1885 men's tennis season

1885 men's tennis season
James Dwight won the Northern Championships and is title leader this season.
Details
Duration2 April – 11 November
Tournaments131
CategoriesImportant (4)
National (4)
Provincial/Regional/State (18)
County (12)
Regular (81)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles James Dwight (6)
Most finals 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.

Summary of tour

In a repeat of the 1884 final, Herbert Lawford retained his Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin, defeating Ernest Renshaw in five sets.[1] William Renshaw won a fifth consecutive Wimbledon Championship.[2] American player James Dwight broke British dominance at the Northern Championships in Manchester, defeating defending champion Donald Stewart in straight sets.[3] 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.[4] In England, the British Covered Court Championships, one of the first tournaments in history to be played on indoor courts, is held in London.[5]

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.

Calendar

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),[6] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key

Important.[7][8][9][10]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

Tournaments in 1885 included:[11]

January

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
1–January.[12] Seventh Regiment Championship
Seventh Regiment LTC
Seventh Regiment Armory
New York City, NY, United States
Hard
(indoors)
Henry Graff Trevor
?
.

February

No events

March

'No events

April

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
April. Canterbury Championships
Canterbury LTC
Christchurch, New Zealand
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Frederick Wilding
6-2 6-3 6-3
C.C. Corfe Edward James Ross F.H. Bruges
A.W. Cooke
J.B. Harrison
2 April.[13] British Covered Court Championships
Hyde Park Lawn Tennis Club
London, England
Indoor
Wood
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Lawford
7-5, 6-3 6-0
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross Herbert Chipp
Charles Prideaux Triscott
E. Syers Henley
E. Syers Henley
William C. Taylor
Herbert Wilberforce

May

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
4- 7 May Cambridge University LTC Tournament[14]
Cambridge
Great Britain
Grass
Herbert Wilberforce
6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5
Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake John Moyer Heathcote
Howard Pease
William Nevill Cobbold
Thomas Barton Holmes
Alfred E. Walker7
H. Ward
5 - 7 May Inter-Colonial Lawn Tennis Tournament[15]
Sydney
Australia
Grass
William John Bush-Salmon
1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Walter John C. Riddell Rex Allen Thomas Bately Rolin
Dudley Webb
18 May. Longwood Cricket Club Tournament
(later Longwood Bowl)
Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass, USA
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Howard Augustus Taylor
?
19 - 25 May.[16] Ilkley Tournament
Ilkley LTC
Ilkley, Yorkshire, England
Grass
E.W. Fletcher
6-4 4-6 6-5
A.R. Atkinson W.T. Booker
M. Pole
William Gerald Barker
D.F. Douglas
Arthur Copson Peake
E.M. Turner
20 - 25 May.[17] Whitehouse Open
Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Outdoor
Clay
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
8-6, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3
Richard Henry Fuller George Kerr
Archibald Thomson
William Ferguson
John Galbraith Horn
Charles R. Andrew Howden
Alfred Aitken Thomson
18 - 26 May Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[18]
Fitzwilliam LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Herbert Lawford
4-6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6-4
Eyre Chatterton
6-4, 7–5, 9-7
Ernest Browne
Willoughby Hamilton
James Dwight
George Bloomfield Garvey
A.C. Robertson
Robert Shaw Templer
Challenger
Ernest Renshaw
23 - 26 May. Fitzwilliam Plate
Fitzwilliam LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Herbert Knox McKay
6-3 7-5 6-2
William C. Taylor Tom Campion
J.Butler Robinson
Harry Grove
John Charles Kay
Ernest Edward Knox
Gilbert Mahon
23 - 26 May. Fitzwilliam Purse
Fitzwilliam LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Charles Henry Chaytor
6-3 7-5 6-2
George Arnulph Montgomerie Toler Roberts Garvey
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
Edward Bernard Greene
William Drummond Hamilton
Ronald M. McDougall
A. Taylor
26 May.[19] Young America Cricket Club Invitation
Young America Cricket Club
Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
6-3, 6-3, 6-2
Clarence Munroe Clark Richard Field Conover
William V.S. Thorne
11 - 27 May Dublin University Championships[20]
Dublin
Ireland
Asphalt
Tom Campion
5-7 6-1 7-5 6-1
Charles Henry Chaytor David Wilson Christie
C. Stein
Eyre Chatterton
Herbert Knox McKay
25 - 30 May West of England Championships[21]
Bath
Great Britain
Grass
Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
6-3, 6–1,6-4
James Dwight Edward G. Meyricke
William C. Taylor
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
E.H. Nicolls
H. Peters
C.A. Williamson
30 May.[22][23] Scarlet Ribbon Amateur Tournament
Scarlet Ribbon LTC
Groveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Surface ?
J.W. Corwith
?
Charles A. Chase[24]

