1884 Men's Tennis tour

1884 Men's tennis tour
	Richard Sears pictured wins his 4th consecutive U.S. National Championships this year
Details
Duration	6 May – 21 December
Edition	8th
Tournaments	55 (Amateur)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Charles Walder Grinstead (4)
Most tournament finals	Charles Walder Grinstead (5) ; Ernest Browne (5)
	← 1883 1885 →

The 1884 Men's tennis tour was the eighth annual tennis tour, consisting of 55 tournaments it began at the beginning of the year in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and ended 21 December in Melbourne, Australia..

Summary of tour

Herbert Lawford wins the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships at his 3rd attempt in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in straight sets. William Renshaw a fourth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. Former Wimbledon champion Donald Stewart wins the Northern Championship in Liverpool against Herbert Wilberforce. In America Richard Sears collects a fourth successive US National Championship beating Howard Taylor in straight sets.

The title leader this season was Charles Walder Grinstead winning 5 tournaments from 5 finals.

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]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

Men's 1884 Tennis tour included:^[6]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
?	Natal Championships ^[7]^[6] Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Mr Crawfurd 6-4 6-4 8-6	George Stanley

January

No events

February

No events

March

'No events

April

No events

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
5 - 11 May ^[6]	Northumberland County Cricket Club Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gosforth Great Britain Grass	E. M. Sinclair 2-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2	Minden Fenwick	A. Dunn Jr.	Thomas Oswald Swarbreck T.R. Redmayne
5 - 11 May ^[6]				A. Dunn Jr.	Thomas Oswald Swarbreck T.R. Redmayne
16 - 17 May	Clyde Park tournament ^[6] Boston United States Grass	William V.S. Thorne ?	?
16 - 17 May	Clyde Park tournament ^[6] Boston United States Grass
12 - 18 May	Worcestershire Championships^[8] Worcester Great Britain Grass	Walter William Chamberlain 6-2, 6-4	Frederick William Knox
12 - 18 May
14 - 19 May ^[6]	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships Dublin, Ireland Grass	Herbert Lawford 6-1 6-4 6-2	Eyre Chatterton	Herbert Knox McKay	James Willoughby Hamilton Richard D. Sears
14 - 19 May ^[6]	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships Dublin, Ireland Grass	Challenger Ernest Renshaw		Herbert Knox McKay	James Willoughby Hamilton Richard D. Sears

21 - 24 May	Whitehouse LTC ^[9] Edinburgh Great Britain Grass	Richard Henry Fuller 6-4 6-3 6-3	Archibald Thomson

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
2 - 6 June ^[10]	West of England Championships Bath Great Britain Grass	Ernest de Sylly H. Browne 6-4, 6-2, 6-4	C.K. Wood	John Redfern Deykin	Wilfred Milne Ernest Browne Donald Charles Stewart
2 - 6 June ^[10]	West of England Championships Bath Great Britain Grass			John Redfern Deykin	Wilfred Milne Ernest Browne Donald Charles Stewart
9 - 15 June	Waterloo Tournament ^[11] Liverpool , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Donald Stewart 9-7 6-1 6-2	William Bush-Salmon
9 - 15 June
16 - 22 June	East Gloucestershire Championships ^[6] Cheltenham, Great Britain Hard Singles - Doubles	Donald Charles Stewart 10-8 6-1 6-3	Richard Dudley Sears
16 - 22 June
16 - 22 June	London Athletic Club Tournament ^[6] Cheltenham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Herbert Lawford 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-2	Frederick Bowlby
16 - 22 June
19 - 21 June	Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC ^[6] Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-3 7-5 0-6 6-3	Richard Field Conover
19 - 21 June
23 - 29 June	Orange Spring Tournament ^[6] Montrose, NJ, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Field Conover 6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4	Wallace P. Knapp
23 - 29 June
23 - 29 June	Warwickshire Championships ^[6] Leamington Spa, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Edward L. Williams 6-3 6-2 6-2	Frank Noon

