1886 Men's Tennis Season

The season began in March in Auckland, New Zealand and ended in December in Napier, New Zealand.

1886 men's tennis season

Willoughby Hamilton is the joint title leader this year with American Robert Livingston Beeckman.
Details
Duration	7 March – 30 December
Edition	11th
Tournaments	135 (Amateur)
Categories	Important (4) National (6) Provincial/Regional/State (25) County (14) Regular (86)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Willoughby Hamilton (5) Robert Livingston Beeckman (5)
Most tournament finals	Harry Grove(7)
← 1885 1887 →

In the four most important tournaments of the year Herbert Lawford wins 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 American 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 new regional 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 American player Robert Livingston Beeckman were joint title leaders this season winning 5 titles each. Harry Grove reached the most finals with 7 in total winning 3 of them.

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.

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

Key

January

No events

February

No events

March

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
7-12.	Auckland Championships Auckland, New Zealand Hard Singles – Doubles	William Edward Barton 6-1, 6–3, 6-2	George Watson Holdship	F.E. Mason   William Alexander Ridings

April

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
17 April	British Covered Court Championships London, Great Britain Hard (indoor) Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lake Williams 6-2 1-6 5-7 6-4 6-4	Herbert Lawford	Frederick Bowlby   Harry Grove	P.G. Mayre   John Charles Kay   Arthur John Stanley   Alfred E. Walker
17 April	Seventh Regiment Championship Seventh Regiment Armory Manhattan, New York City, United States Hard (i) Singles – Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall 6-5 6-2	?

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
30 Apr–1 May	Killiney and Ballybrack Championships Killiney and Ballybrack Killiney and Ballybrack, County Dublin, Ireland Grass	Willoughby Hamilton 12-10, 0–6, 6–3, 5–7, 14-12	Grainger Chaytor	Thomas Harrison Griffiths	Charles Henry Chaytor   Harold Mahony   Francis Woodcock Perry
10–15 May	Dublin University Championships Dublin Ireland Hard	Eyre Chatterton 6-3 6-4 6-0	Grainger Chaytor	Manliffe Goodbody   Phillip Sandford	Tom Campion   Charles Chaytor   Harold Mahony
10–17 May	Fitzwilliam Club Championships Dublin Ireland Hard	Willoughby Hamilton 6-3 6-4 6-0	Eyre Chatterton	Ernest Browne   Toler Garvey
8–18 May	New South Wales Championships Sydney, Australia Singles – Doubles	Charles William Cropper 6-0, 6–0, 5–7, 8-6	William John Bush-Salmon   R. D. Fitzgerald	Louis Whyte   Charles T. Metcalfe	Walter John Carre Riddell   H. E. Merewether   J. R. King   H. W. Bartram
12–20 May	Ceylon Championships The Hill Club Nuwara Eliya Ceylon Clay	Charles Edward De Fonblanque 6-3 6-4 6-0	Edward George Farquharson
20–22 May.	West of Scotland Championships Pollockshields Athletic Club Glasgow, Lankarkshire, Scotland Grass Singles – Doubles	T. Leigh MacLachlan 6–1, 6–3, 6-3	J.B. Gray	J.T.C. MacKinlay   Edward Mortimer Shand	C.A. Gairdner   C. Gray   A. McWilliam   J. Robertson
		Walter William Chamberlain   Jane Meikle 6-1, 6-2	John Galbraith Horn   Julia MacKenzie
20–22 May.	Western Counties Championship Pollockshields Athletic Club Pollockshields, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Archibald Thompson 6-2 4-6 8-6 6-8 6-2	John Galbraith Horn	Henry Guy Nadin   George Nelson Stenhouse	Lachlan McLachlan   J.T.C. MacKinlay   Arthur Nevile John Story   T. Service
		Walter William Chamberlain   Arthur Nevile John Story 6–2, 6–1, 6-4	J. Rodger   P. Smith
17–23 May	Fitzwilliam Purse Dublin Ireland Grass	Grainger Chaytor 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-2	Francis Woodcock Perry
24–29 May	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships Dublin, Ireland Grass	Herbert Lawford 5-7 6-4 6-4 7-5	Eyre Chatterton	James Dwight   Toler Garvey	Tom Campion   Thomas Harrison Griffiths   H.J. Maguire   Ronald M. McDougall
		Challenger   Willoughby Hamilton

