1884 men's tennis season

none 1884 men's tennis season Richard sears.JPG Richard Sears pictured wins his 4th consecutive U.S. National Championships this year 150px 6 May – 21 December 71 Important (4)National (4)Provincial/Regional/State (8)County (11) Local/other (44) GBR Charles Walder Grinstead (5) GBR Charles Walder Grinstead (6) 1883 1885 The 1884 men's tennis season was the ninth annual tennis season consisting of 70 world wide tournaments. The season began in April in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon and ended in December in Melbourne, Australia. Season summary Herbert Lawford wins the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships at his 3rd attempt in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in straight sets. William Renshaw a fourth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. Former Wimbledon champion Donald Stewart wins the Northern Championship in Liverpool against Herbert Wilberforce. In America Richard Sears collects a fourth successive US National Championship beating Howard Taylor in straight sets. The title leader this season was Charles Walder Grinstead winning 5 tournaments from 5 finals. Season results 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),Abolition of Challenge Rounds https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19220320.2.111.2?query=Paris%20International%20Championships paperspast.natlib.govt.nz EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922 6 October 2016 in some tournaments not all.* Indicates challenger Key Important.Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, Calif. 9781598843002 198 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC&pg=RA1-PA198 Gillmeister Heiner Tennis:Cultural History 1998 A&C Black London 9780718501952 199 https://books.google.com/books?id=44Vu3DdHFvsC&pg=PA199Mazak Karoly The Concise History of Tennis 2017 Independently published 9781549746475 5–36 EnglishLake Robert J. A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History 2014 Routledge 9781134445578 48 https://books.google.com/books?id=8kyvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 National Provincial/State/Regional County Local The 1884 season included:Nieuwland Alex Tournaments – Search 1884 http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournaments/ Tennisarchives Idzznew BV 4 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017 January No events February No events March 'No events April DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalistApril.The Ceylon Championships were staged at the Hill Club LTC, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon from 1884 until 1971. In 1972 following independence Ceylon's name changed to Sri Lanka and this tournament was then called the Sri Lankan Championships until 1976.Club Hill About Us https://www.hillclubsrilanka.lk/about-us/ www.hillclubsrilanka.lk The Hill Club 10 July 2022 Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Ceylon Championships 1884 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34898 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022 Ceylon ChampionshipsNuwara Eliya Lawn Tennis ClubNuwara Eliya, CeylonGrassSingles – DoublesGBR Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross ?? ?? May DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist16 - 17 May.Tournaments: Clyde Park https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clydepark The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 14 May 2023 Madrid subscription January 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes Clyde Park TournamentBoston United StatesGrassUSA 1884 William V.S. Thorne77–73 (games)USA 1884 Percy KnappUSA 1884 Palmer Ellis Presbrey USA 1884 Howard Augustus Taylor 12 - 17 May.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Fitzwilliam Club Championships 1884 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34897 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022Fitzwilliam Club ChampionshipsFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis ClubDublin, IrelandGrass IRE 1783 Ernest Browne ?IRE 1783 ? 