1885 Men's tennis tour

The 1885 Men's tennis tour was the ninth annual tennis tour, consisting of 54 tournaments it began at the beginning of the year in Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and ended 12 October in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

1885 Men's tennis tour
James Dwight won most titles this year
Details
Duration2 April – 12 October
Edition9th
Tournaments54 (Amateur)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles James Dwight (5)
Most tournament finals James Dwight (7)
1884
1886

Summary of tour

In a repeat of the 1884 final Herbert Lawford retains his Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in five sets. William Renshaw Wins a fifth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. American player James Dwight breaks British dominance at the Northern Championships in Manchester defeating defending champion Donald Stewart in straight sets. In the United States Richard Sears collects a fifth consecutive US National Championship beating Godfrey Brinley in four sets. In Australia New South Wales Championships are held for the first time at the Association Cricket Ground at the Moore Park in Sydney . In England the British Covered Court Championships, one of the first tournaments in history to be played on indoor courts is held in London.

American player James Dwight is the title leader this season winning 5 titles from 7 finals he is 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),[1] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key

Important tournaments[2][3][4][5][6]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

Tournaments in 1885 included:[7]

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
?Natal Championships[8][9]
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
George Stanley
18-17
W. J. Grant

January

No events

February

No events

March

'No events

April

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
2 AprilBritish Covered Court Championships
London, Great Britain
Indoor
Hard (wood)
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Lawford
6-4 6-4 8-6
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross Herbert Chipp
6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2
Charles Prideaux Triscott
6-1 6-1 6-2
E. Syers Henley
E. Syers Henley
William C. Taylor
Herbert William Wrangham

May

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
4- 7 May
Cambridge University LTC[10]
Cambridge
Great Britain
Grass
Herbert Wilberforce
6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5
Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake.
5 - 7 May
New South Wales Championships[11]
Sydney
Australia
Grass
William John Bush-Salmon
1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Walter John C. Riddell
11 - 27 May
Dublin University Championships[12]
Dublin
Ireland
Hard (asphalt)
Thomas S. (Tom) Campion
5-7 6-1 7-5 6-1
Charles Henry Chaytor
18 - 26 MayIrish Lawn Tennis Championships[13]
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
20 - 25 May
Whitehouse LTC[14]
Edinburgh
Great Britain
Grass
Herbert Bowes-Lyon
8-6, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3
Richard Henry Fuller
25 - 30 May
West of England Championships[15]
Bath
Great Britain
Grass
Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
6-3, 6-1,6-4
James Dwight Edward G. Meyricke
William C. Taylor
Charles H. Ashe- Ross
E.H. Nicolls
H. Peters
C.A. Williamson

June

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
1 - 6 JuneEast Gloucestershire Championships[16]
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Browne
6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Charles H. Ashe-Ross James Dwight
Donald Stewart
Frederick William Knox
William C. Taylor
Charles Lacy Sweet
Robert Charles Thompson
8 - 13 JuneLondon Athletic Club Tournament[17]
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Charles H. 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[18]Middle States Championships[19]
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
13 - 19 JuneWaterloo Tournament[20]
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 JuneWarwickshire Championships[21]
Leamington Spa, Great Britain
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
20 - 27 JuneNorthern Championships[22]
Liverpool, Great Britain
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 JuneOrange Spring Tournament[23]
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
29 Jun - 3 JulyEdgbaston Tournament[24]
Edgabaston, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Alfred Henry Betham
6-1, 6-3, 8-6
Walter W. Chamberlain Conway John Morgan
John George Thursfield
James Dwight
William Henry Mahon
Edward G. Meyricke
Reginald Pease
2 - 4 JulyNorthumberland Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament[25][26]
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
5 - 15 JulyWimbledon Championships[27]
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
13 - 19 JulyNorthern Counties Challenge Cup[28]
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
13 - 19 JulySittingbourne[29]
Sittingbourne, Great Britain
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Wool Lewis
6-1, 6-2
Ernest George Meers C. Perry
E. Marmion
A. Chittenden
L. Parsons
Edwarad Berners Upcher
F.B. Wallace
13 - 19 JulyEast of Ireland Championships[30]
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
20 - 25 JulyMiddlesex Championships[31]
Chiswick Park, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Chipp
7-5,7-5, 6-3
Donald Stewart Harry Grove
Charles H. Ashe- Ross
Henry Wilson-Fox
Ernest Wool Lewis
Edward Barratt-Smith
Robert Charles Thompson
20 - 25 JulyWorcestershire County Cricket Club Open[32]
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 - 25 JulySouth of Ireland Championships[33]
Limerick, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Willoughby Hamilton
6-4 12-10 6-0
Eyre Chatterton
22 - 25 JulyNorthumberland Championships[34]
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
20 - 26 JulyRed Hill tournament[35]
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
23 - 25 JulyLeicestershire Championships[36]
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
23 - 25 JulyAthboy Tournament[37]
Athboy, County Meath
Ireland
Grass
Charles Henry Chaytor
6-3 6-0
George Rawdon Maurice Hewson C. Coleridge E. Collingwood
George Edward Vernon Cuppage
Reverend James Jackson Sherrard