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
1–4 Jun.	Whitehouse Open Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland. Clay Singles – Doubles	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-1 8-6 6-1	George Nelson Stenhouse	Walter William Chamberlain   T. Leigh MacLachlan	George Kerr   Richard Millar Watson
		J. Ferguson   Miss A. Steel 6-3, 4–6, 3-2 ret.	E. Ferguson   Miss W. Ferguson
4-5 Jun.	Young America Cricket Club Invitation Young America Cricket Club Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Robert Livingston Beeckman 6-4,6-4, 9-7	Joseph Sill Clark Sr.	Clarence Munroe Clark   Howard Augustus Taylor
1–6 Jun	Kent Championships Beckenham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Herbert Chipp 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3	Edward James Avory	Frederick Bowlby   James Herbert Crispe	Harold Greenwell   Ernest George Meers   G.H. Taylor   William C. Taylor
31 May–6 Jun	West of England Championships Bath, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	James Dwight 6-4 6-3 6-4	Henry Grove	Mark Hartnell   Booth Lynes	Joshua Burton   Ernest Browne   John Charles Kay   Stewart Murray
7 Jun	Oxford University Champion Tournament Oxford, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Howard Pease 2-6 6-3 6-2 4-6 8-6	Thomas Musgrave Burton	H.T. Burrell   J.B. Forman	Bargeny McCulloch   Francis Edward Cuming   Richard Heron Gee   Henry Edwin Hunter Kent
6–11 Jun.	County Wexford Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Wexford, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	G. Foley 6-1, 6-2	Edmond Thomas Molyneux Sandwith
9–12 Jun	Middle States Championships Hoboken, New Jersey, United States Singles – Doubles	Robert L. Beeckman 1-6 8-6 6-2 6-8 6-1	William E. Glyn	F. Keyser   Henry Slocum	H.W. Bucknall   Morton Paton   Morgan Post   W. Trimble
7–13 Jun	East Gloucestershire Championships Cheltenham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-3 6-4 6-4	James Dwight	Mark Hartnell   Edward G. Meyricke	James Baldwin   A.W. Gordon   Harry Grove   Arthur Godfrey Pease
17 Jun	Somerville Championship Somerville Tennis Club Somerville United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Edward Falcombe Woods 6-2, 6-2	Robert Lincoln	C.E. Fitz	Elmer Rand Hollander   Fred. E. Wood
14–19 Jun	Scottish Championships Edinburgh, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-1	Archibald Thomson	James H. Aitken   George Nelson Stenhouse	Walter William Chamberlain   Charles R. A. Howden   George Kerr   Arthur Nevile John Story
		Challenger   Herbert Bowes-Lyon
15–19 Jun	Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC Hastings-on-Hudson, New York United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Robert L. Beeckman 6-0 retired	H.W. Bucknall	Morton Spring Paton   Henry Slocum	M. Gardner   Grant Notman   R.R. Perkins   M. Post
15–19 Jun	London Championships London, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 7-5 6-1 6-3	Harry Grove	Herbert Chipp   Ernest George Meers	James Herbert Crispe   A.R. Lewis   Arthur John Stanley   William C. Taylor
		Challenger  Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
16–19 Jun	Orange Spring Tournament Montrose, South Orange, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Robert Livingston Beeckman 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3	William Edward Glyn	Edward Peale MacMullen   Henry Slocum	H.V. Berry   Grant Notman   Morton Spring Paton   Carroll J. Post Jr.
16–19 Jun	Waterloo Tournament Liverpool, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	Jacob Gaitskell Brown 6-3 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-1	William Parkfield Wethered	J.E. Edmondson   Beresford St George Verschoyle	J.M. Draper   G.R. Edgecombe   C.E. Edmondson   E. Harley
		Challenger   Charles Stananought
19 Jun	Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Cambridge, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	George E. D. Brown   William Nevill Cobbold divided title	Frederick Whitehead 3rd place
14–20 Jun	Welsh Championships Penarth, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-0 retired	James Baldwin	W.M. Brownlee   Charles Lacy Sweet	William Gascoyne Dalziel   E.W. David   John Redfern Deykin   D.D. Rees
21–26 Jun	Clifton Open Clifton, Bristol, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Lacy Sweet w.o.	Mark Anthony Hartnell	William Methven Brownlee   John Charles Kay	James Baldwin   Arnold Wyersdale Blake   Herbert Washbourne Gibbs   Booth Hodgetts Lynes
21–26 Jun	Northern Championships Liverpool, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Harry Grove 6-4 6-3 6-1	William Parkfield Wethered	W. R. Craig   Ernest Renshaw	Jacob Gaitskell Brown   A.P. Jones   Charles Frederick Latham   Andrew Laurie Macfie
		Challenger   James Dwight
23–26 Jun	Warriston Park LTC Tournament Edinburgh, Great Britain Grass	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-3 6-0 ret.	J.P. Smythe	George Kerr   Charles Murray	Lewin Venn Alexander   Alfred Aitken Thomson   Pat. Smith   George Nelson Stenhouse
24–26 Jun	Redhill Tournament Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	Harold S. Stone   Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross shared title	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow   Percy Bateman Brown	E. Brown   William John Down   E.A. Ranger   William Taylor
28–30 Jun	New Jersey State Championships South Orange, New Jersey United States Singles – Doubles	Richard Field Conover 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3	R.J. Halsey	Peter R. Lyman   Edgar Williams	E.R. Bellman     Samuel A. Campbell Jr.   S.C. Hodge   C.F. Watson

