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1885 Men's tennis tour
James Dwight won most titles this year
Details
Duration2 April – 12 October
Edition9th
Tournaments54 (Amateur)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesUnited States James Dwight (5)
Most tournament finalsUnited States James Dwight (7)
1884
1886

The 1885 Men's tennis tour was the ninth annual tennis tour, consisting of 54 tournaments it began at the beginning of the year in Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and ended 12 October in New Haven, Connecticut United States.

Summary of tour

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In a repeat of the 1884 final Herbert Lawford retains his Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in five sets. William Renshaw Wins a fifth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. American player James Dwight breaks British dominance at the Northern Championships in Manchester defeating defending champion Donald Stewart in straight sets. In the United States Richard Sears collects a fifth consecutive US National Championship beating Godfrey Brinley in four sets.

American player James Dwight is the title leader this season winning 5 titles from 7 finals he is the first non-European player to do so since 1877.

Calendar

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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

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

Key

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Important tournaments [2][3][4][5][6]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

Tournaments in 1885 included:[7]

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
? Natal Championships [8][9]
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Outdoor
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Stanley
18-17
South Africa W. J. Grant

January

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No events

February

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No events

March

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'No events

April

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
2 April British Covered Court Championships
London, Great Britain
Indoor
Hard (wood)
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Lawford
6-4 6-4 8-6
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Chipp
6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Prideaux Triscott
6-1 6-1 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E. Syers Henley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E. Syers Henley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William C. Taylor
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert William Wrangham

May

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
4- 7 May
Cambridge University LTC[10]
Cambridge
Great Britain
Grass
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Wilberforce
6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake .
5 – 7 May
New South Wales Championships[11]
Sydney
Australia
Grass
Australia William John Bush-Salmon
1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Australia Walter John C. Riddell
11 – 27 May
Dublin University Championships[12]
Dublin
Ireland
>Hard (asphalt)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Thomas S. (Tom) Campion
5-7 6-1 7-5 6-1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Henry Chaytor
18 – 26 May Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[13]
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Lawford
4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Ireland Eyre Chatterton
6-4, 7-5, 9-7
Ireland Ernest Browne
Ireland Willoughby Hamilton
United States James Dwight
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Bloomfield Garvey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A.C. Robertson
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Shaw Templer
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Renshaw
20 – 25 May
Whitehouse LTC[14]
Edinburgh
Great Britain
Grass
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Bowes-Lyon
8-6, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Richard Henry Fuller
25 – 30 May
West of England Championships[15]
Bath
Great Britain
Grass
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
6-3, 6-1,6-4
United States James Dwight United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward G. Meyricke
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William C. Taylor
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles H. Ashe- Ross
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.H. Nicolls
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H. Peters
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C.A. Williamson

June

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
1 – 6 June East Gloucestershire Championships[16]
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Hard
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Browne
6-4, 6-3, 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles H. Ashe-Ross United States James Dwight
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Donald Stewart
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick William Knox
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William C. Taylor
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Lacy Sweet
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Charles Thompson
8 – 13 June London Athletic Club Tournament[17]
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles H. Ashe-Ross
3-6, 8-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Wool Lewis United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry Grove
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William C. Taylor
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.W. Brook
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Chipp
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Herbert Crispe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Lacy Sweet
19 – 12 June [18] Middle States Championships[19]
Hoboken, New Jersey , United States
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States Richard Sears
6-4, 6-1, 6-3
United States Howard Augustus Taylor United States Robert Livingston Beeckman
United States Charles Belmont Davis
United States Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
United States M.P. Gybbes
United States E. Spinnet
United States C.A. Stevens
13 – 19 June Waterloo Tournament[20]
Liverpool , Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Stananought
7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell Brown United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Andrew Laurie Macfie
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Alexander Rome
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland L.W. Brooke
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Edmondson
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland J.W. Fowler
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Richard Millar Watson
16 – 19 June Warwickshire Championships[21]
Leamington Spa, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States James Dwight
6-3 6-2 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alfred Henry Betham United Kingdom Francis Russell Burrow
United Kingdom Hamilton A. Emmons
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland G. Clark
United Kingdom J.B. Forman
United Kingdom Windsor Richard Heneage
United Kingdom John Charles Kay
20 – 27 June Northern Championships[22]
Liverpool, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States James Dwight
6-2, 6-4, 6-4,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Wool Lewis United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.W. Fletcher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A.L. Payne
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jacob Gaitskell Brown
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Nevill Cobbold
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hamilton A. Emmons
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Andrew Laurie Macfie
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Donald Stewart
25 – 26 June Orange Spring Tournament[23]
Montrose, NJ, United States
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States Howard Augustus Taylor
7-5, 6-2, 6-3
United States William V.S. Thorne