14 - 19 MayIrish Lawn Tennis ChampionshipsDublin, IrelandGrass SCO Herbert Lawford 6-1 6-4 6-2 IRE 1783 Eyre ChattertonIRE 1783 Herbert Knox McKay IRE 1783 Willoughby Hamilton USA Richard D. SearsChallengerUKGBI Ernest Renshaw ENG William Renshaw** ENG Maud Watson6-0, 8-6, 6-3SCO Robert Galbraith Horn IRE 1783 Connie Butler 19 - 24 May.Tournaments: Fitzwilliam Purse 1884 https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 21 May 2023 subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ deadFitzwilliam PurseFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis ClubDublin, IrelandGrass ENG Ernest Wool Lewis 6-1, 1-6, 6-2Ireland 1783 Robert Shaw TemplerIreland 1783 William Drummond HamiltonIreland 1783 Toler Roberts GarveyUKGBI J.Butler Robinson 21 - 24 May.Tournaments: Whitehouse https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 27 May 2023 subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ deadWhitehouse OpenWhitehouse Lawn Tennis ClubEdinburgh, Lothian, ScotlandOutdoorGrass UKGBI Richard Henry Fuller 6-4 6-3 6-3SCO Archibald Thomson UKGBI A. Dunn jr.UKGBI Walter William Chamberlain SCO Charles Robert Andrew HowdenSCO Patrick Smith June DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalistJune.Oxford University Champion TournamentNorham Gardens, Oxford, Great BritainGrassSingles – Doubles ??? 2 - 6 JuneNieuwland Alex Tournament – West of England Championships - 1881-1968 http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=268&n=West%20of%20England%20Championships www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 31 July 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017 West of England ChampionshipsBathGreat BritainGrass UKGBI Ernest de Sylly H. Browne6-4, 6-2, 6-4UKGBI C.K. Wood UKGBI John Redfern Deykin ENG Wilfred MilneIRE 1783 Ernest Browne UKGBI Donald Charles Stewart 9 - 15 June Waterloo TournamentAlex Nieuwland Tournament – Waterloo - 1881-1897 http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=770&n=Waterloo www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 31 July 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Liverpool, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Donald Stewart 9-7 6-1 6-2UKGBI William Bush-Salmon UKGBI Richard Taswell RichardsonUKGBI Theodore Robson Eskrigge UKGBI Joseph Bruce Ismay 16 - 22 June East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great BritainHard Singles - Doubles GBR Donald Charles Stewart10-8 6-1 6-3USA Richard Dudley Sears ENG Wilfred Milne UKGBI C.K. Wood IRE 1783 Frederick William Knox 16 - 22 June London Athletic Club Tournament Cheltenham, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Herbert Lawford6-3 6-1 3-6 6-2UKGBI Frederick Bowlby GBR Teddy WilliamsSCO William C. Taylor GBR Herbert Chipp ENG Edward Charles Pine-CoffinENG Harry GroveGBR Arthur John Stanley 19 - 21 June. Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United StatesGrassSingles - Doubles USA 1884 Joseph Sill Clark Sr.6-3 7-5 0-6 6-3USA 1884 Richard Field ConoverUSA 1884 Henry Warner SlocumUSA 1884 A.T. GreenoughUSA 1884 F.A. Hopkins 21 - 26 JuneTournaments: Clifton https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 14 May 2023 Madrid subscription January 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes Clifton Lawn Tennis Tournament Clifton, Bristol, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR George Butterworth6-3, 4-6, 6-2GBR Charles Walder Grinstead GBR James BaldwinGBR Charles Lacy SweetGBR Montagu Hankey GBR Lionel Wilberforce 23 - 26 JuneLawn Tennis:The tournament held in connection with the Hayesland Lawn Tennis Club was concluded on Saturday last week results as follows. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/ 18 April 2023 Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette British Newspaper Archive 2 July 1884 Somerset, England 8 subscriptionHayesland LTC Tournament Hayesland LTCBath, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI James Baldwin6-0 6-1 8-6UKGBI L.K. Smith GBR Ralph Bagnall-WildGBR H. ClarkENG P.D. TuckerGBR B. Winthrop 25 -27 June.