1888 men's tennis season

The 1888 Men's tennis season[1] was composed of the thirteenth annual pre-open era tennis circuit incorporating 78 tournaments.

1888 Men's Tennis season
Ernest Wool Lewis was title leader this year
Details
Duration17 April – 29 December
Edition13th
Tournaments78
CategoriesImportant (4)
National (5)
Provincial/Regional/State (11)
County (6)
Local/other (2)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Ernest Wool Lewis (5)
Most tournament finals Ernest Wool Lewis (5)
1887
1889

The season began in April in London, England, 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 Renshaw[2] 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 Renshaw[3] 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.

In 1888 the eighth edition of the Irish Championships was also played where the Briton Ernest Renshaw prevailed who 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 he 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.

Calendar

Included:[4]

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),[5] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Notes 2:'This is an incomplete roll of tournaments staged this year

Key

Important.[6][7][8][9]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

January

No events

February

Nessun evento

March

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
MarchTropical Championships
St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Club
St. Augustine, United States
Wood (i)
Singles - Doubles
Henry Graff Trevor
5 sets
C.E. Garrett
Challenger
Thomas Sterling Beckwith
10 MarBombay Gymkhana Club Tournament
Bombay Gymkhana Club
Bombay, India
Grass
Singles - Doubles
F. Ward
2-6 6-5 6-3
T.C. Sangster George McMahon
Mr. Agnew Turner

April

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
17 April[10]British Covered Court Championships
London, Great Britain
Wood (i)
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6–3, 6–0, 6–1
Ernest Meers

May

Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
1 May[11]New South Wales Championships
Sydney, Australia
Singles - Doubles
Dudley Webb
6–0, 6–4, 7–5
Charles W. Cropper




20 May.[12]Ceylon Championships
Nuwara Eliya Lawn Tennis Club
Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon
Clay
SinglesDoubles
Charles Edward De Fonblanque
6-4 6-5 4-6 4-6 6-4
Edward George Farquharson L.E. Dalton
Thomas W. Gallwey
James Parsons Dove
M. Findlay
Edgar Vanderspar
21 May[13]Irish Championships
Dublin, Ireland
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Renshaw
6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Willoughby Hamilton
26 May.Fitzwilliam Club Championships
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Willoughby Hamilton
6-4 6-3 6-1
Harold Segerson Mahony J.F. Hughes
J.T. Maxwell
Ernest Henry Greene

Charles Pierce Rowley James
Edward Mahon
C. Roberts
Challenger
Tom Campion
24 – 26 May[14]West of Scotland Championships
Pollockshields Athletic Club
Pollockshields
Scotland
Grass
J.B. Gray
6–3, 8–6, 6–2
William Thomas Hendry C. Gray
Anderson Steel
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
Richard Millar Watson
Horatio R. Babington Peile
G.H. Aitken
24 - 26 May.[15]Western Counties Championship
Pollockshields Athletic Club
Pollockshields
Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Arthur Nevile John Story
6-2 2-6 6-3 8-6
Edward Barnard Fuller G. Scott-Jackson
Richard Millar Watson
John Adams
James Cleland Burns
R. Roxburgh
E.W. Wyatt

June

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
JunBroughty Ferry Open
Broughty Ferry LTC
Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Alfred Aitken Thomson
6-3 8-6 3-6 7-5
Arthur Nevile John Story
4 JunMiddle States Championships
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Singles - Doubles
Edward Peale MacMullen
6-0, 6–4, 0–6, 8-6
Robert Livingston Beeckman
4 Jun[16]West of England Championships
Bath, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Harry S. Barlow
6–4, 6–3, 8–10, 3–6, 8–6
James Baldwin
6 - 9 June.[17]Whitehouse Open
Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Outdoor
Clay
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
6-4, 6-3, 6-1
Edward Barnard Fuller J.C. Huie
Pat. Smith
Stanley Riseley
J.C.S. Sandeman
Kenneth Sanderson
Richard Millar Watson
Challenge round
Archibald Thomson
John Galbraith Horn
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
6-1, 0-6, 8-6, 6-4
Arthur Nevile John Story
Arnold Wyersdale Blake
Richard Millar Watson
Ann Dod
5-7, 6-3, 6-4
C.D. Murray
Jane Ferguson
11 Jun[18]Welsh Championships
Penarth, Wales, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Willoughby Hamilton
6–1, 6–1, 6–0
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
11 Jun|[19][20]Nottinghamshire Championships
Nottingham, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Frederick William Snook
w.o.
Herbert Durrant Snook
11 Jun|[21]East Gloucestershire Championships
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Harry S. Barlow
7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret.
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
13 Jun[22]Southern Championships
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Singles - Doubles
Alexander Hamilton Stump Post
?
Leigh Bonsal Rodmond Vernon Beach
William Austin Tomes
Charles L. McCauley
Yates Pennington
Oscar R. Woodward
Leigh Bonsal
L.V. Lemoyne