June

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
30 May -6 June.[25][26] East Orange Club Amateur Tournament
East Orange Athletic Club
East Orange, New Jersey, United States
Grass
Patrick Lyman
6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Wallace Percy Knapp
June.[27] Oxford University Champion Tournament
Norham Gardens, Oxford, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Thomas Robinson Grey
6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 6-3
J.S. Burton Harry Grove
Edward G. Meyricke
Benjamin V. Sellon Brodie
Hamilton A. Emmons
J.B. Forman
Stephen Dickinson Winkworth
Hamilton A. Emmons
Thomas Robinson Grey
6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 9-7
Harry Grove
John Redfern Deykin
Thomas Musgrave Burton
Miss Burton
6-0, 6-5
Thomas Robinson Grey
Miss Davis,
1 - 6 June East Gloucestershire Championships[28]
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Browne
6-4, 6–3, 6-2
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross James Dwight
Donald Stewart
Frederick William Knox
William C. Taylor
Charles Lacy Sweet
Robert Charles Thompson
8 - 13 June London Athletic Club Open Tournament[29]
Stamford Bridge, Fulham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
3-6, 8–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6-3
Ernest Wool Lewis Harry Grove
William C. Taylor
E.W. Brook
Herbert Chipp
James Herbert Crispe
Charles Lacy Sweet
19 - 12 June[30] Middle States Championships[31]
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Richard Sears
6-4, 6–1, 6-3
Howard Augustus Taylor Robert Livingston Beeckman
Charles Belmont Davis
Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
M.P. Gybbes
E. Spinnet
C.A. Stevens
10 - 13 June.[32] Edinburgh University LTC Open
Edinburgh University LTC
Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
6-1, 6-2, 6-1
T. Leigh MacLachlan John Galbraith Horn
George James Kerr
James H. Aitken
Charles R. A. Howden
Reginald H. Noott
Alex Thomson
15 - 17 June.[33] Acton Vale LTC Open
Acton Vale LTC
East Acton, London, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
7-5 6-2 7-5
Herbert Chipp Harold Stapylton Greenwell
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
Frederick Alexander Bowlby
F. Bramah
F.E. Cole
A. Walker
13 - 19 June. Waterloo Tournament[34]
Liverpool, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Charles Stananought
7-5, 6–3, 5–7, 7-5
Jacob Gaitskell Brown Andrew Laurie Macfie
James Alexander Rome
L.W. Brooke
John Edmondson
J.W. Fowler
Richard Millar Watson
16 - 19 June. Leamington Open Tournament
Leamington LTC
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Dwight
6-3 6-2 6-2
Alfred Henry Betham Francis Russell Burrow
Hamilton A. Emmons
G. Clark
J.B. Forman
Windsor Richard Heneage
John Charles Kay
16 - 19 June. Warwickshire Championships
Leamington LTC
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Hamilton A. Emmons
w.o.
John Charles Kay J.H. Mitchell
W.J. Sarjant
A.E.H. Clarke
A.H. Griffiths
Albert Cecil Hill
L. Richardson
17 - 20 June. Broughty Ferry Open
Broughty Ferry LTC
Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Clay
Singles - Doubles
A. Browne
6-2 4-6 8-6 6-8 6-2
George Nelson Stenhouse J.B. Gray
L.F. Robertson
G.A. Ballingall
T. Leigh MacLachlan
H.B. Mitchell
D.J. Walls
18 - 20 June. Brincliffe Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament
Brincliffe LTC
Bramall Lane, Sheffield, South Riding, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Dwight
2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
Arthur John Stanley Ernest Wool Lewis
Charles Lacy Sweet
Ernest Browne
Hamilton A. Emmons
John Charles Kay
E.M. Turner
20-23 June.[35] Chapel Allerton LTC Tournament
Chapel Allerton LTC
West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
John Thorneycroft Hartley
6-0 6-2 6-1
Alexander Mallinson Charles Joseph Dymond
Maxwell Fitzsimmons
Maurice Spencer Clark
Reginald Higginbottom
Walter Oliver
Montague Stephenson
23 June. Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC
Far and Near LTC
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Robert Livingston Beeckman
?
>
24 June. Berrylands Club Tournament
Berrylands LTC
Surbiton, Surrey, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
R. Playford
6-2, 6-2, 6-1
J.F. Newton L. Newton
A.B. Tomkins
J.W. Adamson
H. Higley
G. Rawlings
Harry Stanley Scrivener
20 - 27 June.[36] Northern Championships
Liverpool Cricket Club
Aigburth, Liverpool, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Dwight
6-2, 6–4, 6–4,
Ernest Wool Lewis E.W. Fletcher
A.L. Payne
Jacob Gaitskell Brown
William Nevill Cobbold
Hamilton A. Emmons
Andrew Laurie Macfie
Challenger
Donald Stewart
25 - 26 June. Orange Spring Tournament[37]
Montrose, NJ, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Howard Augustus Taylor
7-5, 6–2, 6-3
William V.S. Thorne