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Edinburgh University LTC 1884 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34899 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022Edinburgh University LTC Open Edinburgh University Lawn Tennis ClubEdinburgh, ScotlandGrass Singles - Doubles ENG Walter William Chamberlain6-1, 6-1, 10-8SCO Charles Robert Andrew HowdenSCO Charles Robert Andrew HowdenSCO George Nelson Stenhouse ENG Arthur Walton FullerSCO Charles Allen Casterton SmeltSCO Archibald Thomson ChallengerSCO John Galbraith Horn 26 - 28 JuneNorthumberland Cricket Club Open Tournament https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18840705/238/0045 18 April 2023 The Field British Newspaper Archive 5 July 1884 London, England 45 subscriptionNorthumberland Cricket Club OpenNorthumberland County Cricket ClubNewcastle-upon-Tyne Great BritainGrass GBR E. M. Sinclair2-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2GBR Minden Fenwick UKGBI A. Dunn Jr. UKGBI Thomas Oswald SwarbreckUKGBI T.R. Redmayne 23 - 29 June. Orange Spring TournamentOrange Lawn tennis ClubMontrose, New Jersey, United StatesGrassSingles - Doubles USA 1884 Richard Field Conover 6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4USA Wallace P. Knapp USA William V.S. ThorneUSA Morgan Gibbes PostUSA P. Willis 23 - 29 June Leamington Open TournamentLeamington Spa, Warwickshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Teddy Williams 6-3 6-2 6-2UKGBI Frank Noon ENG John Redfern Deykin UKGBI C.E. SalmonIRE 1783 Alfred Henry BethamENG Robert Rawnsley BowlesENG Philip Grove 23 - 29 June Warwickshire ChampionshipsLeamington Spa, Warwickshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Robert Rawnsley Bowles 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 UKGBI C.A. Woods ENG Philip Grove USA Hamilton A. Emmons UKGBI A.H. Griffiths UKGBI John Charles Kay July DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist July Natal ChampionshipsHistory - KZN Tennis http://www.kzntennis.co.za/w/history KZN Tennis Kwazulu Natal Tennis Association 26 July 2018 2018 Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaOutdoor GrassSingles - Doubles South Africa 1876 Mr Crawfurd6-4 6-4 8-6 UKGBI George Stanley 9 – 12 July.North Berkshire ALTC Tournament Abingdon, North Berkshire, EnglandOutdoor GrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Mr. Awdry 6-4, 2-6, 6-5 UKGBI W.A. Platt UKGBI A.B. Fielden UKGBI A.H. Jacob UKGBI F. Comins UKGBI J.H. Deazeley UKGBI M. Eales UKGBI T.E. Graham 5 - 15 July Wimbledon Championships London, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI William Renshaw 6–0, 6–4, 9–7UKGBI Charles Walder Grinstead UKGBI Ernest Renshaw Ireland 1783 Ernest BrowneENG Wilfred MilneUKGBI William TaylorUKGBI RC ThompsonChallengerSCO Herbert Fortescue Lawford 19 July Scottish Championships Edinburgh Academical Club Edinburgh, ScotlandGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Reginald Arthur Gamble6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3 SCO Herbert Bowes-Lyon UKGBI Joseph Bruce Ismay SCO Patrick Bowes-LyonSCO George Nelson StenhouseSCO Archibald ThomsonChallengerSCO John Galbraith Horn 14 -20 July.Lawn Tennis Fixtures https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18840719/223/0045 18 April 2023 The Field British Newspaper Archive 19 July 1884 London, England 45 subscription Duffield LTC Open Tournament Duffield LTCDuffield, Derbyshire, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles ENG Horace Septimus Wansbrough 6-5 6-5 6-2ENG Henry HomfrayENG William Gerald BarkerENG Daniel LeeGBR A. FitzmauriceIND British Hugh Vibart MacNaghtenENG Leonard Dampier 21 - 27 July.Edgbaston Open TournamentEdgbaston, Warwickshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Teddy Williams 8-6, 6-2 6-3UKGBI Walter William Chamberlain UKGBI John George ChamberlainUKGBI Joseph Bruce Ismay UKGBI R.P. CarterENG John Redfern DeykinENG Arthur Walton FullerENG Frank Noon 21-27 July. Northumberland ChampionshipsNewcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Joseph Bruce Ismay3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4UKGBI Howard Pease ENG James Blackhouse DaleUKGBI J.G. BurdonUKGBI Mark Fenwick 27 July.The Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was founded in 1878 it staged its first tournament in 1880 called the Leicester Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1883 it became an open tournament the Leicester Open Tennis Tournament for both men and women until 1938. The club also shared the staging of the Leicestershire County Championships with other venues.