 6–3, 8–10, 3–6, 8–6	James Baldwin
6 - 9 June.^[17]	Whitehouse Open Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland Outdoor Clay	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-4, 6-3, 6-1	Edward Barnard Fuller	J.C. Huie Pat. Smith	Stanley Riseley J.C.S. Sandeman Kenneth Sanderson Richard Millar Watson
		Challenge round Archibald Thomson
		John Galbraith Horn Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-1, 0-6, 8-6, 6-4	Arthur Nevile John Story Arnold Wyersdale Blake
		Richard Millar Watson Ann Dod 5-7, 6-3, 6-4	C.D. Murray Jane Ferguson
11 Jun^[18]		Willoughby Hamilton 6–1, 6–1, 6–0
11 Jun	^[19] ^[20]		Frederick William Snook w.o.	Herbert Durrant Snook
11 Jun	^[21]		Harry S. Barlow 7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret.	Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
13 Jun^[22]		Alexander Hamilton Stump Post ?	Leigh Bonsal	Rodmond Vernon Beach William Austin Tomes	Charles L. McCauley Yates Pennington Oscar R. Woodward
	Leigh Bonsal L.V. Lemoyne
17 Jun		Henry Guy Nadin w.o.	G.E. Lowe	John Barlow Thistlethwaite G.H. Willoughby	W. Burgess H.R. Greaves J.A. Rooke W. Twyford
18 Jun^[23]		Ernest Wool Lewis 6-0 6-1 6-2	Harry S. Barlow
18 Jun^[24]		Ernest Meers 5–7, 3–6, 9–7, 6–3, 6–2	Frederick A. Bowlby
18 Jun^[25]		Willoughby Hamilton 6-1 8-6 6-1	Harry Grove
21 Jun.^[26]		Kenneth R. Marley 6-1 6-2 6-2	Harold Gurney Pease	George Bloomfield Garvey Harold King	W. Armstrong Arthur Wellesley Hallward A. Jackson Wilson Pease
20–22 Jun.^[27]		Henry Slocum 8-6 5-7 6-4 4-6 6-2	Oliver Samuel Campbell	Francis Gibbons (Frank) Beach William Larned Thacher	C.H. Ludington jr6 John W. Nichols Jr C.W. Pierson Albert Empie Wright
	Challenger Edward Peale MacMullen
25 Jun.		Jacob Gaitskell Brown w.o.	Herbert Chipp	William Parkfield Wethered Ernest Joseph Soares	P.G. Hall Andrew Laurie Macfie G. Smith Beresford St. George Verschoyle
30 Jun		James Baldwin 7-9 6-0 6-2 6-4	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	G.E. Lowe Frank Noon	George Ernest Dixon Brown Marmaduke Strickland Constable John Redfern Deykin Noel Maitland Farrer
		John Redfern Deykin Maud Watson 0-6 7-5 6-2	George Brown Bertha Steedman
30 Jun.		Harry Scrivener 6-2 6-0 9-7	Henry Guy Nadin	Francis Russell Burrow G.E. Lowe	George Reston Brewerton W.R. Craig Percival Du Sautoy Leather Herbert Haden Monckton
	Challenger John Redfern Deykin

July

Week	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
Jul		William J. Grant 6-2 6-3 6-1	A. Butcher	Samuel Francis Beningfield Mr. Weise	W.E. Butcher Mr. Collinson Mr. Short
	Challenger Reuben Widdows Beningfield
Jul		Wilfred Milne 6-1 6-0	C.R. Broad
Jul		H.C. King 6-2 4-6 10-8 7-5	Frederick T. Bradbury
2 Jul.		Joshua Pim 6-3 6-4 9-7	William Drumond Hamilton		C.P. Brett Manliffe Goodbody J. Godley William Henry Mahon
2 Jul.		James Baldwin 1-6 7-5 6-3	Ernest Legassicke Hancock *	H.F. Wilkinson
2 Jul	Northern Counties Challenge Cup Norton, County Durham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 6-2 6-3 6-0	Henry Bolckow *	Arthur Burgess Crosby	Frederick T. Bradbury George E. Newby Harold Gurney Pease
4 Jul.		Oliver Campbell 6–2 1–6 5–7 6–4 6–4	Albert Empie Wright	Grant Notman William Austin Tomes	Theodore M. Banks Clarence Hobart F.A. Kellogg Richard W. Stevens
2–7 July.^[28]		Ernest Wool Lewis 6-0 6-1 6-0	Francis Russell Burrow	G.E. Lowe Frederick Anthony Watts	Tom Campion John Redfern Deykin Alfred Edward Thompson Walter Mace Shipman
7 Jul		Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 0-6 8-6 7-5 6-4	Alfred E. Walker	Percy Bateman Brown Herbert Ramon Yglesias	F.H. Aves Horace Corthorn Elgood L.C.P. Wolferston F.R. Wilcox
7 Jul^[29]		Ernest Renshaw 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 [||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Herbert Lawford]]|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2||-valign=top| Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw , 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 || Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce|-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2|5–8 Jul.