1888 men's tennis season

none 1888 men's tennis season Ernest w lewis.jpg Ernest Wool Lewis was title leader this year 150px 17 April – 29 December 129 Important (4)National (5)Provincial/Regional/State (11)County (6) Local/other (2) GBR Ernest Wool Lewis (8) GBR Ernest Wool Lewis (8) 1887 1889 The 1888 men's tennis seasonLAWN TENNIS IN 1888: A review of the 1888 season https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/18881006/047/0007 12 March 2023 Western Daily Press British Newspaper Archive 6 October 1888 Bristol, England 7 was a world wide tennis calendar composed of 129 major, national, professional, regional, provincial, state, county, city and regular 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 RenshawGrasso John Historical Dictionary of Tennis 16 September 2011 Scarecrow Press Lanham 978-0-8108-7237-0 288 en 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 RenshawGrasso (2011) 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. At the eighth edition of the Irish Championships the Briton Ernest Renshaw 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 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. Season results Included:Tournaments – 1888 https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournaments/ www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 12 March 2023 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 3 July 2022 in some tournaments not all.* Indicates challenger Notes 2:'This is an incomplete roll of tournaments staged this year Key Major eventsNauright 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 events Professional events World wide events January No events February No events March EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist8 MarTropical ChampionshipsSt. Augustine Lawn Tennis ClubSt. Augustine, United StatesWood (i) Singles - Doubles USA Henry Graff Trevor5 setsUSA C.E. Garrett ChallengerUSA Thomas Sterling Beckwith 10 Mar Bombay Gymkhana Club TournamentBombay Gymkhana Club Bombay, IndiaGrass Singles - Doubles GBR F. Ward2-6 6-5 6-3GBR T.C. SangsterGBR George McMahon GBR Mr. Agnew Turner April EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist17 AprLAWN TENNIS COVERED COURT CHAMPIONSHIP.—The competition for the above will take place at the Hyde Park Court on the following dates,. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/18880218/004/0001 12 March 2023 Field British Newspaper Archive 18 February 1888 London, England. 1British Covered Court ChampionshipsLondon, Great BritainWood (i) Singles - Doubles GBR Ernest Wool Lewis6–3, 6–0, 6–1GBR Ernest Meers May EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist1 MayINTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13685642 12 March 2023 Sydney Morning Herald National Library of Australia 8 May 1888 Sydney, Australia 8New South Wales ChampionshipsSydney, AustraliaSingles - Doubles AUS Dudley Webb6–0, 6–4, 7–5AUS Charles W. Cropper 20 May.Club Hill About Us https://www.hillclubsrilanka.lk/about-us/ www.hillclubsrilanka.lk The Hill Club 15 March 2023 Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. Ceylon ChampionshipsNuwara Eliya Lawn Tennis ClubNuwara Eliya, CeylonClaySingles – DoublesUKGBI Charles Edward De Fonblanque 6-4 6-5 4-6 4-6 6-4UKGBI Edward George Farquharson UKGBI L.E. DaltonUKGBI Thomas W. GallweyUKGBI James Parsons DoveUKGBI M. FindlayUKGBI Edgar Vanderspar 21 MayLAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP OF IRELAND WILL BE HELD THE LAWN TENNIS CLUB, FITZWILLLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN, MONDAY, MAY 21st. