1885 men's tennis season

none 1885 men's tennis season Dr james dwight.jpg James Dwight won the Northern Championships and is title leader this season. 150px 2 April – 11 November 131 Important (4)National (4)Provincial/Regional/State (18)County (12) Regular (81) USA 1884 James Dwight (6) USA 1884 James Dwight (8) 1884 1886 The 1885 men's tennis season was the tenth annual tennis circuit, consisting of 131 tournaments. It began on 1 January in New York City, United States and ended 11 November in Singapore, British Malaya. Season summary In a repeat of the 1884 final, Herbert Lawford retained his Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin, defeating Ernest Renshaw in five sets.Tournaments:Irish Championships - 1885 https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 19 May 2023 subscription William Renshaw won a fifth consecutive Wimbledon Championship.William Renshaw (GBR) - Gentlemen's Singles https://assets.wimbledon.com/archive/draws/pdfs/players/ff934f29-ba20-4871-bb4d-a04389feb5d7_MS.pdf Wimbledon AELTC 19 May 2023 American player James Dwight broke British dominance at the Northern Championships in Manchester, defeating defending champion Donald Stewart in straight sets.Tournaments:Northern Tournament - 1885 https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 19 May 2023 subscription In the United States Richard Sears collected a fifth consecutive US National Championship, beating Godfrey Brinley in four sets. In Australia, the New South Wales Championships were held for the first time at the Association Cricket Ground at the Moore Park in Sydney.TROVE: LAWN TENNIS. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17738835?searchTerm=New%20South%20Wales%20Championship%201885%20Tennis 19 May 2023 Sydney Morning Herald National Library of Australia 26 April 1941 Canberra 16 In England, the British Covered Court Championships, one of the first tournaments in history to be played on indoor courts, is held in London.Lawn- Tennis. — The Covered Court Lawn Tennis Championship was commenced yesterday at the Hyde Park Club Court. Paddington, the winner of which will crowned Covered Court Champion of Great Britain. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18850421/023/0003 19 May 2023 London Evening Standard British Newspaper Archive 21 April 1885 London 3 subscription American player James Dwight was the title leader for the season, winning 6 titles from 8 finals. He was the first non-European player to do so since 1877. 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 2 August 2018 in some tournaments not all.* Indicates challenger Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season 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 Tournaments in 1885 included:Nieuwland Alex Tournaments - search for a tournament - year - 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournaments.php www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands en 2017 January DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist1–January.Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America. D. W. Granbery & Co., New York, NY. USA. page.13.Seventh Regiment ChampionshipSeventh Regiment LTCSeventh Regiment ArmoryNew York City, NY, United StatesHard(indoors) USA Henry Graff Trevor? . February No events March 'No events April DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalistApril.Canterbury ChampionshipsCanterbury LTCChristchurch, New ZealandGrassSingles - DoublesNZL Frederick Wilding 6-2 6-3 6-3 NZL C.C. Corfe NZL Edward James Ross NZL F.H. Bruges UKGBI A.W. Cooke NZL J.B. Harrison 2 April.1877 to 2012 Finals Results https://www.stevegtennis.com/1877-to-2012-finals-results stevegtennis.com STEVE G TENNIS 11 July 2022 British Covered Court Championships Hyde Park Lawn Tennis ClubLondon, EnglandIndoorWoodSingles - Doubles UKGBI Herbert Lawford7-5, 6-3 6-0 UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross UKGBI Herbert Chipp UKGBI Charles Prideaux Triscott UKGBI E. Syers Henley UKGBI E. Syers Henley UKGBI William C. Taylor UKGBI Herbert Wilberforce May DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist4- 7 May Cambridge University LTC TournamentNieuwland Alex Edition – Cambridge University LTC 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4462 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Cambridge Great BritainGrass UKGBI Herbert Wilberforce6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5UKGBI Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake UKGBI John Moyer Heathcote UKGBI Howard PeaseUKGBI William Nevill Cobbold UKGBI Thomas Barton HolmesUKGBI Alfred E. Walker7UKGBI H. Ward 5 - 7 May Inter-Colonial Lawn Tennis TournamentEdition – New South Wales Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4654 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, NetherlandsSydney AustraliaGrassAUS William John Bush-Salmon1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 AUS Walter John C. Riddell AUS Rex Allen AUS Thomas Bately RolinAUS Dudley Webb 18 May.Longwood Cricket Club Tournament(later Longwood Bowl)Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass, USAOutdoorGrassSingles - DoublesUSA 1887 Howard Augustus Taylor? 19 - 25 May."Lawn Tennis: The Ilkley Tournament". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Leeds, Yorkshire, England. 25 May 1885. British Newspaper Archive. p. 3.Ilkley TournamentIlkley LTC Ilkley, Yorkshire, EnglandGrass UKGBI E.W. Fletcher 6-4 4-6 6-5 UKGBI A.R. Atkinson UKGBI W.T. BookerUKGBI M. Pole UKGBI William Gerald Barker UKGBI D.F. Douglas UKGBI Arthur Copson Peake UKGBI E.M. Turner 20 - 25 May.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 8-6, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3ENG Richard Henry Fuller UKGBI George Kerr SCO Archibald ThomsonSCO William Ferguson SCO John Galbraith HornSCO Charles R. Andrew HowdenSCO Alfred Aitken Thomson 18 - 26 May Irish Lawn Tennis ChampionshipsNieuwland Alex Edition – Irish Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=1434 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Fitzwilliam LTCDublin, IrelandGrass UKGBI Herbert Lawford 4-6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6-4 IRE 1783 Eyre Chatterton6-4, 7–5, 9-7IRE 1783 Ernest Browne IRE 1783 Willoughby Hamilton USA James Dwight UKGBI George Bloomfield Garvey UKGBI A.C. Robertson UKGBI Robert Shaw TemplerChallengerUKGBI Ernest Renshaw 23 - 26 May.Fitzwilliam PlateFitzwilliam LTC Dublin, IrelandGrassIRE 1783 Herbert Knox McKay6-3 7-5 6-2UKGBI William C. TaylorIRE 1783 Tom CampionUKGBI J.Butler RobinsonUKGBI Harry GroveIRE 1783 John Charles KayIRE 1783 Ernest Edward KnoxIRE 1783 Gilbert Mahon 23 - 26 May.Fitzwilliam PurseFitzwilliam LTC Dublin, IrelandGrassIRE 1783 Charles Henry Chaytor6-3 7-5 6-2UKGBI George Arnulph MontgomerieIRE 1783 Toler Roberts GarveyUKGBI