^[30] ||rowspan=2|Staten Island Invitation Staten Island Cricket & Baseball Club Livingston, Staten Island, New York City, United States Grass Singles - Doubles || Henry Slocum 6-4 6-8 6-1 9-7|| Edward Peale MacMullen|| rowspan=2| Samuel A. Campbell Jr. Valentine Gill Hall|| rowspan=2| James Brown P.E. Johnson Quincy Shaw Howard Augustus Taylor|-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2| 8 Jul^[31] ||style="background:#dfe2e9" rowspan=2|Western Championships^[32] Scarlett Ribbon Club Chicago, United States Singles - Doubles || Charles Amherst Chase 6-3 6-3 6-1|| Samuel Thompson Chase|| rowspan=2| J.W. Carver|| rowspan=2| T.L. McClung E.A. Valentine|-valign=top|Challenger E.W. McClellan|-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2|14 Jul^[33] || rowspan=2|Champion Hill Tournament East Dulwich, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles || Wilberforce Eaves 6-4 6-4|| G.A. Adair|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2||-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2|16 Jul.||style="background:#fae7b5" rowspan=2|Warwickshire Championships Leamington Spa, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles || Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 6-3 1-6 6-3 6-0|| John Redfern Deykin|| rowspan=2| Francis Russell Burrow G.S. Back|| rowspan=2| William Drumond Hamilton G.B. Hodson J.H. Mitchell Hampden Wilkieson|-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2|23 Jul^[34] || rowspan=2|Ilkley Closed Tournament Ilkley, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles || Arthur Godfrey Pease 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-4|| E.W. Fletcher|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2||-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2| 23 Jul^[35] || style="background:#fae7b5" rowspan=2|Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament (later Yorkshire Championships) Ilkley, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles || William Drummond Hamilton 6-3 6-2 6-2|| E.W. Fletcher || rowspan=2| George Dixon Brown Arthur Godfrey Pease|| rowspan=2| Percy Bateman Brown Harold Weston Carlton Walter Mace Shipman Archibald Thomson |-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2| 23 Jul^[36] || style="background:#fae7b5" rowspan=2|Middlesex Championships Chiswick Park, Great Britain Singles - Doubles || Ernest Wool Lewis 6-2 6-2 6-2|| Ernest George Meers || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2||-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2|17 -23 Jul.^[37] ||rowspan=2|Rockaway Hunting Club Invitation Rockaway Hunting Club Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, United States Grass Singles - Doubles || Henry Slocum 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 ||| Howard Augustus Taylor|| rowspan=2| Grant Notman || rowspan=2| Carroll J. Post Jr. Morton Spring Paton Charles Edward Sands |-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2|24 July.||rowspan=2|Southampton Invitation Meadow Club Southampton, New York, US Surface ? Singles – Doubles || Howard Augustus Taylor 6-8 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3 || Henry Warner Slocum Jr. || rowspan=2| Oliver Samuel Campbell Foxhall Parker Keene|| rowspan=2| F.M. Bacon J.F. Bacon D. Folsom William Austin Tomes|-valign=top|Challenger Joseph Sill Clark|-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2| 27 Jul^[38] ||style="background:#fae7b5" rowspan=2|Northumberland Championships Constabulary Cricket Ground Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Singles - Doubles || Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6-0 6-0 6-0|| Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2||-valign=top| |||-valign=top|rowspan=2|30 Jul.^[39] || rowspan=2|Ilkley Open Tournament Ilkley LTC Ilkley, Yorkshire, England Grass || William Drumond Hamilton 6-3 6-2 6-2|| James Baldwin|| rowspan=2| George Ernest Dixon Brown Arthur Godfrey Pease|| rowspan=2| Percy Bateman Brown Harold Weston Carlton Walter Mace Shipman Archibald Thomson|-valign=top|Challenger E.W. Fletcher|-valign=top| |||-valign=top|} August Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist Aug^[40] Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves 5-6 6-3 6-5 D. Fuller 1 Aug. Tom Campion 7-5 6-4 7-5 Percy Bateman Brown T.G. Hill Archibald Thomson 2 Aug Henry Slocum 6-4 6-1 6-0 Oliver Campbell Valentine Hall 6-4 6-2 6-2 Clarence Hobart Edward MacMullen 31 Jul–4 Aug.^[41] Charles Amherst Chase 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 Oliver Samuel Campbell Frederick Sherwood Mansfield Edward Peale MacMullen Francis L. V. Hoppin Quincy Shaw Hugh A. Tallant Albert Empie Wright 31 Jul–4 Aug.