July

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
July Natal Championships[38][39]
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
George Stanley
18-17
W. J. Grant
29 Jun - 3 July Edgbaston Open Tournament[40]
Edgabaston, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Alfred Henry Betham
6–1, 6–3, 8-6
Walter Chamberlain Conway John Morgan
John George Thursfield
James Dwight
William Henry Mahon
Edward G. Meyricke
Reginald Pease
29 Jun - 3 July Midland Counties Championships
Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club
Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Conway John Morgan
6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-2, 9-7
John George Thursfield George Reston Brewerton
Edward G. Meyricke
George Howard Cartland
William Brunston Thursfield
E.P. Wright
Challenger
Walter William Chamberlain
Walter William Chamberlain
Margaret Bracewell
6-1, 8-10, 6-3
W.H. Mahon
Beatrice Langrishe 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
2 - 4 July Northumberland Cricket Club Open[41][42]
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
A. Dunn Jr.
3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4
Percival Fenwick Kenneth Ramsden Marley
1-6 6-3 6-5
J. A. Connor.
Mark Fenwick
Arthur Godfrey Pease
Hugh A. Taylor
7 – 10 July. North Berkshire ALTC Tournament
Abingdon, North Berkshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
A.D. Hensley
3-6, 6-3, 6-2
W.A. Jacob J.H. Deazeley
T.E. Graham
W. Abbott
W.R. Graham
Edward Arundel Geare
S. Hayman
A.D. Hensley
Miss Binney
6-1, 4-6, 6-3
W.R. Graham
Miss. Nicholas
9 – 11 July. Hull Westbourne Avenue Tournament
Westbourne Avenue LTC
Kingston upon Hull, England
Outdoor
Grass
SinglesDoubles
William Henry Mahon
w.o.
Gilbert Mahon E.W. Brooke
L. Harrison
Percival Clennell Fenwick
Philip Leslie Hirst
J.T. Jones
5 - 15 July Wimbledon Championships[43]
London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William Renshaw
7-5, 6–2, 4–6, 7-5
Ernest Renshaw Ernest Browne
James Dwight
Herbert Chipp
Michael Gallwey McNamara
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
Arthur John Stanley
Challenger
Herbert Lawford
15 - 17 July.[44] Rainthorpe Hall Open
Rainthorpe Hall
Tasburgh, Norfolk, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Francis William Monement
?
William Bolding Monement Edgar Sheppard Paston Mack
G.E. Preston
H.C. Marsh
O' Shaughnessy Belli Reade
A.R. Stephenson
H. Twining
13 - 18 July East of Ireland Championships[45]
Howth, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Eyre Chatterton
2-6, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6-0
Willoughby Hamilton Ernest Edward Knox
Herbert Knox McKay
Ernest Browne
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
William Drummond Hamilton
Robert Shaw Templer
13 - 19 July Gore Court Championships[46]
Sittingbourne, Great Britain
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-1, 6-2
Ernest George Meers C. Perry
E. Marmion
A. Chittenden
L. Parsons