Thomas Harrison GriffithsUKGBI Edward Bernard GreeneIRE 1783 William Drummond HamiltonIRE 1783 Ronald M. McDougallIRE 1783 A. Taylor 26 May.Tournaments: Young America Cricket Club Invitation https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 27 May 2023 Madrid subscriptionYoung America Cricket Club InvitationYoung America Cricket ClubStanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States GrassSingles – Doubles USA 1887 Joseph Sill Clark Sr.6-3, 6-3, 6-2USA 1887 Clarence Munroe ClarkUSA 1887 Richard Field Conover USA 1887 William V.S. Thorne 11 - 27 May Dublin University ChampionshipsEdition – Dublin University LT Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=7446 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Dublin IrelandAsphaltIRE 1783 Tom Campion 5-7 6-1 7-5 6-1IRE 1783 Charles Henry ChaytorIRE 1783 David Wilson Christie IRE 1783 C. Stein IRE 1783 Eyre ChattertonIRE 1783 Herbert Knox McKay 25 - 30 May West of England ChampionshipsNieuwland Alex Edition – Tennisarchives http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4407 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017BathGreat BritainGrass UKGBI Ernest de Sylly H. Browne6-3, 6–1,6-4USA James Dwight UKGBI Edward G. MeyrickeUKGBI William C. Taylor UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe RossUKGBI E.H. Nicolls UKGBI H. Peters UKGBI C.A. Williamson 30 May.Gill Hall Valentine Lawn Tennis in America 1889 D.W. Granbery and Company New York 9Nieuwland Alex Edition – Scarlet Ribbon Lawn Tennis Club amateur Tournament 1885 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34939 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 11 July 2022Scarlet Ribbon Amateur Tournament Scarlet Ribbon LTC Groveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.Surface ? USA 1887 J.W. Corwith?USA 1887 Charles A. ChaseTournaments:Scarlet Ribbon Amateur Tournament https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 18 May 2023 subscription June DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist30 May -6 June.Nieuwland Alex Edition – East Orange Club amateur Tournament 1885 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=34941 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 11 July 2022Gill Hall Valentine Lawn Tennis in America 1889 D.W. Granbery and Company New York 9East Orange Club Amateur TournamentEast Orange Athletic ClubEast Orange, New Jersey, United StatesGrassUSA 1884 Patrick Lyman6-4, 6-3, 6-3USA Wallace Percy Knapp June.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Oxford University Tournament 1885 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4409 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 11 July 2022Oxford University Champion TournamentNorham Gardens, Oxford, Great BritainGrassSingles – Doubles ENG Thomas Robinson Grey6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 6-3ENG J.S. BurtonENG Harry Grove ENG Edward G. Meyricke ENG Benjamin V. Sellon Brodie USA Hamilton A. Emmons GBR J.B. Forman ENG Stephen Dickinson Winkworth USA Hamilton A. EmmonsENG Thomas Robinson Grey6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 9-7ENG Harry GroveGBR John Redfern Deykin ENG Thomas Musgrave BurtonENG Miss Burton6-0, 6-5 ENG Thomas Robinson GreyENG Miss Davis, 1 - 6 June East Gloucestershire ChampionshipsEdition – Cheltenham 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4448 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Cheltenham, Great BritainHard Singles - Doubles GBR Ernest Browne6-4, 6–3, 6-2UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross USA 1884 James Dwight UKGBI Donald StewartUKGBI Frederick William KnoxUKGBI William C. Taylor UKGBI Charles Lacy SweetUKGBI Robert Charles Thompson 8 - 13 June London Athletic Club Open TournamentEdition – London Athletic Club 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4192 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Stamford Bridge, Fulham, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross3-6, 8–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6-3UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis UKGBI Harry Grove UKGBI William C. TaylorUKGBI E.W. Brook UKGBI Herbert Chipp UKGBI James Herbert Crispe UKGBI Charles Lacy Sweet 19 - 12 JuneEdition – Middle States Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=2460 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017 Middle States ChampionshipsParet Jahial Parmly Allen J. P. Alexander Frederick B. Hardy Samuel [from old catalog Spalding's tennis annual .. 7 June 1918 New York, American sports publishing company 141 https://archive.org/stream/spaldingstennisa00pare#page/140 Sectional Champions: Middle StatesHoboken, New Jersey, United States GrassSingles - Doubles USA 1884 Richard Sears 6-4, 6–1, 6-3USA 1884 Howard Augustus Taylor USA 1884 Robert Livingston Beeckman USA 1884 Charles Belmont Davis USA 1884 Joseph Sill Clark Sr. USA 1884 M.P. Gybbes USA 1884 E. Spinnet USA 1884 C.A. Stevens 10 - 13 June.EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The annual lawn tennis tournament in connection with Edinburgh University was begun Corstorphine on Wednesday concluded on Saturday results as follows; Source: Dundee Evening Telegraph, Monday 15 June 1885, Angus, Scotland, The British Newspaper Archive, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18850615/002/0002, page. 2.Edinburgh University LTC Open Edinburgh University LTC Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland ClaySingles - DoublesSCO Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 SCO T. Leigh MacLachlan SCO John Galbraith Horn SCO George James Kerr UKGBI James H. Aitken SCO Charles R. A. Howden ENG Reginald H. Noott SCO Alex Thomson 15 - 17 June.ACTON VALE LAWN TENNIS CLUB OPEN TOURNAMENT:The Acton Vale Open will be held at the Acton Vale Club at Homier Road, Wednesday, June 15, 10. and 17the, commencing next week. The Field. (Saturday 06 June 1885 ) The British Newspaper Archive. London, England. page.1.Acton Vale LTC OpenActon Vale LTCEast Acton, London, EnglandGrassSingles - DoublesUKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis 7-5 6-2 7-5 UKGBI Herbert Chipp UKGBI Harold Stapylton Greenwell UKGBI Arthur Wellesley Hallward UKGBI Frederick Alexander Bowlby UKGBI F. BramahUKGBI F.E. ColeUKGBI A. Walker 13 - 19 June.Waterloo TournamentNieuwland Alex Edition – Waterloo 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4467 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Liverpool, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Stananought 7-5, 6–3, 5–7, 7-5UKGBI Jacob Gaitskell Brown UKGBI Andrew Laurie Macfie UKGBI James Alexander Rome UKGBI L.W. Brooke UKGBI John Edmondson UKGBI J.W. Fowler SCO Richard Millar Watson 16 - 19 June. Leamington Open TournamentLeamington LTCLeamington Spa, Warwickshire, EnglandGrassSingles - Doubles USA 1884 James Dwight 6-3 6-2 6-2Ireland 1783 Alfred Henry Betham UKGBI Francis Russell Burrow USA 1884 Hamilton A. Emmons UKGBI G. Clark UKGBI J.B. Forman UKGBI Windsor Richard Heneage UKGBI John Charles Kay 16 - 19 June. Warwickshire ChampionshipsLeamington LTCLeamington Spa, Warwickshire, EnglandGrassSingles - Doubles USA 1884 Hamilton A. Emmons w.o.UKGBI John Charles Kay UKGBI J.H. Mitchell UKGBI W.J. Sarjant UKGBI A.E.H. Clarke UKGBI A.H. Griffiths UKGBI Albert Cecil Hill L. Richardson 17 - 20 June.Broughty Ferry OpenBroughty Ferry LTCBroughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland ClaySingles - DoublesSCO A. Browne 6-2 4-6 8-6 6-8 6-2 SCO George Nelson Stenhouse UKGBI J.B. Gray SCO L.F. Robertson UKGBI G.A. Ballingall SCO T. Leigh MacLachlan UKGBI H.B. Mitchell UKGBI D.J. Walls 18 - 20 June.Brincliffe Lawn Tennis Club Open TournamentBrincliffe LTCBramall Lane, Sheffield, South Riding, England GrassSingles - Doubles USA James Dwight2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4USA Arthur John StanleyUKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis UKGBI Charles Lacy Sweet Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne USA Hamilton A. EmmonsUKGBI John Charles Kay UKGBI E.M. Turner 20-23 June.Tournaments:1885 Chapel Allerton Tournament https://thetennisbase.com/season/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 15 August 2023 subscription Chapel Allerton LTC TournamentChapel Allerton LTCWest Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandGrassSingles - Doubles ENG John Thorneycroft Hartley 6-0 6-2 6-1ENG Alexander MallinsonENG Charles Joseph Dymond ENG Maxwell FitzsimmonsENG Maurice Spencer Clark UKGBI Reginald HigginbottomUKGBI Walter Oliver ENG Montague Stephenson 23 June. Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTCFar and Near LTCHastings-on-Hudson, New York, USAOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles USA Robert Livingston Beeckman?> 24 June. Berrylands Club Tournament Berrylands LTCSurbiton, Surrey, EnglandOutdoorGrassSinglesUKGBI R. Playford 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 UKGBI J.F. Newton UKGBI L. Newton UKGBI A.B. Tomkins UKGBI J.W. Adamson UKGBI H. Higley UKGBI G. Rawlings UKGBI Harry Stanley Scrivener 20 - 27 June.Edition – Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4468 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017Northern ChampionshipsLiverpool Cricket Club Aigburth, Liverpool, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 James Dwight6-2, 6–4, 6–4, UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis UKGBI E.W. Fletcher UKGBI A.L. Payne UKGBI Jacob Gaitskell Brown UKGBI William Nevill Cobbold USA 1884 Hamilton A. Emmons UKGBI Andrew Laurie MacfieChallengerUKGBI Donald Stewart 25 - 26 June. Orange Spring TournamentEdition – Orange Spring Tournament http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6538 www.tennisarchives.com TA 2 August 2018 2017 Montrose, NJ, United StatesGrassSingles - DoublesUSA 1884 Howard Augustus Taylor7-5, 6–2, 6-3USA William V.S. Thorne July DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalistJulyNatal ChampionshipsHistory http://www.kzntennis.co.za/w/history KZN Tennis Kwazulu Natal Tennis Association 2 August 2018 2018Natal Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6681 Tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017 Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaOutdoor GrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI George Stanley18-17 South Africa 1876 W. J. Grant 29 Jun - 3 JulyEdgbaston Open TournamentNieuwland Alex Edition – Edgbaston 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4461 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017 Edgabaston, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Alfred Henry Betham 6–1, 6–3, 8-6UKGBI Walter Chamberlain UKGBI Conway John Morgan UKGBI John George ThursfieldUSA 1884 James Dwight UKGBI William Henry Mahon UKGBI Edward G. Meyricke UKGBI Reginald Pease 29 Jun - 3 JulyMidland Counties ChampionshipsEdgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Conway John Morgan 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-2, 9-7 UKGBI John George Thursfield UKGBI George Reston Brewerton UKGBI Edward G. Meyricke UKGBI George Howard CartlandUKGBIWilliam Brunston Thursfield UKGBI E.P. Wright ChallengerUKGBI Walter William Chamberlain UKGBI Walter William Chamberlain UKGBI Margaret Bracewell6-1, 8-10, 6-3UKGBI W.H. Mahon Ireland 1783 Beatrice Langrishe 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 2 - 4 July Northumberland Cricket Club OpenGarcia, Gabriel, 1885 Season, Northumberland Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament. The Tennis Base, Tennismem SAL, Madrid, Spain, 2018.Edition – Northumberland Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4510 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017 Newcastle upon Tyne, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI A. Dunn Jr.3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4UKGBI Percival Fenwick UKGBI Kenneth Ramsden Marley UKGBI 1-6 6-3 6-5UKGBI J. A. Connor. UKGBI Mark Fenwick UKGBI Arthur Godfrey Pease UKGBI Hugh A. Taylor 7 – 10 July.North Berkshire ALTC Tournament Abingdon, North Berkshire, EnglandOutdoor GrassSingles - DoublesUKGBI A.D. Hensley 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 UKGBI W.A. Jacob UKGBI J.H. DeazeleyUKGBI T.E. Graham UKGBI W. Abbott UKGBI W.R. GrahamUKGBI Edward Arundel Geare UKGBI S. Hayman UKGBI A.D. HensleyUKGBI Miss Binney6-1, 4-6, 6-3 UKGBI W.R. GrahamUKGBI Miss. Nicholas 9 – 11 July.Hull Westbourne Avenue TournamentWestbourne Avenue LTCKingston upon Hull, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles – Doubles Ireland 1783 William Henry Mahonw.o.Ireland 1783 Gilbert Mahon UKGBI E.W. Brooke UKGBI L. Harrison UKGBI Percival Clennell Fenwick ENG Philip Leslie Hirst UKGBI J.T. Jones 5 - 15 July Wimbledon ChampionshipsThe Championships 1885 Gentlemen's All-Comers' Singles https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1885_MS_A4.pdf wimbledon.com All England Lawn Tennis Club 2 August 2018 London, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI William Renshaw 7-5, 6–2, 4–6, 7-5UKGBI Ernest Renshaw UKGBI Ernest Browne USA 1884 James DwightUKGBI Herbert Chipp Ireland 1783 Michael Gallwey McNamara SCO Patrick Bowes-Lyon UKGBI Arthur John StanleyChallengerUKGBI Herbert Lawford 15 - 17 July.LAWN TENNIS OPEN TOURNAMENT AT RAINTHORPE HALL, NORFOLK (By permission of Sir Charles Harvey, Bart.), In aid of the Restoration of Tharston Church will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 5th, 6th and 7th August, commencing day at 11 a.m. Norwich Mercury. (Saturday 26 July 1884) The British Newspaper Archive. Norfolk, England. page.1.Rainthorpe Hall OpenRainthorpe Hall