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
Jul.	Natal Championships Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Grass Singles Doubles	Mr. Booth 6-1, 6–1, 6-1	A.E. Townsend
28 Jun–2 Jul	Edgbaston Open Tournament Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	John Redfern Deykin 6–1, 6–3, 8-6	C.H. Rossbent	G.E. Lowe   John George Thursfield	Percy Bateman Brown   H.P. Darling   James Dwight   E.P. Wright
		John Redfern Deykin   Mr. Rose 6-0, 6-2	George Ernest Dixon Brown   Percy Bateman Brown
		John Redfern Deykin   Maud Watson 7-5, 6–1, 4–6, 2–6, 8-6	William Renshaw   Margaret Bracewell
28 Jun–2 Jul	Midland Counties Championships Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Frank Noon 6–4, 6–2, 6-4	J.H. Mitchell	] Herbert Haden Monckton   William Brunston Thursfield	Henry Simmons Burbridge  ] John Redfern Deykin   A.H. Griffiths   W. Hasluck
		Challenger   Conway John Morgan
1–3 July	Northumberland Cricket Club Open Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Kenneth Ramsden Marley 7-5 2-6 6-4 4-6 6-4	William Edwin Pease	Mark Fenwick   Charles Liddell	Arthur Wellesley Hallward   H.A. Murton   Harold Gurney Pease   W.R. Wilson
1–3 July.	Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Stafford Institute LTC Stafford, Great Britain Grass Singles	Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon 6-5 6-3	Conway John Morgan	W.H. Edward   Frederick Anthony Watts	Henry Simmons Burbridge   John Redfern Deykin   A.H. Griffiths   G.E. Lowe
3-5 Jul.	Ilkley Open Tournament Ilkley LTC Ilkley, Yorkshire, England Grass	William Henry Mahon 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-5	E.W. Fletcher	F. Brown   M. Pole	George Graham Stewart Grundy   Alan J. Hartley   B. Hartley   Alexander Mallinson
6 Jul.	Championship of Minnesota (later Minnesota Open) Minnesota LTC Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Singles – Doubles	Lucius Pond Ordway ?	?
3 - 7 Jul.	Scarlet Ribbon Amateur Tournament Scarlet Ribbon LTC Groveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Grass	Charles A. Chase 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4	Henry Slocum
8 Jul.	Edinburgh University LTC Open Edinburgh University LTC Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6–1, 6–2, 6-1	James H. Aitken	A.M. Inglis   Arthur Nevile John Story	J.H. Conyers   R.F.C. Little   Stanley Riseley   D.J. Walls
6–9 Jul.	New England Championships New Haven LTC New Haven, Connecticut United States Singles – Doubles	Henry Slocum 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1	Francis Gibbons (Frank) Beach	A.L. Ripley   Philip Shelton Sears	Godfrey Malbone Brinley   Lewis Henry Paddock  William Larned Thacher
7-10 Jul.	Thirsk Lawn Tennis Tournament Thirsk LTC Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England Grass	Seward Wilfrid Meek 6-2 6-4	C.H.C. Harrison	W.T. Baines   J.W. Willans	T.L. Johnston   Thomas Oswald Swarbreck   A. Snowden   E.M. Turner
7–10 Jul	Broughty Ferry Open Broughty Ferry LTC Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland Clay Singles - Doubles	Archibald Thompson 6-2 4-6 8-6 6-8 6-2	J.B. Gray	J.B. Gray   W.H. Blyth Martin   J. St. John	Herbert Bowes-Lyon   J. Rodger   Arthur Nevile John Story   C.E. Todd
		Archibald Thompson   J.B. Gray 8-6, 6–1, 4–6, 7-5	A.M. Inglis   Arthur Nevile John Story
		Arthur Nevile John Story   Miss Malcom 6-3, 6-2	Archibald Thompson   Miss. Hay
8–10 Jul	Chapel Allerton LTC Tournament Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis Club Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Grass Singles – Doubles	John Thorneycroft Hartley 2-6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6-0	William Henry Mahon
8–10 Jul.	Claremount Park Open Claremont Park Public Lawn Tennis Ground Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Grass Singles – Doubles	Walter Reid Craig 6–4, 6-3	C. Howard	W.J. Read   Owen Seaman	J.W. Burgess   B.H. Cockson   A.W. Denton   H. Howard
		C. Howard   H. Howard 6-2, 6-3	Owen Seaman   Mr. Worship
		Walter Reid Craig   Miss Viener 6-3, 4–6, 6-2	Mr. Howarth  Miss.Moore
13 Jul	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	William Renshaw 6-0 5-7 6-3 6-4	Herbert Lawford
		William Renshaw   Ernest Renshaw 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5	Claude Farrer   Arthur Stanley
7–14 Jul	Langley Marish Tournament Langley Marish, Berkshire, England Grass	Felix Henry Prince Palmer 6–2, 3–6, 6-4	Montague Alfred Orgill	Alexander Kaye Butterworth   A.J. de Winton	Gervase O'Brien Alington   H.F. Goodford   Wiliam Harry Nash   Welby Francis Montresor
13–15 Jul	Burton-on-Trent Open Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	William Henry Mahon 6–2, 6–0, 7-5	Lewin Venn Alexander	Edward Evershed   Geoffrey Meynell Heathcote-Hacker	F.A. Clark   W.G. Lowe   H.E. Sugden
		Henry Guy Nadin   W.G. Lowe 4-6, 6–3, 7–5, 8-6	Lewin Venn Alexander   William Henry Mahon
		F.A. Clark   Miss Denton 6-4, 4–6, 8-6	Frank Noon   Mrs Hodson
14–17 Jul	North Berkshire ALTC Tournament Abingdon, North Berkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	W.R. Carles 6–1, 5–6, 6-1	A.H. Jacob	Arthur Percy Jones   Mr. Pridham	T.E. Graham   H.B. Hawkes   Mr. Hickley Mr. Michel