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
5 - 15 July	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	William Renshaw 6–0, 6–4, 9–7	Herbert Lawford	Ernest Renshaw	Ernest Lewis
5 - 15 July				Ernest Renshaw	Ernest Lewis
19 July	Scottish Championships ^[6] Edinburgh, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Reginald Arthur Gamble 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	John Galbraith Horn
19 July
21 - 27 July	Edgbaston Tournament ^[6] Edgabaston, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Edward L. Williams 8-6 6-2 6-3	W. W. Chamberlain
21 - 27 July
21-27 July	Northumberland Championships ^[6] Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Joseph Bruce Ismay 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4	Howard Pease
21-27 July
27 July	Leicestershire Championships ^[6] Leicester, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Hugh V. McNaughten 3-6 6-0 6-1 ret.	W. J. Gray
27 July
21 - 27 July	Midland Counties Championships^[6] Edgabaston, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	W. W. Chamberlain 6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1	John. R. Deykin
21 - 27 July
21 - 27 July	Red Hill tournament ^[6] Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Claude Erskine Farrer 6-2 6-4	William J. Down.
21 - 27 July
21 - 27 July	South of Ireland Championships ^[6] Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Eyre Chatterton 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	Tom Campion

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist
Jul-Aug ?	Seabright Invitational ^[12] Sea Bright, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark 3-2 Sets	Richard Field Conover
Jul-Aug ?
29 Jul-2 Aug	County Kildare Tournament ^[6] Naas, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Peter Aungier 6-3 3-6 6-4 2-6 6-4	Thomas Harrison
29 Jul-2 Aug
28 Jul-3 Aug	Essex Championships ^[6] Brentwood, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles W. Grinstead 6-0 6-4	E. N. Cubitt
28 Jul-3 Aug
28 Jul-3 Aug	Exeter tournamament^[6] Exeter, Great Britain Hard Singles - Doubles	Herbert W-Fox 1-6 6-2 6-1	John C. Gray
28 Jul-3 Aug
28 Jul-3 Aug	King’s County and Ormonde Tournament ^[6] Parsonstown, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 2-1 ret.	Eyre Chatterton
28 Jul-3 Aug
28 Jul-3 Aug	Maidenhead tournament ^[6] Maidenhead, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	A. L. Davies 6-1 4-6 12-10 6-3	Robert Rawnsley Bowles
28 Jul-3 Aug
28 Jul-3 Aug	Middlesex Championships^[6] Chiswick, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead rain stooped play	Donald Stewart
28 Jul-3 Aug
28 Jul-3 Aug	Northern Championships ^[6] Liverpool, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Donald Stewart 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-0	Herbert Wilberforce
28 Jul-3 Aug
28 Jul-3 Aug	Wentworth Invitation ^[6] New Castle, NH, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard A, Taylor 8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3	Wallace P. Knapp
28 Jul-3 Aug
3 -8 Aug	Burbage tournament ^[6] Burbage, Wilts, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Captain Taylor 6-3 6-2	Herbert Wilberforce
3 -8 Aug
4 -10 Aug	Suffolk Championships^[6] Saxmundham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Francis Monement 6-4 1-6 6-1	Charles. E. Weddon
4 -10 Aug
4 -10 Aug	Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament ^[6] Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Frederick W. Knox 6-4 7-5 6-4	George Butterworth
4 -10 Aug
11 - 17 Aug	Darlington tournament ^[6] Darlington, County Durham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 7-9 6-2 6-1 ret.	Herbert Wilberforce
11 - 17 Aug
11 - 17 Aug	Derbyshire Championships ^[6] Buxton , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4	Ernest Browne
11 - 17 Aug
11 - 17 Aug	West Sussex Championships ^[6] East Grinstead, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Lacy Sweet 6-2 6-3 6-3	L. G. Campbell
11 - 17 Aug
11 - 17 Aug	North of England Championships^[6] Scarborough , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-1 ret.	M. S. Constable
11 - 17 Aug
11 - 17 Aug	Scottish Championships ^[6] Edinburgh, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Reginald Gamble 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	John Galbraith Horn
11 - 17 Aug
11 - 17 Aug	Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament ^[6] Teignmouth , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Captain Wood 6-1 6-1	William P. Wethered
11 - 17 Aug
18 - 20 Aug	Bridlington Quay Tournament ^[6] Teignmouth , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead 6-2 6-2 6-3	H. Anderson
18 - 20 Aug
18 - 24 Aug	Exmouth Tournament ^[6] Exmouth, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	G. W. Brook 6-2 6-2 6-3	Gerald Erskine Watson
18 - 24 Aug
18 - 24 Aug	South Scotland Championships ^[6] Moffat, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Andrew Macfie 6-3 6-2 6-3	W. H. Collins
18 - 24 Aug
25 - ? Aug	Mid Devon tournament ^[6] Tiverton, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Norman L. Hallward 6-0 6-0 6-1	A.N. Dumbleton
25 - ? Aug
25 - 31 Aug	Burton-on-Trent tournament Burton-on-Trent, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	W. W. Chamberlain 6-4 6-3 6-0	E. W. Brook
25 - 31 Aug
25 - 31 Aug	Eggesford tournament ^[6] Eggesford, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Arthur Hallward 6-0 6-0 6-1	A. N. Dumbleton
25 - 31 Aug
25 - 31 Aug	U.S. National Championships Newport, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Sears 6-0 1-6 6-0 6-2	Howard Taylor
25 - 31 Aug		Richard Sears James Dwight 6-4, 6-1, 8-10, 6-4	Alexander van Rensselaer Arthur Newbold

