1887 men's tennis season

1887 men's tennis season

Ernest Wool Lewis from England is the title leader this year.
Details
Duration	2 January – 12 November
Edition	12th
Tournaments	149
Categories	Important (4) National (6) Provincial/Regional/State (25) County (19) Regular (75)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Ernest Lewis (8)
Most tournament finals	Ernest Lewis (8)
← 1886 1888 →

The men's tennis season was composed of the twelfth annual pre-open era tennis circuit incorporating 149 tournaments.

The tour began in January in Napier, New Zealand and ended in December in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Summary of tour

Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 the Wimbledon Championships, the U.S. National Championships, the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships and the Northern Championships were considered by players and historians as the four most important tennis tournaments to win.

In the first big tournament of the year Ernest Renshaw wins a second Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title, in Dublin after a five-year break beating three-time defending champion Herbert Lawford in four sets. At the Wimbledon Championships Herbert Lawford avenges his Irish championships defeat by beating Ernest Renshaw for the title in five sets. At the Northern Championships in Liverpool, Harry Grove the defending champion defeats George Ernest Dixon Brown in five sets. In the United States Dick Sears wins a seventh consecutive US National Championship beating Henry Slocum in three sets.

In March in the United States the inaugural Southern California Championships is staged for the first time this year and in New Zealand the Auckland Tennis Championships are held for the first time. In April in England Ernest Lewis defeats Edward Lake Williams in three sets for his first British Covered Court Championships. In May in South Asia, Charles Edward De Fonblanque defeats Edward George Farquharson in the Ceylon Championships held on the clay courts Nuwara Eliya.

In early June at the Scottish Championships held in Edinburgh Harry Grove of England defeats two-time defending champion Patrick Bowes-Lyon in five sets. In late June at the Welsh Championships in Penarth Irish player Ernest Browne wins a second title after English player James Baldwin retired after two sets to love down. In July in North America at the Canadian National Championships held in Toronto, Canada Charles Smith Hyman wins a third title defeating Lawrence H. Baldwin in three sets. In August the Nottinghamshire Championships are staged for the first time in England this event is known today as the Nottingham Open.

In October back in the United States Philip Shelton Sears representing Harvard wins his first national Intercollegiate Championships at New Haven, Connecticut defeating G.G. Shaw jr in three sets. In late December in Australasia at Christchurch, New Zealand, Percival Clennell Fenwick wins his second national New Zealand Championships defeating Richard Dacre Harman in five sets.

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), in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key

Important.

National

Provincial/State/Regional

County

Local

January

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
30 December 1886 – 2 January 1887.	Napier Open Farndon Park Napier, New Zealand Surface? Singles – Doubles	Percival Clennell Fenwick 6–2 6–0 6–4	E.P. Hudson

February

No events

March

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1–3.	St Augustine Lawn Tennis Club Tournament St. Augustine, United States Wood (i) Singles – Doubles	Thomas S. Beckworth 6–2 1–6 5–7 6–4 6–4	Albert Empie Wright
10–21.	Auckland Tennis Championships, Auckland, New Zealand Hard (outdoor) Singles Doubles	William Morrison 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2	Henry Andrew Morey
19–24.	Southern California Championships Casa Blanca Club Riverside, California, United States Asphalt Singles Doubles	William H. Young	C. Trevelia

April

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
April.	Bengal Lawn Tennis Championships Calcutta Cricket Ground Calcutta, Bengal, India Grass Singles Doubles	Gilbert Mahon 5–7, 8–7, 7–8, 8–6, 6–1	Mr. Heckle
9 – 12 April.	Geelong Easter Handicap Tournament Geelong LTC Geelong, Australia Hard Asphalt Singles – Doubles	Ernest Raleigh 6–2 6–0 6–4	John Stanley Barton Orr	W.L. Hewitt	J.W. Colville Beckett Weigall
21 – 23 April.	British Covered Court Championships Hyde Park LTC London, Great Britain Wood (i) Singles – Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6–2, 6–2, 6–1	Andrew George Ziffo	Herbert Chipp Frank Still	Anthony Sophocles Constantinidi Ernest George Meers William John Bush-Salmon George Nelson Stenhouse
		Challenger Edward Lake Williams

