1887 Men's tennis 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.[2][3][4]

In the first big tournament of the year Ernest Renshaw wins a second Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title,[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] In August the Nottinghamshire Championships are staged for the first time in England this event is known today as the Nottingham Open.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11]

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),[12] in some tournaments not all.

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

Key

January

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
30 December 1886 – 2 January 1887.[17]	Napier Tennis Tournament Farndon Park Napier, New Zealand Surface? Singles – Doubles	Percival Clennell Fenwick 6–2 6–0 6–4	E.P. Hudson

March

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1–3.[18]	St Augustine Lawn Tennis Club Tournament St. Augustine, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Thomas S. Beckworth 6–2 1–6 5–7 6–4 6–4	?
10–21.[19][20]	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.[lower-alpha 1][21][22]	Southern California Championships, Riverside, California, US Grass Singles Doubles	William H. Young	C. Trevelia

April

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
April.[23]	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.[24]	Geelong Easter Handicap Tournament Geelong, Lawn Tennis Club Geelong, Australia Hard Asphalt Singles – Doubles	Ernest Raleigh 6–2 6–0 6–4	John Stanley Barton Orr
21 – 23 Ap[ril.[25]	British Covered Court Championships Hyde Park Lawn Tennis Club London, Great Britain Hard Wood (indoor) Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lake Williams 6–2, 6–2, 6–1	Edward Lake Williams

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1–3 May.[lower-alpha 2][26][27]	Ceylon Championships Nuwara Eliya Lawn Tennis Club Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon Grass 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.[28]	Fitzwilliam Club Championships Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Dublin, Ireland Hard	Willoughby Hamilton 6–3 6–4 6–0	J. T. Maxwell
2–9 May.[29]	Dublin University Championships Dublin Ireland Hard	Manliffe Goodbody 2–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–0	Tom Campion
4–10 May.[30]	New South Wales Championships Sydney 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.[31]	West of Scotland Championships Pollockshields Scotland Grass	John Galbraith Horn 6–3, 8–6, 6–2	J.T.C. MacKinlay
23 – 28 May.[32]	Fitzwilliam Purse Fitzwilliam Club, Dublin Ireland Grass	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 8–6 8–6 6–3	Harry Grove
23 – 28 May.[33]	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	David Grainger Chaytor W. H. Clark Thomas Harrison Griffiths Herbert Wilberforce
		Challenger Herbert Lawford
27 May.[34][35]	Young America Cricket Club Invitation Young America Cricket Club Stenton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Surface ? Singles – Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor ?	?
27 – 30 May.[36][37]	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

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1- 3 June.[lower-alpha 3][38]	Broughty Ferry Open Dundee, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	A. Browne 1–6, 6–4, ret.	Alfred Thomson
30 May – 4 June.[39]	West of England Championships Bath, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Harry Grove 6–4 6–3 6–4	James Dwight
1- 4 June.[40]	Whitehouse Open Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay Singles – Doubles	Arthur Story 4–6, 3–6, 11–9, 6–4, 6–2	Richard Watson
2- 4 June.[41]	Middle States Championships[42] Hoboken, NJ, United States Singles – Doubles	Robert L. Beeckman 1–6 8–6 6–2 6–8 6–1	Howard Taylor
5 June	Bristol and Clifton Open Clifton, Bristol, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	?
6 – 7 June.[43]	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
6 -11 June.[44][45]	East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2	James Dwight
6 – 11 June.[46]	Scottish Championships[47] 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.[lower-alpha 4][48]	Baltimore Invitational Baltimore Cricket Club, Baltimore, US Grass Singles – Doubles	John (Jack) Colston 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2	Basil Wagner
8 – 10 June.[49]	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.[lower-alpha 5][50]	County Cavan Tournament Cavan, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	William P. French 8–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–2	J.S.F. Hearn
13 – 15 June.[51]	New England Championships New Haven, Connecticut, US Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1	William Thatcher
13 – 18 June.[52]	Welsh Championships Penarth, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 6–0 retired	James Baldwin
13 – 18 June.[53]	London Championships London Athletic Club, Stamford Bridge, London, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 6–2, 8–6, 6–4	Harry S. Barlow
		Challenger Herbert Chipp
13–19 June.[54]	Waterloo Tournament Liverpool, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	Jacob Brown 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 8–6	William Dod
		Challenger William Parkfield Wethered
16 – 17 June.	Redhill Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	Henry Guy Nadin w.o.	G.E. Lowe
20 – 25 June.[55]	Kent Championships Beckenham Lawn Tennis Club Beckenham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Frederick Bowlby 1–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–1	Herbert Chipp
21 – 24 June.[56]	New York Lawn Tennis Club Tournament New York City, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Clarence Hobart 6–2, 6–1, 6–2	P.B. Ruggles
22 – 26 June.[57]	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
20 – 25 June.[58]	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
28 – 30 June.[lower-alpha 6][59]	New Jersey State Championships New Jersey Tennis Association New Jersey, US Singles – Doubles