17 JunMacclesfield Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
Macclesfield LTC
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
Henry Guy Nadin
w.o.
G.E. Lowe John Barlow Thistlethwaite
G.H. Willoughby
W. Burgess
H.R. Greaves
J.A. Rooke
W. Twyford
18 Jun[23]London Championships
London, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-0 6-1 6-2
Harry S. Barlow
18 Jun[24]Kent Championships
Beckenham, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Meers
5–7, 3–6, 9–7, 6–3, 6–2
Frederick A. Bowlby
18 Jun[25]Northern Championships
Manchester, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Willoughby Hamilton
6-1 8-6 6-1
Harry Grove
21 Jun.[26]Northumberland Cricket Club Open
Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Kenneth R. Marley
6-1 6-2 6-2
Harold Gurney Pease George Bloomfield Garvey
Harold King
W. Armstrong
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
A. Jackson
Wilson Pease
20–22 Jun.[27]New England Championships
New Haven LTC
New Haven, Connecticut United States
SinglesDoubles
Henry Slocum
8-6 5-7 6-4 4-6 6-2
Oliver Samuel Campbell Francis Gibbons (Frank) Beach
William Larned Thacher
C.H. Ludington jr6
John W. Nichols Jr
C.W. Pierson
Albert Empie Wright
Challenger
Edward Peale MacMullen
25 Jun.Waterloo Tournament
Waterloo Lawn Tennis Club
Liverpool, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Jacob Gaitskell Brown
w.o.
Herbert ChippWilliam Parkfield Wethered
Ernest Joseph Soares
P.G. Hall
Andrew Laurie Macfie
G. Smith
Beresford St. George Verschoyle
30 JunEdgbaston Open Tournament
Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club
Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Baldwin
7-9 6-0 6-2 6-4
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross G.E. Lowe
Frank Noon
George Ernest Dixon Brown
Marmaduke Strickland Constable
John Redfern Deykin
Noel Maitland Farrer
John Redfern Deykin
Maud Watson
0-6 7-5 6-2
George Brown
Bertha Steedman
30 Jun.Midland Counties Championships
Edgbaston Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club
Edgbaston, England
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Harry Scrivener
6-2 6-0 9-7
Henry Guy Nadin Francis Russell Burrow
G.E. Lowe
George Reston Brewerton
W.R. Craig
Percival Du Sautoy Leather
Herbert Haden Monckton
Challenger
John Redfern Deykin