16–17 Jul.	Galashiels Tournament Galashiels LTC/Gala Club Langshaw, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Arthur Nevile John Story 7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 7–9, 6-0	George Kerr	J.E. Sanderson   J. St. John	Buckham Brown   Alfred Aitken Thomson   Forrester John Thomson   Richard Millar Watson
20–24 Jul.	Somersetshire Championships West Somerset LTC Taunton, Somerset, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Legassicke Hancock 2-6 8-6 6-4	James Baldwin	Arnold Wyersdale Blake   A.E. Sloman	F. Badcock   W.A. Newman   C.R. Rodwell   R.P. Spurway
20–23 Jul.	Buffalo Lawn Tennis Tournament Summer Street Grounds Buffalo, New York State, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Ganson Depew 6–3, 6–2, 6-1	Edward Everett Tanner	Mr. Barr   R. Keep	Mr. Brent   Henry Gordon Mackenzie   Oliver Richard MacKlem   Mr. Wilcox
20–23 Jul.	Rothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament Craigmore Lawn Tennis Club Craigmore, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. Clay Singles – Doubles	Anderson Steel 7–5, 6–2, 9-7	Charles Higginbottom	D.G.L. MacLure   Edward Mortimer Shand
19–24 Jul	Middlesex Championships Chiswick Park, Middlesex, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Harry Grove 6–3, 6–2, 6-3	Teddy Williams	Tom Campion   Herbert Wilberforce	Herbert Chipp   Herbert Bowes-Lyon   William C. Taylor   Robert Charles Thompson
		Herbert Chipp   Ernest Wool Lewis 7-5, 4–6, 6–1, 3-6	Harry Grove   Teddy Wiliams
		William Renshaw   Blanche Bingley 6-3, 4–6, 6-4	William C. Taylor   May Jacks
21 - 24 July.	South of Ireland Championships Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6-3 6-1 6-2	Edward M. L. Lysaght	William Drumond Hamilton	Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph   R.C. Hamilton
		Challenger   Thomas Harrison Griffiths
22–24 Jul.	Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Leicester, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-4	John Redfern Deykin	William Nevill Cobbold   Frank Noon	Alfred Henry Betham   Percy Bateman Brown   George Ernest Dixon Brown   G.F. Mitton
20–27 Jul	Northern Counties Challenge Cup Norton, County Durham, England Grass Singles - Doubles	E.W. Fletcher 6–0, 6–3, 3–6, 6-4	A. Dunn jr.	Kenneth Ramsden Marley	Arthur Burgess Crosby   John Hartley   Arthur Godfrey Pease
20–27 Jul	Norton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament Norton, County Durham, England Grass Singles - Doubles	George Richmond Mewburn 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 7-5	B. Hartley	Charles Liddell   Seward Wilfrid Meek
22–27 Jul	Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Athboy, County Meath, Ireland. Outdoor Grass Singles	Mr. Owens 6–3, 6-2	R. Graham	W.M. Hayes   G.H. Orpen	J. Chadwick   Herbert Newcombe Craig   C. Osborne   F.S.C. Ruthven
23–27 Jul.	Molesey Park Lawn Tennis Tournament The Reddings Moseley, Staffordshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	George Reston Brewerton 6-2, 6–1, 6-2	R.H. Davidson	E.B. Crockford   Herbert Haden Monckton	W. Hasluck   M.P. Lea   T.H. Spencer   S. Smith
		R.H. Davidson   Mr. Hossell 6-1, 2–6, 6-2	E.B. Crockford Brown   W. J. Crockford
26–28 Jul	Leamington Open Tournament Leamington LTC Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Alfred Henry Betham 8–6, 8–6, 6-4	Harry Grove	Francis Russell Burrow   Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	H.P. Darling   John Redfern Deykin   L. Richardson   Edmund Henry Lacon-Watson
26–28 Jul	Warwickshire Championships Leamington LTC Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	John Redfern Deykin 6–2, 6-2	H. Brain	Albert Cecil Hill   Harry T. Shapley	W. Downing   J. Goodacre   A. Jackson   A.P. Pridmore
27–30 Jul.	Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament Exhibition grounds Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland. Clay	Archibald Thomson 6–2, 6–2, 2-0 ret.	J. Frances	Alfred Aitken Thomson   Richard Millar Watson	S. Collins   J.C. Huie   J. Monteith   Arthur Nevile John Story
27–31 July.	North Wales Challenge Cup Vale of Clwyd LTC Denbigh, Vale of Clwyd, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles	G. Egerton 6-3, 6-4	H. Lloyd Williams	E.L. Engleheart   Henry James Wilson Fosbery	J.P. Lewis   P. Ormrod   H. Lloyd-Parry   E.A. Turnour
		Challenger   R. Lloyd Williams
27–31 Jul.	Canadian International Championships Toronto LTC Toronto, Ontario, Canada Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Smith Hyman 6-4 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-4	Isidore Frederick Hellmuth	H.H. Abbott jr   W.E. Hodgman	Robert Casimir Dickson   A.L. McEwen   Raynald D’Arcy Gamble   Alexander Torrance
28–31 Jul	Northumberland Championships Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6-3 6-0 6-0	Kenneth Ramsden Marley
30–31 Jul.	Staten Island Invitation Staten Island Cricket & Baseball Club Livingston, Staten Island, New York City, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	James Brown 6–3, 6–2, 6-1	E.W. Gould	Basil Spalding de Garmendia	R.H. Nathan   Mr. Waldron