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1–3 May.	Ceylon Championships Nuwara Eliya Lawn Tennis Club Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon Clay Singles – Doubles	Charles Edward De Fonblanque 6–4, 6–4, 6–2	Edward George Farquharson	Henry Edwin Caldecott Thomas W. Gallwey	P. Burrows John Melville Boustead J.C. Rogers
24 April- 5 May.	Fitzwilliam Club Championships Fitzwilliam LTC Dublin, Ireland Hard	Willoughby Hamilton 6–3 6–4 6–0	Grainger Chaytor	Ernest Henry Greene J.F. Hughes	Tom Campion Ernest Edward Knox Henry A. Robinson Cameron Dean-Shute
		Challenger J. T. Maxwell
2–9 May.	Dublin University Championships Dublin Ireland Hard	Manliffe Goodbody 2–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–0	Tom Campion	Grainger Chaytor James Edgar Lefroy Stein	Harold Mahony William Woodcock Goodbody Robert Edward Shaw John Thomas Waller
4–10 May.	New South Wales Championships Association Cricket Ground Moore Park Sydney, Australia Singles – Doubles	Charles William Cropper 6–0, 6–0, 5–7, 8–6	Robert D. Fitzgerald	Harold Stuart Fox Walter John Carre Riddell	Charles Theophilius Metcalfe Edward Alworth Mitchell Merewether Haworth William Bartram Reginald Charles (Rex) Allen
19 – 20 May.	West of Scotland Championships Pollockshields Scotland Grass	John Galbraith Horn 6–3, 8–6, 6–2	J.T.C. MacKinlay	James Hill Conyers Alfred Aitken Thomson	C.A. Gairdner George Kerr Henry Guy Nadin H.J. Younger
19 - 20 May.	Western Counties Championship Pollockshields Athletic Club Pollockshields, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-4 7-5 6-3	Archibald Thomson	Walter William Chamberlain James Hill Conyers	James Cleland Burns T. Leigh MacLachlan Edward Mortimer Shand Richard Millar Watson
27 May.	Young America Cricket Club Invitation Young America Cricket Club Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1	Robert Livingston Beeckman	Clarence Munroe Clark Oliver Samuel Campbell
23 – 28 May.	Fitzwilliam Purse Fitzwilliam LTC Dublin, Ireland Grass	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 8–6 8–6 6–3	Harry Grove	Manliffe Francis Goodbody Cameron Dean-Shute	Robert Cully Barton Tom Campion Edward Bernard Greene John Morgan Richards Francis
23 – 28 May.	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships Dublin, Ireland Grass	Ernest Renshaw 7–5, 6–2, 9–7	Willoughby James Hamilton	Arthur John de Courcy Wilson Harold Segerson Mahony	Grainger Chaytor W. H. Clark Thomas Harrison Griffiths Herbert Wilberforce
		Challenger Herbert Lawford
27 – 30 May.	Marine and Field Club Tennis Tournament Marine and Field Club, Bath Beach, Brooklyn, New York City US Hard Asphalt	Grant Notman 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 5–6, 6–4	J.W. Raymond	Carroll J. Post Jr.	Oliver Samuel Campbell Starks Battersball