Edward Berners Upcher
F.B. Wallace
13 - 19 July Northern Counties Challenge Cup[47]
Norton, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Hamilton A. Emmons
4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2
Arthur Godfrey Pease William Edwin Pease
E.R. Turner
George E. Newby
Howard Pease
Thomas Walker
W.E. Walker
20 September.[48] Litchfield Open
Litchfield Lawn Club
Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
?
20 - 25 July Middlesex Championships
Chiswick Park, Middlesex, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Chipp
7-5,7-5, 6-3
Donald Stewart Harry Grove
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Henry Wilson-Fox
Ernest Wool Lewis
Edward Barratt-Smith
Robert Charles Thompson
Mr. Farrer
Harry Grove
6-1, 8-10, 6-3
William C. Taylor
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Harry Grove
Blanche Bingley
6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Ernest Wool Lewis
Beatrice Langrishe
20 - 25 July Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open[49]
Worcester, Great Britain
Grass
John Charles Kay
6-2, 6-3
Frederick William Knox F.H.A. Blake
Walter William Chamberlain
A.E. Daldy
William Henry Mahon
Conway John Morgan
H.T. Shapley
21 - 27 July.[50] South of Ireland Championships
Limerick, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Willoughby Hamilton
6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3
Tom Campion Charles Henry Chaytor
Edward M. L. Lysaght
W.H. Clarke
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
William Drumond Hamilton
Challenger
Eyre Chatterton
22 - 25 July Northumberland Championships[51]
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Hamilton A. Emmons
3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4
Percival Fenwick Kenneth Ramsden Marley
Gilbert Mahon
A.L. Davidson
A. Dunn Jr.
William Edwin Pease
E.M. Shand
23 - 25 July.[a][52][53] Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament[54]
Leicester, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William Nevill Cobbold
6-1, 6–2, 6-0 ret.
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon George Ernest Dixon Brown
James Dwight
Percy Bateman Brown
L. Hampson
Sidney Alfred Noon
A. Smith
20 - 26 July Redhill Open[55]
Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Harold Stone
6–2, 6-4
F.E. Cole Harold Stapylton Greenwell
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
Vincent Sydney Allpress
Edgar John Chippendale
William John Down
E. Ranger
27 - 30 July Les Diablerets International Lawn Tennis Tournament
Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Clay
R.H. Legge
3-6 6-1 6-4
W. Ross H.J. Hamilton
W.M. Smyth
D. Fitzgerald
R.T. Michell
S.R. Snelling
P. Stares
27–31 July.[56] North Wales Challenge Cup
Vale of Clwyd LTC
Denbigh, Vale of Clwyd, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
G. Egerton
6-4, 6-4
A. Evill Thomas A. Wynne Edwards
Arthur Bennett Mesham
J.R. Wynne Edwards
Mr. Hope
P. Ormrod
A.H. Turnour
Challenger
Captain H.T. Ravenhill