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
- 2 July.[lower-alpha 7][60]	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.[lower-alpha 8][61]	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.[lower-alpha 9][62]	Midland Counties Championships Edgbaston Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, England Grass Singles – Doubles	John Redfern Deykin 6–4, 6–4, 6–2	Frank Noon
- 2 July.[lower-alpha 10][63]	Northumberland Cricket Club Open Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Kenneth R. Marley 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1	Charles Liddell
2 – 7 July	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Herbert Lawford 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4	Ernest Renshaw
		Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce 6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Edward Barratt-Smith James Herbert Crispe
- 2 July.[lower-alpha 11][64]	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.[65]	Staten Island Invitation Livingston, New Jersey, US Grass Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum 6–4, 6–8, 6–1, 9–7	Edward MacMullen
4 – 8 July.[66][67][68]	Western States Championships Chicago Lawn Tennis Club Chicago, United States Singles – Doubles	Charles A. Chase 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1	?
7- 9 July.[69][70]	Chapel Allerton LTC Tournament Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis Club Chapel Allerton, England Grass Singles – Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 7–5, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0	George Graham Stewart Grundy
10 – 17 July.[71]	Natal Championships Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Grass Singles Doubles	William J. Grant 6–1, 6–3, 6–4	E. Seabourne
11- 12 July.[lower-alpha 12][72]	Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation) Westchester Country Club Harrison, New York, US Hard Asphalt Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum 7–5, 6–3	Valentine Hall
11- 14 July.[lower-alpha 13][73]	Warwickshire Championships Leamington Lawn Tennis Club Leamington Spa, England Grass Singles – Doubles	James Dwight 6–2, 6–2, 6–0	L. Richardson
11- 12 July.[74]	Stevenage Tennis Tournament Stevenage, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles G. Eames 7–5, 6–3	W. Dunn
13 – 15 July.[75][76]	New England Championships New Haven Lawn Tennis Club New Haven, United States Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1	William Larned Thacher
14- 16 July.[77]	Armagh ALTC Championship Armagh, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	H. W. Jones 7–5, 6–3	T. Dickson	?
14- 16 July.[78]	Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Leicester Lawn Tennis and Quoit Club Leicester, England Grass Singles – Doubles	H. W. Jones 7–5, 6–3	T. Dickson	?
15- 18 July.[lower-alpha 14][79][80]	Moseley Tennis Tournament Moseley Park Lawn Tennis Club Birmingham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	G.F. Goodman 6–3, 6–3, 6–3	W. Hasluck	?
18 – 23 July.[lower-alpha 15][81]	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.[82]	East of Ireland Championships Howth, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6–1, 4–0, ret.	Manliffe Francis Goodbody
19- 21 July.[83]	Somersetshire Championships Taunton, Somerset, England Grass Singles – Doubles	James Baldwin 8–6, 6–0	W.A. Newman
21 – 23 July.[84]	Galashiels Tennis Tournament Gala Tennis Club Galashiels, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	J.H. Conyers 6–3, 6–1, 6–1	Richard Watson
21 – 23 July.[85]	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.[lower-alpha 16][86]	Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Coton Hill Institution Grounds Stafford, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	C.P. Brett *
21 – 27 July.[87]	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.[lower-alpha 17][88]	Derbyshire Championships Buxton Gardens Buxton, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Tom Campion 6–2, 6–3, 6–4	W. D. Hamilton
25 – 30 July.[lower-alpha 18][89][90]	Essex Championships Leyton, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Meers 6–0, 6–1, 6–1	P. M. Evans
25 – 30 July.[91]	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.[92]	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.
26 – 29 July.[93]	Canadian Championships Toronto Lawn Tennis Club Toronto, Canada Singles – Doubles	Charles Smith Hyman 6–0, 6–3, 6–3	Lawrence H. Baldwin
29- 30 July.[94]	Melrose Tennis Tournament 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
1 Aug.[lower-alpha 19][95]	Darlington Association Tournament Darlington, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Herbert Wilberforce 6–0, 6–0, 6–1	John Galbraith Horn
1 Aug.[lower-alpha 20][96]	Exmouth Tournament Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Exmouth, England Singles – Doubles	Harry Grove 6–2 7–9 6–4 7–5	James Baldwin