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
August.	Mossley Hall Challenge Cup Bar Harbor Club Bar Harbor, Maine, United States Singles – Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-2 7-9 6-4 7-5	?
August.	Manitoba Championships Manitoba LTC Manitoba College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Grass Singles Doubles	A.H. Dickens ?	?
July– August	Inverkip Rovers Open Castle Wemyss Wemyss Bay, Scotland Grass Singles	Charles H. J. Higginbotham 7-5, 6–4, 0–6, 6-4	Horatio Renaud Babington Peile	Walter Robert Baines Latham	T.F. Donald   D.M. Hannay
		Challenger   G.H. Aitken
		Charles H. J. Higginbotham   D.M. Hannay 5-6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–5, 6-4	Walter Robert Baines Latham   T.F. Donald
		G.H. Aitken   Miss Macquisten 2 sets to 0	D.M. Hannay   Miss Macquisten
27 July–2 August.	East of Ireland Championships Howth, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6-4, 6–1, 6-4	Toler Roberts Garvey
28 Jul–2 Aug.	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	Oliver Samuel Campbell	William Austin Tomes   Philip Shelton Sears
30 Jul–2 Aug.	British Columbia Championships Victoria Lawn Tennis Club Vancouver, BC, Canada Grass Singles Doubles	R.H. Handcock ?	Julian Charles Gaisford
30 Jul–2 Aug.	Rochester Open Paddock Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, Kent, England Grass Singles	David Elgar Payn 8-4, 6–4, 6-3	Alfred E. Walker	R.G. Bailey	A. Buchanan   C.H. Byers   Reverend Dale   Mr. Horsburgh
3–5 Aug.	Seabright Invitational Tournament Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club Rumson, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	H.W. Bucknall 6-2 6-1 6-1	Richard W. Stevens	J.A. Turnbull
2–6 Aug	Darlington Association Tournament Darlington, County Durham, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon ?	Arthur Wellesley Hallward	Thomas Robinson Grey   George Richmond Mewburn	Theodore Coventry   Norman Leslie Hallward   John Galbraith Horn   Captain G.R. Taylor
		Challenger   Arthur Godfrey Pease
		Patrick Bowes-Lyon   John Galbraith Horn 6-3, 6–3, 7-5	Arthur Godfrey Pease   George Richmond Mewburn
		Patrick Bowes-Lyon   Florence Stanuell 6-1, 7-5	John Galbraith Horn   Connie Butler
2–7 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	Arthur Henry Gore Ashe	John M. Brown   Frederick William Knox	William Gore Burroughs   Henry Joseph Gallwey   J. Gore   R.P. Hamilton
		Challenger   Toler Roberts Garvey
2–7 August.	Berrylands Club Tournament Berrylands LTC Surbiton, Surrey, England Outdoor Grass Singles	R. Playford w.o.	L. Newton	J.F. Newton   A.B. Tomkins	G.A. Bolton   E.O. Dunn   F. Rawlings   L.H. Shadbolt
2–7 August	Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Exmouth, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Harry Grove 6-2 7-9 6-4 7-5	Henry Edwin Hunter Kent
5–7 August.	North of Wales Open Pensarn LTC Abergele, Conwy County Borough, North Wales Grass Singles - Doubles	Percy Short 6-2 7-9 7-5 2-6 6-1	W. Lifton Wynne	C. Roberts   F.C. Varey	John Parsons Earwaker   E. Johnson   A.E. Parkinson   R.M. Wynne
5–7 August.	Hull Westbourne Avenue Tournament Westbourne Avenue LTC Kingston upon Hull, England Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	William Henry Mahon 6–1, 6–2, 6-2	L. Harrison	Thomas Barton Holmes   Charles Edmund Tatham	R.H.H. Harker   PF.N. Harrison   Arthur Godfrey Pease   A. Priestman
		Geoffrey Meynell Heathcote-Hacker   R.H.H. Harker 6-4, 6-3	Mr. Grotrian   Mr. Peterson
		F.J. Hirst   Mabel Boulton 6-4, 6-5	Alexander Walton McIlwaine   Miss A. Thorney
3–8 Aug.	Wentworth Open Tournament Hotel Wentworth New Castle, New Hampshire, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-3, 6–4, 6-4	William V.S. Thorne	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry   Henry Slocum	Oliver Samuel Campbell   Charles Amherst Chase   Wallace Percy Knapp   Philip Shelton Sears