August

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
August. Charmouth Open
Charmouth LTC
Charmouth, West Dorset, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
L. Wynch
3-6, 6-0, 6-1
Mr. Frazer Reginald Huyshe-Eliot Mr. Caistor
Charles Barrington Philpott
F. Wynch
Mr. T. Lewis
Miss T.H. Lewis
6-2, 6-3
Mr. H. Lewis
Miss. Vertue
27 July - 1 August.[57] King's County and Ormonde Tournament
Parsonstown, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Browne
6-4, 6–4, 4-6 8-6
Robert Chaloner Knox F.E. Bird
W.G. Pearson
Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph
George B. Garvey
Challenger
Toler Roberts Garvey
27 July - 1 Aug Scottish Championships
Edinburgh, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6-3, 6–2, 6-4
Archibald Thomson Herbert Bowes-Lyon
George Nelson Stenhouse
A.L. Davidson
A.P. Jones
L. MacLachlan
Anderson Steel
31 July–2 August.[58] Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament
Athboy Lawn Tennis Club
Athboy, County Meath, Ireland.
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
Charles Chaytor
6-3, 6-0
George Hewson C. Coleridge George Edward Vernon Cuppage
E. Collingwood
James Sherrard
George Archibald Tisdall
George Edward Vernon Cuppage
6-4, 6-3
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Ringwood
31 July–1 August.[59] Rochester Open
Paddock Lawn Tennis Club
Rochester, Kent, England
Grass
Singles
C.C.J. Perry
6-1 6-2
E.M. Lachlan A. Buchanan
F.J. Troughton
W.S. Hunter
T.G. Stuart
Edwin Teixeira de Mattos
T.G. Stuart
1 - 4 August.[60] North of Wales Open
Pensarn LTC
Abergele, Conwy County Borough, North Wales
Grass
Singles - Doubles
T.M. Draper
 ?
Robert Parsons Earwaker E. Johnson
H. Sidebottom
W.R. Craig
Alfred Pittis Earwaker
W. Orton
W. Lifton Wynne
5 August. Fylde Tournament
Lytham LTC
Lytham Cricket Club Ground
Lytham St Annes, England.
Grass
Singles
John Leyland Birley
6-3, 6-5
Owen Seaman W.M. Baker J.M. Rea
E.T. Wilson
W.H.G. Worship
3 - 6 Aug Darlington Association Tournament
Darlington, County Durham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6–0, 6–1, 6-3
John Galbraith Horn A. Dunn jr.
William Edwin Pease
Algernon G. Bathurst
Harold S. Greenwell
G. Kemp
Arthur George Ridout
Challenger
Kenneth Ramsden Marley
2 - 8 Aug.[61] Plymouth Open
West Hoe LTC
West Hoe, Plymouth, England
Grass
Saint John Halford Coventry
9-1 games
George Parsons Alfred Edward Thompson
A. Tolcher
Maj. H.J. Couchman
H.G. Hawker
Mr. Patrick Storey
Henry G. Hawker
3 - 6 Aug South Northumberland C.C. Lawn Tennis Tournament
Sunderland, Northumberland, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Hugh A. Taylor
9-8, 3-6, 6-5, 4-6, unfinished
Percival Clennell Fenwick C.J. Dymond
S. Jackson
C. Elliot
W.R. Gibson
Charles Young Simpson
C. Welford
July - 8 Aug Molesey Park Lawn Tennis Tournament
Molesey, Surrey, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Charles Edmund Tatham
6-3 6-3
R. Tatham
3 - 8 Aug.[62][63] Penarth LTC Championships
Penarth LTC
Penarth, Wales
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Francis Escott Hancock
6-4 6-2
Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake
A.C. Robertson
Percy Kemp Heard
Harry T. Shapley
Albert Francis (Frank) Stoddart
William Parkfield Wethered
3 - 8 Aug.[64] West of Ireland Championships
County Sligo Lawn Tennis Club
Ardaghowen, Sligo, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Willoughby Hamilton
 ?
Rev. Edmund Lombard William Drummond Hamilton Effingham Carroll McDowel
M. White
4-8 Aug.[65] Wentworth Open Tournament
Hotel Wentworth
New Castle, New Hampshire, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Howard Augustus Taylor William V.S. Thorne
Wallace Percy Knapp
6 -8 Aug Canadian International Championships
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Joseph Sill Clark.
6-0 6-4
Isidore Frederick Hellmuth William Edward Glynn
Fitz James Hynes
Alexander Galt
Alexander Monro Grier
W.W. McMaster
Henry Gordon Mackenzie