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Leicester 1884 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4061 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022 Leicester Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Leicester, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Hugh V. McNaughten 3-6 6-0 6-1 ret.UKGBI W. J. Gray ENG John Redfern DeykinUKGBI Joseph Bruce IsmayUKGBI L.G. CampbellENG Claude Erskine FarrerUKGBI H.C. Goodhart ENG Frank Noon 21 - 27 July.The Midland Counties Championships were staged from 1884 to 1970 on grass courts, it was an open even for men and women. The Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club held 2 events including the Edgbaston Tennis Tournament (1881-1908, 1970) usually staged earlier both are distinct events.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Midland Counties Championships 1884 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4419 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022 Midland Counties Championships Edgabaston, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Walter William Chamberlain6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1UKGBI John Redfern Deykin UKGBI Arthur Walton FullerENG John George ThursfieldUKGBI E.T. Hopkins ENG John Charles KayENG Frank NoonENG Henry Blane Porter 21 - 27 JulyRedhill Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Redhill, Surrey, Great BritainSingles - Doubles UKGBI Claude Erskine Farrer 6-2 6-4 UKGBI William J. Down. UKGBI Charles Edward De Fonblanque UKGBI Arthur John StanleyUKGBI W.R. DagnallUKGBI Leopold MaxseUKGBI Harold S. StoneUKGBI C.G. Woolley 21 - 27 July.Tournaments: South of Ireland Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ deadSouth of Ireland Championships Limerick, IrelandGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Eyre Chatterton6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3 Ireland 1783 Thomas Harrison Griffiths ENG Percy Wildman Lushington Ireland 1783 Francis Woodcock Perry Ireland 1783 George Bloomfield Garvey Ireland 1783 Grattan Wildman LushingtonIreland 1783 Francis MetcalfeIreland 1783 Robert Shaw TemplerChallengerIreland 1783 Tom Campion 28–31 Jul.Tournaments: Langley Marish https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 28 May 2023 subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ deadLangley Marish TournamentEaton Recreation Ground Langley Marish, Berkshire, EnglandGrassENG Felix Henry Prince Palmer6-1. 6-0ENG Thomas Arthur NashENG Thomas Gustav Schwabe GarnettGBR H.P. WardGBR M.J. MichaelENG Wiliam Harry NashGBR R.J. PriceGBR Maurice John Swabey August DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalistAugust Seabright Invitational TournamentAdmin Staff Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club: History https://sltcc.org/history sltcc.org Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club 5 August 2018 en-gb 2018 5 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180805143307/https://sltcc.org/history dead Sea Bright, New Jersey, United StatesGrassSingles - Doubles USA 1884 Joseph Sill Clark 3-2 SetsUSA 1884 Richard Field Conover 1 - 2 August.Tournaments:Worcestershire CCC https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/worcestershireccc The Tennis Base Tennismem SL May 14, 2023 Madrid subscription June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open Boughton Cricket GroundWorcester, Worcestershire, England.OutdoorGrassSingles UKGBI Walter William Chamberlain 6-2 6-4 UKGBI Frederick William Knox UKGBI John Redfern Deykin UKGBI Reginald Arthur Gamble UKGBI Jonas Henry William Gardner UKGBI Frank Noon 28 Jul-2 Aug.Tournaments: King's County and Ormonde https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ dead King's County and Ormonde TournamentParsonstown, King's County, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Ernest Brownew.o. Ireland 1783 Alexander Francis GrantIreland 1783 Toler Roberts Garvey Ireland 1783 Nicholas Trafalgar BiddulphChallengerIreland 1783 Eyre Chatterton 29 Jul-2 Aug. County Kildare Championship Naas, County Kildare, IrelandOutdoorGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Peter Aungier6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Ireland 1783 John Peter Stephen Gradwell Ireland 1783 Captain Kenyon-SlaneyIreland 1783 Peter Latouche UKGBI