July

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
29 Jun – 3 July Edgbaston Tournament [24]
Edgabaston, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alfred Henry Betham
6-1, 6-3, 8-6
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Walter W. Chamberlain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Conway John Morgan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John George Thursfield
United States James Dwight
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Henry Mahon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward G. Meyricke
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Reginald Pease
2 – 4 July Northumberland Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament[25][26]
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A. Dunn Jr.
3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4
New Zealand Percival Fenwick United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kenneth Ramsden Marley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1-6 6-3 6-5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland J. A. Connor.
New Zealand Mark Fenwick
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Godfrey Pease
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hugh A. Taylor
5 – 15 July Wimbledon Championships [27]
London, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Renshaw
7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Renshaw United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Browne
United States James Dwight
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Chipp
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Michael Gallwey McNamara
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Patrick Bowes-Lyon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur John Stanley
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Lawford
13 – 19 July Northern Counties Challenge Cup[28]
Norton, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hamilton A. Emmons
4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Godfrey Pease United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Edwin Pease
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.R. Turner
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George E. Newby
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Howard Pease
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Thomas Walker
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland W.E. Walker
13 – 19 July Sittingbourne[29]
Sittingbourne, Great Britain
Clay
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Wool Lewis
6-1, 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest George Meers United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C. Perry
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E. Marmion
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A. Chittenden
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland L. Parsons
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edwarad Berners Upcher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland F.B. Wallace
13 – 19 July East of Ireland Championships[30]
Howth, Ireland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Eyre Chatterton
2-6, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Willoughby Hamilton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Edward Knox
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandHerbert Knox McKay
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Browne
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Thomas Harrison Griffiths
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Drummond Hamilton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Shaw Templer
20 – 25 July Middlesex Championships[31]
Chiswick Park, Great Britian
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Chipp
7-5,7-5, 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Donald Stewart United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry Grove
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles H. Ashe- Ross
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Wilson-Fox
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Wool Lewis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward Barratt-Smith
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandRobert Charles Thompson
20 – 25 July Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open [32]
Worcester, Great Britian
Grass
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Charles Kay
6-2, 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick William Knox United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland F.H.A. Blake
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Walter William Chamberlain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A.E. Daldy
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Henry Mahon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Conway John Morgan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H.T. Shapley
21 – 25 July South of Ireland Championships[33]
Limerick, Ireland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Willoughby Hamilton
6-4 12-10 6-0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Eyre Chatterton
22 – 25 July Northumberland Championships[34]
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
SinglesDoubles
United States Hamilton A. Emmons
3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4
New Zealand Percival Fenwick United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kenneth Ramsden Marley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gilbert Mahon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A.L. Davidson
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A. Dunn Jr.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Edwin Pease
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.M. Shand
20 – 26 July Red Hill tournament[35]
Redhill, Surrey,Great Britain
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harold Stone
6-2, 6-4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland F.E. Cole United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harold Stapylton Greenwell
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Wellesley Hallward
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Vincent Sydney Allpress
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edgar John Chippendale
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William John Down
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E. Ranger
23 – 25 July Leicestershire Championships[36]
Leicester, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Nevill Cobbold
6-1, 6-2, 6-0 ret.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFrancis Seymour (Frank) Noon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Ernest Dixon Brown
United States James Dwight
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Percy Bateman Brown
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland L. Hampson
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sidney Alfred Noon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A. Smith
23 – 25 July Athboy Tournament [37]
Athboy, County Meath
Ireland
Grass
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Henry Chaytor
6-3 6-0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Rawdon Maurice Hewson United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C. Coleridge United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E. Collingwood
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Edward Vernon Cuppage
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Reverend James Jackson Sherrard

