1884 men's tennis season

1884 men's tennis season

Richard Sears pictured wins his 4th consecutive U.S. National Championships this year
Details
Duration	6 May – 21 December
Edition	9th
Tournaments	70
Categories	Important (4) National (4) Provincial/Regional/State (8) County (11) Local/other (43)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Charles Walder Grinstead (4)
Most tournament finals	Charles Walder Grinstead (5) Ernest Browne (5)
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The 1884 men's tennis season was the ninth annual tennis season consisting of 70 tournaments. The season began in April in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon and ended in 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

Key

Important. [2] [3] [4] [5]

National

Provincial/State/Regional

County

Local

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

January

No events

February

No events

March

'No events

April

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
April. [lower-alpha 1] [7] [8]	Ceylon Championships Nuwara Eliya Lawn Tennis Club Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross ?	?	?	?

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
16 - 17 May. [9]	Clyde Park Tournament Boston United States Grass	William V.S. Thorne 77–73 (games)	Percy Knapp	Palmer Ellis Presbrey Howard Augustus Taylor
12 - 17 May. [10]	Fitzwilliam Club Championships Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, Ireland Grass	Ernest Browne ?	?
14 - 19 May [6]	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships Dublin, Ireland Grass	Herbert Lawford 6-1 6-4 6-2	Eyre Chatterton	Herbert Knox McKay	Willoughby Hamilton Richard D. Sears
		Challenger Ernest Renshaw
		William Renshaw** Maud Watson 6-0, 8-6, 6-3	Robert Galbraith Horn Connie Butler
19 - 24 May. [11]	Fitzwilliam Purse Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, Ireland Grass	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-1, 1-6, 6-2	Robert Shaw Templer	William Drummond Hamilton	Toler Roberts Garvey J.Butler Robinson
21 - 24 May. [12]	Whitehouse Open Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland Outdoor Grass	Richard Henry Fuller 6-4 6-3 6-3	Archibald Thomson	A. Dunn jr.	Walter William Chamberlain Charles Robert Andrew Howden Patrick Smith

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
June.	Oxford University Champion Tournament Norham Gardens, Oxford, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	? ?	?
2 - 6 June [13]	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
9 - 15 June	Waterloo Tournament [14] Liverpool, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Donald Stewart 9-7 6-1 6-2	William Bush-Salmon
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	Wilfred Milne	C.K. Wood Frederick William Knox
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	Teddy Williams William C. Taylor	Herbert Chipp Edward Charles Pine-Coffin Harry Grove Arthur John Stanley
19 - 21 June. [6]	Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-3 7-5 0-6 6-3	Richard Field Conover
21 - 26 June [15]	Clifton Lawn Tennis Tournament Clifton, Bristol, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	George Butterworth 6-3, 4-6, 6-2	Charles Walder Grinstead
23 - 26 June [16]	Hayesland LTC Tournament [6] Hayesland LTC Bath, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	James Baldwin 6-0 6-1 8-6	L.K. Smith	Ralph Bagnall-Wild	H. Clark P.D. Tucker B. Winthrop
25 -27 June. [17]	Edinburgh University LTC Open Edinburgh University Lawn Tennis Club Edinburgh, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Walter William Chamberlain 6-1, 6-1, 10-8	Charles Robert Andrew Howden	Charles Robert Andrew Howden George Nelson Stenhouse	Arthur Walton Fuller Charles Allen Casterton Smelt Archibald Thomson
		Challenger John Galbraith Horn
26 - 28 June [18]	Northumberland Cricket Club Open Northumberland County Cricket Club Newcastle-upon-Tyne 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
23 - 29 June. [6]	Orange Spring Tournament Orange Lawn tennis Club Montrose, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Field Conover 6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4	Wallace P. Knapp
23 - 29 June	Leamington Open Tournament Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Teddy Williams 6-3 6-2 6-2	Frank Noon	John Redfern Deykin C.E. Salmon	Alfred Henry Betham Robert Rawnsley Bowles Philip Grove
23 - 29 June	Warwickshire Championships Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Robert Rawnsley Bowles 6-4, 6-1, 6-2	C.A. Woods	Philip Grove	Hamilton A. Emmons A.H. Griffiths John Charles Kay