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1- 3 June.	Broughty Ferry Open Dundee, Scotland Clay Singles – Doubles	A. Browne 1–6, 6–4, ret.	Alfred Aitken Thomson	William Henry Blyth-Martin J. Rodger	D.O. Beatson J.B. Gray W.F.M. Ross S.C. Thomson
30 May – 4 June.	West of England Championships Bath, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Harry Grove 6–4 6–3 6–4	James Dwight	Ernest Browne James Baldwin)	Cecil Owtram Gillbanks Mark Anthony Hartnell F.O.S. O'Shaughnessy Reade Charles Lacy Sweet
		Ernest Browne William Renshaw 10-8, 6-4	James Dwight Harry Grove
		James Dwight Lottie Dod 6-4, 4-6, 6-1	William Renshaw Margaret Bracewell
1 - 4 June.	Whitehouse Open Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland Outdoor Clay	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2	Richard Millar Watson	James Hill Conyers Alfred Aitken Thomson	William Ferguson John Galbraith Horn Charles Allen Casterton Smelt Anderson Steel
		Challenge round Arthur Nevile John Story
		John Galbraith Horn Herbert Bowes-Lyon 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3	Alfred Aitken Thomson Anderson Steel
		John Galbraith Horn Dorothy Boutlon 6-2, 3-6, 12-10	Richard Millar Watson Mabel Boulton
2- 4 June.	Middle States Championships Hoboken, NJ, United States Singles – Doubles	Robert L. Beeckman 1–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–8, 6–1	Howard Taylor	Joseph Sill Clark Henry Slocum	Valentine Gill Hall Samuel A. Campbell Jr. Edward Peale MacMullen Juan A. Smith
6 – 7 June.	Oxford University Champion Tournament Norham Gardens, Oxford, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Thomas Musgrave Burton 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3	Harry Stanley Scrivener	H.J. Burrell Hamilton A. Emmons	William Marshall Cazalet Horace Chapman Anthony Sophocles Constantinidi Henry Edwin Hunter Kent
6 -11 June.	East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2	James Dwight	James Baldwin Alfred Penn Gaskell	E.W. Brooke G.L. Bruce John Redfern Deykin J. Muir MacDonald
		John Redfern Deykin Maud Watson 6-2, 6-1, 6-4	James Dwight Margaret Bracewell
6 -11 June.	County Wexford Tournament Wexford Lawn Tennis Club Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	George Foley 6-1 6-2	Edmond T. M. Sandwith	W. Toole	R. Dowse R. Hudson
6 – 11 June.	Scottish Championships Edinburgh, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–2	Archibald Thomson
		Challenge round Herbert Bowes-Lyon
7 – 13 June.	Baltimore Invitation Baltimore Cricket Club, Baltimore, US Grass Singles – Doubles	Alexander Post 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–5	Charles Laurie McCawley
8 – 10 June.	Brooklyn Hill Tennis Club Tournament Brooklyn Hill Tennis Club, Brooklyn, New York, US Grass Singles – Doubles	Edward MacMullen 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 5–6, 6–4	Valentine Gill Hall
8 – 14 June.	County Cavan Lawn Tennis Tournament Cavan, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	William P. French 8–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–2	F. Graham	W. Halpin A. Kennedy	R. Allen Lord Newtonbutler M. O'Reilly J. Weekes
	Challenger J.S.F. Hearn
13 – 15 Jun.	New England Championships New Haven LTC New Haven, Connecticut United States Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1	William Larned Thacher	F.T. Ball C.H. Ludington jr	Francis Gibbons (Frank) Beach Mr. Harmer Grant Notman Mr. Pratt
16–17 June.	Macclesfield Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Macclesfield, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	Henry Guy Nadin 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 8–6	G.E. Lowe	John Barlow Thistlethwaite G.H. Willoughby	W. Burgess H.R. Greaves J.A. Rooke W. Twyford
13 – 18 June.	Welsh Championships Penarth, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 6–0 retired	Arthur John de Courcy Wilson	F.E. Gibbs Ernest Legassicke Hancock	Ernest Renshaw A. Morton Smith Charles Lacy Sweet A. Tanner
		Challenger James Baldwin
13 – 18 June.	London Championships London Athletic Club, Stamford Bridge, London, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 6–2, 8–6, 6–4	Harry S. Barlow	Ernest George Meers George Richmond Mewburn	Alfred Penn Gaskell William John Bush-Salmon Arthur John Stanley Frank Still
		Challenger Herbert Chipp
13–19 June.	Waterloo Tournament Liverpool, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	Jacob Brown 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 8–6	William Dod	Climenson Charles Dawbarn E. Horley	William Gerald Barker John Charles Kay Andrew Laurie Macfie
		Challenger William Parkfield Wethered
20 – 25 June.	Kent Championships Beckenham Lawn Tennis Club Beckenham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Frederick Bowlby 1–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–1	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	Edward James Avory Ernest George Meers	Alfred Penn Gaskell H.C. Lewin George Nelson Stenhouse William C. Taylor
		Challenger Herbert Chipp
21 – 24 June.	New York Lawn Tennis Club Spring Tournament New York City, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Clarence Hobart 6–2, 6–1, 6–2	P.B. Ruggles
22 – 26 June.	Orange Spring Tournament Montrose, South Orange, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Oliver Campbell 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4	Edward Peale MacMullen	Grant Notman Jackson C. Wilmerding	Francis Gibbons (Frank) Beach Valentine Gill Hall Clarence Hobart William Larned Thacher
20 – 25 June.	Northern Championships Liverpool, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Harry Grove 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–4, 6–2	George Ernest Dixon Brown	Mark Anthony Hartnell Archibald Thomson	Jacob Gaitskell Brown Robert Wallace Glen Lee Braddell William Parkfield Wethered Andrew Laurie Macfie
		Challenge round Grainger Chaytor