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001683/18880504/103/0004 12 March 2023 Irish Times British Newspaper Archive 4 May 1888 Dublin, Republic of Ireland 4Irish ChampionshipsDublin, IrelandSingles - Doubles GBR Ernest Renshaw6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2Ireland 1783 Willoughby Hamilton 26 May.Fitzwilliam Club ChampionshipsFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, IrelandGrassIreland 1783 Willoughby Hamilton 6-4 6-3 6-1Ireland 1783 Harold MahonyUKGBI J.F. HughesUKGBI J.T. MaxwellUKGBI Ernest Henry Greene UKGBI UKGBI Charles Pierce Rowley James Ireland 1783 Edward Mahon UKGBI C. RobertsChallengerIreland 1783 Tom Campion 26 MayTournaments: West of Scotland Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscription West of Scotland ChampionshipsPollockshields Athletic ClubPollockshields ScotlandGrassSCO J.B. Gray6–3, 8–6, 6–2SCO William Thomas Hendry SCO C. GraySCO Anderson SteelSCO Herbert Bowes-LyonSCO Richard Millar WatsonSCO Horatio R. Babington PeileWAL G.H. Aitken 26 May.Tournaments: Western Counties Championship https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscriptionWestern Counties ChampionshipPollockshields Athletic ClubPollockshields Scotland GrassSingles - Doubles ENG Arthur Nevile John Story 6-2 2-6 6-3 8-6SCO Edward Barnard Fuller UKGBI G. Scott-JacksonSCO Richard Millar Watson UKGBI John AdamsSCO James Cleland BurnsSCO R. RoxburghUKGBI E.W. Wyatt June EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist4 JunBroughty Ferry OpenBroughty Ferry LTCBroughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland ClaySingles - Doubles SCO Alfred Aitken Thomson6-3 8-6 3-6 7-5 ENG Arthur Nevile John Story 4 JunMiddle States ChampionshipsHoboken, New Jersey, United StatesSingles - Doubles USA Edward Peale MacMullen6-0, 6–4, 0–6, 8-6USA Robert Livingston Beeckman 4 JunLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18880119/033/0003 London Evening Standard British Newspaper Archive 19 January 1888 London, England 3West of England ChampionshipsBath, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Harry S. Barlow 6–4, 6–3, 8–10, 3–6, 8–6GBR James Baldwin 9 Jun.Tournaments: Whitehouse https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 27 May 2023 subscriptionWhitehouse OpenWhitehouse Lawn Tennis ClubEdinburgh, Lothian, ScotlandOutdoorClay SCO Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-4, 6-3, 6-1SCO Edward Barnard FullerSCO J.C. HuieSCO Pat. SmithENG Stanley RiseleyUKGBI J.C.S. SandemanSCO Kenneth SandersonSCO Richard Millar WatsonChallenge roundSCO Archibald ThomsonSCO John Galbraith HornSCO Herbert Bowes-Lyon6-1, 0-6, 8-6, 6-4ENG Arthur Nevile John StoryENG Arnold Wyersdale BlakeSCO Richard Millar WatsonENG Ann Dod5-7, 6-3, 6-4SCO C.D. MurraySCO Jane Ferguson 11 JunLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3. Welsh ChampionshipsPenarth, Wales, Great BritainSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Willoughby Hamilton 6–1, 6–1, 6–0Ireland 1783 Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 11 JunLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.The John Player Nottingham Tennis Tournament: Record of Winners Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887–1970)" (PDF).https://www.nottinghamcastleltc.co.uk/history/?d=John+Player+Nottingham+Tennis+Tournament+1971.pdf. Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7.Nottinghamshire Championships Nottingham, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Frederick William Snookw.o.GBR Herbert Durrant Snook 11 JunLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Harry S. Barlow7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret.Ireland 1783 Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 13 JunWhittelsey, Joseph. Ed. Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. (1895) Sectional Championships. Wright & Ditson Publishing. Boston. Mass. p.65.Southern ChampionshipsBaltimore, Maryland, United StatesSingles - Doubles USA Alexander Hamilton Stump Post?USA Leigh BonsalUSA Rodmond Vernon BeachUSA William Austin TomesUSA Charles L. McCauleyUSA Yates PenningtonUSA Oscar R. WoodwardUSA Leigh BonsalUSA L.V. Lemoyne 17 Jun Macclesfield Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Macclesfield LTCMacclesfield, Cheshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Henry Guy Nadin w.o.GBR G.E. Lowe GBR John Barlow ThistlethwaiteGBR G.H. WilloughbyGBR W. BurgessGBR H.R. GreavesGBR J.A. RookeGBR W. Twyford 18 JunLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.London ChampionshipsLondon, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Ernest Wool Lewis6-0 6-1 6-2GBR Harry S. Barlow 18 JunLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Kent ChampionshipsBeckenham, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Ernest Meers5–7, 3–6, 9–7, 6–3, 6–2GBR Frederick A. Bowlby 18 JunLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Northern ChampionshipsManchester, Great BritainSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Willoughby Hamilton 6-1 8-6 6-1UKGBI Harry Grove 21 Jun.Tournaments: Northumberland Cricket Club https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 subscriptionNorthumberland Cricket Club OpenHeaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, EnglandGrassSingles – Doubles UKGBI Kenneth R. Marley6-1 6-2 6-2UKGBI Harold Gurney PeaseUKGBI George Bloomfield Garvey UKGBI Harold KingUKGBI W. ArmstrongUKGBI Arthur Wellesley HallwardUKGBI A. JacksonUKGBI Wilson Pease 22 Jun.Tournaments: New England Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscriptionNew England Championships New Haven LTCNew Haven, Connecticut United StatesSingles – Doubles USA 1877–1890 Henry Slocum8-6 5-7 6-4 4-6 6-2USA 1877–1890 Oliver Samuel CampbellUSA 1877–1890 Francis Gibbons (Frank) BeachUSA 1877–1890 William Larned ThacherUSA 1877–1890 C.H. Ludington jr6USA 1877–1890 John W. Nichols JrUSA 1877–1890 C.W. PiersonUSA 1877–1890 Albert Empie WrightChallengerUSA 1877–1890 Edward Peale MacMullen 25 Jun. Waterloo Tournament Waterloo Lawn Tennis ClubLiverpool, Great BritainGrassSingles – Doubles UKGBI Jacob Gaitskell Brownw.o.UKGBI Herbert ChippUKGBIWilliam Parkfield WetheredUKGBI Ernest Joseph SoaresUKGBI P.G. Hall UKGBI Andrew Laurie MacfieUKGBI G. SmithUKGBI Beresford St. George Verschoyle 30 JunEdgbaston Open TournamentEdgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles GBR James Baldwin7-9 6-0 6-2 6-4GBR Charles Hoadley Ashe RossGBR G.E. Lowe GBR Frank NoonGBR George Ernest Dixon BrownGBR Marmaduke Strickland ConstableGBR John Redfern DeykinGBR Noel Maitland FarrerGBR John Redfern DeykinENG Maud Watson0-6 7-5 6-2GBR George Brown GBR Bertha Steedman 30 Jun.Midland Counties ChampionshipsEdgbaston Cricket & Lawn Tennis ClubEdgbaston, EnglandGrassSingles – Doubles UKGBI Harry Scrivener6-2 6-0 9-7UKGBI Henry Guy NadinUKGBI Francis Russell Burrow UKGBI G.E. Lowe UKGBI George Reston Brewerton UKGBI W.R. CraigUKGBI Percival Du Sautoy LeatherUKGBI Herbert Haden MoncktonChallengerUKGBI John Redfern Deykin July EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist2 JulNatal ChampionshipsBrea Lawn Tennis GroundDurban, South AfricaSingles - Doubles South Africa 1875 William J. Grant6-2 6-3 6-1South Africa 1875 A. Butcher South Africa 1875 Samuel Francis BeningfieldSouth Africa 1875 Mr. Weise South Africa 1875 W.E. ButcherSouth Africa 1875 Mr. CollinsonSouth Africa 1875 Mr. ShortChallengerSouth Africa 1875 Reuben Widdows Beningfield 2 JulHoundiscombe Tennis TournamentHoundiscombe, Plymouth, Devon, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Wilfred Milne6-1 6-0ENG C.R. Broad 2 JulNorton Lawn Tennis Open TournamentNorton, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, Great BritainClaySingles - Doubles ENG H.C. King6-2 4-6 10-8 7-5ENG Frederick T. Bradbury 2 Jul.County Dublin ChampionshipsLansdowne Lawn Tennis ClubDublin, IrelandGrassSingles – Doubles Ireland 1783 Joshua Pim6-3 6-4 9-7Ireland 1783 William Drumond HamiltonUKGBI Thomas Harrison GriffithsUKGBI Frank Stoker UKGBI C.P. BrettIreland 1783 Manliffe GoodbodyUKGBI J. Godley Ireland 1783 William Henry Mahon 2 Jul.Somersetshire ChampionshipsTaunton, Somerset, EnglandGrassSingles – Doubles UKGBI James Baldwin1-6 7-5 6-3UKGBI Ernest Legassicke Hancock *UKGBI H.F. Wilkinson 2 Jul Northern Counties Challenge Cup Norton, County Durham, Great BritainGrassSingles - DoublesUKGBI E.W. Fletcher6-2 6-3 6-0UKGBI Henry Bolckow *UKGBI Arthur Burgess CrosbyUKGBI Frederick T. Bradbury UKGBI George E. Newby UKGBI Harold Gurney Pease 4 Jul.Englewood OpenField ClubEnglewood, New Jersey, United StatesClaySingles – Doubles USA 1887 Oliver Campbell6–2 1–6 5–7 6–4 6–4 USA 1887 Albert Empie WrightUSA 1887 Grant Notman USA 1887 William Austin Tomes USA 1887 Theodore M. BanksUSA 1887 Clarence HobartUSA 1887 F.A. Kellogg USA 1887 Richard W. Stevens 7 July.Tournaments:Litchfield/Stafford - Staffordshire Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 25 May 2023 Madrid subscriptionStaffordshire Lawn Tennis TournamentStafford Institute LTCStafford, Great BritainGrassSingles GBR Ernest Wool Lewis6-0 6-1 6-0SCO Francis Russell BurrowGBR G.E. LoweGBR Frederick Anthony Watts Ireland 1783 Tom Campion GBR John Redfern DeykinGBR Alfred Edward ThompsonGBR Walter Mace Shipman 7 JulCambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Cambridge, Great BritainSingles – Doubles GBR Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross0-6 8-6 7-5 6-4GBR Alfred E. Walker GBR Percy Bateman Brown GBR Herbert Ramon YglesiasGBR F.H. AvesGBR Horace Corthorn ElgoodGBR L.C.P. Wolferston GBR F.R. Wilcox 7 JulLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Wimbledon ChampionshipsLondon, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Ernest Renshaw 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 SCO Herbert Lawford GBR Ernest Renshaw GBR William Renshaw, 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 SCO Patrick Bowes-LyonGBR Herbert Wilberforce 8 Jul.Tournaments: Staten Island Invitation https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 subscriptionStaten Island Invitation Staten Island Cricket & Baseball ClubLivingston, Staten Island, New York City, United StatesGrassSingles - Doubles USA Henry Slocum6-4 6-8 6-1 9-7USA Edward Peale MacMullenUSA Samuel A. Campbell Jr.USA Valentine Gill HallUSA James BrownUSA P.E. JohnsonUSA Quincy ShawUSA Howard Augustus Taylor 8 JulLawn Tennis in America by Valentine Gill Hall, p. 28Western Championshipshttp://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=6664 Western Championships 1887 EnglishScarlett Ribbon Club Chicago, United StatesSingles - Doubles USA Charles Amherst Chase6-3 6-3 6-1USA Samuel Thompson Chase USA J.W. CarverUSA T.L. McClungUSA E.A. ValentineChallengerUSA E.W. McClellan 14 JulLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Champion Hill TournamentEast Dulwich, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Wilberforce Eaves6-4 6-4ENG G.A. Adair 16 Jul.Warwickshire ChampionshipsLeamington Spa, Great BritainGrassSingles – Doubles UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross6-3 1-6 6-3 6-0UKGBI John Redfern DeykinUKGBI Francis Russell BurrowUKGBI G.S. BackIreland 1783 William Drumond HamiltonUKGBI G.B. HodsonUKGBI J.H. MitchellUKGBI Hampden Wilkieson 23 JulLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Ilkley Closed Tournament Ilkley, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles ENG Arthur Godfrey Pease5-7 6-1 6-4 6-4ENG E.W. Fletcher 23 JulLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament(later Yorkshire Championships)Ilkley, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 William Drummond Hamilton6-3 6-2 6-2ENG E.W. Fletcher GBR George Dixon BrownENG Arthur