August

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
27 July - 1 AugScottish Championships[38]
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
27 July - 2 AugustMidland Counties Championships[39]
Edgabaston, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Conway John Morgan
6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1
John George ThursfieldGeorge Reston Brewerton
Edward G. Meyricke
George Howard Cartland
William Brunston Thursfield
E.P. Wright
Challenger
Walter William Chamberlain
27 July - 2 AugustKing’s County and Ormonde Tournament[40]
Parsonstown, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Browne
6-4, 6-4, 4-6 8-6
Robert Chaloner Knox F.E. Bird
W.G. Pearson
Challenger
Toler Roberts Garvey
3 - 6 AugDarlington tournament[41]
Darlington, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6-0, 6-1, 6-3
John Galbraith Horn A. Dunn jr.
William Edwin Pease
Challenger
Kenneth Ramsden Marley
3 - 6 AugSouth Northumberland[42]
Sunderland, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Hugh A. Taylor
9-8 3-6 6-5 4-6 unfinished
Percival Clennell Fenwick C.J. Dymond
S. Jackson
3 - 8 AugWest of Ireland Championships[43]
Sligo, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Willoughby Hamilton
?
Rev. Edmund Lombard William Drummond Hamilton Effingham Carroll McDowel
M. White
6 -8 AugCanadian International Championships[44]
Toronto, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Joseph Sill Clark.
6-0 6-4
Isidore Frederick Hellmuth William Edward Glynn
FitzJames Hynes
3 -9 AugWaterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament[45]
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 AugWentworth Invitation[46]
New Castle, NH, 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
10 - 13 AugTeignmouth and Shaldon Tournament[47]
Teignmouth, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Wilfred Milne
6-3, 6-5, 6-2
H.C. Kent Ferguson G. Davies
Erskine Gerald Watson
10 - 16 AugWest Sussex Championships[48]
East Grinstead, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Dwight
6-2 6-3 6-3
William Nevill Cobbold Harry Grove
John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
10 - 16 AugNarragansette[49]
Narragansett, RI, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
?
?
18 - 21 AugHampshire Championships[50]
Bournemouth, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Harry St John
6-2, 6-1, 6-3
Challenger
Charles A. Ashe Ross
18 - 21 AugU.S. National Championships
Newport, RI, 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 AugYorkshire Championships[51]
Scarborough, Great Britain
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 - 23 AugSouth of Scotland Championhips[52]
Moffat, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Archibald Thomson
6-3, 6-4, 6-3
B.S. Cave H. Gillbanks
William Ferguson
17 -23 AugSuffolk Championships[53]
Saxmundham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Charles Richard Longe
6-1, 6-0
Herbert Davy Longe
24 - 27 AugCambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament[54]
Cambridge, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
6-3, 6-0, 7-5
Lionel Robert Wilberforce
24 - 29 AugDerbyshire Championships[55]
Buxton, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Eyre Chatterton
5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4
James Dwight
24 Jul-30 AugBrookfield Tournament Brookfield, Nr, Glossop
Great Britain
Surface unknown
James Dwight
6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Edward (Teddy) Lake William
24 - 30 AugWhitby tournament[56]
Whitby, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
James Herbert Crispe
3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-5
Arthur Godfrey Pease

September

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
7 - 17 SepSouth of England Championships[57]
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Ernest Lewis
4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
William C. Taylor Edward James Avory
Charles H. Ashe Ross
J.F. Adair
Harry Grove
William Howard
Edward Somes Saxton
14 - 20 SepSt Leonards-on-Sea[58]
St Leonards-on-Sea, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
Herbert Wilberforce
?
S. Wilson
21 - 26 SepSussex Championships[59]
Brighton, Great Britain
Hard (indoor)
Singles - Doubles
Charles H. Ashe Ross
w.o.
William C. Taylor
21 - 27 SepNorton Tournament
Norton, County Durham, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles
H. A. Emmons
4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Arthur Godfrey Pease

October

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
28 Sep-4 OctSouthern Championships
Wilmington, NC, United States
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Davis Belmont
6-2, 6-1, 6-2
E. Porter
6 - 10 OctVictorian Championships[60]
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Singles - Doubles
Walter John Carre Riddell[61]
25 games to 13
Louis Whyte
6 - 12 OctUS National Collegiate Championships[62]
New Haven, CT, United States
Clay
Singles - Doubles
Wallace Percy Knapp[63]
10-10-8, 10-8, 6-3
Augustus Duryee W.B. Lord
Lewis Henry Paddock

November

No Events

December

No Events

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1885[64]
# Player
1 William Renshaw (GBR)
2 Herbert Lawford (GBR)
3 Ernest Renshaw (GBR)
4 Ernest de S. H. Browne (Ireland)
5 Eyre Chatterton (Ireland)
6 Willoughby Hamilton (Ireland)
7 Herbert MacKay (GBR)
8 Richard Sears (USA)
9 James Dwight (USA)

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  • 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. ISBN 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. ISBN 9781549746475.
  • Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 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, 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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