1883 Men's Tennis tour

The 1883 Men's tennis tour [1] was the seventh annual tennis tour, consisting of 31 tournaments. The Wimbledon Championships was won by William Renshaw for the third consecutive year, while Richard Sears continued his dominance at the U.S. National Championships also winning a third successive title. Other big winners this season were Ernest Renshaw, picking up the Irish Championships, Herbert Wilberforce winning the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships in Manchester, and Herbert Lawford collecting his second and final title at the Princes Club Championships. The title leader this season was Charles Walder Grinstead winning 5 tournaments from 6 finals.

1883 Men's tennis tour
Ernest Renshaw wins one of the big 5 important tournaments of the year the Irish Championships
Details
Duration24 April – 12 November
Edition7th
Tournaments31 (Amateur)
CategoriesImportant (5)
National championships (3)
County/Regional/State championships (6)
Other (11)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Charles Walder Grinstead (5)
Most tournament finals Charles Walder Grinstead (6)
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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.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key
Important tournaments [3][4][5][6][7]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

January

No event

February

'No event

March

'No event

April

May
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
7–13 May[8]1883 Dublin University Championships
Dublin, Ireland
Outdoor
Hard (Asphalt)
Singles		 Tom Campion
5–7 6–1 7–5		 Charles Henry Chaytor Herbert Knox Mackay
H. McDermott		 David Wilson Christie
Eyre Chatterton
William R. A. Joynt
J. E. L. Stein
13–14 MayGloucester tournament [9]
Bath, Great Britain
Outdoor
Clay
Singles - Doubles		 George M. Butterworth
?		 G. J. Mitton H. B. Porter
James R. Tyers		 William Salmon Bush
A. H. Griffiths
C. G. Newton
G. J. Mitton
21–27 May[10]Irish Lawn Tennis Championships
Dublin, Ireland
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Ernest Renshaw
3–6 6–3 7–5 1–6 6–3		 Herbert Lawford Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
Eyre Chatterton		 Peter Aungier
G. F. Anson
Herbert Lawford
J. W. Wilson
21–27 MayWest of England Championships
Bath, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Ernest de Sylly H. Browne
6–3 6–2 6–3		 Wilfred Milne George M. Butterworth
William C. Taylor
 F. Field
H. Nash
Donald C. Stewart
William C. Taylor
28 May–3 JuneLondon Athletic Club Tournament
Fulham, London, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles		 Herbert Lawford
6–1 4–6 6–2 6–3		 Edward Lake Williams Edgar Lubbock
Herbert Chipp		 Harry S. Barlow
Herbert Chipp
H. H. Green
G. H. Taylor
28 May- 3 June1883 Eastern Championships
Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass, United States
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Joseph Sill Clark
6–4 6–3 5–7 6–4		 James Dwight Richard D. Sears
Joseph Sill Clark		 G. W. Beales
Clarence Clark
James Dwight

June
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
4–10 June[11]1883 East Gloucestershire Championships
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Donald Charles Stewart
6—0 6—1 6—0		 William John Bush-Salmon
6–8 June[12]1883 National Collegiate Championships Spring
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Joseph Sill Clark
6—1 6—1		 George Sargent
11–16 JuneWaterloo Tournament
Liverpool, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Bruce J. Ismay
6—3 6—1		 Gerald Barker Gerald Barker
J. W. Fowler		 H. W. Hind
R. H. Jones
J. A. Rome
11–17 June[13]Sussex County Lawn Tennis Club Spring Tournament
Brighton, Great Britain
Indoor
Hard
Singles - Doubles		 Charles Walder Grinstead
6—3 5—7 7—5 1—6 6—4		 Donald Charles Stewart Robert Howden Kellie
Charles Walder Grinstead		 Hugh V. Workman-MacNaghten
Robert Howden Kellie
Leopold James (Leo) Maxse
13–16 June[14]1883 Tenby tournament
Tenby, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Herbert Wilberforce
6—2 6—1 6—1		 P. T. Ashe
18-24 June[15]1883 Leicestershire Championships
Leicester, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Charles Walder Grinstead
4—6 6—3 6—2 6—1		 Ernest Wool Lewis Ernest Wool Lewis
Francis William Monement		A. F. Cousins
Alfred Sydney Noon
Francis William Monement
18-24 June[16]1883 Princes Club Championships
London, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Herbert Lawford
6—2 6—0 6—1		 William Taylor Edward Lake Williams
William Taylor		 H. Blane
Edgar Lubbock
Edward Lake Williams
23 June- 1 July[17]Northern Championships
Manchester, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Herbert Wilberforce
6—1 3—6 6—1 6—0		 Champion Branfill Russell John Hartley
John Ravenscroft		 Peter Aungier
A. L. Payne
John Ravenscroft
Edward Lake Williams