10 Aug.	Cooperstown Open Cooperstown, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall 6-4, 8–6, 6-3	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry	Wallace Percy Knapp   Oliver Samuel Campbell
9–11 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	James Baldwin	Henry Stafford Brenchley   E.W. Davies
11 Aug.	Gore Court Championships Sittingbourne, Gore Court Archery and LTC Gore Court, Sittingbourne, Great Britain Outdoor Grass Singles	Charles Gladstone Eames   Ernest George Meers shared title		G.S. Bigg	Wilberforce Eaves   FitzJames Hynes   Arthur Pantin   David Elgar Payn
9–12 August	East Grinstead Lawn Tennis Club Tournament East Grinstead, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 6-3, 6-2	W.E. Seldon	William Nevill Cobbold   David Elgar Payn Rawlinson	J.M. Atkinson   J.A. Heyman   A.H. Robinson   Herbert Charles Yockney
		Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross   William Nevill Cobbold 6-2, 6-0	Wilfred Baddeley   Neville Baddeley
		William Nevill Cobbold   Miss Cobbold 7-5, 6-2	Herbert Charles Yockney   May Jacks
9–13 Aug.	Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Teignmouth LTC Teignmouth, Devon, England Grass Singles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-1 6-0 6-0|	Robert Charles Thompson	Ferguson G. Davies   Stanley Riseley	C.H. Davies   William Sidney Nelson Heard   John Charles Kay   Edward Armstrong O'Neill
10–13 August.	Nahant Invitation Nahant Sporting Club Nahant, Massachusetts, United States Clay Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 6–5, 1–6, 6-4	Robert Livingston Beeckman	Godfrey Malbone Brinley
11–14 August.	East of England Championships Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club Felixstowe, Suffolk, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Alfred Penn Gaskell 5-6, 6–3, 6-3	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
12–14 August.	Penzance Open Penzance LTC Penzance, Cornwall, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	St Clair Kelburn Mulholland Stobart 6-1 6-2	George Arthur Ley Woolcombe	E.H. Oldham   W.C. Perry	C.R. Broad   F.A. Jones   Mr. Mayers
		Rev. Lancelot Melvill Haslope   E.H. Oldham def.	F.A. Jones   St Clair Kelburn Mulholland Stobart.
		Rev. Lancelot Melvill Haslope   Mrs. Lancelot Melvill Haslope def.	St Clair Kelburn Mulholland Stobart.   Mrs. Mabel St Clair Stobart.
16–17 August.	Charmouth Open Charmouth LTC Charmouth, West Dorset, England Outdoor Grass Singles	Reginald Huyshe-Eliot 6-0, 6-5	J.P. Paull	Arthur Preston	Charles Forrest Lovibond   Mr. Pilgrim   Mr. Tripp
		Mr. Pilgrim   Miss Arundell 1-6, 6–2, 6-4	Reginald Huyshe-Eliot   Miss. Hillmann
16–19 August.	County Cavan Lawn Tennis Tournament (later County Cavan Championships) County Cavan LTC, Cavan, Ireland Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	William Percy French ?	?
17–19 August.	Niagara International Tournament Queen's Royal Hotel Court's Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada Grass Singles – Doubles	? ?	?
18–19 Aug.	Macclesfield Open Macclesfield Lawn Tennis Club Macclesfield, England Grass Singles – Doubles	Walter Reid Craig 9-11 6-2 6-4	B. King	C.F.G. Lathom   Elliott L. Oliver	P.W. Allen  W.A. Brewerton   W. Burgess   John Barlow Thistlethwaite
17–20 Aug.	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England Grass Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – Doubles	William Herbert Cohen 7-5 7-5	Oswald Milne	Harold (Harry) Bacon   F.D. Colt	R.C. Bacon   Edward Lee French   B. Hawes   Francis William Monement
16–21 Aug.	Tenby Open Tenby LTC Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	James Baldwin 6-0 6-1 6-1	E.W. David	J.T. Jones   Walter Mace Shipman	William Sidney Nelson Heard   S.W. Smith   James Edgar Lefroy Stein   Captain G.R. Taylor