August

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
27 July – 1 Aug Scottish Championships[38]
Edinburgh, Scotland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6-3, 6-2, 6-4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Archibald Thomson United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Bowes-Lyon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Nelson Stenhouse
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A.L. Davidson
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A.P. Jones
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland L. MacLachlan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Anderson Steel
27 July – 2 August Midland Counties Championships[39]
Edgabaston, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Conway John Morgan
6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John George Thursfield United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGeorge Reston Brewerton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward G. Meyricke
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Howard Cartland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWilliam Brunston Thursfield
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.P. Wright
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Walter William Chamberlain
27 July – 2 August King’s County and Ormonde Tournament[40]
Parsonstown, Ireland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Browne
6-4, 6-4, 4-6 8-6
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Chaloner Knox United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland F.E. Bird
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandW.G. Pearson
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Toler Roberts Garvey
3 – 6 Aug Darlington tournament[41]
Darlington, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6-0, 6-1, 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Galbraith Horn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A. Dunn jr.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Edwin Pease
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kenneth Ramsden Marley
3 – 6 Aug South Northumberland[42]
Sunderland, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hugh A. Taylor
9-8 3-6 6-5 4-6 unfinished
New Zealand Percival Clennell Fenwick United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C.J. Dymond
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland S. Jackson
3 – 8 Aug West of Ireland Championships[43]
Sligo, Ireland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Willoughby Hamilton
 ?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Rev. Edmund Lombard United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Drummond Hamilton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Effingham Carroll McDowel
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M. White
6 -8 Aug Canadian International Championships [44]
Toronto, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States Joseph Sill Clark.
6-0 6-4
Canada Isidore Frederick Hellmuth United States William Edward Glynn
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland FitzJames Hynes
3 -9 Aug Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament[45]
Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Toler Roberts Garvey
6-1, 6-0, 6-0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Thomas Harrison Griffiths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland David Wilson Christie
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hercules Robert Langrishe
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick William Knox
3 -9 Aug Wentworth Invitation
New Castle, NH, United States
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3
United States Godfrey Brinley United States Robert Livingston Beeckman
United StatesHerbert M. Sears
10 – 13 Aug Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament[46]
Teignmouth , Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilfred Milne
6-3, 6-5, 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H.C. Kent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ferguson G. Davies
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Erskine Gerald Watson
10 – 16 Aug West Sussex Championships[47]
East Grinstead, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States James Dwight
6-2 6-3 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWilliam Nevill Cobbold United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry Grove
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
10 – 16 Aug Narragansette
Narragansett, RI, United States
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
?
?
18 – 21 Aug Hampshire Championships[48]
Bournemouth, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry St John
6-2, 6-1, 6-3
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles A. Ashe Ross
18 – 21 Aug U.S. National Championships
Newport, USA
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United States Richard Sears
6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
United States Wallace Percy Knapp United States Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
United States Joseph Sill Clark
Challenger
United States Godfrey Brinley
17 – 22 Aug Yorkshire Championships[49]
Scarborough, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gilbert Mahon
6-0, 6-2, 6-4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Godfrey Pease United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Edwin Caldecott
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland W.F. Rodgers
Challenger
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.W. Fletcher
17 – 23 Aug South of Scotland Championhips[50]
Moffat, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Archibald Thomson
6-3, 6-4, 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B.S. Cave United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H. Gillbanks
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Ferguson
17 -23 Aug Suffolk Championships[51]
Saxmundham, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Richard Longe
6-1, 6-0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Davy Longe
24 – 27 Aug Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament[52]
Cambridge, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
6-3, 6-0, 7-5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lionel Robert Wilberforce
24 – 29 Aug Derbyshire Championships[53]
Buxton , Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Eyre Chatterton
5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4
United States James Dwight
24 Jul-30 Aug Brookfield Tournament Brookfield, Nr, Glossop
Great Britain
Surface unknown
United States James Dwight
6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward (Teddy) Lake William
24 – 30 Aug Whitby tournament[54]
Whitby, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Herbert Crispe
3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Godfrey Pease

September

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
7 – 17 Sep South of England Championships[55]
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest Lewis
4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William C. Taylor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward James Avory
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles H. Ashe Ross
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland J.F. Adair
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry Grove
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Howard
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward Somes Saxton
14 – 20 Sep St Leonards-on-Sea[56]
St Leonards-on-Sea, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Wilberforce
?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland S. Wilson
21 – 26 Sep Sussex Championships[57]
Brighton , Great Britain
Hard (indoor)
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles H. Ashe Ross
w.o.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William C. Taylor
21 – 27 Sep Norton Tournament
Norton, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H. A. Emmons
4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Godfrey Pease

October

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
28 Sep-4 Oct Southern Championships
Wilmington, NC, United State
Clay
SinglesDoubles
United States Davis Belmont
6-2, 6-1, 6-2
United States E. Porter
6 – 10 Oct Victorian Championships[58]
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
SinglesDoubles
Australia Walter John Carre Riddell [59]
25 games to 13
Australia Louis Australia Whyte
6 – 12 Oct US National Collegiate Championships[60]
New Haven, CT, United States
Clay
SinglesDoubles
United States Wallace Percy Knapp
10-10-8, 10-8, 6-3
United States Augustus Duryee United States W.B. Lord
United States Lewis Henry Paddock

November

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No Events

December

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No Events

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Further reading

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  • Total Tennis:The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, by Bud Collins, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 0-9731443-4-3
  • The Tennis Book, edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981 ISBN 0-87795-344-9
  • 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
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