1893 women's tennis season

The 1893 Women's Tennis Season was a worldwide tennis circuit composed of 81 major, national, regional, provincial, state, county, metropolitan, city and regular tournaments. The season began on 30 January in Epping, Victoria, Australia and ended on 29 December in Mount Eden, New Zealand. == Season summary == The 1893 season began on 30 January in Epping, Victoria, Australia with the Epping Ladies Open that concluded on 4 February with singles event won by Annie Gibbson who defeated Miriam Bayles in three sets. On 27 May at the first major event of the season for women the Irish Championships played at the Fitzwilliam Club in Dublin, Ireland, the singles event is won by Irelands Florence Stanuell who beat Englands Nora Pope in straight sets. On 17 June at the second major event of the season, at the Northern Championships held at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club in Manchester, England the singles event is won by England's Lottie Dodd who collects a fifth and final Northern title defeating England's Blanche Hillyard in three tough sets. Moving across the Atlantic to the third major tournament of the season the U.S. National Championships is played at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia, United States that concluded on 23 June was won by Aline Terry winning her first and only US championship title, when she defeats Augusta Schultz in straight sets. On 20 July at the fourth and final major tournament of the year the Wimbledon Championships played at the All England Club, Blanche Hillyard defeated Maud Shackle the day before in the all comers final, in the challenge round she faced Lottie Dod the match goes to three sets with Dod emerging victorious and claiming a fifth and final singles title. The 1893 women's tennis season concludes on 29 December at the New Zealand Championships meeting played at Mount Eden near Auckland, New Zealand, the singles title is won by M.F Spiers who beats A Nicholson three and five in the final. == Season results == Key === February === === March === === April === === May === === June === === July === === August === === September === === October === === November === === December === == Tournament winners == winners are listed by total titles won major events are in bold. Maud Shackle, Beckenham, Chiswick Park, Surbiton, West Kensington, West Kensington II (5) Jane Corder, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dublin II, Newcastle, St. Andrews (4) Charlotte Cooper, Darlington, Ealing, Hexham, (3) Blanche Hillyard, Brighton, Buxton, Eastbourne (3) Lottie Dod, Northern Championships, Wimbledon Championships, (2) Nina Rock, Launceston, Launceston II, (2) Maude Delano-Osborne, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Toronto, (2) Elsie Lane, Felixstowe, Saxmundham, (2) Aline Terry, Livingston, U S. National Championships, (2) Ellen Mayne, South Yarra, Sydney, (2) Mabel Cahill, Mountain Station, Saratoga Springs, (2) Mrs Lovell, Singapore, Singapore II, (2) Mabel Grant, Pietermaritzburg, Port Elizabeth, (2) Bertha Silver, Tarrytown, Yonkers, (2) Florence Stanuell, Irish Championships (1) Note: 48 women each won (1) singles title. == Season statistics == == References == == Sources == Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230. British Newspaper Archive Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0. Google News Archive Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. ISBN 9780670294084. Whittelsey, Joseph T. (1894). Wright and Ditson Lawn Tennis Guide. Tournaments and Championships 1893. Boston: Wright and Ditson Publishers. == External links == 1894 Wright and Ditson Lawn Tennis Guide