Tasburgh, Norfolk, England GrassSingles - DoublesUKGBI Francis William Monement? UKGBI William Bolding Monement UKGBI Edgar Sheppard Paston Mack UKGBI G.E. Preston UKGBI H.C. Marsh UKGBI O' Shaughnessy Belli Reade UKGBI A.R. Stephenson UKGBI H. Twining 13 - 18 JulyEast of Ireland ChampionshipsEdition – East of Ireland Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=20705 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Howth, IrelandGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Eyre Chatterton 2-6, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6-0 Ireland 1783 Willoughby Hamilton UKGBI Ernest Edward Knox Ireland 1783 Herbert Knox McKay Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne Ireland 1783 Thomas Harrison Griffiths Ireland 1783 William Drummond Hamilton Ireland 1783 Robert Shaw Templer 13 - 19 JulyGore Court ChampionshipsEdition – Sittingbourne 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4514 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Harlingen, Netherlands 2017 Sittingbourne, Great BritainClaySingles - Doubles UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis6-1, 6-2 UKGBI Ernest George Meers UKGBI C. Perry UKGBI E. MarmionUKGBI A. Chittenden UKGBI L. Parsons UKGBI Edward Berners Upcher UKGBI F.B. Wallace 13 - 19 July Northern Counties Challenge CupEdition – Northern Counties Challenge Cup 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4996 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 Norton, County Durham, Great BritainGrassSingles - DoublesUSA Hamilton A. Emmons 4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2UKGBI Arthur Godfrey Pease UKGBI William Edwin Pease UKGBI E.R. TurnerUKGBI George E. Newby UKGBI Howard Pease UKGBI Thomas Walker UKGBI W.E. Walker 20 September.Hall, Valentine Gill. Lawn tennis in America (1889). p.9.Litchfield OpenLitchfield Lawn Club Litchfield, Connecticut, United StatesGrass Singles - DoublesUSA Henry Warner Slocum Jr. ?? 20 - 25 JulyMiddlesex ChampionshipsChiswick Park, Middlesex, EnglandGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Herbert Chipp7-5,7-5, 6-3 UKGBI Donald Stewart UKGBI Harry Grove UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe RossUKGBI Henry Wilson-Fox UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis UKGBI Edward Barratt-Smith UKGBI Robert Charles Thompson UKGBI Mr. FarrerUKGBI Harry Grove6-1, 8-10, 6-3UKGBI William C. TaylorUKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross UKGBI Harry Grove UKGBI Blanche Bingley6-3, 4-6, 6-4 UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis Ireland 1783 Beatrice Langrishe 20 - 25 JulyWorcestershire County Cricket Club OpenEdition – Worcestershire County Cricket Club open 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4524 www.tennisarchives.com Idzznew BV 2 August 2018 2017 Worcester, Great BritainGrassUKGBI John Charles Kay6-2, 6-3 UKGBI Frederick William Knox UKGBI F.H.A. Blake UKGBI Walter William ChamberlainUKGBI A.E. Daldy UKGBI William Henry Mahon UKGBI Conway John Morgan UKGBI H.T. Shapley 21 - 27 July.Tournaments: South of Ireland Championships https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscriptionSouth of Ireland Championships Limerick, IrelandGrassSingles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Willoughby Hamilton6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3 Ireland 1783 Tom Campion Ireland 1783 Charles Henry ChaytorIreland 1783 Edward M. L. Lysaght Ireland 1783 W.H. Clarke Ireland 1783 Thomas Harrison GriffithsIreland 1783 William Drumond HamiltonChallengerIreland 1783 Eyre Chatterton 22 - 25 July Northumberland Championshipsplayer – Northumberland Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/player/?pl=18661 www.tennisarchives.com Pastime Magazine 2 August 2018 2017 Newcastle upon Tyne, Great BritainSingles - Doubles USA 1884 Hamilton A. Emmons3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4NZ Percival Fenwick UKGBI Kenneth Ramsden Marley UKGBI Gilbert MahonUKGBI A.L. Davidson UKGBI A. Dunn Jr. UKGBI William Edwin Pease UKGBI E.M. Shand 23 - 25 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.Marston Alice History of the Club https://leicestershire-tennis.co.uk/history-of-the-club/#:~:text=The%20Club%20was%20founded%20in,was%20tagged%20on%20the%20front. Leicestershire Tennis & Squash Club Leicester T&SC 10 July 2022Locations https://leicstennischamps.co.uk/locations/ Leicestershire Tennis Festival and Senior County Closed Championships LEICESTERSHIRE TENNIS FESTIVAL AND SENIOR COUNTY CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIPS TENNIS LEICESTERSHIRE LTD 10 July 2022 Leicester Lawn Tennis Club TournamentEdition – Leicester 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4525 www.tennisarchives.com Pastime Magazine, July 1885 2 August 2018 2017 Leicester, Great BritainGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI William Nevill Cobbold 6-1, 6–2, 6-0 ret.UKGBIFrancis Seymour (Frank) Noon UKGBI George Ernest Dixon Brown USA 1884 James Dwight UKGBI Percy Bateman Brown UKGBI L. Hampson UKGBI Sidney Alfred Noon UKGBI A. Smith 20 - 26 JulyRedhill OpenEdition – Redhill 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4511 www.tennisarchives.com Past Magazine July 1885 2 August 2018 2017 Redhill, Surrey, Great BritainSingles - Doubles UKGBI Harold Stone 6–2, 6-4UKGBI F.E. Cole UKGBI Harold Stapylton Greenwell UKGBI Arthur Wellesley HallwardUKGBI Vincent Sydney Allpress UKGBI Edgar John Chippendale UKGBI William John Down UKGBI E. Ranger 27 - 30 JulyLes Diablerets International Lawn Tennis TournamentLes Diablerets, SwitzerlandClayUKGBI R.H. Legge3-6 6-1 6-4UKGBI W. RossUKGBI H.J. Hamilton UKGBI W.M. SmythUKGBI D. Fitzgerald UKGBI R.T. Michell UKGBI S.R. Snelling UKGBI P. Stares 27–31 July.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 WAL G. Egerton6-4, 6-4ENG A. EvillWAL Thomas A. Wynne EdwardsENG Arthur Bennett MeshamWAL J.R. Wynne EdwardsUKGBI Mr. HopeGBR P. OrmrodUKGBI A.H. TurnourChallengerUKGBI Captain H.T. Ravenhill August DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalistAugust. Charmouth Open Charmouth LTCCharmouth, West Dorset, EnglandOutdoorGrassSinglesUKGBI L. Wynch 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 UKGBI Mr. Frazer UKGBI Reginald Huyshe-Eliot UKGBI Mr. Caistor UKGBI Charles Barrington Philpott UKGBI F. Wynch UKGBI Mr. T. Lewis UKGBI Miss T.H. Lewis6-2, 6-3UKGBI Mr. H. LewisUKGBI Miss. Vertue 27 July - 1 August.Tournaments: King's County and Ormonde https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 subscriptionKing's County and Ormonde TournamentParsonstown, IrelandGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne 6-4, 6–4, 4-6 8-6Ireland 1783 Robert Chaloner Knox UKGBI F.E. Bird UKGBI W.G. Pearson Ireland 1783 Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph Ireland 