1890 women's tennis season

The 1890 Women's tennis season was a tennis circuit composed of 81 national, regional, county, and regular tournaments. The season began in January 1890 in Chepauk, India, and ended in January 1891 in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1]

1890 Women's tennis season
Ireland's Lena Rice wins the seasons biggest event Wimbledon and one other title
Details
Duration15 January – 24 December
Edition15th
Tournaments81
CategoriesImportant (4)
National (5)
Provincial/Regional/State (15)
County (10)
Regular (34)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesIreland Mabel Cahill (3)
England May Jacks (3)
Ireland May Langrishe (3)
Ireland Louisa Martin (3)
England Beatrice Wood (3)
Most tournament finalsEngland Beatrice Wood (6)
1889
1891

Summary of season edit

From 1888 until 1912 Britain's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), grew in status and influence to become the de facto international tennis governing body before the proper International Lawn Tennis Federation commenced operations.[2] Despite the United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) forming in 1881 a good seven years before the LTA, it was the British body that set laws, settled disputes and organized the increasingly complicated tournament calendar before the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) formed in March, 1913.[3]

After the formation of the ILTF the world tennis circuit going forward was a highly organised and structured network of national and international tournaments.[4] Most tennis tournaments were usually mixed events for men and women, and the women's international tennis circuit certainly up to 1923 was composed mainly of tournaments on the British and European Circuits.[5] After the USNLTA joined the ILTF this would later change with more and more tournaments being staged globally. Women tennis players on the world circuit up to the open era were funded by their national associations enabling them to travel and take part in international tournaments.[6]

1890 sees an increase in the number women's singles events being held as the tennis circuit continues to form.[7] The 1890 women's tennis season began on 8 January with the first Southern India Championships staged at Madras, India.[1] In May 1890 at the first major event of the year the Irish Championships[8] played at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland. Ireland's Louisa Martin wins the singles title beating fellow countrywoman Lena Rice, she also picks up the ladies doubles event partnered with Florence Stanuell, and completes a clean sweep by winning the mixed doubles with Grainger Chaytor.[1]

In mid June 1890 the change in scheduling is continued when the U.S. National Championships are held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, PA, defending champion Bertha Townsend loses her title to Ellen Roosevelt in straight sets.[9]

Later the same month the third major tournament of the year the Northern Championships played at the Liverpool Cricket Club in Liverpool Mary Steedman is the new Northern Champion beating Beatrice Wood in two sets, in the women's doubles event final Florence Mardall and Mary Steedman defeat Miss Quin and Miss Scrivener in straight sets, and the All England Mixed Doubles Championship event,[1] is won by Katherine Hill and James Baldwin who defeat Mary Steedman and George Hillyard in the final.[1]

In July at the fourth and final major event of the season the 1890 Wimbledon Championships the world's first major tennis tournament, Irish player Lena Rice reaches the final for the second year, but this time takes the title, when she defeats May Jacks in the final.[10] The season ended on 3 January 1891 at the New Zealand Championships, held in Dunedin, New Zealand which began on 30 December 1890 and was played on grass.[1]

In terms of draw sizes the Northumberland Championships with 18 entrants was the largest open ladies singles draw for 1890, the Irish Championships with 27 entrants across three disciplines singles, doubles and mixed was the largest major event of the year and was the joint largest open event of the year along with the Sussex Championships and South of England Championships also with 27 entrants.[1] The largest event outside of Europe was the New South Wales Championships.[1]

Season results edit

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,[11][12][13] together effectively making an early incarnation of the Grand Slam events we know today.[14]

Key

Important.[15][16][17][18]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Regular

January edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
18 Jan South India Championships[19]
Madras Gymkhana Club
Madras, India
Clay
Singles - Doubles
  Edith Morgan
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
  Margaret Benson   Margaret Benson
  Hilda Wilkieson
  Edith Morgan
  Margaret Benson
6–4, 6–4
  Hilda Wilkieson
  Mrs J.K. Smethurst
  Edith Morgan
  Harry Grove
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
  Margaret Benson
  Charles Lacy Sweet

February edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
22 Feb. Otago LTA Tournament[20]
Carisbrook Club Ground
Dunedin, New Zealand
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Ruth Orbell
9–7
  L. Mackerras   Miss Grant
  Miss G. Rattray
  Miss Morris
Pau International Tournament
(later Pau Championships)
Trinquet Club de Beaumont
Pau France
Clay
Singles - Doubles
  Edith Austin
def.
  May Geary   Miss MacFarlane
  Mrs Bruce-Johnston

March edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
15 Mar Queen's Club Covered Court Championship[21]
Queen's Club
London, England
Wood (i)
Singles - Doubles
  May Jacks
6–0, 6–2
  Mary Pick   Alice Arbuthnot
  May Arbuthnot
  Ivy Arbuthnot
27 Mar. Auckland Association Championships
Auckland, New Zealand
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Miss Spiers
def
  Miss Cay
29 Mar. Cannes Réunion Club Tournament
Réunion Club
Cannes, France
Clay
Singles - Doubles
  Miss Leigh
def.
  Miss Miles   Miss Maguire
  Countess Sophie of Merenberg
  Cpt. Arthur H. Pryce-Harrison
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
  Miss Halford
  Michael Gallwey McNamara

April edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
5 Apr. Natal Championships
Durban, Colony of Natal
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Norah Hickman
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
  Mabel Grant
12 Apr South Australian Championships
Adelaide Oval Courts
Adelaide, Australia
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
  Maisie Parr
Won
  ?
13 Apr Ceylon Championships[22]
The Hill Club
Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon
Clay Singles - Doubles
  Miss Wynniatt
6–1, 6–1
  Miss Watson
19 Apr British Covered Court Championships
Hyde Park LTC
London, England
Wood (i)
Singles - Doubles
  May Jacks
6–0, 6–1
  Maud Shackle
Moss Vale Tournament
Mossvale TC
Moss Vale, Australia
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  K. Nicholson
6–4, 6–4
  Mrs. Green
26 Apr. Singapore Ladies LTC Spring Tournament
Singapore, Straits Settlement
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mrs. Edwardes
6–1, 6–5
  Mrs. Salzmann

May edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
14 May New South Wales Championships
Moore Park
Sydney, Australia
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Ellen Mayne
8–6, 6–1
  Ellen Blaxland   Eliza Fitzgerald
  Edith Fox
  Miss Dransfield
  Mrs Lindon
  Mabel Shaw
Challenger
  Zilla Scott
  Ellen Mayne
  Mabel Shaw
6–4, 7–5
  Zilla Scott
  Dransfield
  Ellen Mayne
  Dudley Webb
6–4, 6–2
  Robert Fitzgerald
  Eliza Fitzgerald
27 May Norton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament
Norton Cricket Club Grounds
Hexham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Jane Corder
8–6, 6–0
  Helen Jackson
30 May Irish Championships
Fitzwilliam LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Louisa Martin
9–7, 6–4
  Lena Rice   G. Crofton
  Helen Jackson
  A. Becher
  B. Becher
  Connie Butler
  Florence Stanuell
  Louisa Martin
  Florence Stanuell
6–4, 6–2
  Blanche Hillyard
  D. Meldon
  Louisa Martin
  Grainger Chaytor
6–1, 6–3, 6–3
  Helen Jackson
  Arthur J. de Courcy Wilson

June edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
1 Jun Ealing Championships
Ealing LTC
Ealing, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Alice Brown
8–6, 6–0
  Charlotte Copper
2 Jun New York Tennis Club Spring Open[23]
New York TC
New York, United States
Clay
Singles - Doubles
No Ladies Singles
  Miss Burdette
  Miss Mowry
1–6, 6–2, 6–4
  Mrs Badgley
  Mabel Cahill
  Miss Burdette
  Carroll J. Post jr.
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
  Mabel Cahill
  Russell R. Perkins
7 Jun London Championships
Queen's Club
London, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  May Jacks
6–2, 6–1
  Elsie Pinckney   Edith Austin
  Cordelia Phillimore
  Mrs H. Anderson
  Beatrice Langrishe
Challenger
  Maud Shackle
Championship of the West of England[24]
Bath, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Louisa Martin
6–3, 8–6
  N Pope   Constance Bryan
  Miss Stoddart
  Connie Butler
  Miss Langley
  Alice Parr
  Florence Stanuell
  Louisa Martin
  Florence Stanuell
6–3, 6–3
  Constance Bryan
  N Pope
  Louisa Martin
  James Baldwin
6–3, 6–1
  Constance Bryan
  Henry Guy Nadin
14 Jun U.S. National Championships[25]
Philadelphia, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Ellen Roosevelt
6–2, 6–2
  Bertha Townsend   Margarette Ballard
  Mabel Cahill
  D.F. Butterfield
  F.K. Gregory
  Rebecca H. Lycett
  S. Day
  Ellen Roosevelt
  Grace Roosevelt
6–1, 6–2
  Margarette Ballard
  Bertha Townsend
Surrey County Championships
Berrylands LTC
Surbiton, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  May Arbuthnot
6–2, 6–2
  Elizabeth Mocatta   Emily Looker
  G. Leeds-Paine
  Alice Arbuthnot
  Ivy Arbuthnot
  Miss Calder
  Elsie Lane
  May Jacks
  John Redfern Deykin
6–4, 6–2
  Elsie Pinckney
  Arthur Gore
Whitehouse Open
Whitehouse LTC
Edinburgh, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Lottie Paterson
6–0, 8–6
  Jane Corder
  Miss Meikle
  Lottie Paterson
3–6, 7–5, 7–5
  E. Ferguson
  Jane Meikle
  Lottie Paterson
  Edward Barnard Fuller
6–1, 6–2
  Miss Meikle
  Stanley Riseley
East Gloucestershire Championships[26]
Cheltenham LTC
Cheltenham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Constance Bryan
6–1, 6–0
  Beatrice Wood   Mary Agg
  Miss Crossley
15 Jun Championship of Nebraska[27]
Ealing LTC
Kearney, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Miss Doolittle
6–0, 7–5, 6–3
  Mrs G.W. Frank
17 Jun Scottish Championships
Dyvours Lawn Tennis Club
Edinburgh, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Helen Jackson
6–1, 6–0
  Lottie Paterson   Miss Crosby
  Mabel Shaw
  Jane Corder
21 Jun Kent All-Comers' Championships
Beckenham LTC
Beckenham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  May Jacks
4–6, 6–0, 6–4
  G. Leeds-Paine   Miss Howes
  Gertrude Mellersh
  Miss Blaker
  Miss Cooper
Holder
  Maud Shackle
  D.E. Payn
  G. Leeds-Paine
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
  Arthur Gore
  May Jacks
Northern Championships[28]
Liverpool Cricket Club
Liverpool, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mary Steedman
walkover
  Beatrice Wood   Miss Mills
  Miss Vicars
  Katherine Hill
Holder
  Lottie Dod
  Florence Mardall
  Bertha Steedman
6–1, 6–1
  Miss Quin
  Miss Scrivener
  Katherine Hill
  James Baldwin
10–8, 6–2
  Mary Steedman
  George Hillyard
23 Jun New Jersey Championships
Orange LTC
South Orange, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mabel Cahill
walkover
  Gertrude Williams   May Colby
  Miss Hitch
  Mabel Cahill
  Russell R. Perkins
6–2, 6–0
  May Colby
  S.M. Colgate
24 Jun North of Ireland Championships
Cliftonville Cricket Ground
Belfast, Ireland
Singles - Doubles
  A. Kinahan
6–2, 6–0
  Miss Newett
26 Jun[29] Orange Spring Tournament[30]
Orange LTC
South Orange, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mabel Cahill
6–3, 6–1
  Emma Leavitt-Morgan
  Mabel Cahill
  Russell R. Perkins
def
  May Colby
  S.M. Colgate
27 June Midland Counties Championships
Edgbaston CLTC
Edgbaston, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  L. Johnstone
6–2, 5–6, 6–4
  Ethel Valentin
28 Jun Kings County Spring Tournament[31]
Kings County LTC
Brooklyn, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Helen Hellwig
6–1, 6–3, 6–4
  Juliette Atkinson
  Helen Hellwig
  A.M. Blaisdell
6–2
  Miss L.J. Cuddy
  E.A. Snyder
29 Jun Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Tournament
Lansdowne LTC
Dublin, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Lena Rice
6–3, 6–1
  Lena Rice   Miss Wilson

July edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
4 Jul[32] Wimbledon Championships
AELTC
London, England
Grass
Singles
  Lena Rice
6–4, 6–1
  May Jacks   Edith Cole
  Mary Steedman
12 Jul Championship of Middlesex
Chiswick Park, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mary Steedman
6–2, 6–2
  Maud Shackle   Charlotte Cooper
  Elsie Lane
  Mrs Anderson
  F. Bailey
  Miss Brown
  Elizabeth Mocatta
Challenger
  May Jacks
Nottinghamshire LTA Tournament
Nottingham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Miss Rome
6–2, 6–2
  M. Evans
Llandudno Open
Craigside Hydro
Llandudno, Wales
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Ida Cressy
7–5, 6–1
  K. Grant
Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
Ilkley LTC
Ilkley, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Beatrice Wood
6–2, 6–1
  Jane Corder   Mrs E.J. Crossley
  E. Wagstaffe
  L. Chatterton-Clarke
  S. Leighton
  L. Chatterton-Clarke
  Beatrice Wood
6–3, 6–2
  Mrs E.J. Crossley
  Miss Crossley
  L. Chatterton-Clarke
  Charles Wade
6–4, 7–5
  Beatrice Wood
  James Baldwin
14 Jul National Championship of the Netherlands[1]
(unofficial)
de Bataaf
Scheveningen, Netherlands
Cement
Singles - Doubles
  Miss. M. Bol
6–5, 6–5
  Miss E. van Aken
  Miss M. Bol
  A.P. Van Aken
6–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
  Miss van der Hoop
  Jan Aegidius Van der Rhede
16 Jul Leamington Open Tournament
Leamington Spa, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Alice Pickering
7–5, 6–1
  Katherine Hill
19 July Queen's Club Open[33][34]
Queen's Club
London, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  May Jacks
default
  Maud Shackle   Edith Austin
  Cordelia Phillimore
  Mrs H. Anderson
  E. Malcom
20 Jul Hudson River Championships[35]
Far & Near LTC
Hastings-on-Hudson, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mabel Cahill
6–3, 6–3
  Emma Leavitt-Morgan
23 Jul Gore Court Championships
Gore Court ALTC
Sittingbourne, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  E. Malden
6–2, 7–5
  J. Wakeley
26 Jul Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament
Westbourne Ave Grounds
Hull, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Katherine Grey
6–1, 5–7, 9–7
  E. Lee-Smith
29 Jul Long Island Championships
Southampton, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
No Ladies Singles
  Miss Betts
  Grace Roosevelt
6–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
  H. Dinsmore
  Ellen Roosevelt

August edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
2 Aug Eastern Counties Championships
Felixstowe LTC
Felixstowe, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Florence Noon Thompson
6–3, 6–4
  Winifred Kersey
Northumberland Championships[36]
Newcastle, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Helen Jackson
6–4, 6–3
  Jane Corder   Connie Butler
  Alice Pickering
  Helen Jackson
  Manliffe Goodbody
6–0, 6–3
  Miss Clark
  C.W. Wodt
4 Aug Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament
Sheffield, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Beatrice Wood
6–4, 6–2
  M. Crossley
7 Aug Maritime Provinces Championships[37]
Truro Tennis Club
Truro, Canada
Singles - Doubles
  Miss Wiltshire
Won
  Miss Ball
  Miss Newberry
Darlington Association Tournament
Feethams Cricket Ground
Darlington, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Lottie Dod
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
  Constance Smith
  Lottie Dod
  Kenneth Marley
6–0, 6–2
  E. Sykes
  T Coventry
8 Aug[38] Championship of the Coast
Hotel Redondo
Redondo Beach, United States
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
  Miss F. Shoemaker
1–6, 6–4, 7–5
  Miss English   May Carter
  Miss Tufts
9 Aug Exmouth Tournament
Exmouth LTC
Exmouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Lilian Pine-Coffin
6–1, 5–7, 6–4
  Katherine Hole   Jessie Meyler
  Florence Renwick
  Miss Kindersley
  Lois Renwick
Mary Renwick
West of Scotland Championships
Castle Wemyss
Wemyss Bay, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Miss Moir
6–1, 6–3
  Helen Jackson
  E. Marley
  Richard Millar Watson
14–12, 6–4
  Helen Jackson
  G. Scott-Jackson
16 Aug Felixstowe Open
Felixstowe LTC
Felixstowe, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Florence Thompson
6–3, 6–4
  Winifred Kersey   L.E. Fanshawe
  Mrs L. Turner
  Edith Austin
  F.A. King-Church
  Miss F.G. Green
  Miss E.M. Sexton
  Mrs L. Turner
  Herbert Kersey
6–0, 6–2
  Frances King-Church
  H.B. Allen
British Columbia Championships
Victoria LTC
Victoria
Canada
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Florence Barkley
7–5, 6–4
  Frances Arrowsmith   Miss Haigh
  Mrs Pinder
Challenger
  Anastasia Musgrave
18 Aug Derbyshire Championships
Buxton LTC
Buxton, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Louisa Martin
6–2, 6–4
  Mary Steedman   G. Crofton
  Bertha Steedman
  Connie Butler
  Miss McClintock
  Helen Jackson
  Florence Stanuell
  Bertha Steedman
  Mary Steedman
8–6, 6–8, 6–3
  Louisa Martin
  Florence Stanuell
  Louisa Martin
  James Baldwin
6–2, 8–10, 6–0
  Florence Stanuell
  Harold Mahony
19 Aug South of Scotland Championships
Beech Grove Grounds
Moffat, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Evelyn Blencowe
6–2, 6–3
  E. Malcolm
  L. Ferguson
  Lottie Paterson
6-1, 6-2
  Miss Malcolm
  Miss Snowcroft
  Lottie Paterson
  G. Scott-Jackson
3–6, 6–3, 6–0
  E. Malcolm
  Richard Millar Watson
21 Aug Budleigh Salterton Open Tournament[39]
Aldeburgh LTC
Budleigh Salterton, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mrs Thompson
6–2, 6–3
  Miss Talbot
23 Aug North of England Championships
South Cliff LTC
Scarborough, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Beatrice Wood
6–4, 6–4
  M Crosley   Mabel Cradock
  Miss Gray
  B. Anderson
  D. Boulton
  Annie Kendal
  Miss Clark
  Beatrice Wood
6–2, 7–5
  C. Crossley
  Miss Gray
  Beatrice Wood
  James Baldwin
  M. Crossley
  Charles Chaytor
Torquay Open[40]
Torquay LTC
Torquay, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Miss E. Wolfe
7–5, 6–4
  Miss Fisher   Mrs C. Paas Farlow
  Mrs Fowler
  Miss Dewer
  Miss Peter-Hoblyn
  Miss Martyn
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament[41]
Hurts Hall Park
Saxmundham, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Edith Coleridge Cole
6–4, 6–2
  Alice Parr   Winifred Kersey
  L. Stains
  Miss Bartlett
  A. Foster
  Emily Manuelle
  Mrs E.C. Roberts
  Winifred Kersey
  L. Stains
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
  Edith Coleridge Cole
  Mrs E. Roberts
  Miss King-Church
  Charles Gladstone Allen
6–4, 7–5
  K French
  William C. French
25 Aug Altoona Tennis Tournament[42]
Altoona Cricket Club
Altoona, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  R. Holmes
1–6, 6–4, 7–5
  Miss Fay   Miss Bailey
  A. Holmes
  Miss Askew
  Miss Esterbrook
  Miss Kapp
26 Aug Aldeburgh Lawn Tennis Tournament[43]
Aldeburgh LTC
Aldeburgh, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mrs Lang
walkover
  Mrs Stapylton
30 Aug Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament[44]
Dean Park
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  May Langrishe
6–1, 4–6, 6–3
  Ivy Arbuthnot   Alice Arbuthnot
  May Arbuthnot
  A. Everett
  M. Stogdon
  K. Stretton
Challenger
  Constance Bryan
  A Everett
  May Langrishe
7–5, 6–2
  Ivy Arbuthnot
  May Artbuthnot
  May Langrishe
  F. St. B. Haskett-Smith
5–7, 6–1, 6–4
  May Arbuthnot
  W.J. Down

September edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
6 Sep Sussex Championships[45]
Brighton, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  May Langrishe
6–1, 6–2
  Constance Bryan   Edith Cole
  Beatrice Langrishe
  Elsie Pinckney
  Violet Pinckney
Challenger
  Maud Shackle
  Violet Pinckney
  Maud Shackle
6–3, 6–1
  B. Pinckney
  Elsie Pinckney
  Elsie Pinckney
  Frank Stoker
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
  Maud Shackle
  Wilfred Baddeley
8 Sep New Hamburg Invitation
New Hamburgh LTC
New Hamburg, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  A. Clarkson
6–8, 6–3, 6–2
  Grace Roosevelt
  Ellen Roosevelt
  Malcolm Chace
6–4, 6–4, 6–4
  Miss Lente
  Charles Sands
9 Sep Pacific States Lawn Tennis Tournament[46]
Hotel San Rafael
San Rafael, United States
Cement
Singles - Doubles
  Maud Wilkinson
6–2, 6–3
  Miss Barker
13 Sep South of England Championships
Devonshire Park LTC
Eastbourne, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  May Langrishe
6–2, 6–3
  Edith Cole
  May Langrishe
  James Baldwin
6–1, 6–3
  Edith Gurney
  DM Malcolm
Maine State Championships[47]
Bangor, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Miss Godfrey Clergue
def
  Miss Gertrude Clergue   Miss Carrie Chapman
19 Sep[48] SILC Challenge Cup
Staten Island Cricket Ground
Livingston, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Lida Voorhees
6–3, 6–2
  Hilda Stone   Miss Bailey
  Miss Hoag
  Miss Le Duc
  Miss M.A. Alexander
  Miss Alexander
  Miss Foster

October edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
4 Oct Queensland Championships
Greet Sports Ground
Brisbane, Australia
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mrs. Quinnell
6–1, 6–0
  Miss. Earle
  Miss Lee
  Mr. Haughton
6–3, 6–1
  Miss Earle
  Richard John Cottell

November edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
18 Nov Victorian Championships
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne, Australia
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
  Mabel Shaw
6–1, 6–4
  E. MacKenzie   Constance Raleigh
  Phenie Shaw
  Edith Raleigh
  Annie Chenery
  E. MacKenzie
6–3, 6–5
  Mabel Shaw
  Phenie Shaw
  Edith Raleigh
  Alec Chomley
6–3, 7–9, 6–2
  E MacKenzie
  Charles Cropper

December/Jan (1891) edit

Ended Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
30 Dec – 3 Jan 1891 New Zealand Championships[49]
Carisbrooke Cricket Ground
Dunedin, New Zealand
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  E. Gordon
7–5, 7–5
  Ruth Orbell   Miss Campbell
  Mrs George Way
  Nina Douslin
  Hilda Hitchings
  Miss Grant
  Fanny Ollivier
  E. Gordon
  Miss Harman
6–1, 6–2
  Ruth Orbell
  Miss Rattray
  Miss F. Rattray
  A.E Gibbs
9–7, 6–4
  Miss Smith
  J.M. McKerras

Unofficial World Rankings edit

Source:Karoly Mazak[50]
No Player Country
1   Louisa Martin Ireland
1   Lena Rice Ireland
3   May Langrishe Ireland
4   Mary Steedman Great Britain
5   May Jacks England
6   Maud Shackle Great Britain
7   Lilian Pine-Coffin Ireland
8   Ellen Roosevelt United States

Tournament winners (singles) edit

This is a list of winners by the total number of singles titles won for 1890 major titles in bold:

Statistical summary edit

Singles edit

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