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
July	Natal Championships [19] [6] Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Mr Crawfurd 6-4 6-4 8-6	George Stanley
9 – 12 July.	North Berkshire ALTC Tournament Abingdon, North Berkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Mr. Awdry 6-4, 2-6, 6-5	W.A. Platt	A.B. Fielden A.H. Jacob	F. Comins J.H. Deazeley M. Eales T.E. Graham
5 - 15 July	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	William Renshaw 6–0, 6–4, 9–7	Charles Walder Grinstead	Ernest Renshaw	Ernest Lewis
		Challenger Herbert Fortescue Lawford
19 July	Scottish Championships [6] Edinburgh Academical Club Edinburgh, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Reginald Arthur Gamble 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	Herbert Bowes-Lyon	Joseph Bruce Ismay	Patrick Bowes-Lyon George Nelson Stenhouse Archibald Thomson
		Challenger John Galbraith Horn
14 -20 July. [20]	Duffield LTC Open Tournament Duffield LTC Duffield, Derbyshire, [England Grass Singles - Doubles	Horace Septimus Wansbrough 6-5 6-5 6-2	Henry Homfray	William Gerald Barker Daniel Lee	A. Fitzmaurice Hugh Vibart MacNaghten Leonard Dampier
21 - 27 July.	Edgbaston Open Tournament Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Teddy Williams 8-6, 6-2 6-3	W. W. Chamberlain	John George Chamberlain Joseph Bruce Ismay	R.P. Carter John Redfern Deykin Arthur Walton Fuller Frank Noon
21-27 July.	Northumberland Championships Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Bruce Ismay 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4	Howard Pease	James Blackhouse Dale	J.G. Burdon Mark Fenwick
27 July. [lower-alpha 2] [21]	Leicester Open Lawn Tennis Tournament [6] Leicester, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Hugh V. McNaughten 3-6 6-0 6-1 ret.	W. J. Gray	John Redfern Deykin Joseph Bruce Ismay	L.G. Campbell Claude Erskine Farrer H.C. Goodhart Frank Noon
21 - 27 July. [lower-alpha 3] [22]	Midland Counties Championships [6] Edgabaston, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Walter William Chamberlain 6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1	John. R. Deykin	Arthur Walton Fuller John George Thursfield	E.T. Hopkins John Charles Kay Frank Noon Henry Blane Porter
21 - 27 July	Redhill Open Lawn Tennis Tournament [6] Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Claude Erskine Farrer 6-2 6-4	William J. Down.	Charles Edward De Fonblanque Arthur John Stanley	W.R. Dagnall Leopold Maxse Harold S. Stone C.G. Woolley
21 - 27 July. [23]	South of Ireland Championships [6] Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Eyre Chatterton 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	Thomas Harrison Griffiths	Percy Wildman Lushington Francis Woodcock Perry	George Bloomfield Garvey Grattan Wildman Lushington Francis Metcalfe Robert Shaw Templer
		Challenger Tom Campion
28–31 Jul. [24]	Langley Marish Tournament Eaton Recreation Ground Langley Marish, Berkshire, England Grass	Felix Henry Prince Palmer 6-1. 6-0	Thomas Arthur Nash	Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett H.P. Ward	M.J. Michael Wiliam Harry Nash R.J. Price Maurice John Swabey