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
- 2 July.	County Dublin Championships Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 8–6, 6–2, 6–2	Tom Campion
- 2 July.	Championship of Lanarkshire Hamilton Lawn Tennis Club Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	G. Scott-Jackson 6-1 6-4 ret.	D.G. Kemp
- 2 July.	Edgbaston Open Tournament Edgbaston Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Percy B. Brown 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1	G.E. Lowe
- 2 July.	Midland Counties Championships Edgbaston Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, England Grass Singles – Doubles	John Redfern Deykin 6–4, 6–4, 6–2	Frank Noon
30 Jun–2 July	Northumberland Cricket Club Open Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Kenneth Ramsden Marley 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-1	Charles Liddell	Frederick T. Bradbury John Parker Marsh	George Bloomfield Garvey Howard Pease Hugh A. Taylor C.A. Woods
- 2 July.	Burton-on-Trent Open Burton on Trent Cricket Ground Burton on Trent, England Grass Singles – Doubles	G. E. Lowe 7–5, 8–6, 6–1	Henry G. Nadin
- 2 July.	Staten Island Invitation Livingston, New Jersey, US Grass Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum 6–4, 6–8, 6–1, 9–7	Edward MacMullen
2 – 7 July	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Herbert Lawford 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4	Ernest Renshaw	Harry Grove Charles Lacy Sweet	Herbert Bowes-Lyon Ernest Wool Lewis Oswald Milne Wilfred Milne
		Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce 6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Edward Barratt-Smith James Herbert Crispe
4 – 8 July.	Western States Championships Chicago Lawn Tennis Club Chicago, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Charles A. Chase 7–5, 6–3, 6–4	B. F. Cummins
7- 9 July.	Chapel Allerton LTC Tournament Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis Club Chapel Allerton, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest W. Fletcher 7–5, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0	George Graham Stewart Grundy
7 - 12 July.	Westchester Invitation Westchester Country Club Harrison, New York, USA Grass Singles - Doubles	Henry Slocum 7-5, 6-4	Valentine Hall	Deane B. Miller W.H. Sands	P.D. Chase J. Lorillard jr. Charles Edward Sands R. Zerega
11- 12 July.	Stevenage Open Stevenage, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles G. Eames 7–5, 6–3	W. Dunn
11- 14 July.	Warwickshire Championships Leamington Lawn Tennis Club Leamington Spa, England Grass Singles – Doubles	James Dwight 6–2, 6–2, 6–0	L. Richardson
14- 16 July.	Armagh ALTC Championship Armagh, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Hagan W. Jones 7–5, 6–3	T. Dickson	?
14- 16 July.	Leicester Open Leicester Lawn Tennis and Quoit Club Leicester, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6–3, 6–3, 6–3	Tom Campion	?
10 – 17 July.	Natal Championships Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Grass Singles Doubles	William J. Grant 6–1, 6–3, 6–4	Eric Seabourne
15- 18 July.	Molesey Park Lawn Tennis Tournament Moseley Park Lawn Tennis Club Birmingham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	G.F. Goodman 6–3, 6–3, 6–3	W. Hasluck	?
19–21 Jul.	Somersetshire Championships West Somerset LTC Taunton, Somerset, England Grass Singles - Doubles	James Baldwin w.o.	Ernest Legassicke Hancock	C.L. Fox J. Hare	A.S. Archdale R.W. Fox Francis Slade-Gully C.R. Rodwell
18 – 23 July.	Middlesex Championships Chiswick Park Club London, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Ernest Meers
18 – 23 July.	East of Ireland Championships Howth, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6–1, 4–0, ret.	Manliffe Francis Goodbody
19–23 July.	North Wales Challenge Cup Vale of Clwyd LTC Denbigh, Vale of Clwyd, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles	Henry James Wilson Fosbery 6-4, 6-3, 6-3	G. Egerton	Herbert S. Heaton J.P. Lewis	T. Chilton E.L. Engleheart W.T. Jones H. Lloyd-Parry
		Challenger D.F. Pennant
21 – 23 July.	Elberon Lawn Tennis Club Open Coton Hill Institution Grounds Elberon, New Jersey, US Grass Singles – Doubles	Robert Beeckman 4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–1	Howard Taylor
21–23 July.	Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Stafford Institute LTC Stafford, Great Britain Grass Singles	Frank Seymour Noon 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Alfred Aitken Thomson	Alfred Henry Betham G.E. Lowe	John Richard Baker Henry Guy Nadinn Walter Mace Shipman
		Challenge round C.P. Brett
21 – 23 July.	Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Coton Hill Institution Grounds Stafford, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Frank Seymour Noon 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	C.P. Brett *
21 – 27 July.	Northumberland Championships Newcastle upon Tyne, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 7–5, 6–0, 3–1, ret.	Herbert Bowes-Lyon
25 – 30 July.	Derbyshire Championships Buxton Gardens Buxton, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Tom Campion 6–2, 6–3, 6–4	W. D. Hamilton
25 – 30 July.	Essex Championships Leyton, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Meers 6–0, 6–1, 6–1	P. M. Evans
25 – 30 July.	Essex County Cricket Club Tournament Essex County Cricket Ground Leyton, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Meers 6–2, 6–4, 6–0	Alfred E. Walker
26 – 27 July.	Southampton Invitation Meadow Club Southampton, New York, US Surface ? Singles – Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 6–4, 7–9, 3–6, 9–7, 6–3	Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
29 July.	Canadian Championships Toronto Lawn Tennis Club Toronto, Canada Singles – Doubles	Charles Smith Hyman 6–0, 6–3, 6–3	Lawrence H. Baldwin	Isidore F. Hellmuth W.B. Lee	Alexander Galt A.J. Hollyerr James Noxon Andrew E. Plummer
29- 30 July.	Melrose Open Melrose, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	J. Conyers 6–4, 6–3, 7–9, 6–2	Kenneth Sanderson	?