1783 George B. GarveyChallengerIreland 1783 Toler Roberts Garvey 27 July - 1 Aug Scottish ChampionshipsEdinburgh, ScotlandGrass Singles - Doubles SCO Patrick Bowes-Lyon6-3, 6–2, 6-4 SCO Archibald Thomson SCO Herbert Bowes-Lyon SCO George Nelson StenhouseUKGBI A.L. Davidson UKGBI A.P. JonesSCO L. MacLachlan SCO Anderson Steel 31 July–2 August.LAWN TENNIS FIXTURES. Howth Lawn Tenuis Club Annual Open Tournament—July 27th and following days. King’s County and Ormond Lawn Tennis Club and Championship of Midland Counties—At Parsonatown, July 28th and following days. Athboy Lawn Tennis Club, At Athboy July 31st to 2nd August the Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001384/18850728/092/0003 19 May 2023 Dublin Daily Express British Newspaper Archive 28 July 1885 Dublin, Republic of Ireland 3 subscription Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament Athboy Lawn Tennis ClubAthboy, County Meath, Ireland.OutdoorGrassSinglesIreland 1783 Charles Chaytor 6-3, 6-0 Ireland 1783 George Hewson UKGBI C. Coleridge Ireland 1783 George Edward Vernon Cuppage UKGBI E. Collingwood Ireland 1783 James Sherrard Ireland 1783 George Archibald Tisdall Ireland 1783 George Edward Vernon Cuppage6-4, 6-3 UKGBI Mr. HydeUKGBI Mr. Ringwood 31 July–1 August.Tournaments: Rochester Open https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscriptionRochester OpenPaddock Lawn Tennis ClubRochester, Kent, EnglandGrass Singles UKGBI C.C.J. Perry 6-1 6-2 UKGBI E.M. Lachlan UKGBI A. Buchanan UKGBI F.J. Troughton UKGBI W.S. Hunter UKGBI T.G. Stuart NED Edwin Teixeira de Mattos UKGBI T.G. Stuart 1 - 4 August.Tournaments: North of Wales Open https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 subscriptionNorth of Wales OpenPensarn LTCAbergele, Conwy County Borough, North WalesGrass Singles - DoublesUKGBI T.M. Draper ? ENG Robert Parsons Earwaker UKGBI E. Johnson UKGBI H. Sidebottom UKGBI W.R. Craig ENG Alfred Pittis Earwaker UKGBI W. Orton UKGBI W. Lifton Wynne 5 August. Fylde TournamentLytham LTCLytham Cricket Club Ground Lytham St Annes, England.Grass SinglesUKGBI John Leyland Birley 6-3, 6-5 UKGBI Owen Seaman UKGBI W.M. Baker UKGBI J.M. Rea UKGBI E.T. Wilson UKGBI W.H.G. Worship 3 - 6 AugDarlington Association TournamentDarlington, County Durham, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles SCO Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6–0, 6–1, 6-3SCO John Galbraith Horn UKGBI A. Dunn jr. UKGBI William Edwin PeaseUKGBI Algernon G. BathurstUKGBI Harold S. GreenwellUKGBI G. KempUKGBI Arthur George RidoutChallengerUKGBI Kenneth Ramsden Marley 2 - 8 Aug.TOURNAMENT AT WEST HOE. The fourth annual West Hoe Lawn Tennis Tournament of the West Hoe Lawn Tennis Club at Plymouth was concluded on Saturday. The gentleman's singles was won by Mr. St John Halford Coventry who beat Mr. George Parsons 9 games to 1. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/18850810/090/0006 15 August 2023 Western Morning News British Newspaper Archive 10 August 1885 Devon, England 6 subscriptionPlymouth OpenWest Hoe LTCWest Hoe, Plymouth, EnglandGrassUKGBI Saint John Halford Coventry9-1 gamesUKGBI George ParsonsUKGBI Alfred Edward ThompsonUKGBI A. TolcherUKGBI Maj. H.J. CouchmanUKGBI H.G. HawkerUKGBI Mr. Patrick StoreyUKGBI Henry G. Hawker 3 - 6 AugSouth Northumberland C.C. Lawn Tennis TournamentSunderland, Northumberland, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Hugh A. Taylor 9-8, 3-6, 6-5, 4-6, unfinishedUKGBI Percival Clennell Fenwick UKGBI C.J. Dymond UKGBI S. JacksonUKGBI C. ElliotUKGBI W.R. GibsonUKGBI Charles Young SimpsonUKGBI C. Welford July - 8 AugMolesey Park Lawn Tennis TournamentMolesey, Surrey, EnglandGrass Singles - DoublesUKGBI Charles Edmund Tatham 6-3 6-3 UKGBI R. Tatham 3 - 8 Aug.Hedges, Martin (1978). The concise dictionary of tennis. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 241, 242, 243. ISBN 086124012X.Penarth LTC / Club Champions https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/PenarthLTC/Play/ClubChampions clubspark.lta.org.uk Penarth Lawn Tennis Club 19 May 2023Penarth LTC ChampionshipsPenarth LTCPenarth, WalesGrass Singles - DoublesENG Francis Escott Hancock6-4 6-2 ENG Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake ENG Frederick Hooper Aldrich-BlakeSCO A.C. Robertson WAL Percy Kemp Heard ENG Harry T. Shapley ENG Albert Francis (Frank) StoddartENG William Parkfield Wethered 3 - 8 Aug.Tournaments: Slio - 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 ? Ireland 1783 Rev. Edmund Lombard Ireland 1783 William Drummond HamiltonIreland 1783 Effingham Carroll McDowel UKGBI M. White 4-8 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 1884 Walter Van Rensselaer Berry6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3USA 1884 Howard Augustus TaylorUSA 1884 William V.S. Thorne USA 1884 Wallace Percy Knapp 6 -8 Aug Canadian International ChampionshipsToronto, Ontario, CanadaGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Joseph Sill Clark.6-0 6-4 CAN 1868 Isidore Frederick Hellmuth USA 1884 William Edward Glynn CAN 1868 Fitz James HynesCAN 1868 Alexander Galt CAN 1868 Alexander Monro GrierCAN 1868 W.W. McMasterCAN 1868 Henry Gordon Mackenzie 3–9 Aug Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis TournamentRocklands, Waterford, IrelandGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Toler Roberts Garvey 6-1, 6–0, 6-0 UKGBI Thomas Harrison Griffiths UKGBI David Wilson Christie Ireland 1783 Hercules Robert Langrishe ChallengerIreland 1783 Frederick William Knox 3–9 Aug.Tournaments: Seabright Invitational https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Seabright Invitational Tournament Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket ClubRumson, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Joseph Sill Clark Sr.6-4, 6-4, 6-3USA 1884 H.W. Bucknall 3–9 Aug.Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston, Mass, USA: Wright & Ditson. 1899. p. 57Wentworth Open TournamentNew Castle, New Hampshire, United States Grass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Walter Van Rensselaer Berry8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3USA 1884 Godfrey Brinley USA 1884 Robert Livingston Beeckman USA 1884 Herbert M. Sears 11 Aug.Hall, Valentine Gill. Lawn tennis in America (1889). p.10.Narragansette Pier OpenNarragansett, Rhode Island, United States Grass Singles - DoublesUSA 1884 Walter Van Rensselaer Berryw.o.USA 1884 Henry Slocum USA 1884 Quincy ShawUSA 1884 Charles Amherst ChaseUSA 1884 Oliver Samuel Campbell USA 1884 Leib Harrison Dulles USA 1884 John Ryerson USA 1884 Albert Empie Wright 10–13 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 H.C. KentUKGBI Ferguson G. DaviesUKGBI Erskine Gerald WatsonUKGBI Saint John H. CoventryUKGBI Stanley RiseleyUKGBI J.C. RogersUKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 10–13 Aug.Hall, Valentine Gill. Lawn tennis in America (1889). p.9.Nahant InvitationNahant Sporting ClubNahant, Massachusetts, United StatesClaySingles - Doubles USA 1884 Joseph Sill Clark? ? 