^[42] George Whitely Hayes 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 W.H. Hayes J. Halford P. Ormrod G.D. Heaton R. Lloyd Williams Challenger Henry James Wilson Fosbery 1 - 4 Aug.^[43] Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation) (Waterbury Challenge Cup) Westchester Country Club Harrison, New York, USA Grass Singles - Doubles Oliver Samuel Campbell 6-8, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 Robert Livingston Beeckman Howard Augustus Taylor Charles Edward Sands 3–6 Aug.^[44] Charles Gladstone Eames 6-3 6-4 Wilfred Baddeley Charles Percy Oliver Chipp R.J. Cracknell Oscar William Benwell Arthur Benjamin Carvosso A.B. Green David Elgar Payn 6 - 11 Aug.^[45] Willoughby Hamilton 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 Blaney Hamilton Effingham Carroll McDowell Cecil John Cramer-Roberts George Hewson Chaloner Knox George Stepney Charles Edward Wylam Challenger Arthur John de Courcy Wilson 6 Aug.^[46] Ernest Wool Lewis 6-1 6-3 6-3 Herbert Chipp Harry Grove George Hillyard Arnold Wyersdale Blake John Redfern Deykin Conway John Morgan Frank Noon 7 - 11 Aug.^[47] William Drumond Hamilton 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 E. Bourke John M. Brown G. Butler Henry Joseph Gallwey Raymond De La Poer W.J. Richardson Captain H.T. Ravenhill Challenger Manliffe Francis Goodbody 11 Aug^[48] R.D. Applegate 6-4, 6-5 H. Cramer 11 Aug^[49] Patrick Bowes-Lyon 1–6, 0–6, 10–8, 6–2, 3–1 ret. Harry Grove 13 - 18 Aug.^[50] William Sidney Nelson Heard 6-2 6-2 6-1 E.W. David W.R. Glazebrook A.M.C. Smith Colonel Thomas Powell Lewes A.G. Norris E.M. Samson A. Stabb 13–18 Aug.^[51] Herbert Chipp 6-0 6-1 6-0 John Redfern Deykin Edward Charles Pine-Coffin Robert Charles Thompson Wilfred Milne Conway John Morgan Frank Noon L. Peel Yates 16 - 21 Aug.^[52] Herbert Wilberforce 6-4, 6-4, 8-6 Herbert Bowes-Lyon Arthur Wellesley Hallward William Edwin Pease E.W. Fletcher George Richmond Mewburn Arthur Godfrey Pease Arthur John Stanley 21 Aug. South of Scotland Championships Moffat Scotland Grass Alfred Aitken Thomson 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-4 J. Scott Francis Pinhorn G. Scott Stuart Leslie Bathurst Guy Hannaford Bargeny McCulloch 21 Aug^[53] Ernest Wool Lewis 3-6 0-6 6-1 6-4 6-0 J. Cassavetti George Hillyard 21 - 23 Aug.^[54] Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Hurts Hall Park, Saxmundham, England Grass Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – Doubles George Kensit Barnabas Norman 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 A. Hewetson Arthur Bacon Longe C.R. Rodwell Charles Sidney Cullingham F.E. Hollond William Bolding Monement Edward Berners Upcher 23 Aug^[55] H. Alexander 6-2 6-4 W. Ward 27 Aug^[56] Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 6-1 6-1 6-1 September Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist 3 Sep. G.E. Lowe 6-2 6-1 2-6 6-0 Henry Guy Nadin Frederick T. Bradbury Walter Mace Shipman E.W. Brooke David Davy G.F. Padley W.F. Rodgers 3 Sept^[57] Andrew George Ziffo 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3 3 Sep Robert Peyton Carter w.o. William Henry Young 10 Sep. Edgar John Chippendale 6-2 6-1 6-2 Lewin Venn Alexander W. Egerton H.J. 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10. News: LAWN TENNIS COVERED COURT CHAMPIONSHIP.—The competition for the above will take place at the Hyde Park Court on the following dates,. . 12 March 2023 . Field . British Newspaper Archive . 18 February 1888 . London, England. . 1.
11. News: INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. . 12 March 2023 . Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia . 8 May 1888 . Sydney, Australia . 8.
12. Web site: Club . Hill . About Us . www.hillclubsrilanka.lk . The Hill Club . 15 March 2023. Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka..
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14. Web site: Tournaments: West of Scotland Championships. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 23 May 2023. subscription.
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41. Web site: Tournaments: Wentworth. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 26 May 2023. subscription.
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51. Web site: Tournaments: Teignmouth and Shaldon . The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . 26 May 2023. subscription.
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