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
29 July–1 August.	Rochester Open Paddock Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, Kent, England Grass Singles	Charles Gladstone Eames 8-4, 6-4, 6-3	Harry T. Shapley	C.J. Cobb Philip Francis Cary Elwes	A. Buchanan A.B. Green S.H. Hughes F.J. Troughton
1 Aug.	Darlington Association Tournament Darlington, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Herbert Wilberforce 6–0, 6–0, 6–1	John Galbraith Horn
1 Aug.	Exmouth Tournament Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Exmouth, England Singles – Doubles	Harry Grove 6–2 7–9 6–4 7–5	James Baldwin
1 Aug.	East Grinstead Lawn Tennis Tournament East Grinstead Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club East Grinstead, England Singles – Doubles	Nevill Cobbold 6–4, 6–2	William John Down
1 Aug.	Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament Waterford Lawn Tennis Club Waterford, Ireland Singles – Doubles	William Drumond Hamilton 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1	David Grainger Chaytor
29 Jul–3 Aug.	Somersetshire Championships West Somerset LTC Taunton, Somerset, England Grass Singles - Doubles	James Baldwin 6-0 6-2	William Ilbert Hancock	T.H. Spencer	Theodore Alfred Fox C.L. Fox J. Hare G.W.A. Lloyd
		Challenger Ernest Legassicke Hancock
2-5 Aug.	Wentworth Open Tournament Hotel Wentworth New Castle, New Hampshire, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Henry Slocum 6–4, 6–0, 6–3	Philip Shelton Sears	Charles Amherst Chase Oliver Samuel Campbell	Frederick Sherwood Mansfield Quincy Shaw Albert Empie Wright
5 Aug.	Nottinghamshire Championships Trentbridge Ground Nottingham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Frederick William Snook 6–5, 6–2, ret.	R.W. Miller
5 Aug.	Inverkip Rovers Open Wemyss, Castle Wemyss, Fife, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	Archibald Thomson w.o.	Henry Guy Nadin
5 Aug.	Rochester Open Paddock Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, Kent, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles Gladstone Eames 6–2, 6–2	H.T. Shapley
2 -6 Aug.	Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	William Drumond Hamilton 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 0-6, 6-0	Toler Roberts Garvey	Manliffe Francis Goodbody J. Gore	William Gore Burroughs John M. Brown Frederick William Knox Raymond De La Poer
		Challenger Grainger Chaytor
5 – 8 August.	Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Tournament Trent Bridge Cricket Ground Nottingham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Frederick William Snook w.o.	H.T. Shapley
6–8 August.	Ilkley Open Tournament Ilkley Lawn Tennis Club Ilkley, England Grass Singles – Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 7–5, 6–2	George Richmond Mewburn
8 August.	Nahant Invitation Bar Harbor Club Nahant, Massachusetts, US Clay Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum Jr. ?	?
6 - 10 Aug.	West of Ireland Championships County Sligo Lawn Tennis Club Ardaghowen, Sligo, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6-1, 6-1, 6-3	Arthur John de Courcy Wilson	Grainger Chaytor Blaney Hamilton	George Hewson Chaloner Knox Effingham Carroll McDowell Joshua Pim
		Challenger Reginald Arthur Gamble
12 August.	Gore Court Championships Sittingbourne, Gore Court Archery and LTC Gore Court, Sittingbourne, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles	Ernest George Meers 6-4,3-6, 6-3, 6-4	Wilberforce Eaves	Charles Gladstone Eames Nevill Cobbold	Wilberforce Eaves David Grainger Chaytor Ernest Lewis Frederick Thompson
8- 12 August.	Kilkenny County and City Tournament Kilkenny County Lawn Tennis Club Kilkenny, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Grainger Chaytor 8–6, 6–2, 6–2	Major Francis Slade-Gully
10 - 12 August.	North of Wales Open Pensarn LTC Abergele, Conwy County Borough, North Wales Grass Singles - Doubles	Mark Anthony Hartnell w.o.	E. Draper	Walter Reid Craig F.C. Varey	T.M. Draper J.H. Marston F.R. Oakley H. Raphael
8–13 Aug.	Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Teignmouth LTC Teignmouth, Devon, England Grass Singles	Ernest Wool Lewis 7–5, 6–2|	Wilfred Milne	John Redfern Deykin Robert Charles Thompson	C.H. Davies J. Hare William R. Ormsby Hindle W.A. Kindersley
10 – 13 August.	Hull Westbourne Avenue Tournament Hull Westbourne Avenue Tennis Club Kingston-Upon-Hull, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Frederick Bradbury 2–6, 8–6, 6–2	L. Harrison
10 – 16 August.	Southern California Championships, Riverside, California, US Grass Singles Doubles	William H. Young 6–4, 6–2, 6–0	R. L. Bettner
11 – 13 August.	Englewood Open Englewood Englewood, New Jersey, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Oliver Samuel Campbell 6–2 1–6 5–7 6–4 6–4	Augustus Duryee