3–9 Aug Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament
Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Toler Roberts Garvey
6-1, 6–0, 6-0
Thomas Harrison Griffiths David Wilson Christie
Hercules Robert Langrishe
Challenger
Frederick William Knox
3–9 Aug.[66] Seabright Invitational Tournament
Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
Rumson, New Jersey, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
6-4, 6-4, 6-3
H.W. Bucknall
3–9 Aug.[67] Wentworth Open Tournament
New Castle, New Hampshire, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3
Godfrey Brinley Robert Livingston Beeckman
Herbert M. Sears
11 Aug.[68] Narragansette Pier Open
Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
w.o.
Henry Slocum Quincy Shaw
Charles Amherst Chase
Oliver Samuel Campbell
Leib Harrison Dulles
John Ryerson
Albert Empie Wright
10–13 Aug.[69] Teignmouth and Shaldon Open
Teignmouth LTC
Teignmouth, Devon, England
Grass
Singles
Wilfred Milne
6-3, 6–5, 6-2|
H.C. Kent Ferguson G. Davies
Erskine Gerald Watson
Saint John H. Coventry
Stanley Riseley
J.C. Rogers
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
10–13 Aug.[70] Nahant Invitation
Nahant Sporting Club
Nahant, Massachusetts, United States
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Joseph Sill Clark
?
?
10–14 Aug County Carlow Lawn Tennis Tournament
Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
H. Thorpe
6-3, 6–5, 6-2
Frederick J. Smith Leckey C.J. Alexander
H. Fitzmaurice
Arthur B.N. Gladwell Boyd
Charles John Engledow
J.E. Jameson
K.D. Tanner
10–14 Aug East Grinstead Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
East Grinstead, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Dwight
6-2 6-3 6-3
William Nevill Cobbold Harry Grove
John F. Peel Rawlinson
Harry Grove
James Dwight
6-1, 6-1, 6-2
William Nevill Cobbold
William Reierson Arbuthnot
Harry Grove
Blanche Bingley
7-5, 6-2
James Dwight
] Margaret Bracewell
12–14 Aug. Niagara International Tournament
Queen's Royal Hotel Court's
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Henry Gordon Mackenzie.
6-2, 6–1, 6-1
Robert Orr Shaw Wood Robert Casimir Dickson
Andrew E. Plummer
Lawrence H. Baldwin
L.O. Dick
Sutherland MacKlem
13–15 Aug. East of England Championships
Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club
Felixstowe, Suffolk, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Francis William Monement
4-6, 6–4, 6-4
Maurice Welldon T. Chilton R.C. Brockman
H.W. Nicholson
15–18 Aug.[71] Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships[72]
Inverkip Rovers LTC
Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Scotland
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
Charles H. J. Higginbotham
6-4, 6-4, 6-2
George Arbuthnot Burns Walter McDonald
Archibald Thomson
George Kerr
Henry Guy Nadin
Richard Millar Watson
A. Graham Murray
17–19 Aug Windermere Open
Windermere and District Lawn Tennis Club
Windermere, Westmorland, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
E.W. Brook
5-6, 6-4, 6-1
J.A. Mason R.M. Ainslie
H.J. Norris
J.L. Bell
A. Hardy
H. Paley
G.C. Wrigley
18–21 Aug Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6–2, 6–1, 6-4
Harry St John Edward Berkeley Napier Lincoln Elwes
Philip Elwes
R.D. Hodgson
Challenger
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Ernest Wool Lewis
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
6-3, 6-2
Lincoln Elwes
Philip Elwes
Ernest Wool Lewis
Miss Partner?
6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Harry Saint John Hornby
Miss. Partner?
18–21 Aug. U.S. National Championships
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Richard Sears
6-3, 4–6, 6–0, 6-3
Wallace Percy Knapp Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
Joseph Sill Clark
Challenger
Godfrey Brinley
17–22 Aug Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
(later Yorkshire Championships)
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Gilbert Mahon
6-0, 6–2, 6-4
