1886 Men's Tennis tour
The 1886 Men's tennis tour was composed of the tenth annual pre-open era tour incorporating 85 tournaments.[1] The tour began in April in London, Great Britain and ended in December in Napier, New Zealand.
![]() Willoughby Hamilton is the joint title leader this year with Britain's Ernest Wool Lewis | |
Details | |
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Duration | 24 April – 12 November |
Edition | 10th |
Tournaments | 85 (Amateur) |
Categories | Important National Regional or State County Local or Other |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | ![]() ![]() |
Most tournament finals | ![]() |
← 1885 1887 → |
Summary of tour
In the four most important tournaments of the year Herbert Lawford win a third successive Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin beating Willoughby Hamilton in four sets. William Renshaw wins a sixth consecutive Wimbledon Championship defeating Irish Champion Herbert Lawford in four sets. At the Northern Championships in Liverpool, Harry Grove beats defending champion James Dwight in three straight sets. In the United States Dick Sears wins a sixth consecutive US National Championship beating Robert Livingston Beeckman in four sets.
In the United States the sectional tournaments the New England Championships, Northwestern Championships and Southern Championships are all staged for the first time this year. In New Zealand the New Zealand Championships are held for the first time at Napier, New Zealand.
Irish player Willoughby Hamilton and British player Ernest Wool Lewis were joint title leaders this season winning 4 titles each. Harry Grove reached the most finals with 7 in total winning 3 of them.
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),[2] in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
Important tournaments [3][4][5][6] |
National tournaments |
State Regional tournaments |
County tournaments |
Local tournaments |
January
No events
February
No events
March
No events'
April
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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17 April | British Covered Court Championships [7] London, Great Britain Hard (indoor) Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-2 1-6 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ![]() | ||
17 April | Seventh Regiment Tournament [8] 7th Regiment LTC, New York City, United States Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-5 6-2 | ![]() | ||
May
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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10 - 15 May | Dublin University Championships[9] Dublin Ireland Hard | ![]() 6-3 6-4 6-0 | ![]() | ||
10 - 17 May | Fitzwilliam Club Championships[10] Dublin Ireland Hard | ![]() 6-3 6-4 6-0 | ![]() | ||
8 - 18 May | New South Wales Championships[11] Sydney, Australia Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-0, 6-0, 5-7, 8-6 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
12 - 20 May | Ceylon Championships[12] Nuwara Eliya Ceylon Clay | ![]() 6-3 6-4 6-0 | ![]() | ||
17 - 23 May | Fitwilliam Purse Dublin Ireland Grass | ![]() 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 | ![]() | ||
24 - 29 May | Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[13] Dublin, Ireland Grass | ![]() 5-7 6-4 6-4 7-5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Challenger![]() |
June
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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1- 4 June | Whitehouse Tournament [14] Edinburgh, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-1 8-6 6-1 | ![]() | ||
1 - 6 June | Kent Championships [15] Beckenham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ![]() | ||
31 May - 6 June | New York Lawn Tennis Club Tournament New York City, United States Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-3 6-0 6-0 | ![]() | ||
31 May - 6 June | West of England Championships[16] Bath, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-4 6-3 6-4 | ![]() | ||
7 June | Oxford University Tournament[17] Oxford, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 2-6 6-3 6-2 4-6 8-6 | ![]() | ||
9- 12 June | Middle States Championships[18] Hoboken, NJ, United States Singles - Doubles | ![]() 1-6 8-6 6-2 6-8 6-1 | ![]() | ||
7 -13 June | East Gloucestershire Championships[19] Cheltenham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-3 6-4 6-4 | ![]() | ||
15 - 19 June | Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC[20] Hastings-on-Hudson, New York United States Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-0 retired | ![]() | ||
14 - 19 June | Scottish Championships[21][22] Edinburgh, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Challenge round![]() | |||||
14 - 20 June | Welsh Championships Penarth, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-0 retired | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
15 - 19 June | Championship of London[23] London, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 7-5 6-1 6-3 | ![]() | ||
Challenger![]() | |||||
16 -19 June | Orange Spring Tournament[24][25] Montrose, South Orange, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ![]() ![]() | ||
16–19 June | Waterloo Tournament[26] Liverpool, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-3 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Challenger![]() | |||||
19 June | Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Cambridge, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() ![]() divided title | ![]() 3rd place | ||
5 June | Clifton Tournament[27] Clifton, Bristol, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() w.o. | ![]() | ||
21 - 26 June | Northern Championships[28] Liverpool, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-4 6-3 6-1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Challenge round![]() | |||||
23 -26 June | Warriston Park [29] Edinburgh, Great Britain Grass | ![]() 6-3 6-0 ret. | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
24 - 26 June | Redhill Tournament Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ![]() shared title due to bad weather | |||
5 June | New Jersey State Championships [30][31] Beckenham, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
July