Godfrey PeaseGBR Percy Bateman BrownGBR Harold Weston CarltonENG Walter Mace ShipmanSCO Archibald Thomson 23 JulLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Middlesex Championships Chiswick Park, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Ernest Wool Lewis6-2 6-2 6-2GBR Ernest George Meers 23 Jul.Tournaments: Rockaway Hunting Club Invitation https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscriptionRockaway Hunting Club InvitationRockaway Hunting ClubLawrence, Nassau County, New York, United StatesGrassSingles - Doubles USA Henry Slocum 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 USA Howard Augustus TaylorUSA Grant NotmanUSA Carroll J. Post Jr.USA Morton Spring PatonUSA Charles Edward Sands 24 July.Southampton InvitationMeadow ClubSouthampton, New York, USSurface ?Singles – Doubles USA 1887 Howard Augustus Taylor6-8 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3 USA 1887 Henry Warner Slocum Jr. USA 1887 Oliver Samuel Campbell USA 1887 Foxhall Parker KeeneUSA 1887 F.M. Bacon USA 1887 J.F. BaconUSA 1887 D. Folsom USA 1887 William Austin TomesChallengerUSA 1887 Joseph Sill Clark 27 JulLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Northumberland ChampionshipsConstabulary Cricket Ground Newcastle upon Tyne, Great BritainSingles - Doubles SCO Patrick Bowes-Lyon6-0 6-0 6-0GBR Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather 30 Jul.Tournaments:Ilkley https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 subscriptionIlkley Open TournamentIlkley LTC Ilkley, Yorkshire, EnglandGrass Ireland 1783 William Drumond Hamilton6-3 6-2 6-2UKGBI James BaldwinUKGBI George Ernest Dixon BrownUKGBI Arthur Godfrey PeaseUKGBI Percy Bateman BrownUKGBI Harold Weston CarltonUKGBI Walter Mace ShipmanSCO Archibald ThomsonChallengerUKGBI E.W. Fletcher August EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist1 AugLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Gore Court Championships Sittingbourne, Great BritainClaySingles - Doubles ENG Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves5-6 6-3 6-5UKGBI D. Fuller 1 Aug.Derbyshire ChampionshipsBuxton LTCBuxton, Great BritainGrassSingles – Doubles Ireland 1783 Tom Campion7-5 6-4 7-5UKGBI Percy Bateman BrownUKGBI T.G. HillSCO Archibald ThomsonUKGBI Frederick T. Bradbury UKGBI Harold Weston CarltonIreland 1783 William Drumond HamiltonUKGBI George Hillyard 2 Aug U.S. National Championships Newport, United StatesSingles - Doubles USA Henry Slocum6-4 6-1 6-0USA Howard Augustus Taylor USA Oliver CampbellUSA Valentine Hall6-4 6-2 6-2 USA Clarence HobartUSA Edward MacMullen 4 Aug.Tournaments: Wentworth https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 subscriptionWentworth Open Tournament Hotel WentworthNew Castle, New Hampshire, United StatesGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1877–1890 Charles Amherst Chase6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3USA 1877–1890 Oliver Samuel CampbellUSA 1877–1890 Frederick Sherwood MansfieldUSA 1877–1890 Edward Peale MacMullenUSA 1877–1890 Francis L. V. HoppinUSA 1877–1890 Quincy Shaw USA 1877–1890 Hugh A. Tallant USA 1877–1890 Albert Empie Wright 4 Aug.Tournaments: Vale of Clwyd - North Wales Tournaments https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 subscription North Wales Challenge CupVale of Clwyd LTCDenbigh, Vale of Clwyd, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles ENG George Whitely Hayes6-4, 6-3, 6-2ENG W.H. HayesUKGBI J. HalfordUKGBI P. OrmrodUKGBI G.D. HeatonWAL R. Lloyd WilliamsChallengerENG Henry James Wilson Fosbery 4 Aug.Tournaments: Westchester Invitation https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 subscriptionWestchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation)(Waterbury Challenge Cup)Westchester Country ClubHarrison, New York, USAGrassSingles - DoublesUSA 1887 Oliver Samuel Campbell6-8, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3USA 1887 Robert Livingston BeeckmanUSA 1887 Howard Augustus TaylorUSA 1887 Charles Edward Sands 6 Aug.Tournaments: Rochester Open https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscriptionRochester OpenPaddock Lawn Tennis ClubRochester, Kent, EnglandGrass Singles UKGBI Charles Gladstone Eames6-3 6-4 UKGBI Wilfred BaddeleyUKGBI Charles Percy Oliver ChippUKGBI R.J. CracknellUKGBI Oscar William BenwellAUS Arthur Benjamin CarvossoUKGBI A.B. GreenUKGBI David Elgar Payn 11 Aug.Tournaments: Sligo - West of Ireland Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 subscriptionWest of Ireland ChampionshipsCounty Sligo Lawn Tennis ClubArdaghowen, Sligo, IrelandGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Willoughby Hamilton 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 Ireland 1783 Blaney Hamilton Ireland 1783 Effingham Carroll McDowell UKGBI Cecil John Cramer-RobertsIreland 1783 George HewsonUKGBI Chaloner Knox UKGBI George StepneyUKGBI Charles Edward WylamChallengerIreland 1783 Arthur John de Courcy Wilson 11 Aug.Lawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Exmouth TournamentExmouth Lawn Tennis ClubExmouth, EnglandSingles – Doubles GBR Ernest Wool Lewis6-1 6-3 6-3UKGBI Herbert ChippGBR Harry Grove UKGBI George HillyardUKGBI Arnold Wyersdale BlakeUKGBI John Redfern DeykinUKGBI Conway John MorganUKGBI Frank Noon 11 Aug.Tournaments: Waterford https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 Madrid subscription June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis TournamentRocklands, Waterford, IrelandGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 William Drumond Hamilton 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3UKGBI E. Bourke Ireland 1783 John M. BrownIreland 1783 G. ButlerIreland 1783 Henry Joseph GallweyIreland 1783 Raymond De La PoerIreland 1783 W.J. RichardsonUKGBI Captain H.T. RavenhillChallengerIreland 1783 Manliffe Francis Goodbody 11 AugHall Valentine G Lawn Tennis in America 1889 D. W. Cranberry and Co New York 40Northwestern ChampionshipsMinneapolis, United StatesSingles - Doubles USA R.D. Applegate6-4, 6-5USA H. Cramer 11 AugLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3. Scottish Championships St Andrews, Great BritainSingles - Doubles SCO Patrick Bowes-Lyon 1–6, 0–6, 10–8, 6–2, 3–1 ret. GBR Harry Grove 18 Aug.Tournaments: Tenby II - Tenby Open https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 25 May 2023 Madrid subscription Tenby OpenTenby LTCTenby, Pembrokeshire, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles WAL William Sidney Nelson Heard6-2 6-2 6-1UKGBI E.W. DavidUKGBI W.R. GlazebrookUKGBI A.M.C. SmithWAL Colonel Thomas Powell LewesUKGBI A.G. NorrisUKGBI E.M. SamsonUKGBI A. Stabb 18 Aug.Tournaments: Teignmouth and Shaldon https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 26 May 2023 subscriptionTeignmouth and Shaldon OpenTeignmouth LTCTeignmouth, Devon, EnglandGrass Singles UKGBI Herbert Chipp6-0 6-1 6-0 UKGBI John Redfern DeykinUKGBI Edward Charles Pine-CoffinUKGBI Robert Charles ThompsonUKGBI Wilfred MilneUKGBI Conway John MorganUKGBI Frank NoonUKGBI L. Peel Yates 21 Aug.Tournaments: Whitby https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 27 May 2023 subscription Whitby Open Lawn Tennis TournamentWest Cliff Tennis GroundsWhitby, North Yorkshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Herbert Wilberforce6-4, 6-4, 8-6SCO Herbert Bowes-LyonUKGBI Arthur Wellesley HallwardENG William Edwin PeaseUKGBI E.W. FletcherUKGBI George Richmond MewburnENG Arthur Godfrey PeaseUKGBI Arthur John Stanley 21 Aug. South of Scotland ChampionshipsMoffat ScotlandGrassSCO Alfred Aitken Thomson6-1 6-3 4-6 6-4SCO J. ScottUKGBI Francis PinhornSCO G. Scott UKGBI Stuart Leslie