10–14 AugCounty Carlow Lawn Tennis TournamentCarlow, County Carlow, IrelandGrass Singles - DoublesUKGBI H. Thorpe6-3, 6–5, 6-2Ireland 1783 Frederick J. Smith Leckey Ireland 1783 C.J. Alexander Ireland 1783 H. Fitzmaurice UKGBI Arthur B.N. Gladwell Boyd Ireland 1783 Charles John Engledow Ireland 1783 J.E. Jameson Ireland 1783 K.D. Tanner 10–14 Aug East Grinstead Lawn Tennis Club TournamentEast Grinstead, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles USA James Dwight 6-2 6-3 6-3UKGBI William Nevill Cobbold UKGBI Harry Grove UKGBI John F. Peel Rawlinson UKGBI Harry GroveUSA James Dwight6-1, 6-1, 6-2UKGBI William Nevill CobboldUKGBI William Reierson Arbuthnot UKGBI Harry GroveUKGBI Blanche Bingley7-5, 6-2 USA James DwightUKGBI] Margaret Bracewell 12–14 Aug. Niagara International Tournament Queen's Royal Hotel Court'sNiagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, CanadaGrass Singles - Doubles CAN 1868 Henry Gordon Mackenzie.6-2, 6–1, 6-1CAN 1868 Robert Orr Shaw Wood CAN 1868 Robert Casimir Dickson CAN 1868 Andrew E. PlummerCAN 1868 Lawrence H. BaldwinCAN 1868 L.O. DickCAN 1868 Sutherland MacKlem 13–15 Aug.East of England ChampionshipsFelixstowe Lawn Tennis ClubFelixstowe, Suffolk, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Francis William Monement4-6, 6–4, 6-4UKGBI Maurice WelldonUKGBI T. ChiltonUKGBI R.C. Brockman UKGBI H.W. Nicholson 15–18 Aug.LAWN TENNIS NEWS:.LIST OF LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS AUGUST. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002659/18850718/019/0002 15 August 2023 Stirling Observer British Newspaper Archive 18 July 1885 Stirlingshire, Scotland 2 subscription Inverkip Rovers Closed ChampionshipsTournaments:Inverkip Rovers Closed https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 15 August 2023 subscriptionInverkip Rovers LTCCastle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, ScotlandOutdoorGrassSinglesENG Charles H. J. Higginbotham6-4, 6-4, 6-2SCO George Arbuthnot BurnsSCO Walter McDonaldSCO Archibald ThomsonSCO George KerrENG Henry Guy NadinSCO Richard Millar WatsonSCO A. Graham Murray 17–19 AugWindermere OpenWindermere and District Lawn Tennis ClubWindermere, Westmorland, EnglandGrass Singles - DoublesUKGBI E.W. Brook5-6, 6-4, 6-1 UKGBI J.A. Mason UKGBI R.M. AinslieUKGBI H.J. Norris UKGBI J.L. Bell UKGBI A. Hardy UKGBI H. Paley UKGBI G.C. Wrigley 18–21 AugBournemouth Lawn Tennis Club TournamentBournemouth, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Ernest Wool Lewis 6–2, 6–1, 6-4UKGBI Harry St JohnUKGBI Edward Berkeley Napier UKGBI Lincoln Elwes UKGBI Philip Elwes UKGBI R.D. HodgsonChallengerUKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross UKGBI Ernest Wool LewisUKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross6-3, 6-2UKGBI Lincoln Elwes UKGBI Philip Elwes UKGBI Ernest Wool LewisUKGBI Miss Partner?6-3, 4-6, 6-2UKGBI Harry Saint John HornbyUKGBI Miss. Partner? 18–21 Aug. U.S. National ChampionshipsNewport, Rhode Island, United States Grass Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Richard Sears 6-3, 4–6, 6–0, 6-3USA 1884 Wallace Percy Knapp USA 1884 Walter Van Rensselaer Berry USA 1884 Joseph Sill ClarkChallengerUSA 1884 Godfrey Brinley 17–22 Aug Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament(later Yorkshire Championships)Scarborough, Yorkshire, EnglandGrass Singles - DoublesUKGBI Gilbert Mahon6-0, 6–2, 6-4UKGBI Arthur Godfrey Pease UKGBI Henry Edwin Caldecott UKGBI W.F. RodgersChallengerUKGBI E.W. Fletcher 17–22 Aug.Tournaments: Tenby - South Wales https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription South Wales and Monmouthshire ChampionshipsTenby LTCTenby, Pembrokeshire, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles WAL William S. N. Heard 5-6, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3WAL E.W. Evans ENG A. JohnstonUKGBI A.C. MaxwellUKGBI E. Webb-Bowen UKGBI W.L. Phillips ENG R.E. Whitehead 17–22 Aug.Tournaments: Tenby II - Tenby Open https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 24 May 2023 Madrid subscription Tenby OpenTenby LTCTenby, Pembrokeshire, WalesOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles ENG James Baldwin6-1 6-3 6-0WAL S.F. HultonWAL E.W. DaviesWAL E.W. Evans WAL William Sidney Nelson HeardUKGBI E.M. SamsonUKGBI A. Glover-Williams Ireland 1783 William George Wyld 19–22 Aug.BRAEMAR TOURNAMENT: The tournament was organised by the Braemar Lawn Tennis Club, and the arrangements carried out by the club president Mr Henry White, J.P. of Queen's Gate. Afternoon tea at the tennis pavilion was christended with the delightful weather, it was a great social success. The tournament was finished the men's singles won by Alexander Hayne who beat Alasdair Blackwood 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002694/18850829/043/0005 15 August 2023 Aberdeen Weekly News British Newspaper Archive 29 August 1885 Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5 subscriptionBraemar Lawn Tennis TournamentBraemar LTCBraemar, ScotlandGrassSCO Alexander Hayne6-4 6-4 6-3SCO Alasdair BlackwoodSCO Andrew DuncanSCO Bruce Elliott 19–22 AugMid Devon Lawn Tennis TournamentMid Devon LTCEggesford, Devon, EnglandGrass Singles UKGBI Arthur William Buckingham6-3 6-2 6-0UKGBI S.H. WhatelyUKGBI Mortimer Drury BuckinghamUKGBI A.Peere Williams-FreemanUKGBI E. BrayUKGBI W.J. HaddenUKGBI Robert Reginald LuxtonUKGBI T.P. Whately 20–22 AugFIFESHIRE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. The annual tournament of this Association was begun yesterday in the College Grounds, St Andrews, and will continue for the next two days. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18850820/043/0004 15 August 2023 Dundee Courier British Newspaper Archive 10 August 1885 Angus, Scotland 4 subscriptionFifeshire Lawn Tennis Association Tournament (later Fifeshire Championship)Tournaments:1885 Fifeshire Championships https://thetennisbase.com/season/1885 The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 15 August 2023 subscription Saint Andrews College Saint Andrews, ScotlandGrass Singles SCO John Galbraith Horn6-2, 6-2SCO George Kerr ENG S.C. KnottSCO George Nelson Stenhouse UKGBI C.S. FowlerUKGBI H.B. HarrisUKGBI D.J. Walls 20–22 AugNorth Yorkshire TournamentYorkshire LTCScarborough, North Yorkshire, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Ernest Browne 6-2, 6-2, 6-4ENG E.W. FletcherUSA James Dwight ENG Harold Stapylton Greenwell UKGBI Arthur Edward Corner ENG Alexander Mallinson 18–22 Aug South of Scotland ChampionshipsMoffat, ScotlandGrass Singles - Doubles SCO Archibald Thomson6-3, 6–4, 6-3UKGBI B.S. CaveUKGBI H. Gillbanks SCO