25 - 31 Aug	Whitby tournament ^[6] Whitby, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Pease 6-5 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-5	George E. Newby

September

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist
1 - 4 Sep	Carlow tournament ^[6] Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Robert St-Clair Leckey 6-5 6-5 6-2	Frederick J. S. Leckey
1 - 4 Sep
1 - 7 Sep	Canadian National Championships Toronto, Canada Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Smith Hyman 8-6 6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2	Alexander C. Galt
1 - 7 Sep
1 - 7 Sep	Hampshire Championships ^[6] Bournemouth, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-0 6-2 6-3	Aston Cooper-Key
1 - 7 Sep
1 - 7 Sep	Orange Invitation ^[6] South Orange, NJ, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 7-5 6-2 6-3	William V.S. Thorne
1 - 7 Sep
1 - 7 Sep	South of England Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Teddy Williams 1-6 6-2 6-2 6-2	William C. Taylor
1 - 7 Sep
22 - 27 Sep	Sussex Championships ^[6] Brighton , Great Britain Hard (indoor) Singles - Doubles	Charles Lacy-Sweet 0-6 6-1 6-3 6-3	Charles H. A. Ross

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist
30 Sep-6 Oct	Longwood Challenge Cup ^[6] New Haven, CT, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	James Dwight ?	Quincy Adams Shaw Jr
30 Sep-6 Oct
6 - 12 Oct	National Collegiate Championships ^[6] Hartford, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Wallace Percy Knapp 10-12 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2	Godfrey M. Brinley

November

No Events

December

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
15 - 21 Dec	Victorian Championships ^[6] Melbourne, Australia Hard Singles - Doubles	Harry Hanslow Brind 25 games to 17	Dudley Webb
15 - 21 Dec

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1884 ^[13]
#	Player
1	William Renshaw (GBR)
2	Herbert Lawford (GBR)
3	Charles Walder Grinstead (GBR)
4	Ernest Renshaw (GBR)
5	Ernest de S. H. Browne (Ireland)
6	Donald Stewart (GBR)
7	Teddy Williams (GBR)
8	Richard Sears (USA)

References

↑ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
↑ Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 9781598843002.
↑ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. p. 199. ISBN 9780718501952.
↑ Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. pp. 5–36. ISBN 9781549746475.
↑ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge:. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournaments – Search 1884 - Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
↑ "History - KZN Tennis". KZN Tennis. Kwazulu Natal Tennis Association. 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
↑ Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Tournament Roll of Honour - Worcesterships Championships - 1884-1970". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
↑ Nieuwland, A. (2017). "Tournament – Whitehouse LTC 1884-1895". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
↑ Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – West of England Championships - 1881-1968". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
↑ Alex, Nieuwland (2017). "Tournament – Waterloo - 1881-1897". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
↑ Admin, Staff (2018). "Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club: History". sltcc.org. Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
↑ Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. p. 12. ISBN 9781549746475.

Sources

Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Tournament Roll of Honour - Worcesterships Championships - 1884-1970". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL.
Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. ISBN 9780718501952.
"History - KZN Tennis". KZN Tennis. Kwazulu Natal Tennis Association. 2018.
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 (2009–2017). "Tournaments 1884". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV.

External links

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[1] "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

[2] Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 9781598843002.

[3] Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. p. 199. ISBN 9780718501952.

[4] Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. pp. 5–36. ISBN 9781549746475.

[5] Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge:. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.

[Tennis_Archives-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournaments – Search 1884 - Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[7] "History - KZN Tennis". KZN Tennis. Kwazulu Natal Tennis Association. 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[8] Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Tournament Roll of Honour - Worcesterships Championships - 1884-1970". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[9] Nieuwland, A. (2017). "Tournament – Whitehouse LTC 1884-1895". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[10] Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – West of England Championships - 1881-1968". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[11] Alex, Nieuwland (2017). "Tournament – Waterloo - 1881-1897". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[12] Admin, Staff (2018). "Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club: History". sltcc.org. Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[13] Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. p. 12. ISBN 9781549746475.

Men's tennis seasons
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1884 Men's Tennis tour

Summary of tour

Calendar

Key

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Rankings

References

Sources

Further reading

External links