1 Aug.[lower-alpha 21][97]	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.[lower-alpha 22][98]	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
2 Aug.[99][100]	Wentworth Invitation New Castle Outing & Tennis Club. Hotel Wentworth New Castle, New Hampshire US Grass Singles – Doubles	Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 6–4, 6–0, 6–3	Philip Shelton Sears
5 Aug.[lower-alpha 23][101][102]	Nottinghamshire Championships Trentbridge Ground Nottingham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Frederick William Snook 6–5, 6–2, ret.	R.W. Miller
5 Aug.[103]	Inverkip Rovers Open Wemyss, Castle Wemyss, Fife, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	Archibald Thomson w.o.	Henry Guy Nadin
5 Aug.[104]	Rochester Open Paddock Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, Kent, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles Gladstone Eames 6–2, 6–2	H.T. Shapley
5 – 8 August.[105]	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.[lower-alpha 24][106]	Ilkley Tournament Ilkley Lawn Tennis Club Ilkley, England Grass Singles – Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 7–5, 6–2	George Richmond Mewburn
6 – 13 August.[lower-alpha 25][107]	Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament Teignmouth Tennis Club Teignmouth, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 7–5, 6–2	Wilfred Milne
8 August.[108][109]	Nahant Invitation Bar Harbor Club Nahant, Massachusetts, US Clay Singles – Doubles	Henry Warner Slocum Jr. ?	?
8- 12 August.[110][111]	Kilkenny County and City Tournament Kilkenny County Lawn Tennis Club Kilkenny, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	David Grainger Chaytor 8–6, 6–2, 6–2	Major Francis Slade-Gully
10 – 12 August.[lower-alpha 26][112]	Pensarn Tennis Tournament Pensarn Tennis Club Abergele, Wales Grass Singles – Doubles	Mark Anthony Hartnell w.o.	E. Draper
10 – 13 August.[lower-alpha 27][113]	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.[lower-alpha 28][114][115]	Southern California Championships, Riverside, California, US Grass Singles Doubles	William H. Young 6–4, 6–2, 6–0	R. L. Bettner
11 – 13 August.[116][117]	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.[lower-alpha 29][118][119]	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.[120]	Penzance LTC Tournament Penzance Tennis Club Penzance, England Grass Singles – Doubles	A.K. Andrews 6–2, 6–4	E. Murray Hill
15- 20 August.[121]	County Kildare Open Tennis Championship Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Club Parsonstown, King's County Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	David Grainger Chaytor 2 sets to 1	George Bloomfield Garvey
15 – 20 August.[122]	Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournmament Teignmouth Tennis Club Torquay, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 7–5, 6–2, 7–5	Wilfred Milne
16 August.[123][124]	Bar Harbor Open Bar Harbor Club Bar Harbor, Maine, US Singles – Doubles	Robert Livingston Beeckman ?	?
16 – 24 August.[lower-alpha 30][125]	South of Scotland Championships Moffat, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	Archibald Thomson 6–5 6–1 6–2	Jacob G. Brown
16 – 24 August.[126]	Northern Counties Challenge Cup Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Henry Bolckow
17 – 19 August.[lower-alpha 31][127]	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.[128]	Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament [129] Whitby, England Singles – Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 5–7 6–2 6–1 9–7	Arthur G. Pease
18 – 22 August.[lower-alpha 32][130]	British Columbia Championships Victoria Lawn Tennis Club Vancouver, BC, Canada Grass Singles Doubles	R.H. Handcock 3 sets to 0	Harvey Walter Henry Coombe
19 – 21 August.[131]	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.[132]	Northwestern Championships St Paul's Club Saint Paul, Minnesota United States Singles – Doubles	Samuel Thompson Chase ?	?
22 – 27 August.[lower-alpha 33][133]	North of England Championships[134] Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 7–5, 6–1, 6–3	James Baldwin
23 -27 August.[135][136]	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Carlton Park, Saxmundham, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Benjamin Arthur Cohen 3–6, 6–4, 6–2	George Norman
23 -27 August.[137]	Hampshire Championships Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	H. Phillip
24 – 26 August.[138]	Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Exmouth, England Singles – Doubles	Hugh McNaghten 6–2, 6–0, 6–1	Frederick Whitehead
25 August.[139][140][141]	Meadow Club Amateur Closed Tournament Meadow Club Southampton, New York , US Surface ? Singles – Doubles	C.P. Howland	?
25 – 28 August	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
26 – 27 August.[142]	Rothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament Craigmore, Rothesay, Scotland Singles – Doubles	James Edgar Lefroy Stein 6–2, 6–0, 6–1	J. Adam

