1888 men's tennis season

The 1888 Men's tennis season[1] was composed of the thirteenth annual pre-open era tennis circuit incorporating 129 tournaments.

1888 Men's Tennis season
Ernest Wool Lewis was title leader this year
Details
Duration17 April – 29 December
Edition13th
Tournaments129
CategoriesImportant (4)
National (5)
Provincial/Regional/State (11)
County (6)
Local/other (2)
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesUnited Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (8)
Most finalsUnited Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (8)
1887
1889

The season began in January in Madras, India, and ended in December in Napier, New Zealand.

Season summary

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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

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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

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No events

February

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Nessun evento

March

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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

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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
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

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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
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  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
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 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
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

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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
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 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
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 Jul Cambridgeshire 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

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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 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
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

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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 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
SinglesDoubles
  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
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

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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

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No events

December

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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

References

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  1. ^ "LAWN TENNIS IN 1888: A review of the 1888 season". Western Daily Press. Bristol, England: British Newspaper Archive. 6 October 1888. p. 7. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-8108-7237-0.
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