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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9 July | New England Championships[32] New Haven, United States Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-4 6-2 7-5 | ![]() | ||
13 July | Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-0 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ![]() | ||
![]() ![]() 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
28 - 31 July | Northumberland Championships[33] Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-3 6-0 6-0 | ![]() |
August
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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2 - 7 August | Exmouth Tournament[34] Exmouth, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-2 7-9 6-4 7-5 | ![]() | ||
19 - 21 August | North Western Championships[35] St. Paul, MN, United States Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-5 6-1 6-2 | ![]() | ||
23 -28 August | Derbyshire Championships[36] Buxton, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 5-7 6-2 6-1 9-7 | ![]() | ||
23 - 28 August | US National Championships Newport, United States Singles - Doubles | ![]() 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-4 | ![]() | ||
![]() ![]() 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 | ![]() ![]() |
September
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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30 August - 7 September | South of England Championships[37] Eastbourne, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-3 6-4 6-0 | ![]() | ||
October
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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1 - 3 October | Southern Championships [38] Wilmington, United States Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-2 6-1 6-2 | ![]() | ||
9 - 14 October | North of England Championships[39] Scarborough, Great Britain Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-6 6-2 | ![]() | ||
12 - 14 October | National Collegiate Championships[40] New Haven, United States Singles - Doubles | ![]() | ![]() | ||
22 - 26 October | Victorian Championships[41] Melbourne, Australia Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 | ![]() | ||
November
No events'
December
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
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28 - 30 December | New Zealand Championships[42] Napier, New Zealand Singles - Doubles | ![]() 6-2 6-0 6-4 | ![]() | ||
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Rankings
Source: The Concise History of Tennis
Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1886 [43] | ||||
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References
- Nieuwland, Alex (2009–2017). "Tournaments - Search for Tournament - Year - 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 9781598843002.
- Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. p. 199. ISBN 9780718501952.
- Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. pp. 5–36. ISBN 9781549746475.
- Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.
- "Edition – British Covered Court Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- 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. New York, NY, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 13.
- "Edition – Dublin University LT Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Fitzwilliam Club Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – New South Wales Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Ceylon Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Irish Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "Edition – Whitehouse 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Kent Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – West of England Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archive. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Oxford University Tournament 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York, NY, USA: New York, American sports publishing company. p. 141.
- "Edition – Cheltenham 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- 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. New York, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 11.
- "Edition – Scottish Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 62–64. OCLC 5358651.
- "Edition – London Athletic Club 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- 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. New York, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 11.
- "Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Waterloo 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Clifton 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- "Edition – Warriston Park 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- 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. New York, NY, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 12.
- "Edition – New Jersey State Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York, NY, USA: New York, American sports publishing company. p. 141.
- "Edition –Northumberland Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Exmouth 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017.
- "Edition – Northwestern Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – Buxton 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – South of England Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York, NY, USA: New York, American sports publishing company. p. 142.
- "Edition – North of England Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017.
- Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York, NY, USA: New York, American sports publishing company. p. 140.
- "Edition – Victorian Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- "Edition – New Zealand Championships 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. p. 14. ISBN 9781549746475.
Sources
- A. Wallis Myers, ed. (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 5358651.
- 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. New York, NY, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & Co.
- 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 - 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV.
- Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York, NY, USA: New York, American sports publishing company.
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.
Attribution
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