September

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
- September.[143][144][lower-alpha 34]	Edgewood Country Club Tournament Edgewood Country Club Tivoli, New York US Clay Singles – Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall
- September.[145]	Hitchin Tennis Tournament Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall  ?
1 – 3 Sept.[146]	Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Tournament Plymouth, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Dennis Fortescue Boles 4–6, 6–1, 6–1	Mr. Thompson
- 5 Sept.[lower-alpha 35][147][148]	East of Scotland Championships United College Grounds St Andrews, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	Alfred A. Thomson 2–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 8–6	A. Dunlop-Hill
- 6 Sept.[lower-alpha 36][149]	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.[150]	Lenox Tournament Lenox Lawn Tennis Club Lenox, Massachusetts, US Grass Singles – Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6–1, 6–3, 2–6, 6–8, 7–5	Philip Shelton Sears
9 September.[151][152]	Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club Amateur Closed Livingston, New York, US Grass –	G.A. Willis ?	?
10 – 13 Sept.[lower-alpha 37][153][154]	Boulogne International[155] Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Clay Singles – Doubles	William C. Taylor ?	?
13 – 15 September.[156][157]	Rochester Tennis Tournament Rochester Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, New York, US Grass Singles – Doubles	W.L. Kingsley ?	?
20 September.[158][159]	New Hamburg Tournament Poughkeepsie, New York, US Surface? Singles – Doubles	Edward L. Hall ?

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist
1 – 3 October	Southern Championships[160] Wilmington, United States Singles – Doubles	C. Belmont Davis 6–2 6–1 6–2	E. Porter
12 – 14 October.[161][162]	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.[163][164]	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.[165]	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.[166]	Royal South Yarra Tennis Tournament Royal South Yarra Club Melbourne Surface ? Singles – Doubles	John Dickson Cramond 15 games to 5	Robert Alexander Paxton
22 – 26 October.[167][168]	New Zealand Championships Napier, New Zealand Grass Singles – Doubles	Percival Clennell Fenwick 6–2 6–0 6–4	E.P. Hudson

The list of winners by number of singles titles won:

• Ernest Wool Lewis—Bournemouth, Chiswick Park, Eastbourne, Stamford Bridge, Teignmouth, Torquay—(6)
• Henry Slocum—Harrison, Livingston, Nahant, New Haven, Wentworth—(5)
• H.W. Fletcher—Chapel Allerton, Ilkley, Stockton-on-Tees, Whitby—(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)
• Willoughby Hamilton—Dublin (Fitzwilliam), Dublin (Landsdowne), Howth—(3)
• Charles Gladstone Eames—Rochester, Stevenage—(2)
• Grainger Chaytor—Kilkenny, Parsonstown—(2)
• Ernest George Meers—Leyton, Leyton (2nd)—(2)
• Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon— –(2)
• Frederick William Snook—Nottingham, Nottingham (2nd) –(2)
• Henry Augustus Taylor–Stentonn, Southampton—(2)
• Percival Clennell Fenwick—Napier, Napier (2nd) –(2)
• Valentine Gill Hall—Hitchin, Tivoli–(2)
• Ernest Renshaw–Irish Championships, Dublin–(1)
• Herbert Lawford-Wimbledon, London-(1)
• James Dwight–(1)
• Manliffe Goodbody–(1)
• Richard Sears–U.S. National Championships,Newport, Rhode Island–(1)

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