11 – 13 August.	East of England Championships Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club Felixstowe, Suffolk, England Grass Singles – Doubles	William Herbert Cohen 6–3, 6–4	Charles Sidney Cullingham
11 - 13 August.	Penzance Open Penzance LTC Penzance, Cornwall, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	A.K. Andrews. 6–2, 6–4	E. Murray	W.A. Clarke J.N. Martin	Captain Alexander
		W.A. Clarke E. Russell Rendle 6-3 7-5	Mr. Whiting W.H. Chappel
		W.A. Clarke Miss Childs 6-2 6-2	Vernon Francis Page. Mrs. Lancelot Melvill Haslope
16 August.	Bar Harbor Open Bar Harbor Club Bar Harbor, Maine, US Singles – Doubles	Robert Livingston Beeckman ?	?
17 – 19 August.	Niagara International Tournament Queen's Royal Hotel Court's Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada Grass Singles – Doubles	E.C. Knight. 6–4, 6–1	S. Burrell
15- 20 August.	County Kildare Open Tennis Championship Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Club Parsonstown, King's County Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Grainger Chaytor 2 sets to 1	George Bloomfield Garvey
15 - 20 Aug.	Whitby Open Lawn Tennis Tournament West Cliff Tennis Grounds Whitby, North Yorkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 6-3, 7-5, 9-7	George Richmond Mewburn	Marmaduke Strickland Constable John Parker Marsh	L. Harrison Francis Joseph Hirst Arthur Godfrey Pease M. Pole
15 -20 August.	Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament West Cliff Tennis Grounds Whitby, England Singles – Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 5–7 6–2 6–1 9–7	Arthur G. Pease	Frederick T. Bradbury L. Harrison	Marmaduke Strickland Constable Arthur Edward Corner Arthur Riley Crossley Arthur Herbert Meysey-Thompson
15 – 20 August.	Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournament Teignmouth Tennis Club Torquay, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 7–5, 6–2, 7–5	Wilfred Milne
15 - 20 Aug.	Tenby Open Tenby LTC Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	David Grismond Owen Saunder 6-5 6-2 6-1	Captain G.R. Taylor	E.W. David William Sidney Nelson Heard	Henry Stafford Brenchley A.G. Norris P.W.E. Scott A. Glover-Williams
15 - 20 Aug	South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships Tenby LTC Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	William Sidney Nelson Heard 6-0, 6–1, 6-1	A.G. Norris	Henry Stafford Brenchley W.L. Phillips	W.T. Booker W. Griffiths G. Lewis A.M.C. Smith
		Challenger E.W. Davies
16 – 24 August.	South of Scotland Championships Moffat, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	Archibald Thomson 6–5 6–1 6–2	Jacob G. Brown
16 – 24 August.	Northern Counties Challenge Cup Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest W. Fletcher 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Henry Bolckow
22 Aug.	British Columbia Challenge Cup Victoria Lawn Tennis Club Vancouver, BC, Canada Grass Singles Doubles	R.H. Handcock 3-0 sets	Brian Halsey Tyrwhitt-Drake	Lieut. Hutchinson E.M.W. Woods	J. Fennelly C.A. Holland John Musgrave W.A. Ward
		Challenger Harvey Walter Henry Coombe
19 – 21 August.	Norton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament Norton Lawn Tennis Club Durham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Arthur B. Crosby 6–1, 6–5	Henry Bolckow
19 – 21 August.	Northwestern Championships St Paul's Club Saint Paul, Minnesota United States Singles – Doubles	Samuel Thompson Chase ?	?
23 - 25 Aug.	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Carlton Park, Saxmundham, England Grass Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – Doubles	Benjamin Arthur Cohen 3–6, 6–4, 6–2	George Norman	Harold (Harry) Bacon Thomas Kensit Norman	Charles Sidney Cullingham Perry E. Hall Henry Arthur Lane Arthur Bacon Longe
25 August.	Meadow Club Amateur Closed Tournament Meadow Club Southampton, New York , US Surface ? Singles – Doubles	C.P. Howland	?
24–26 Aug.	Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament Manadon, Plymouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Dennis Fortescue Boles 4-6 6-1 6-1	Mr. Thompson	F.W. Leeper E.H.A. Tolcher	G. Arundell F. Birdwood W.A.P. Matthews Reginald John Hall Parlby
24 – 26 August.	Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Exmouth, England Singles – Doubles	Hugh MacNaghten 6–2, 6–0, 6–1	Frederick Whitehead
22 – 27 August.	North of England Championships Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 7–5, 6–1, 6–3	James Baldwin
23 -27 August.	Hampshire Championships Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	H. Phillip
26–27 Aug.	Rothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament Craigmore, Rothesay, Scotland Singles – Doubles	James Edgar Lefroy Stein 6–2, 6–0, 6–1	J. Adam
25–28 Aug	US National Championships Newport Grass United States Singles – Doubles	Richard Sears 6–1, 6–3, 6–2	Henry Slocum
		Richard Sears James Dwight 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Howard Taylor Henry Slocum