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
August	Seabright Invitational Tournament [25] Sea Bright, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark 3-2 Sets	Richard Field Conover
1 - 2 August. [26]	Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open Boughton Cricket Ground Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Outdoor Grass Singles	Walter William Chamberlain 6-2 6-4	Frederick William Knox	John Redfern Deykin	Reginald Arthur Gamble Jonas Henry William Gardner Frank Noon
28 Jul-2 Aug. [27]	King's County and Ormonde Tournament Parsonstown, King's County, Ireland Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne w.o.	Alexander Francis Grant	Toler Roberts Garvey	Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph
		Challenger Eyre Chatterton
29 Jul-2 Aug.	County Kildare Championship Naas, County Kildare, Ireland Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Peter Aungier 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4	John Peter Stephen Gradwell	Captain Kenyon-Slaney	Peter Latouche J. Murray C.A. Williamson
		Challenger Thomas Harrison
28 Jul-3 Aug	Essex Championships [6] Brentwood, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles W. Grinstead 6-0 6-4	E. N. Cubitt	P. Colley Edmund Arthur Hollingbury	E. Bragy Edward Henry Christy Laurence Joseph Petre C. Wells
28 Jul-3 Aug	Victoria Park Lawn Tennis Tournament [6] Exeter, Great Britain Hard Singles - Doubles	Herbert W-Fox 1-6 6-2 6-1	John C. Gray
28 Jul-3 Aug.	Maidenhead Lawn Tennis Tournament Maidenhead, Berkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	A. L. Davies 6-1, 4-6, 12-10, 6-3	Robert Rawnsley Bowles	H.C. Woolley	E. Brown C.E. Salmon W.G. Smith
28 Jul-3 Aug	Middlesex Championships [6] Chiswick, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead rain stooped play	Donald Stewart	Herbert Chipp	Marmaduke Strickland Constable Ernest Wool Lewis
28 Jul-3 Aug.	Northern Championships Liverpool Cricket Club Liverpool, Lancashire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Donald Stewart 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0	Ernest Browne 1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 8-6	James Dwight	Jacob Gaitskell Brown Richard Dudley Sears F. Rathbone
		Challenger Herbert Wilberforce
28 Jul-3 Aug. [28]	Wentworth Open Tournament Hotel Wentworth New Castle, New Hampshire, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3	Wallace Percy Knapp	William V.S. Thorne E.K. Butler
1-6 August [29]	Abbot's Court Hoo Tournament Hoo St Werburgh, Rochester, Kent, England Outdoor Grass Singles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-4, 6–4, 6-4	Roy Allen
3 -8 Aug.	Burbage Tennis Tournament Burbage, Wiltshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Captain Taylor 6-3 6-2	Charles Hobson Marriott	Theodore Coventry H. Shipton
4 -10 Aug. [lower-alpha 4] [30] [31] [32] [33]	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Tournament [6] Saxmundham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Francis William Monement 6-4 1-6 6-1	Charles. E. Weddon	Hamilton A. Emmons	Charles Sidney Cullingham Edward Morgan Hansell
4 -10 Aug.	Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Frederick W. Knox 6-4 7-5 6-4	John H. Browne 6-0, 6-3	Hercules Robert Langrishe	F.E. Bird J. Butterworth William James Gallwey
		Challenger George Butterworth
10 – 13 August. [lower-alpha 5] [34]	Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament Teignmouth Tennis Club Kingston-Upon-Hull, England Grass Singles – Doubles	W.S. Wright w.o.	William Francis Wells-Cole	L. Harrison H.N. Wade	E.W. Brooke Thomas Barton Holmes C.V. Wilkes
11 - 17 Aug.	Darlington Association Tournament Darlington Cricket Ground Darlington, County Durham, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 7-9 6-2 6-1 ret.	John Galbraith Horn 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1	Minden Fenwick Norman Leslie Hallward	A.L. Davidson Percival Clennell Fenwick Hugh A. Taylor E.M. Turner
		Challenger Herbert Wilberforce
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	John Redfern Deykin Walter William Chamberlain	A.A. Fuller Philip Grove Hugh Workman-MacNaghten William C. Taylor
11 - 17 Aug	East Grinstead Lawn Tennis Club Tournament [6] East Grinstead, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Lacy Sweet 6-2 6-3 6-3	L. G. Campbell	Orlando Robert Coote	William John Down A. Massy Leo Maxse