J. Murray UKGBI C.A. WilliamsonChallengerIreland 1783 Thomas Harrison 28 Jul-3 Aug Essex Championships Brentwood, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Charles W. Grinstead6-0 6-4 UKGBI E. N. Cubitt UKGBI P. ColleyENG Edmund Arthur HollingburyUKGBI E. BragyENG Edward Henry ChristyUKGBI Laurence Joseph PetreUKGBI C. Wells 28 Jul-3 Aug Victoria Park Lawn Tennis Tournament Exeter, Great BritainHardSingles - Doubles UKGBI Herbert W-Fox1-6 6-2 6-1 UKGBI John C. Gray 28 Jul-3 Aug. Maidenhead Lawn Tennis Tournament Maidenhead, Berkshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI A. L. Davies6-1, 4-6, 12-10, 6-3UKGBIRobert Rawnsley Bowles UKGBI H.C. WoolleyUKGBI E. BrownUKGBI C.E. SalmonUKGBI W.G. Smith 28 Jul-3 Aug Middlesex Championships Chiswick, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Walder Grinsteadrain stooped play UKGBI Donald Stewart UKGBI Herbert Chipp UKGBI Marmaduke Strickland Constable UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis 28 Jul-3 Aug.Northern ChampionshipsLiverpool Cricket ClubLiverpool, Lancashire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Donald Stewart5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 8-6USA James DwightENG Jacob Gaitskell BrownUSA Richard Dudley SearsUKGBI F. RathboneChallengerUKGBI Herbert Wilberforce 28 Jul-3 Aug.Tournaments: Wentworth https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ deadWentworth Open Tournament Hotel WentworthNew Castle, New Hampshire, United StatesGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Howard Augustus Taylor8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3USA 1884 Wallace Percy Knapp USA 1884 William V.S. Thorne USA 1884 E.K. Butler 1-6 AugustThe Field (9 August 1884) p. 44. Abbot's Court Hoo Tournament Hoo St Werburgh, Rochester, Kent, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Ernest Wool Lewis6-4, 6–4, 6-4GBR Roy Allen 3 -8 Aug.Burbage Tennis TournamentBurbage, Wiltshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Captain Taylor6-3 6-2 ENG Charles Hobson MarriottENG Theodore CoventryUKGBI H. Shipton 4 -10 Aug.The Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was established in 1883 and ran until 1893. In 1894 the event was renamed the Suffolk Championships which ran till 1968. The Framlingham Tennis Tournament was also staged in 1883 Hurts Hall Park. In 1900 that event moved to the first two weeks of August and remains so. Both are distinct eventsNieuwland Alex Edition – Saxmundham 1884 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4458 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022Nieuwland Alex Tournament – Suffolk Championships https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=280&n=Suffolk%20Championships www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 9 July 2022About : Saxmundham tennis club, Suffolk https://www.saxtennis.co.uk/about#:~:text=About%20the%20club 9 July 2022 saxtennis Saxmundham LTC enHistory:The History of the Tournament Part Two: 1900-1913 https://www.framlinghamtennis.co.uk/history/ Framlingham Tennis Tournament Framlingham College 10 July 2022 Framlingham, Suffolk, EnglandSaxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Saxmundham, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Francis William Monement 6-4 1-6 6-1 UKGBI Charles. E. Weddon USA 1884 Hamilton A. Emmons ENG Charles Sidney CullinghamENG Edward Morgan Hansell 4 -10 Aug. Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament Rocklands, Waterford, IrelandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Frederick W. Knox 6-4 7-5 6-4 Ireland 1783 John H. Browne6-0, 6-3Ireland 1783 Hercules Robert Langrishe UKGBI F.E. BirdUKGBI J. ButterworthIreland 1783 William James GallweyChallengerUKGBI George Butterworth 10 – 13 August.The Hull Westbourne Avenue ran from 1884 to 1906.