September

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
- September.	Edgewood Country Club Open Edgewood Country Club Tivoli, New York US Clay Singles – Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall
- September.	Hitchin Tennis Tournament Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall  ?
1 – 3 Sept.	Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament Plymouth, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Dennis Fortescue Boles 4–6, 6–1, 6–1	Mr. Thompson
- 5 Sept.	East of Scotland Championships United College Grounds St Andrews, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	Alfred Aitken Thomson 2–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 8–6	A. Dunlop-Hill		George Kerr
- 6 Sept.	South of England Championships Eastbourne Lawn Tennis Club Eastbourne, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 8–6, 7–5, 6–4	Herbert Wilberforce
7 – 10 September.	Lenox Invitation Lenox Lawn Tennis Club Harlem, New York City, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6–1, 6–3, 2–6, 6–8, 7–5	Philip Shelton Sears
9 September.	Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club Amateur Closed Livingston, New York, US Grass –	G.A. Willis ?	?
5 – 12 September.	United Services Tennis Club Tournament United Service Recreation Club, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Grass Singles - Doubles	Wilfred L. Parker 6-2 6-3	L.G. Campbell	Reginald Harry Noott C.G. Thornhill	Lionel James Easton D. Fuller Frederick Wentworth Gore Edmund Henry Parker
10 – 13 Sept.	Boulogne International Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Clay Singles – Doubles	William C. Taylor ?	?
13 – 15 September.	Rochester Lawn Tennis Tournament Rochester Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, New York, US Grass Singles – Doubles	W.L. Kingsley ?	?
20 September.	New Hamburg Invitation Poughkeepsie, New York, US Surface? Singles – Doubles	Edward L. Hall ?