17–21 August.	King's County and Ormonde Tournament Parsonstown, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Toler Roberts Garvey w.o.	Arthur John de Courcy Wilson	Charles Thomas Biddulph   Hume Riversdale Jones	Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph   George Bloomfield Garvey   Alexander Francis Grant Foulerton   Stanley E. Smith
17–21 Aug.	Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (later Yorkshire Championships) Harrogate Cricket Club Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6-4	Gilbert Mahon	E.W. Fletcher   Arthur Godfrey Pease	George Reston Brewerton   J.S. Burton   Alexander Mallinson   George Richmond Mewburn
		Ernest Browne   E.W. Fletcher 6-2, 6–1, 6-3	George Richmond Mewburn   Arthur Godfrey Pease
		B. Hartley   Mabel Boulton 6-4, 6-4	John Galbraith Horn   Clara Hill
18–21 August	Kursaal LTC Tournament Kursaal LTC Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany Clay Singles – Doubles	H. Gillbanks 6-3, 6–3, 7-5	M. Morris
19–21 August	Northwestern Championships St. Paul, MN, United States Singles – Doubles	W.N. Armstrong 6-5 6-1 6-2	Harry P. Robinson
18–22 Aug	South of Scotland Championships Moffat, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Archibald Thomson 6–3, 6–0, 6-4	J.M. Dickson	P.G. Hall   Alfred Aitken Thomson
		Challenger   T.G. Hill
		Alfred Aitken Thomson   Archibald Thomson 6-3, 6–3, 12-10	Edward B. Morrison   Mr. White
		Edward B. Morrison   Miss Lottie Paterson 0-6, 7–5, 6-3	Richard Millar Watson   Annie Dod
19–23 Aug.	Dundrum Open Dundrum LTC Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	William Drummond Hamilton 6–1, 6–4, 6–3	Arthur Henry Gore Ashe	S. Franks   John H. Bedat-Whaite	Reginald Arthur Gamble   William Woodcock Goodbody   Willoughby Hamilton   H.J. Maguire
23–25 Aug.	Colwyn Bay Lawn Tennis Tournament Pwyllycrochan Park Colwyn Bay, Wales Grass Singles - Doubles	A.S. Soden 6-3, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6-0	Charles John Cole	W.F. Gorton   A.S.H. Wood	C. Bishop   C.W. Pearcely   R.H. Legge   F.M. Rowland
24–27 Aug	Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-0, 6–1, 6-2	James Edgar Lefroy Stein	Henry Francis Herford   C.F. Palmer	H.S. Gover   Booth Hodgetts Lynes   David Elgar Payn   F.W. Randall
		Challenger   H.M. Nicholls
		Ernest Wool Lewis   Mr. Lewis 6-3, 6-4	Harry Saint John Hornby   J.E. Passmore
		Leslie C. Wintle   Miss Vaughan 6-2, 6-3	D.W. Donaldson   Miss Palmer
23–28 August	Derbyshire Championships Buxton, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Tom Campion 5-7 6-2 6-1 9-7	Percy Bateman Brown
23–28 August	US National Championships Newport, United States Singles – Doubles	Richard Sears 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-4	Robert Livingston Beeckman
		Richard Sears   James Dwight 7-5, 5–7, 7–5, 6-4	Howard Taylor   Godfrey Brinley
25–28 Aug.	Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament Manadon, Plymouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles	G.F. Mockler 6-4 6-3	P. Blackburne	T.H. Gill   H.G. Hawker	Shirley Blackburne   Charles Ernest M. Kelly   C.E. Radcliffe   Mr. Swanton
27–28 Aug.	Whitby Open Lawn Tennis Tournament West Cliff Tennis Grounds Whitby, North Yorkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Philip Leslie Hirst 3-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-5	George Reston Brewerton	Harold Stapylton Greenwell   Francis Joseph Hirst	A. Herbert   Charles E. Mackenzie Kelly   Guy A. Robins   W.S. Wright
27–28 August	Lyme Regis Tournament Lyme Regis Recreation Grounds Lyme Regis, England Clay Singles – Doubles	A.R. Ford 1-6, 6–5, 6-3	R.J. Hutchinson	W.Y. Caistor   H. Eliot	N. Marder   J.H. Maund   Frederick Dorville Jackson   T. Preston