William FergusonENG H.F. Adams UKGBI J.B. Gray UKGBI L. Perry SCO Alfred Aitken Thomson SCO Dudley StuartSCO Anderson Steel4-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-4, 6-4 SCO William FergusonUKGBI N.J. Finlay SCO William FergusonSCO Miss L. Murray0-6, 7-5, 6-3 UKGBI B.S. CaveSCO Miss. H. Lyell 19–24 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 Hill Park, Saxmundham, EnglandGrassSaxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – DoublesUKGBI Charles Richard Longe6-1, 6-0UKGBI Herbert Davy Longe UKGBI R.C. BrockmanUKGBI C.R. FreemanGBR H.A. CollinsGBR Charles Sidney CullinghamGBR G.A. LaneGBR Henry Evelyn Tombe 24–27 AugCambridgeshire Lawn Tennis TournamentCambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandGrass Singles - DoublesUKGBIJohn Frederick Peel Rawlinson 6–3, 6–0, 7-5UKGBI Lionel Robert Wilberforce UKGBI Percy Bateman Brown UKGBI George Ernest Dixon BrownUKGBI F.H. Aves UKGBI Edmund Henry Parker UKGBI Frederick Charles Martin Whitehead 24–29 Aug.Tournaments:1885 Les Grands Vaux Tournament https://thetennisbase.com/season/1885 The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 15 August 2023 subscriptionLes Grands Vaux TournamentCaesarian LTCLes Grands Vaux, St Saviour, JerseyClay/Grass SinglesUKGBI Godfrey Stratton Mills 6–3, 6–4, 7-5UKGBI Harold HorsleyUKGBI James LancasterUKGBI Sidney Kingston-MillsUKGBI George HornbyENG Harry NuttallENGPercy Wildman LushingtonENG Edward Lake Williams 24–29 AugDerbyshire ChampionshipsBuxton, Derbyshire, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles Ireland 1783 Eyre Chatterton 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4USA James Dwight UKGBI Walter Reid Craig UKGBI William C. TaylorUKGBI T.M. DraperUKGBI Thomas Robinson GreyUKGBI Harry GroveUKGBI Robert C. Thompson 26–28 Aug.Tournaments: Devon and Cornwall Manadon https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/clifton The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 22 May 2023 Madrid subscription June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis TournamentManadon, Plymouth, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Saint John Halford Coventry6-4 6-3UKGBI H.S. ParsonsUKGBI W.E. BastardUKGBI H. St. G. ThomasUKGBI Richard W. ArthurUKGBI E.G. Hawker UKGBI W.S. SheldonUKGBI E.H.A. Tolcher 24 Jul–30 Aug Brookfield Isle of Wight OpenBrookfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight, EnglandGrass USA James Dwight6-4, 1–6, 6–4, 6-2UKGBI Teddy William UKGBI H. Pritchard UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe RossUKGBI Herbert ChippUKGBI A.W. CoomberUKGBI E.O. DunnUKGBI E.G. Easton 24 - 29 Aug.Tournaments: Whitby https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 27 May 2023 subscription Whitby Open Lawn Tennis TournamentCongress Hall GroundsWhitby, North Yorkshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI James Herbert Crispe3-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-5ENG Arthur Godfrey Pease UKGBI C.H.C. HarrisonUKGBI Henry Bowser WimbushUKGBI William Francis Wells-ColeUKGBI Arthur Edward CornerUKGBI Leonard William GreenwellUKGBI George Richmond Mewburn September DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalistSeptember (Autumn)Hendon Lawn Tennis TournamentHendon LTCLittle Sherrock Field, Hendon, Middlesex England ClaySingles - Doubles USA 1887 William Howard? 31 Aug - 2 Sep. Burton-on-Trent Tournament Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Henry Guy Nadin6-4 6-3 6-0UKGBI Frank NoonUKGBI G.E. Lowe ENG Conway John Morgan ENG Sydney Herbert Evershed UKGBI A.E. Phipps UKGBI H.E. Sugden UKGBI G.E. LoweUKGBI Henry Guy Nadin 3 sets to 1UKGBI Frank NoonENG Conway John Morgan UKGBI Frank NoonENG Miss Hodsondivided title.ENG Sydney Herbert Evershed UKGBI Mrs Evershed 2–5 Sep Rothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament Craigmore GroundsRothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, ScotlandAsphalt Singles - DoublesSCO L. McLachlan 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3 UKGBI B.H. Harris UKGBI D.G. KempSCO Horatio Babington Peile UKGBI J.C. Burns UKGBI C.H. Nield SCO Anderson Steel UKGBI A.W. Woodburn 3–5 Sep West Teviotdale (Hawick) Open Hawick Cricket GroundHawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, ScotlandGrass Singles - DoublesSCO George Nelson Stenhouse 6-0, 6-3, 6-8, 6-8, 6-3 SCO Richard Millar Watson UKGBI S.C. KnottSCO Forrester John Thomson UKGBI Charles Stanislaus Constable UKGBI S.C. Fowler UKGBI Hubert Ware UKGBI D.J. Walls SCO George Nelson StenhouseSCO Richard Millar Watson 8-6, 6-4, 6-3SCO Alfred Aitken ThomsonSCO Forrester John Thomson SCO Richard Millar WatsonENG Miss Lottie Dod6-3, 4-6, 3-2 ret. SCO S.C. ScottUKGBI Miss Scott 5–September.Gill Hall Valentine Lawn Tennis in America 1889 D.W. Granbery and Company New York 10The Edgewood Country Club tournament ended 5 September 1887 exact start date missingEdgewood Country Club OpenEdgewood Country ClubTivoli, New York. USAClaySingles - Doubles USA 1868 Valentine Gill Hall 31 August–7 September.Tournaments: Portsmouth - United Services Club https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 23 May 2023 subscription United Services Tennis Club Tournament United Service Recreation Club, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.Grass Singles - DoublesIreland 1783 William George Wyld6-2, 6-1 UKGBI W. PlattUKGBI Major G.M. Currie UKGBI Francis Marwood Hext UKGBI Lieut. G. Daubeny SCO H. Ferguson UKGBI C. Poulter UKGBI W.L. Brooke-Smith 7–9 SeptemberHall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America. D. W. Granbery & Co., New York, NY. USA. page.10.Buffalo Lawn Tennis TournamentSummer Street Grounds Buffalo, New York (State), United StatesGrassSingles - DoublesUSA 1868 A.L. Plummer? ? 8–11 September.Wright & Ditson (1894) Invitation Tournaments. Wright & Ditson Company. Boston, United States. page.59.Lenox InvitationLenox Lawn Tennis ClubHarlem, New York, USAOutdoorGrassSingles - DoublesUSA 1868 Walter Van Rensselaer Berry? USA 1868 Philip Shelton Sears 9–11 September.Downshire Lawn Tennis TournamentDownshire LTCRoyal Hillsborough, County Down, Northern IrelandOutdoorGrass Ireland 1783 Robert Shaw Templer6-4, 6-2 Ireland 1783 G. Macan Ireland 1783 James Kinahan Ireland 1783 R.J. McNeill UKGBI L. Bristow UKGBI G.H. Clarke Ireland 1783 J. McNeile Ireland 1783 Walter Francis Templer 7 - 17 Sep South of England ChampionshipsEdition – South of England Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4193 www.tennisarchives.com Pastime Magazine September 1885 3 August 2018 Eastbourne, Great BritainGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Ernest Lewis 4-6, 7–5, 6–3, 6-3UKGBI William C. Taylor UKGBI Edward James Avory UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe RossUKGBI J.F. Adair UKGBI Harry Grove UKGBI William Howard UKGBI Edward Somes Saxton 12-19 Sep.LAWN TENNIS. The final tie for the Gentlemen's Single match of the final Open Lawn Tennis Tournament were played off last week. The result was that B.A. Bligh proved the victor. The play was follows; best of 'three sets: - Lieut. Bligh, B.A. v. Lieut. R. Jones, Bligh won 2 sets to 1. Aldershot Military Gazette British Newspaper Archive 26 September 1885 Aldershot, Hampshire, England 5Aldershot Division Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Aldershot Divisional LTC Aldershot Garrison, Hampshire, EnglandOutdoorGrassSingles GBR Lieut. D. Bligh2 sets to 1GBR Lieut. R. Jones. ? ? 