Arthur Godfrey Pease Henry Edwin Caldecott
W.F. Rodgers
Challenger
E.W. Fletcher
17–22 Aug.[73] South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships
Tenby LTC
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William S. N. Heard
5-6, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3
E.W. Evans A. Johnston
A.C. Maxwell
E. Webb-Bowen
W.L. Phillips
R.E. Whitehead
17–22 Aug.[74] Tenby Open
Tenby LTC
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Baldwin
6-1 6-3 6-0
S.F. Hulton E.W. Davies
E.W. Evans
William Sidney Nelson Heard
E.M. Samson
A. Glover-Williams
William George Wyld
19–22 Aug.[75] Braemar Lawn Tennis Tournament
Braemar LTC
Braemar, Scotland
Grass
Alexander Hayne
6-4 6-4 6-3
Alasdair Blackwood Andrew Duncan
Bruce Elliott
19–22 Aug Mid Devon Lawn Tennis Tournament
Mid Devon LTC
Eggesford, Devon, England
Grass
Singles
Arthur William Buckingham
6-3 6-2 6-0
S.H. Whately Mortimer Drury Buckingham
A.Peere Williams-Freeman
E. Bray
W.J. Hadden
Robert Reginald Luxton
T.P. Whately
20–22 Aug[76] Fifeshire Lawn Tennis Association Tournament
(later Fifeshire Championship)[77]
Saint Andrews College
Saint Andrews, Scotland
Grass
Singles
John Galbraith Horn
6-2, 6-2
George Kerr S.C. Knott
George Nelson Stenhouse
C.S. Fowler
H.B. Harris
D.J. Walls
20–22 Aug North Yorkshire Tournament
Yorkshire LTC
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Browne
6-2, 6-2, 6-4
E.W. Fletcher James Dwight
Harold Stapylton Greenwell
Arthur Edward Corner
Alexander Mallinson
18–22 Aug South of Scotland Championships
Moffat, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Archibald Thomson
6-3, 6–4, 6-3
B.S. Cave H. Gillbanks
William Ferguson
H.F. Adams
J.B. Gray
L. Perry
Alfred Aitken Thomson
Dudley Stuart
Anderson Steel
4-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-4, 6-4
William Ferguson
N.J. Finlay
William Ferguson
Miss L. Murray
0-6, 7-5, 6-3
B.S. Cave
Miss. H. Lyell
19–24 Aug.[78] Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club
Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England
Grass
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis TournamentDoubles
Charles Richard Longe
6-1, 6-0
Herbert Davy Longe R.C. Brockman
C.R. Freeman
H.A. Collins
Charles Sidney Cullingham
G.A. Lane
Henry Evelyn Tombe
24–27 Aug Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
6–3, 6–0, 7-5
Lionel Robert Wilberforce Percy Bateman Brown
George Ernest Dixon Brown
F.H. Aves
Edmund Henry Parker
Frederick Charles Martin Whitehead
24–29 Aug.[79] Les Grands Vaux Tournament
Caesarian LTC
Les Grands Vaux, St Saviour, Jersey
Clay/Grass
Singles
Godfrey Stratton Mills
6–3, 6–4, 7-5
Harold Horsley James Lancaster
Sidney Kingston-Mills
George Hornby
Harry Nuttall
Percy Wildman Lushington
Edward Lake Williams
24–29 Aug Derbyshire Championships
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Eyre Chatterton
5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4
James Dwight Walter Reid Craig
William C. Taylor
T.M. Draper
Thomas Robinson Grey
Harry Grove
Robert C. Thompson
26–28 Aug.[80] Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament
Manadon, Plymouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Saint John Halford Coventry
6-4 6-3
H.S. Parsons W.E. Bastard
H. St. G. Thomas
Richard W. Arthur
E.G. Hawker
W.S. Sheldon
E.H.A. Tolcher
24 Jul–30 Aug Brookfield Isle of Wight Open
Brookfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Grass
James Dwight
6-4, 1–6, 6–4, 6-2
Teddy William H. Pritchard
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
Herbert Chipp
A.W. Coomber
E.O. Dunn
E.G. Easton
24 - 29 Aug.[81] Whitby Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
Congress Hall Grounds
Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Herbert Crispe
3-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-5
Arthur Godfrey Pease C.H.C. Harrison
Henry Bowser Wimbush
William Francis Wells-Cole
Arthur Edward Corner
Leonard William Greenwell
George Richmond Mewburn