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Hull Westbourne Avenue 1884 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=20644 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022 Hull Westbourne Avenue Open TournamentTeignmouth Tennis ClubKingston-Upon-Hull, EnglandGrassSingles – Doubles GBR W.S. Wrightw.o.GBR William Francis Wells-ColeGBR L. HarrisonGBR H.N. Wade GBR E.W. BrookeENG Thomas Barton HolmesGBR C.V. Wilkes 11 - 17 Aug.Darlington Association TournamentDarlington Cricket GroundDarlington, County Durham, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles SCO Patrick Bowes-Lyon 7-9 6-2 6-1 ret.SCO John Galbraith Horn 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1GBR Minden FenwickENG Norman Leslie HallwardGBR A.L. DavidsonGBR Percival Clennell FenwickGBR Hugh A. TaylorGBR E.M. TurnerChallengerGBR Herbert Wilberforce 11 - 17 AugDerbyshire Championships Buxton, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Walder Grinstead 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne ENG John Redfern DeykinGBR Walter William Chamberlain GBR A.A. Fuller ENG Philip GroveENG Hugh Workman-MacNaghtenGBR William C. Taylor 11 - 17 AugEast Grinstead Lawn Tennis Club Tournament East Grinstead, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Lacy Sweet 6-2 6-3 6-3UKGBI L. G. Campbell ENG Orlando Robert Coote ENG William John DownUKGBI A. MassyENG Leo Maxse 11 - 17 Aug.The North of England Championships was established in 1884 as the North Yorkshire Tournament and was staged until at least 1974 according to sources. North Yorkshire TournamentJeffreys kevin The Illustrious History of Tennis in Scarborough https://www.on-magazine.co.uk/yorkshire/sport/history-of-tennis-in-scarborough/ on-magazine.co.uk/ On: Yorkshire Magazine 10 July 2022 22 April 2021 Scarborough, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne 6-1 ret.UKGBI Marmaduke Strickland ConstableENG Harold Stapylton GreenwellUKGBI William C. Taylor ENG Ernest Edwin MeekUKGBI George E. NewbyENG Arthur Godfrey Pease 11 - 17 Aug. Teignmouth and Shaldon TournamentTeignmouth, EnglandOutdoorAsphaltSingles - Doubles UKGBI Captain Wood6-1 6-1UKGBIWilliam P. WetheredUKGBI J.C. Rogers ENG Erskine Gerald Watson UKGBI P.W. BushENG Edward Charles Pine-CoffinENG Arthur Percy (Percy) JonesENG Henry Blane Porter 15-20 Aug.Tournaments:Litchfield/Stafford - Staffordshire Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 25 May 2023 Madrid subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ dead Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.Lichfield, Great BritainGrassSingles GBR F.A. Hedley 6-4, 2-6, 6-5 GBR W.J. Bagnall GBR William Edward Baddeley GBR J.W. Baddeley GBR W.E. Elliott GBR W.L. Ward 18 - 20 Aug Windermere Open Windermere, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI H.P. Mason6-4 6-2UKGBI Richard Montague AinslieUKGBI E. CrawleyUKGBI R. HillUKGBI Ernest Henry AinslieUKGBI Anthony Alfred BowlbyUKGBI C. DunnUKGBI W. Hunter 18 - 20 Aug Bridlington Quay Tournament Bridlington, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Walder Grinstead 6-2 6-2 6-3UKGBI H. AndersonUKGBI H.P. Marriott 20 August. Berrylands Club Tournament Berrylands LTCSurbiton, Surrey, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles UKGBI G.A. Bolton 6-2, 6-1 UKGBI Harry Stanley Scrivener UKGBI Herbert Henley Playford UKGBI E. BoydellUKGBI Percy Kemp Heard UKGBI H. Kerby 19 - 21 Aug.Tournaments: Saxmundham https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription January 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes Saxmundham Lawn Tennis TournamentSaxmundham Lawn Tennis ClubHurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, EnglandGrass Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – DoublesGBR Francis William Monement6-4 1-6 6-1ENG Maurice WelldonUSA Hamilton A. EmmonsGBR Charles Sidney CullinghamGBR Edward Morgan Hansell 18 - 23 Aug.Tournaments: Whitby https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 27 May 2023 subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ dead Whitby Open Lawn Tennis TournamentWest Cliff Tennis GroundsWhitby, North Yorkshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Arthur Godfrey Pease6-5 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-5 George E. Newby ENG John Charles KayUKGBI W.B. TarpeyUKGBI C.L. ClayUKGBI H.H. ClayIreland 1783 G.F. RichardsonUKGBI C.A. Woodhouse 21–23 August.Tournaments: Vale of Clwyd - North Wales Tournaments https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ dead North Wales Challenge CupVale of Clwyd LTCDenbigh, Vale of Clwyd, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles WAL G. Egertonw.o.WAL R. Lloyd WilliamsSCO A. MacBeanWAL J.P. LewisWAL Thomas Alured Wynne EdwardsUKGBI Major MeshamGBR P. OrmrodWAL H. Lloyd WilliamsChallengerENG Arthur Bennett Mesham 18 - 24 Aug.Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club TournamentExmouth, Devon, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Walder Grinstead6-2 6-2 6-3UKGBI Gerald Erskine WatsonENG Walter William Chamberlain ENG Harry GroveENG Henry Blane PorterUKGBI H. KerbyENG Charles Lacy Sweet UKGBI G.H. Taylor 18 - 24 Aug South of Scotland Championships Moffat, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Percival Clennell Fenwick 6-3 6-2 6-3SCO Archibald ThomsonSCO Charles Robert Andrew Howden SCO William Ferguson SCO Alfred Gordon Rae 22-24 August.Tournaments: Holt Lawn Tennis Club https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/holtltc The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 14 May 2023 Madrid subscription January 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes Holt Lawn Tennis Club TournamentHolt LTCHolt, Norfolk, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles GBR William Bolding Monement6-1, 6-0ENG Edward Berners UpcherGBR Francis William Monement ENG Charles Sidney 23–25 August.Tournaments: Tenby - South Wales https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription January 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes TENBY - LAWN TENNIS CLUB TOURNAMENT. https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3708733/3708739/25/ 24 February 2023 The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory Welsh Newspapers: National Library of Wales 23 August 1883 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales 6 en South Wales and Monmouthshire ChampionshipsTenby LTCTenby, Carmarthenshire, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Herbert Wilberforce6-4, 3–6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1WAL William Sidney Nelson HeardWAL Gethin MeredithENG William Gascoyne DalzielWAL George Bevan BowenWAL Grismond Saunders Davies 25 - ? Aug Mid Devon Lawn Tennis Tournament Tiverton, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Norman L. Hallward 6-0 6-0 6-1UKGBI A.N. DumbletonUKGBI M.D. Buckingham UKGBI H.L. Luxton UKGBI R.H.S. BarnesENG Arthur BelfieldUKGBI Charles Henry LuxtonUKGBI P. Whately 26 - 28 Aug Galashiels Championship Galashiels, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles SCO Alfred Aitken Thomson6–5, 6–1, 6–2ENG S.C. KnottSCO Forrester John ThomsonSCO Alex BuchananENG Thomas Byrne SellarSCO L. Sanderson 25 - 31 Aug Burton-on-Trent Open Burton-on-Trent, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI W. W. Chamberlain 6-4 6-3 6-0UKGBI E. W. BrookUKGBI W.E. Baddeley ENG Lewin Venn Alexander ENG Frank NoonUKGBI G.E. Lowe UKGBI W.G. Lowe UKGBI H.E. Sugden 25 - 31 Aug U.S. National Championships Newport, United StatesGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1877-1890 Richard Sears6-0 1-6 6-0 6-2USA 1877-1890 William VS Thorne USA 1877-1890 Clarence ClarkUSA 1877-1890 Percy KnappUSA 1877-1890 Robert Livingston BeeckmanUSA 1877-1890 Alexander Van RensselaerUSA 1877-1890 George RichardsUSA 1877-1890 AC SaltChallengerUSA 1877-1890 Howard Taylor USA 1877-1890 Richard Sears James Dwight 6-4, 6-1, 8-10, 6-4USA 1877-1890 Alexander Van RensselaerUSA 1877-1890 Arthur Newbold 27–29 Aug.Tournaments: Devon and Cornwall Manadon https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 Madrid subscription January 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis TournamentManadon, Plymouth, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Edward Linwood Strong6-3 6-3UKGBI Saint John Halford CoventryUKGBI George William WebberUKGBI F. StoneyUKGBI W. Ware September DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist1 - 4 Sep. County Carlow Lawn Tennis Tournament Carlow, County Carlow, IrelandGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 R. Grove Annesley6-5 6-5 6-2Ireland 1783 J.E. JamesonENG Arthur S. E. Annesley Ireland 1783 R.L. Rike Ireland 1783 A. FitzmauriceIreland 1783 J.H. ThomasIreland 1783 C.O. Vigers 27 Aug - 5 Sep.Tournaments: Sittingbourne - Gore Court Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ deadGore Court Championships Sittingbourne, Gore Court Archery and LTCGore Court, Sittingbourne, Great BritainOutdoorGrassSingles GBR C.C.J. Perry6-3 7-6 6-4 GBR