September

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
September (Autumn)	Hendon Lawn Tennis Tournament Hendon LTC Little Sherrock Field, Hendon, Middlesex England Clay Singles - Doubles	William Howard 6-0, 2–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6-1	J. Muir MacDonald w.o.	F. Andrew   E.J. Bevan
		Challenger   P.W. Squire
30 Aug - 4 Sep.	West of Ireland Championships County Sligo Lawn Tennis Club Ardaghowen, Sligo, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6-1, 6–1, 6-3	Reginald Arthur Gamble	E. Mack   Captain R. Maxwell	A. Graham   Captain N. Maxwell   Ronald M. McDougall   Owen Wynne
		Challenger   Frederick Foster McClintock
4 September	Armagh Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Armagh, Northern Ireland Outdoor Hard Singles - Doubles	Walter Francis Templer ?	A. Wolfe
30 August – 7 September	South of England Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 6-3 6-4 6-0	Herbert Wilberforce
4 – 7 September	New York Lawn Tennis Club Fall Tournament New York City, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Oliver Samuel Campbell 6-2, 0–6, 6–4, 8-6	Harry Farnum
7–9 September.	Downshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Downshire LTC Royal Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland Outdoor Grass	C.L. Graham 6-5 4-6 6-3	F.G. Gordon	T.G. Gordon   H. Young	G. Clarke   O.B. Graham   W.R. Young
7–9 Sep	West Teviotdale Open Hawick Cricket Ground Hawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Millar Watson 7-5 6-1 6-3	Forrester John Thomson	H.A. Irvine   C.E. Stewart	James R. Carmichael   R.H. MacDonald   W.R. Pringle   J.R. Stewart
		Forrester John Thomson   Richard Millar Watson 9-7 6-2 6-2	H.A. Irvine   R.H. MacDonald
		Richard Millar Watson   Miss Stuart 6-2 6-3	Forrester John Thomson   Miss Scott
7–9 September.	Lenox Invitation Lenox Lawn Tennis Club Harlem, New York, USA Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Robert Livingston Beeckman 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 6-1	Henry Slocum Jr.
9 September.	Delaware Tennis Club Tournament Delaware Tennis Club Wilmington, Delaware, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles Belmont Davis 6-4, 6–4, 3–6, 6-2	Gustavus Remak jr
		Mr. Cowperthwait   Gustavus Remak jr won	?   ?
6-10 September.	Harrisburg Lawn Tennis Tournament Harrisburg Outdoor Club Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Singles – Doubles	Frank Beecher Wiestling ?	George Reilly Jr.
		George E. Etter   Mrs. Weistling won	?   ?
7 – 10 September.	Rochester Open Rochester Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, New York, US Grass Singles – Doubles	Godfrey Malbone Brinley 6-2 6-0 6-2	Ganson Depew	W.E. Hodgman   M. McKenzie	Ernest FitzHugh Ayrault   Charles Amherst Chase   W.B. Lee   Arthur Remington
11 September.	Montclair Open Montclair LTC Montclair, New Jersey, USA Outdoor Grass Singles	Howard Augustus Taylor 6–3, 6–2, 6-3	Albert Church Hamlin	Thomas Nesbitt McCarter   R.S. Thomas	S. Appleton   J.C. McCay   J.C. Elliott   H.M. Peters
6–15 September.	United Services Tennis Club Tournament United Service Recreation Club, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Grass Singles - Doubles	H.M. Nicholls 6-2 6-3	Henry Blane Porter	Charles Henry Saint John   W.A. Platt	Arthur Norris Dumbleton   C.C. How   Ernest Wool Lewis   H. Slessor
15 -18 September.	Orange Invitation Mountain Station, Montrose South Orange, New Jersey, USA Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Godfrey Malbone Brinley 6–0, 6–2, 6-3	J.F. Bacon	A. Keyser   Howard Augustus Taylor	Oliver Samuel Campbell   Albert Church Hamlin   Henry Slocum Jr.   C.F. Watson
18 September.	Edgewood Country Club Open Edgewood Country Club Tivoli, New York, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall
19 - 21 –Sep.	Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation) (Waterbury Challenge Cup) Westchester Country Club Harrison, New York, USA Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 6-3, 6-3	Henry Warner Slocum Jr.	R.L. Cutting   Morton Spring Paton	W.E. Billings   Deane B. Miller   W.H. Sands

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
1–3 Oct.	Southern Championships Wilmington, United States Singles – Doubles	C. Belmont Davis 6-2 6-1 6-2	E. Porter
4 Oct.	Baltimore Invitation (later Middle Atlantic Invitation) Baltimore Cricket Club Baltimore, Maryland, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Leigh Bonsal
		Leigh Bonsal   S. T. Steel won	?   Mr. Ringwood
28 Sep–13 Oct.	Merion Cricket Club Amateur Tennis Tournament Merion Cricket Club Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	William Linton Landreth 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Frederick Winslow Taylor
9–14 Oct.	North of England Championships Scarborough, Great Britain Singles – Doubles	Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-6 6-2	Henry Grove
12–14 Oct.	National Collegiate Championships New Haven, United States Singles – Doubles	Godfrey Brinley
22–26 Oct.	Victorian Championships Melbourne, Australia Grass Singles – Doubles	Walter John Carre Riddell 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4	Dudley Webb
25–30 Oct.	Punjab Lawn Tennis Championships Lahore, Punjab, India Grass Singles - Doubles	Edward Lee French 6–1, 6–4, 6-4	G.A. Ommanney	C.E. Bunbury   H.J. Reid	E.W. Fletcher   A.P. Hill   J. Rickie   H.J. Tuite
		Edward Lee French   A.P. Hill 6-2, 6–1, 6-0	C.E. Bunbury   Mr.Clark.

November

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
November.	Canterbury Championships (later Canterbury Open) Canterbury LTC Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Grass Singles - Doubles	Minden Fenwick 6-3 6–4, 6–3.	W.V. Millton	John Ferguson Jardine	Joseph Penfound Grossman   F. Logan   Frederick Wilding

December

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
28 – 30 December	New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association Championships Farndon, Hawke's Bay, Napier, New Zealand Grass Singles – Doubles	Percival Clennell Fenwick 6-2 6-0 6-4	E.P. Hudson
		Minden Fenwick   Percival Clennell Fenwick
28 - 31 December.	Napier Open Napier LTC Farndon, Hawke's Bay, Napier, New Zealand Grass Singles - Doubles	Eric Pollard Hudson 6–1, 6–2, 6–3.	Minden Fenwick

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1886
#	Player
1	William Renshaw (GBR)
2	Herbert Lawford (GBR)
3	Ernest Wool Lewis (GBR)
4	Harry Grove (GBR)
5	Ernest Renshaw (GBR)
6	Eyre Chatterton (Ireland)
7	Willoughby Hamilton (Ireland)
8	Richard Sears (USA)

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