July

Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
JulNatal Championships
Brea Lawn Tennis Ground
Durban, South Africa
Singles - Doubles
William J. Grant
6-2 6-3 6-1
A. Butcher Samuel Francis Beningfield
Mr. Weise
W.E. Butcher
Mr. Collinson
Mr. Short
Challenger
Reuben Widdows Beningfield
JulHoundiscombe Tennis Tournament
Houndiscombe, Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Wilfred Milne
6-1 6-0
C.R. Broad
JulNorton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament
Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, Great Britain
Clay
Singles - Doubles
H.C. King
6-2 4-6 10-8 7-5
Frederick T. Bradbury
2 Jul.County Dublin Championships
Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Club
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Joshua Pim
6-3 6-4 9-7
William Drumond Hamilton Thomas Harrison Griffiths
Frank Stoker
C.P. Brett
Manliffe Goodbody
J. Godley
William Henry Mahon
2 Jul.Somersetshire Championships
Taunton, Somerset, England
Grass
SinglesDoubles
James Baldwin
1-6 7-5 6-3
Ernest Legassicke Hancock * H.F. Wilkinson
2 JulNorthern Counties Challenge Cup
Norton, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
E.W. Fletcher
6-2 6-3 6-0
Henry Bolckow * Arthur Burgess Crosby Frederick T. Bradbury
George E. Newby
Harold Gurney Pease
4 Jul.Englewood Open
Field Club
Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Clay
SinglesDoubles
Oliver Campbell
6–2 1–6 5–7 6–4 6–4
Albert Empie Wright Grant Notman
William Austin Tomes
Theodore M. Banks
Clarence Hobart
F.A. Kellogg
Richard W. Stevens
2–7 July.[28]Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Stafford Institute LTC
Stafford, Great Britain
Grass
Singles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-0 6-1 6-0
Francis Russell Burrow G.E. Lowe
Frederick Anthony Watts
Tom Campion
John Redfern Deykin
Alfred Edward Thompson
Walter Mace Shipman
7 JulCambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Cambridge, Great Britain
SinglesDoubles
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
0-6 8-6 7-5 6-4
Alfred E. Walker Percy Bateman Brown
Herbert Ramon Yglesias
F.H. Aves
Horace Corthorn Elgood
L.C.P. Wolferston
F.R. Wilcox
7 Jul[29]Wimbledon Championships
London, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Renshaw
6–3, 7–5, 6–0 [
Herbert Lawford
Ernest Renshaw
William Renshaw

, 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
Herbert Wilberforce
5–8 Jul.[30]Staten Island Invitation
Staten Island Cricket & Baseball Club
Livingston, Staten Island, New York City, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Henry Slocum
6-4 6-8 6-1 9-7
Edward Peale MacMullen Samuel A. Campbell Jr.
Valentine Gill Hall
James Brown
P.E. Johnson
Quincy Shaw
Howard Augustus Taylor
8 Jul[31]Western Championships[32]
Scarlett Ribbon Club
Chicago, United States
Singles - Doubles
Charles Amherst Chase
6-3 6-3 6-1
Samuel Thompson Chase J.W. Carver T.L. McClung
E.A. Valentine
Challenger
E.W. McClellan
14 Jul[33]Champion Hill Tournament
East Dulwich, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Wilberforce Eaves
6-4 6-4
G.A. Adair
16 Jul.Warwickshire Championships
Leamington Spa, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
6-3 1-6 6-3 6-0
John Redfern Deykin Francis Russell Burrow
G.S. Back
William Drumond Hamilton
G.B. Hodson
J.H. Mitchell
Hampden Wilkieson
23 Jul[34]Ilkley Closed Tournament
Ilkley, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Arthur Godfrey Pease
5-7 6-1 6-4 6-4
E.W. Fletcher
23 Jul[35]Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
(later Yorkshire Championships)
Ilkley, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William Drummond Hamilton
6-3 6-2 6-2
E.W. Fletcher George Dixon Brown
Arthur Godfrey Pease
Percy Bateman Brown
Harold Weston Carlton
Walter Mace Shipman
Archibald Thomson
23 Jul[36]Middlesex Championships
Chiswick Park, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-2 6-2 6-2
Ernest George Meers
17 -23 Jul.[37]Rockaway Hunting Club Invitation
Rockaway Hunting Club
Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Henry Slocum
6-3, 6-2, 6-1
Howard Augustus Taylor Grant Notman
Carroll J. Post Jr.
Morton Spring Paton
Charles Edward Sands
24 July.Southampton Invitation
Meadow Club
Southampton, New York , US
Surface ?
SinglesDoubles
Howard Augustus Taylor
6-8 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. Oliver Samuel Campbell
Foxhall Parker Keene
F.M. Bacon
J.F. Bacon
D. Folsom
William Austin Tomes
Challenger
Joseph Sill Clark
27 Jul[38]Northumberland Championships
Constabulary Cricket Ground
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6-0 6-0 6-0
Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather
30 Jul.[39]Ilkley Open Tournament
Ilkley LTC
Ilkley, Yorkshire, England
Grass
William Drumond Hamilton
6-3 6-2 6-2
James Baldwin George Ernest Dixon Brown
Arthur Godfrey Pease
Percy Bateman Brown
Harold Weston Carlton
Walter Mace Shipman
Archibald Thomson
Challenger
E.W. Fletcher