14–20 Sep St Leonards-on-Sea Tournament St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, EnglandGrass Singles - Doubles UKGBI Herbert Wilberforce ?UKGBI S. Wilson 23 Sep.Lawn Tennis in America page 10 by Valentine Gill Hall Orange InvitationMountain Station, MontroseSouth Orange, New Jersey, USAOutdoorGrass Singles - Doubles USA 1868 Henry Warner Slocum Jr.?USA 1868 ? 21–26 Sep Sussex ChampionshipsBrighton, EnglandHard Singles - Doubles UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Rossw.o.UKGBI William C. Taylor 21–27 Sep Norton OpenNorton, County Durham, EnglandGrass Singles - DoublesUKGBI H. A. Emmons 4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2 UKGBI Arthur Godfrey Pease 29–September.Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America. D. W. Granbery & Co., New York, NY. USA. page.10.Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation)Westchester Country ClubHarrison, New York, USAGrassSingles - DoublesUSA 1868 Robert Livingston Beeckman October DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalistOctober.Nieuwland Alex Edition – Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament 1885 https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4408 www.tennisarchives.com A. Nieuwland 10 July 2022Brighton Lawn Tennis Club TournamentBrighton Lawn Tennis ClubQueen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, EnglandGrassUSA 1877 James Dwight7-5, 6–3, 7-5UKGBI Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross?? ?????? 28 Sep-4 OctSouthern ChampionshipsWilmington, NC, United States Clay Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Charles Belmont Davis6-2, 6–1, 6-2 USA 1884 E. Porter 8 OctoberArmagh Lawn Tennis Club TournamentArmagh, Northern IrelandOutdoorHardSingles - DoublesIreland 1783 Robert Shaw Templerw.o. SCO Major Cadell SCO A.D.M. Moore SCO L. Hardyman Ireland 1783 H. Murphy ChallengerIreland 1783 Walter Francis Templer 6 - 10 OctVictorian ChampionshipsEdition –Victorian Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=4902 www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 3 August 2018 2017 Melbourne, Australia Hard Singles - Doubles AUS Walter John Carre RiddellMcNicoll Robin Biography:Riddell, Walter John (1859–1930) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/riddell-walter-john-8208 adb.anu.edu.au Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988 3 August 2018 25 games to 13 AUS Louis Whyte 6 - 12 OctIntercollegiate ChampionshipsEdition – Intercollegiate Championships 1885 http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=12602 www.tennisarchives.com Tennis Archives 3 August 2018 2017 New Haven, CT, United States Clay Singles - Doubles USA 1884 Wallace Percy KnappHall Valentine Gill Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing 1889 New York, D. W. Granbery & co. New York, USA 10 https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/10 10-10-8, 10–8, 6-3USA 1884 Augustus Duryee USA 1884 W.B. Lord USA 1884 Lewis Henry Paddock November DateTournamentWinnerFinalistSemi finalistQuarter finalist2–7 NovemberPunjab Lawn Tennis ChampionshipsLahore, Punjab, IndiaGrassSingles - Doubles UKGBI Trevor Douglas Davies Berrington 5-6 5-6 6-3 5-4 ret. UKGBI F.O. Anderson UKGBI F. Drake UKGBI A.P. Hill UKGBI Edward Lee French SCO H.R. Hackman UKGBI G. Hamilton UKGBI G.C. Walker 9-11 November.Tournaments: 1885 S.C.C. Open https://thetennisbase.com/season/ The Tennis Base Tennismem SL 15 August 2023 subscriptionS.C.C. Open TournamentSingapore Cricket Club, Singapore, MalayaGrassSingles - Doubles Straits Settlements Geoffrey Paulson Owen7-5, 6-3, 6-4Straits Settlements Dr. Henry Nickleson-Smythe GBR Robert W. BraddellStraits Settlements A.P. Hill Straits Settlements Jonathan Lee-Hoo ENG Norman PendletonSCO Cap. Alistair Campbell retd. Straits Settlements Ian Jenkins-St.Clair December No Events Notes 2 References 3 Sources "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register, A.H. Baily & Company of Cornhill. London. England. 1860 to 1889. Hall, Valentine G[ill (1889). Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing. New York, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge. 9781134445578. McNicoll, Robin. "Biography:Riddell, Walter John (1859–1930)". adb.anu.edu.au/. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988. Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. 9781549746475. Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. 9781598843002. Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournaments - search for a tournament - year - 1885". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). "Sectional Champions". Spalding's tennis annual . New York, American sports publishing company. Myers, A. Wallis, ed. Hillyard, G. W.; Mahony, H. S.; Sterry, Mrs. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York, United States: Charles Scribner's and Sons. The "Field" Lawn Tennis Calendar, 1877 to 1920. Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston, Mass, USA: Wright & Ditson. 1899. Further reading Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers. Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register, A.H. Baily & Company of Cornhill. London. England. 1860 to 1889 Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, A.H. Baily & Company of Cornhill. London. England. 1889 to 1900 Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vinton and Co. London. England. 1900 to 1926. British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK. Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK. Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA. Total Tennis:The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, by Bud Collins, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, Canada, 0-9731443-4-3 The Tennis Book, edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981 0-87795-344-9 The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001. Attribution This article contains some copied and translated content from this article Tornei di tennis maschili nel 1885 (at Italian Wikipedia) External links http://www.tennisarchives.com/jTournaments in 1885 Category:Pre Open era tennis seasons Category:1885 in tennis