C. IgglesdenGBR J.W. Collard GBR H. CooperGBR A.W. Oliver GBR F.J. Troughton 1 - 7 Sep Canadian ChampionshipsToronto LTCToronto, CanadaGrass Singles - Doubles CAN 1868 Charles Smith Hyman 8-6 6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2CAN 1868 Alexander C. Galt CAN 1868 Alexander Monro GrierIreland 1783FitzJames Hynes CAN 1868 F. Lewis BirdCAN 1868 Henry R. ElmsleyCAN 1868 Henry Gordon MackenzieCAN 1868 V. Wolsely 1 - 7 Sep Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club TournamentDean Park Bournemouth, Hampshire, EnglandOutdoorGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis6-0 6-2 6-3UKGBI Aston Cooper-Key UKGBI Montague HankeyUKGBI Charles Gathorne Edmund OrrUKGBI W. Heath ENG John Henry LewisUKGBI R. PinckneyENG H. Olliffe 1 - 7 Sep. Orange InvitationMountain Station, MontroseSouth Orange, New Jersey, USAOutdoorGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Howard Augustus Taylor7-5 6-2 6-3USA 1884William V.S. Thorne USA 1884 Jackson C. Wilmerding USA 1884 James DwightUSA 1884 Morton Spring Paton 1 - 7 Sep South of England ChampionshipsEastbourne, East Sussex, EnglandOutdoorGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Teddy Williams1-6 6-2 6-2 6-2UKGBI William C. Taylor UKGBI Charles Walder Grinstead ENG Orlando Robert CooteUKGBI P. ColleyENG Charles Lacy Sweet 2–4 SepTournaments:Hawick - West Teviotdale https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 14 May 2023 Madrid subscription 15 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071919/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ dead West Teviotdale Open Hawick Cricket GroundHawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, ScotlandGrass Singles - Doubles SCO Joseph C. Maxwell-Scott3-6 6-3 9-7 6-2GBR James Locke GBR L. SandersonGBR W.O. Stevenson GBR Edmund J. Constable MaxwellSCO J. MoffatGBR A. Sellar SCO Patrick Bowes-LyonSCO Herbert Bowes-Lyon6-1 6-2 6-2GBR A. SellarSCO Archibald ThomsonSCO S.B. MurraySCO Miss Murray6-1 6-3SCO C.E. StewartSCO Miss Stuart 22 - 27 Sep. Sussex County Lawn Tennis TournamentHove Rink Tennis CourtsBrighton, East Sussex, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Charles Lacy Sweet0-6 6-1 6-3 6-3UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross ENG George Lawrence Orme UKGBI Edward Barrett-SmithUKGBI L.G. CampbellUKGBI J.B. FormanENG J. GarrettUKGBI William C. Taylor October DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist30 Sep-6 OctLongwood Cricket Club Tournament Longwood Cricket ClubBrookline, Massachusetts,Whitman Malcolm D. Tennis: Origins and Mysteries (1932) 18 June 2004 Courier Corporation North Chelmsford, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States 978-0-486-43357-8 139 reprint https://books.google.com/books?id=KqDMDAAAQBAJ&dq=Longwood+tennis+tournament+1885&pg=PA139 en United StatesGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 James Dwight ? USA 1884 Quincy Adams Shaw Jr USA 1884 C.C. Wheelwright USA 1884 Palmer Ellis PresbreyUSA 1884 Howard Augustus Taylor 3 - 6 OctLausanne Autumn Meeting Montchoisi Lawn Tennis ClubMontchoisi, Lausanne, SwitzerlandAsphaltSingles - Doubles GBR G.S. Money10-12 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2ENG Alexander W. Miller White GBR Mr. Tayler GBR H. WebbGBR C.J. NowellGBR Mr. PriceSUI Mr. de ReuterskioldSUI F. Vizard 6 - 12 OctIntercollegiate Championships Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Wallace Percy Knapp10-12 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2USA 1884 Godfrey M. Brinley November No Events December DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist15 - 21 Dec. Victorian ChampionshipsMelbourne Cricket Ground LTC Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Hard Singles - Doubles AUS Harry Hanslow Brind 25 games to 17 AUS Dudley Webb AUS Ernest Raleigh AUS Walter John Carre Riddell AUS Haworth William BartramAUS Thomas Archibald A'BeckettAUS Frank HighettAUSW. Melville Notes 2 References 3 Sources Garcia, Gabriel (2018). 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Hughes Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode. External links https://app.thetennisbase.com/1884 Men's Tennis Season http://www.tennisarchives.com/Tournaments 1884 Category:Pre Open era tennis seasons Category:1884 in tennis