July
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
3–9 July[18]Warwickshire Championships
Leamington Spa, Great Britain,
Outdoor
Grass
Singles – Doubles		 Charles Walder Grinstead
8–6 3–6 6–3 3–6 6–3		 Herbert Wilberforce Donald Charles Stewart
Herbert Wilberforce		 Sydney Alfred Noon
J. W. Stubbs
Charles Lacy Sweet
7–16 July[19]Wimbledon Championships
London, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 William Renshaw
2–6 6–3 6–3 4–6 6–3		 Donald C. Stewart Ernest Renshaw
W. C. Taylor		 Marmaduke S. Constable
Charles Walder Grinstead
Herbert Wilberforce
Challenger
Ernest Renshaw
16-22 July[20]1883 Redhill tournament
Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Leopold James (Leo) Maxse
3–6 6–4 6–4		 Herbert Chipp William John Down
Herbert Chipp		 F. E. Cole
Harold S. Stone
Leopold James (Leo) Maxse
17-21 July[21]1883 Scottish Championships
Edinburgh,Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 John Galbraith Horn
6–4 6–5 1–6 6–2		 E. M. Shand A. L. Davidson
E. M. Shand		 Dr Walter William Chamberlain
A.H. Douglas
Frederick William Knox
Challenger
Arthur Walton Fuller
24 JulyCounty Kildare Tournament [22]
Naas, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Peter Aungier
6-0, 6-3, 6-2 [23]		 Algernon A. M. Aylmer
18-26 July[24]1883 Northumberland Championships
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Mark Fenwick
?		 Minden Fenwick
23–29 JulyEssex Championships[25]
Brentwood, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Charles Walder Grinstead
6–1 6–3 6–4		 P. Colley Geoffrey Fowell Buxton
R. C. Ball		 Edward North Buxton
P.M. Evans
F. W. Freeman
H.E. Solly
23–29 JulySouth of Ireland Championships [26]
Limerick Cup
, Limerick Cricket Club, Limerick, Ireland
Outdoor
Grass
Singles		 Eyre Chatterton
6–1 6–0 6–0		 Albert E. Browning
?		 H. Evelyn
William H. Gavin		 J. Bagott
William Dawson
6 H. Leighton
J. Butler Robinson
Challenger
Edward Montiford Longfield Lysaght
23-29 JulyLondon Athletic Club Tournament
, London Athletic Club, Fulham, London, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles		 M. S. Constable
3–6 6–1 6–2 3–6 6–2		 Arthur Hallward Arthur Hallward
H. H. Playford		 Stewart Bathurst
A. Medley
H. H. Playford
24-28 JulyLimerick Tournament
Limerick, Ireland
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Ernest de Sylly Browne
6–3 6–2 6–5		 Charles R. B. Heaton-Armstrong
6–2 9–7		 F. G. Kennedy
Charles R. B. Heaton-Armstrong		 R. Browne
F. G. Kennedy
A. W. Shaw
Challenger
William Dawson
24–29 July[27]Norwich tournament
Norwich, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Francis William Monement
6–2 6–5		 William Bolding Monement Walter Edward Hansell
William Bolding Monement		 Henry Chartres Biron
J.H. Gwillim
Walter Edward Hansell

August
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
14 August1883 Exmouth tournament
Exmouth, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		 Charles Walder Grinstead
6—2 6—5 6—4		 Teddy Williams
13 - 17 AugWest Sussex Championships[28]
East Grinstead, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 William Nevill Cobbold
6-3, 6-5		James David Vans Agnew
24 AugustU.S. National Championships
Newport, United States
Singles - Doubles		 Richard Sears
6—2 6—0 9—7		 James Dwight
Richard Sears
James Dwight
6—0, 6—2, 6—2		 Alexander Van Rensselaer
Arthur Newbold

September
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
3 September1883 South of England Championships
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		 Teddy Williams
6—1 8—6 4—6 7—5		 Charles Walder Grinstead

October
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
11 October1883 National Collegiate Fall Championships 1883
Hartford, United States
Singles - Doubles		 Howard Augustus Taylor
2—6 6—2 6—4 6—0		 William V.S. Thorne
26-27 OctoberFall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC
Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Richard Field Conover
6-1, 6-4 [29]		 Alexander Van Rensselaer

November
Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
27 November1883 Victorian Championships
Melbourne, Australia
Singles - Doubles		 Louis Australia Whyte
6—5 6—4 6—3		 Walter John Carre Riddell

December

No Events

Tournament winners

Note: important tournaments in bold

NameTournamentsTotal
Charles Walder GrinsteadGrinstead,Brentwood,Brighton,Exmouth,Leicester,Lemington-Spa5
Donald Charles StewartCheltenham1
Ernest de Sylly H. BrowneBath, Limerick LC2
Ernest RenshawIrish Championships1
Eyre ChattertonLimerick1
Francis William MonementNorwich1
George M. ButterworthBath1
Herbert LawfordPrinces Club1
Herbert WilberforceTenby, Northern Championships2
Howard Augustus TaylorNewport RI1
Richard Field ConoverHastings-on-the Hudson, NY1
John Galbraith HornEdinburgh1
Joseph Sill ClarkHartford, Longwood2
Leopold MaxseRedhill1
Louis Australia WhyteMelbourne1
M. S. ConstableLondon1
Richard SearsUS National Championships1
Teddy WilliamsEastbourne1
Tom CampionDublin1
William RenshawWimbledon1

Rankings

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1883 [30]
# Player
1 William Renshaw (GBR)
2 Ernest Renshaw (GBR)
3 Herbert Lawford (GBR)
4 Ernest de S. H. Browne (Ireland)
5 Charles Walder Grinstead (GBR)
6 Donald Stewart (GBR)
7 Herbert Wilberforce (GBR)
8 John Hartley (GBR)

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