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
26 Sept – 1 Oct.	Delaware Field Club Open Delaware Field Club Wilmington, Delaware, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Charles Belmont Davis 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	Marmaduke Smith
1 – 3 October	Southern Championships Wilmington, United States Singles – Doubles	Charles Belmont Davis 6–2 6–1 6–2	E. Porter
12 – 14 October.	Intercollegiate Championships New Haven LTC New Haven, United States Singles – Doubles	Philip Sears (Harvard College) 6–8, 6–2, 6–2	G.G. Shaw jr
22 – 26 October.	Victorian Championships Melbourne Hard Asphalt Singles – Doubles	Arthur G. H. Colquhoun 6–4, 6–2, 6–0	Walter Timon Coldham

November

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
2 – 7 November.	Punjab Lawn Tennis Championships Lahore Gymkhana Club, Lawrence Hall Gardens Lahore, India Singles – Doubles	R.D. Spencer 6–4, 6–2, 6–4	Edward Lee French

December

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
December.	Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Royal South Yarra LTC Melbourne Grass Singles – Doubles	John Dickson Cramond 15 games to 5	Robert Alexander Paxton
22 – 26 October.	New Zealand Championships Napier, New Zealand Grass Singles – Doubles	Percival Clennell Fenwick 6–2 6–0 6–4	E.P. Hudson

List of tournament winners

The list of winners by number of singles titles won:

• Ernest Wool Lewis—Bournemouth, Chiswick Park, Eastbourne, Hyde Park, Leicester, Stamford Bridge, Teignmouth, Torquay—(8)
• Henry Slocum—Harrison, Livingston, Nahant, New Haven, Wentworth—(5)
• Ernest W. Fletcher—Chapel Allerton, Ilkley, Stockton-on-Tees, Whitby—(4)
• Willoughby Hamilton—Dublin (Fitzwilliam), Dublin (Landsdowne), Howth, Sligo—(4)
• Ernest Browne—Cheltenham, Penarth, Scarborough—(3)
• Harry Grove—Northern Championships, Liverpool, Bath, Exmouth—(3)
• Patrick Bowes-Lyon—Dublin, Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne—(3)
• Robert L. Beeckman—Bar Harbor, Eleberon, Hoboken—(3)
• Ernest George Meers—Leyton, Leyton (2nd), Sittingbourne—(3)
• Valentine Gill Hall—Hitchin, Poughkeepsie, Tivoli–(3)
• Charles Gladstone Eames—Rochester, Stevenage—(2)
• Grainger Chaytor—Kilkenny, Parsonstown—(2)
• Frank Seymour Noon—Stafford, Stafford II –(2)
• Frederick William Snook—Nottingham, Nottingham (2nd) –(2)
• Henry Augustus Taylor–Stenton, Southampton—(2)
• Percival Clennell Fenwick—Napier, Napier (2nd) –(2)
• Ernest Renshaw–Irish Championships, Dublin–(1)
• Herbert Lawford-Wimbledon, (1)
• James Dwight–Leamington Spa, (1)
• Manliffe Goodbody–Dublin III, (1)
• Richard Sears–U.S. National Championships–(1)

Sources

• A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 5358651.
• Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, and Racing Register, A.H. Baily & Company of Cornhill. London. England. July 1887
• Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. ISBN 9780718501952.
• Hall, Valentine Gill (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. D. W. Granbery & Co. New York, NY, USA:
• Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge:. ISBN 9781134445578.
• 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 – Search for Tournament – Year – 1887". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV.
• Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalogue (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York, NY, USA: New York, American sports publishing company.
• The Australian Dictionary of Biography (1966–2021). Including a supplementary volume of ‘missing persons’ have, so far, been published. Volumes 1–19. The National Centre of Biography. Australian National University. Canberra. Australia.
• The John Player Nottingham Tennis Tournament: Record of Winners Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887–1970)" (PDF).https://www.nottinghamcastleltc.co.uk/history/?d=John+Player+Nottingham+Tennis+Tournament+1971.pdf. Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7.

Further reading

• A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
• 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.

External links

• http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournaments/search/1887