August

Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
Aug[40]Gore Court Championships
Sittingbourne, Great Britain
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves
5-6 6-3 6-5
D. Fuller
1 Aug.Derbyshire Championships
Buxton LTC
Buxton, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Tom Campion
7-5 6-4 7-5
Percy Bateman Brown T.G. Hill
Archibald Thomson
Frederick T. Bradbury
Harold Weston Carlton
William Drumond Hamilton
George Hillyard
2 AugU.S. National Championships
Newport, United States
Singles - Doubles
Henry Slocum
6-4 6-1 6-0
Howard Augustus Taylor
Oliver Campbell
Valentine Hall

6-4 6-2 6-2
Clarence Hobart
Edward MacMullen
31 Jul–4 Aug.[41]Wentworth Open Tournament
Hotel Wentworth
New Castle, New Hampshire, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Charles Amherst Chase
6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
Oliver Samuel Campbell Frederick Sherwood Mansfield
Edward Peale MacMullen
Francis L. V. Hoppin
Quincy Shaw
Hugh A. Tallant
Albert Empie Wright
31 Jul–4 Aug.[42]North Wales Challenge Cup
Vale of Clwyd LTC
Denbigh, Vale of Clwyd, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
George Whitely Hayes
6-4, 6-3, 6-2
W.H. Hayes J. Halford
P. Ormrod
G.D. Heaton
R. Lloyd Williams
Challenger
Henry James Wilson Fosbery
1 - 4 Aug.[43]Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation)
(Waterbury Challenge Cup)
Westchester Country Club
Harrison, New York, USA
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Oliver Samuel Campbell
6-8, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Robert Livingston Beeckman Howard Augustus Taylor
Charles Edward Sands
3–6 Aug.[44]Rochester Open
Paddock Lawn Tennis Club
Rochester, Kent, England
Grass
Singles
Charles Gladstone Eames
6-3 6-4
Wilfred Baddeley Charles Percy Oliver Chipp
R.J. Cracknell
Oscar William Benwell
Arthur Benjamin Carvosso
A.B. Green
David Elgar Payn
6 - 11 Aug.[45]West of Ireland Championships
County Sligo Lawn Tennis Club
Ardaghowen, Sligo, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Willoughby Hamilton
4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Blaney Hamilton Effingham Carroll McDowell
Cecil John Cramer-Roberts
George Hewson
Chaloner Knox
George Stepney
Charles Edward Wylam
Challenger
Arthur John de Courcy Wilson
6 Aug.[46]Exmouth Tournament
Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club
Exmouth, England
SinglesDoubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-1 6-3 6-3
Herbert Chipp Harry Grove
George Hillyard
Arnold Wyersdale Blake
John Redfern Deykin
Conway John Morgan
Frank Noon
7 - 11 Aug.[47]Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament
Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William Drumond Hamilton
4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
E. Bourke John M. Brown
G. Butler
Henry Joseph Gallwey
Raymond De La Poer
W.J. Richardson
Captain H.T. Ravenhill
Challenger
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
11 Aug[48]Northwestern Championships
Minneapolis, United States
Singles - Doubles
R.D. Applegate
6-4, 6-5
H. Cramer
11 Aug[49]Scottish Championships
St Andrews, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
1–6, 0–6, 10–8, 6–2, 3–1 ret.
Harry Grove
13 - 18 Aug.[50]Tenby Open
Tenby LTC
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
William Sidney Nelson Heard
6-2 6-2 6-1
E.W. David W.R. Glazebrook
A.M.C. Smith
Colonel Thomas Powell Lewes
A.G. Norris
E.M. Samson
A. Stabb
13–18 Aug.[51]Teignmouth and Shaldon Open
Teignmouth LTC
Teignmouth, Devon, England
Grass
Singles
Herbert Chipp
6-0 6-1 6-0
John Redfern Deykin Edward Charles Pine-Coffin
Robert Charles Thompson
Wilfred Milne
Conway John Morgan
Frank Noon
L. Peel Yates
16 - 21 Aug.[52]Whitby Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
West Cliff Tennis Grounds
Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Wilberforce
6-4, 6-4, 8-6
Herbert Bowes-Lyon Arthur Wellesley Hallward
William Edwin Pease
E.W. Fletcher
George Richmond Mewburn
Arthur Godfrey Pease
Arthur John Stanley
21 Aug.South of Scotland Championships
Moffat
Scotland
Grass
Alfred Aitken Thomson
6-1 6-3 4-6 6-4
J. Scott Francis Pinhorn
G. Scott
Stuart Leslie Bathurst
Guy Hannaford
Bargeny McCulloch
21 Aug[53]Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournmament
Torquay, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
3-6 0-6 6-1 6-4 6-0
Herbert Chipp J. Cassavetti
George Hillyard
21 - 23 Aug.[54]Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club
Hurts Hall Park, Saxmundham, England
Grass
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis TournamentDoubles
George Kensit Barnabas Norman
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
A. Hewetson Arthur Bacon Longe
C.R. Rodwell
Charles Sidney Cullingham
F.E. Hollond
William Bolding Monement
Edward Berners Upcher
23 Aug[55]Seabright Invitational Tournament
Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
Rumson, New Jersey, United States
Singles - Doubles
H. Alexander
6-2 6-4
W. Ward
27 Aug[56]North of England Championships
Scarborough, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
6-1 6-1 6-1
Henry Guy Nadin

