1888 men's tennis season

1888 Men's Tennis season

Ernest Wool Lewis was title leader this year
Details
Duration	17 April – 29 December
Edition	13th
Tournaments	78
Categories	Important (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 1888 Men's tennis season ^[1] was composed of the thirteenth annual pre-open era tennis circuit incorporating 78 tournaments.

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
March	Tropical 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 Mar	Bombay 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 Singles – Doubles	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
Jun	Broughty 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 Jun	Middle 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 Jun	Macclesfield 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 Singles – Doubles	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 Singles – Doubles	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 Singles – Doubles	Jacob Gaitskell Brown w.o.	Herbert Chipp	William Parkfield Wethered Ernest Joseph Soares	P.G. Hall Andrew Laurie Macfie G. Smith Beresford St. George Verschoyle
30 Jun	Edgbaston 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 Singles – Doubles	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
Jul	Natal 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
Jul	Houndiscombe Tennis Tournament Houndiscombe, Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Wilfred Milne 6-1 6-0	C.R. Broad
Jul	Norton 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 Singles – Doubles	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 Singles – Doubles	James Baldwin 1-6 7-5 6-3	Ernest Legassicke Hancock *	H.F. Wilkinson
2 Jul	Northern 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 Singles – Doubles	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 Jul	Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Cambridge, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	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 Singles – Doubles	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 ? Singles – Doubles	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 Singles – Doubles	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 Aug	U.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 Singles – Doubles	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 Tournament – Doubles	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 Singles – Doubles	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 Sep	Southern 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 Singles – Doubles	Edgar John Chippendale 6-2 6-1 6-2	Lewin Venn Alexander	W. Egerton H.J. Gibson
		Challenger William C. Taylor
15 Sep	Queensland 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 Singles – Doubles	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 Oct	Intercollegiate 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 Oct	Victorian 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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