11 - 17 Aug. [lower-alpha 6]	North Yorkshire Tournament [6] [35] Scarborough, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-1 ret.	Marmaduke Strickland Constable	Harold Stapylton Greenwell William C. Taylor	Ernest Edwin Meek George E. Newby Arthur Godfrey Pease
11 - 17 Aug.	Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament Teignmouth, England Outdoor Asphalt Singles - Doubles	Captain Wood 6-1 6-1	William P. Wethered	J.C. Rogers Erskine Gerald Watson	P.W. Bush Edward Charles Pine-Coffin Arthur Percy (Percy) Jones Henry Blane Porter
15-20 Aug. [36]	Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament. Lichfield, Great Britain Grass Singles	F.A. Hedley 6-4, 2-6, 6-5	W.J. Bagnall	William Edward Baddeley	J.W. Baddeley W.E. Elliott W.L. Ward
18 - 20 Aug	Windermere Open Windermere, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	H.P. Mason 6-4 6-2	Richard Montague Ainslie	E. Crawley R. Hill	Ernest Henry Ainslie Anthony Alfred Bowlby C. Dunn W. Hunter
18 - 20 Aug	Bridlington Quay Tournament [6] Bridlington, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead 6-2 6-2 6-3	H. Anderson	H.P. Marriott
20 August.	Berrylands Club Tournament Berrylands LTC Surbiton, Surrey, England Outdoor Grass Singles	G.A. Bolton 6-2, 6-1	Harry Stanley Scrivener	Herbert Henley Playford	E. Boydell Percy Kemp Heard H. Kerby
19 - 21 Aug. [37]	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England Grass Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – Doubles	Francis William Monement 6-4 1-6 6-1	Maurice Welldon	Hamilton A. Emmons	Charles Sidney Cullingham Edward Morgan Hansell
18 - 23 Aug. [38]	Whitby Open Lawn Tennis Tournament West Cliff Tennis Grounds Whitby, North Yorkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Arthur Godfrey Pease 6-5 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-5	George E. Newby	John Charles Kay W.B. Tarpey	C.L. Clay H.H. Clay G.F. Richardson C.A. Woodhouse
21–23 August. [39]	North Wales Challenge Cup Vale of Clwyd LTC Denbigh, Vale of Clwyd, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles	G. Egerton w.o.	R. Lloyd Williams	A. MacBean J.P. Lewis	Thomas Alured Wynne Edwards Major Mesham P. Ormrod H. Lloyd Williams
		Challenger Arthur Bennett Mesham
18 - 24 Aug. [6]	Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Exmouth, Devon, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead 6-2 6-2 6-3	Gerald Erskine Watson	Walter William Chamberlain Harry Grove	Henry Blane Porter H. Kerby Charles Lacy Sweet G.H. Taylor
18 - 24 Aug	South of Scotland Championships [6] Moffat, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Percival Clennell Fenwick 6-3 6-2 6-3	Archibald Thomson	Charles Robert Andrew Howden	William Ferguson Alfred Gordon Rae
22-24 August. [40]	Holt Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Holt LTC Holt, Norfolk, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	William Bolding Monement 6-1, 6-0	Edward Berners Upcher	Francis William Monement	Charles Sidney
23–25 August. [41] [42]	South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships Tenby LTC Tenby, Carmarthenshire, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles	Herbert Wilberforce 6-4, 3–6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1	William Sidney Nelson Heard	Gethin Meredith William Gascoyne Dalziel	George Bevan Bowen Grismond Saunders Davies
25 - ? Aug	Mid Devon Lawn Tennis Tournament [6] Tiverton, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Norman L. Hallward 6-0 6-0 6-1	A.N. Dumbleton	M.D. Buckingham H.L. Luxton	R.H.S. Barnes Arthur Belfield Charles Henry Luxton P. Whately
25 - 31 Aug	Burton-on-Trent Open Burton-on-Trent, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	W. W. Chamberlain 6-4 6-3 6-0	E. W. Brook	W.E. Baddeley Lewin Venn Alexander	Frank Noon G.E. Lowe W.G. Lowe H.E. Sugden
25 - 31 Aug	U.S. National Championships Newport, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Sears 6-0 1-6 6-0 6-2	[ William VS Thorne	Clarence Clark Percy Knapp	Robert Livingston Beeckman Alexander Van Rensselaer George Richards Alexander Galt
		Challenger Howard Taylor
		Richard Sears James Dwight 6-4, 6-1, 8-10, 6-4	Alexander Van Rensselaer Arthur Newbold
27–29 Aug. [43]	Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament Manadon, Plymouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Edward Linwood Strong 6-3 6-3	Saint John Halford Coventry	George William Webber	F. Stoney W. Ware