September

Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
3 Sep.Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament
Sheffield and Hallamshire LTC
Sheffield, Yorkshire, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
G.E. Lowe
6-2 6-1 2-6 6-0
Henry Guy Nadin Frederick T. Bradbury
Walter Mace Shipman
E.W. Brooke
David Davy
G.F. Padley
W.F. Rodgers
3 Sept[57]South of England Championships
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Andrew George Ziffo
4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
3 SepSouthern California Championships
Santa Monica, United States
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Robert Peyton Carter
w.o.
William Henry Young
10 Sep.Boulogne International
Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Clay
SinglesDoubles
Edgar John Chippendale
6-2 6-1 6-2
Lewin Venn Alexander W. Egerton
H.J. Gibson
Challenger
William C. Taylor
15 SepQueensland Championships
Toowong Sports Ground
Brisbane, Australia
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Arthur Fielder Taylor
12-4
Harold De Winton Dudley David Pontifex Ernest John Gilligan
Charles Follett Stewart Pennell
18 – 24 September.[58]Rochester Lawn Tennis Tournament
Rochester Lawn Tennis Club
Rochester, New York, US
Grass
SinglesDoubles
Charles Amherst Chase
6-2 6-0 6-2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley Philip Sears
Valentine Hall
Robert Livingston Beeckman
Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
Albert Church Hamlin
Adam Empie Wright Jr.

October

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
14 OctIntercollegiate Championships
New Haven, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Philip Shelton Sears
7-5 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-2
Valentine Gill Hall
25 OctVictorian Championships
Melbourne, Cricket Club Grounds
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Arthur Colquhoun[59]
6-3 6-4 6-3
John Hartley
25 Oct [60]Southern Fall Championships
Highland Country Club
Washington D.C., United States
Singles - Doubles
Frederick Sherwood Mansfield
6-1 6-4 6-2
Deane B. Miller Francis L. V. Hoppin
J.W. Smith
Rodmond Vernon Beach
C.H. Ludington jr
Arthur Landon Rives

November

No events

December

Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
24 Dec[61]New Zealand Championships
Napier, New Zealand
Singles - Doubles
Percival Clennell Fenwick
4-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 9-7
Minden Fenwick Edward Robert Boddington
Richard Dacre Harman
Charles Edward Stuart Gillies
Charles Dugald Kennedy
Thomas Harold Rawson
Frederick Wilding
Miss E. Gordon
Frederick Wilding
6-1 6-3
Miss Hilda Hitchings
C. D. Kennedy

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