BathurstUKGBI Guy Hannaford SCO Bargeny McCulloch 21 AugLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.Torquay Lawn Tennis TournmamentTorquay, Great BritainSingles - Doubles GBR Ernest Wool Lewis3-6 0-6 6-1 6-4 6-0GBR Herbert Chipp GBR J. CassavettiGBR George Hillyard 23 Aug.Tournaments: Saxmundham https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Saxmundham Lawn Tennis TournamentSaxmundham Lawn Tennis ClubHurts Hall Park, Saxmundham, EnglandGrassSaxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – DoublesUKGBI George Kensit Barnabas Norman3–6, 6–4, 6–2UKGBI A. HewetsonUKGBI Arthur Bacon LongeUKGBI C.R. RodwellGBR Charles Sidney CullinghamGBR F.E. HollondGBR William Bolding MonementGBR Edward Berners Upcher 23 AugHall Valentine G Lawn Tennis in America 1889 D. W. Cranberry and Co New York 44Seabright Invitational TournamentSeabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket ClubRumson, New Jersey, United StatesSingles - Doubles USA H. Alexander6-2 6-4USA W. Ward 27 AugLawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.North of England Championships Scarborough, Great BritainSingles - Doubles UKGBIErnest de Sylly Hamilton Browne6-1 6-1 6-1GBR Henry Guy Nadin September EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist3 Sep.Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament Sheffield and Hallamshire LTCSheffield, Yorkshire, Great BritainGrassSingles – Doubles UKGBI G.E. Lowe6-2 6-1 2-6 6-0UKGBI Henry Guy NadinUKGBI Frederick T. BradburyUKGBI Walter ShipmanUKGBI E.W. BrookeUKGBI David DavyUKGBI G.F. PadleyUKGBI W.F. Rodgers 3 Sep.Lawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888. London Evening Standard. British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p.3.South of England ChampionshipsEastbourne, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles GBR Andrew George Ziffo 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3GBR Harry S. Barlow 3 Sep.Southern California ChampionshipsSanta Monica, United StatesHardSingles - Doubles USA Robert Peyton Carterw.o.USA William Henry Young 10 Sep.Boulogne InternationalTennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer, FranceClaySingles – Doubles UKGBI Edgar Chippendale6-2 6-1 6-2UKGBI Lewin AlexanderUKGBI W. Egerton UKGBI H.J. Gibson ChallengerUKGBI William C. Taylor 15 SepQueensland ChampionshipsToowong Sports GroundBrisbane, AustraliaGrassSingles - Doubles AUS Arthur F. Taylor12-4AUS Harold De Winton AUS Dudley Pontifex AUS Ernest John GilliganAUS Charles Pennell 24 Sep.Tournaments: Rochester Open (USA) https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 subscriptionRochester Lawn Tennis TournamentRochester Lawn Tennis ClubRochester, New York, USGrassSingles – Doubles USA Charles Amherst Chase6-2 6-0 6-2USA Godfrey Malbone Brinley USA Philip SearsUSA Valentine Hall USA Robert Livingston Beeckman USA Joseph Sill Clark Sr. USA Albert HamlinUSA Adam Empie Wright Jr. October EndedTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi-finalist Quarter-finalist 14.Oct Intercollegiate ChampionshipsNew Haven, United StatesGrassSingles - Doubles USA Philip Sears7-5 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-2USA Valentine Gill Hall 25 OctVictorian ChampionshipsMelbourne, Cricket Club GroundsMelbourne, AustraliaAsphaltSingles - Doubles AUS Arthur ColquhounThe Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly 1889 Centennial magazine office Sydney and Melbourne 217 https://books.google.com/books?id=H7ICAAAAIAAJ&dq=victorian+tennis+championships+1888++tennis&pg=PA217 en6-3 6-4 6-3GBR John Hartley 25 Oct Lawn Tennis in America by Valentine Gill Hall, p. 53.Southern Fall ChampionshipsHighland Country ClubWashington D.C., United StatesSingles - Doubles USA Fred Mansfield6-1 6-4 6-2USA Deane B. 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