September

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
September (Autumn) Hendon Lawn Tennis Tournament
Hendon LTC
Little Sherrock Field, Hendon, Middlesex England
Clay
Singles - Doubles
William Howard
?
31 Aug - 2 Sep. Burton-on-Trent Tournament
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Henry Guy Nadin
6-4 6-3 6-0
Frank Noon G.E. Lowe
Conway John Morgan
Sydney Herbert Evershed
A.E. Phipps
H.E. Sugden
G.E. Lowe
Henry Guy Nadin
3 sets to 1
Frank Noon
Conway John Morgan
Frank Noon
Miss Hodson
divided title.
Sydney Herbert Evershed
Mrs Evershed
2–5 Sep Rothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament
Craigmore Grounds
Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
L. McLachlan
6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3
B.H. Harris D.G. Kemp
Horatio Babington Peile
J.C. Burns
C.H. Nield
Anderson Steel
A.W. Woodburn
3–5 Sep West Teviotdale (Hawick) Open
Hawick Cricket Ground
Hawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
George Nelson Stenhouse
6-0, 6-3, 6-8, 6-8, 6-3
Richard Millar Watson S.C. Knott
Forrester John Thomson
Charles Stanislaus Constable
S.C. Fowler
Hubert Ware
D.J. Walls
George Nelson Stenhouse
Richard Millar Watson
8-6, 6-4, 6-3
Alfred Aitken Thomson
Forrester John Thomson
Richard Millar Watson
Miss Lottie Dod
6-3, 4-6, 3-2 ret.
S.C. Scott
Miss Scott
5–September.[82][b] Edgewood Country Club Open
Edgewood Country Club
Tivoli, New York. USA
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Valentine Gill Hall
31 August–7 September.[83] United Services Tennis Club Tournament
United Service Recreation Club,
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William George Wyld
6-2, 6-1
W. Platt Major G.M. Currie
Francis Marwood Hext
Lieut. G. Daubeny
H. Ferguson
C. Poulter
W.L. Brooke-Smith
7–9 September[84] Buffalo Lawn Tennis Tournament
Summer Street Grounds
Buffalo, New York (State), United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
A.L. Plummer
?
?
8–11 September.[85] Lenox Invitation
Lenox Lawn Tennis Club
Harlem, New York, USA
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
?
Philip Shelton Sears
9–11 September. Downshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Downshire LTC
Royal Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland
Outdoor
Grass
Robert Shaw Templer
6-4, 6-2
G. Macan
James Kinahan
R.J. McNeill
L. Bristow
G.H. Clarke
J. McNeile
Walter Francis Templer
7 - 17 Sep South of England Championships[86]
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Lewis
4-6, 7–5, 6–3, 6-3
William C. Taylor Edward James Avory
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
J.F. Adair
Harry Grove
William Howard
Edward Somes Saxton
12-19 Sep.[87] Aldershot Division Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
Aldershot Divisional LTC
Aldershot Garrison, Hampshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
Lieut. D. Bligh
2 sets to 1
Lieut. R. Jones. ?
?
14–20 Sep St Leonards-on-Sea Tournament
St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Wilberforce
?
S. Wilson
23 Sep.[88] Orange Invitation
Mountain Station, Montrose
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
 ?
21–26 Sep Sussex Championships
Brighton, England
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
w.o.
William C. Taylor
21–27 Sep Norton Open
Norton, County Durham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
H. A. Emmons
4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2
Arthur Godfrey Pease
29–September.[89] Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation)
Westchester Country Club
Harrison, New York, USA
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Robert Livingston Beeckman

October

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
October.[90] Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Brighton Lawn Tennis Club
Queen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Grass
James Dwight
7-5, 6–3, 7-5
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross

?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
28 Sep-4 Oct Southern Championships
Wilmington, NC, United States
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Charles Belmont Davis
6-2, 6–1, 6-2
E. Porter
8 October Armagh Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Outdoor
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Robert Shaw Templer
w.o.
Major Cadell
A.D.M. Moore
L. Hardyman
H. Murphy
Challenger
Walter Francis Templer
6 - 10 Oct Victorian Championships[91]
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Walter John Carre Riddell[92]
25 games to 13
Louis Whyte
6 - 12 Oct Intercollegiate Championships[93]
New Haven, CT, United States
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Wallace Percy Knapp[94]
10-10-8, 10–8, 6-3
Augustus Duryee W.B. Lord
Lewis Henry Paddock

November

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
2–7 November Punjab Lawn Tennis Championships
Lahore, Punjab, India
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Trevor Douglas Davies Berrington
5-6 5-6 6-3 5-4 ret.
F.O. Anderson F. Drake
A.P. Hill
Edward Lee French
H.R. Hackman
G. Hamilton
G.C. Walker
9-11 November.[95] S.C.C. Open Tournament
Singapore Cricket Club, Singapore, Malaya
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Geoffrey Paulson Owen
7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Dr. Henry Nickleson-Smythe Robert W. Braddell
A.P. Hill
Jonathan Lee-Hoo
Norman Pendleton
Cap. Alistair Campbell retd.
Ian Jenkins-St.Clair

December

No Events

Notes

  1. ^ 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 Leicstershire County Championships with other venues.
  2. ^ The Edgewood Country Club tournament ended 5 September 1887 exact start date missing

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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, ISBN 0-9731443-4-3
  • The Tennis Book, edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981 ISBN 0-87795-344-9
  • The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.

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This article contains some copied and translated content from this article Tornei di tennis maschili nel 1885 (at Italian Wikipedia)