September

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
1 - 4 Sep. [6]	County Carlow Lawn Tennis Tournament Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	R. Grove Annesley 6-5 6-5 6-2	J.E. Jameson	Arthur S. E. Annesley R.L. Rike	A. Fitzmaurice J.H. Thomas C.O. Vigers
27 Aug - 5 Sep. [44]	Gore Court Championships Sittingbourne, Gore Court Archery and LTC Gore Court, Sittingbourne, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles	C.C.J. Perry 6-3 7-6 6-4	C. Igglesden	J.W. Collard	H. Cooper A.W. Oliver F.J. Troughton
1 - 7 Sep	Canadian Championships Toronto LTC Toronto, Canada Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Smith Hyman 8-6 6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2	Alexander C. Galt	Alexander Monro Grier FitzJames Hynes	F. Lewis Bird Henry R. Elmsley Henry Gordon Mackenzie V. Wolsely
1 - 7 Sep	Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Dean Park Bournemouth, Hampshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-0 6-2 6-3	Aston Cooper-Key	Montague Hankey Charles Gathorne Edmund Orr	W. Heath John Henry Lewis R. Pinckney H. Olliffe
1 - 7 Sep. [6]	Orange Invitation Mountain Station, Montrose South Orange, New Jersey, USA Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 7-5 6-2 6-3	William V.S. Thorne	Jackson C. Wilmerding	James Dwight Morton Spring Paton
1 - 7 Sep	South of England Championships Eastbourne, East Sussex, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Teddy Williams 1-6 6-2 6-2 6-2	William C. Taylor	Charles Walder Grinstead	Orlando Robert Coote P. Colley Charles Lacy Sweet
2–4 Sep [45]	West Teviotdale Open Hawick Cricket Ground Hawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph C. Maxwell-Scott 3-6 6-3 9-7 6-2	James Locke	L. Sanderson W.O. Stevenson	Edmund J. Constable Maxwell J. Moffat A. Sellar
		Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-1 6-2 6-2	A. Sellar Archibald Thomson
		S.B. Murray Miss Murray 6-1 6-3	C.E. Stewart Miss Stuart
22 - 27 Sep. [6]	Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament Hove Rink Tennis Courts Brighton, East Sussex, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Lacy Sweet 0-6 6-1 6-3 6-3	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	George Lawrence Orme Edward Barrett-Smith	L.G. Campbell J.B. Forman J. Garrett William C. Taylor

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
30 Sep-6 Oct	Longwood Cricket Club Tournament [6] Longwood Cricket Club Brookline, Massachusetts, [46] United States Grass Singles - Doubles	James Dwight ?	Quincy Adams Shaw Jr	C.C. Wheelwright	Palmer Ellis Presbrey Howard Augustus Taylor
3 - 6 Oct	Lausanne Autumn Meeting Montchoisi Lawn Tennis Club Montchoisi, Lausanne, Switzerland Asphalt Singles - Doubles	G.S. Money 10-12 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2	Alexander W. Miller White	Mr. Tayler H. Webb	C.J. Nowell Mr. Price Mr. de Reuterskiold F. Vizard
6 - 12 Oct	Intercollegiate Championships [6] Hartford, Connecticut, 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. [6]	Victorian Championships Melbourne Cricket Ground LTC Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Hard Singles - Doubles	Harry Hanslow Brind 25 games to 17	Dudley Webb	Ernest Raleigh Walter John Carre Riddell	Haworth William Bartram Thomas Archibald A'Beckett Frank Highett W. Melville

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1884 [47]
#	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)

Notes

1. The Ceylon Championships were staged at the Hill Club LTC, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon from 1884 until 1971. In 1972 following independence Ceylon's name changed to Sri Lanka and this tournament was then called the Sri Lankan Championships until 1976.
2. 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.
3. The Midland Counties Championships were staged from 1884 to 1970 on grass courts, it was an open even for men and women. The Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club held 2 events including the Edgbaston Tennis Tournament (1881-1908, 1970) usually staged earlier both are distinct events.
4. The Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was established in 1883 and ran until 1893. In 1894 the event was renamed the Suffolk Championships which ran till 1968. The Framlingham Tennis Tournament was also staged in 1883 Hurts Hall Park. In 1900 that event moved to the first two weeks of August and remains so. Both are distinct events
5. The Hull Westbourne Avenue ran from 1884 to 1906.
6. The North of England Championships was established in 1884 as the North Yorkshire Tournament and was staged until at least 1974 according to sources.

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Further reading

• 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
• Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, A. Wallis Myers
• Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes
• Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode.

External links

• https://app.thetennisbase.com/1884 Men's Tennis Season
• http://www.tennisarchives.com/Tournaments 1884