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1888 Men's tennis season
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Duration2 March – 29 December
Edition13th
CategoriesImportant (4)
National (6)
Provincial/Regional/State (25)
County (19)
Local/other (74)
Achievements (singles)
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The 1888 Men's tennis season[1] was composed of the thirteenth annual pre-open season incorporating 126 tournaments.

The season began in January in London, England, New Zealand and ended in December in Napier, New Zealand.


Season summary

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In 1888 the twelfth edition of the Wimbledon Championships was held, this saw the victory of Ernest Renshaw who defeated the Briton Ernest Wool Lewis in the final of the preliminary tournament by 7–9, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4 . Renshaw then defeated defending champion Herbert Lawford 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 in the challenge round to claim the title for the first time. In the fourth edition of the men's doubles the brothers William and Ernest Renshaw regained the title they had not been able to defend the previous year by beating the title holders Herbert Wilberforce and Patrick Bowes-Lyon in the challenge round per 2-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

In 1888 the eighth edition of the Irish Championships was also played where the Briton Ernest Renshaw prevailed who defeated James Willoughby Hamilton 6-4 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the final. In the U.S. National Championships , (today known as the US Open) held on the grass courts of the Newport Casino in Newport in the United States , the American Henry Slocum prevailed in the men's singles , defeating his compatriot Howard Taylor in 3 sets in the final of the preliminary tournament with the score of 6-4 6-1 6-0. Richard Searsafter his seventh consecutive victory at the US National Championships he no longer participated in the tournament so the victory was awarded to Taylor without playing the challenge round. In addition to the men's singles tournament at the Staten Island Cricket Club in New York, the doubles tournament was also held where Oliver Campbell and Valentine Hall prevailed , beating Edward MacMullen and Clarence Hobart in the final.

In the New South Wales Championships in Sydney, the Australian Dudley Webb prevailed in the men's singles, beating his compatriot Charles W. Cropper in the final. In the British Covered Court Championships in London , one of the first tournaments in history to be played on indoor courts, Ernest Lewis prevailed in the men's singles defeating Ernest George Meers.

Calendar

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Included:[2]

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),[3] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key

Important.[4][5][6][7]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

January

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No events

February

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Nessun evento

March

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No events

April

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
17 April[8] British Covered Court Championships
London, Great Britain
Wood (i)
Singles - Doubles		   Ernest Wool Lewis
6-2 6-2 6-1		   Edward Lake Williams

May

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Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
1 May[9] New South Wales Championships
  Sydney, Australia
Singles - Doubles		   Charles William Cropper
6-4, 6-2, 6-0		   Robert D. Fitzgerald
  Dudley Webb		   Walter John Carre Riddell
  Harold S. Fox		   Charles T. Metcalfe
  Edward A. Merewether
  H. W. Bartram
  R. C. Allen
21 May[10] Irish Championships
Dublin, Ireland
Singles - Doubles		   Ernest Renshaw
7-5 6-2 9-7		   Herbert Lawford

June

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
4 Jun Middle States Championships
  Hoboken, USA
Singles - Doubles		   Leonard A. Beekman
6-3 8-6 6-4		   Hugh A. Taylor
4 Jun[11] West of England Championships
Bath, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Harry Grove
3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2		   James Dwight
11 Jun[12] Welsh Championships
  Penarth, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
6-1 6-2 ret.		   James Baldwin
11 Jun|[13][14] Nottinghamshire Championships
Nottingham, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Frederick William Snook
w.o.		   Herbert Durrant Snook
11 Jun|[15] East Gloucestershire Championships
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2		   James Dwight
18 Jun[16] London Championships
Londra, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Ernest Wool Lewis
6-1 6-4 6-0		   Herbert Chipp
18 Jun[17] Kent Championships
Beckenham, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Frederick A. Bowlby
1-6 8-6 6-4 6-1		   Herbert Chipp
18 Jun[18] Northern Championships
Manchester, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Harry Grove
4-6 6-2 8-10 6-4 6-2		   Grainger Chaytor

July

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
2 Jul[19] Derbyshire Championships
Buxton, Great Britain
Singolare - Doppio		   Thomas Spread Campion
6-2 6-3 6-4		   William Drummond Hamilton
7 Jul[20] Wimbledon Championships
London, Great Britain
Singolare - Doppio		   Herbert Lawford
1-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4		   Ernest Renshaw
  Herbert Wilberforce
  Patrick Bowes-Lyon
7-5 6-3 6-1		   James Herbert Crispe
  E. Barratt-Smith
8 Jul Western Championships[21]
Chicago, USA
Singles - Doubles		   Charles A. Chase
7-5 6-3 6-4		   B.F. Cummins
23 Jul[22] Middlesex Championships
Chiswick Park, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Ernest Lewis
7-5 3-6 6-2 6-3		   Ernest George Meers
27 Jul[23] Northumberland Championships
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Patrick Bowes-Lyon
7-5 6-0 3-1 ret.		   Herbert Bowes-Lyon

August

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Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
2 Aug[24] Exmouth Open
Exmouth, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Harry Grove
6-1 6-3 7-5		   James Baldwin
2 Aug Northwestern Championships
Minneapolis, USA
Singles - Doubles		   Charles A. Chase
2 Aug U.S. National Championships
Newport, USA
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
11 Aug[25] Scottish Championships
St Andrews, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		   Henry Grove
6-3 6-3 1-6 2-6 6-2		   Patrick Bowes-Lyon
15 Aug New England Championships
New Haven, USA
Singles - Doubles		   Henry Slocum
1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1		   W.L. Thatcher
27 Aug[26] North of England Championships
Scarborough, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles		  Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
7-5 6-1 6-3		   James Baldwin

September

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Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
3 Sept[27] South of England Championships
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass
Singles - Doubles		   Ernest Wool Lewis
8-6 7-5 6-4		   Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce
3 Sept Southern California Championships
Santa Monica, USA
Hard
Singles - Doubles		   Mr. W.H. Young

October

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
14 Oct Intercollegiate Championships
New Haven, USA
Grass
Singles - Doubles		   Philip Shelton Sears
6-8 6-2 6-2		   G.G. Shaw jr
25 Oct Victorian Championships
Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Singles - Doubles		   Arthur Colquhoun[28]
6-1 7-5 6-8 0-6 6-4		   Walter Timon Coldham
31 Oct Southern Championships
Washington, USA
Singles - Doubles		   Leigh Bonsal
6-2 6-3		   Charles L. McCauley

November

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No events

December

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Week Tournament Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist
24 Dec[29] New Zealand Championships
Wellington, New Zelanda
Singles - Doubles		   Percival Clennell Fenwick
6-4 2-6 4-6 10-8 6-2		   Richard Dacre Harman
  Richard Dacre Harman
  F. Wilding

References

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  1. ^ "LAWN TENNIS IN 1888: A review of the 1888 season". Western Daily Press. Bristol, England: British Newspaper Archive. 6 October 1888. p. 7. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Tournaments – 1888". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 March 1922. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 9781598843002.
  5. ^ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis:Cultural History. London: A&C Black. p. 199. ISBN 9780718501952.
  6. ^ Mazak, Karoly (2017). The Concise History of Tennis. Independently published. pp. 5–36. ISBN 9781549746475.
  7. ^ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain: Volume 5 of Routledge Research in Sports History. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.
  8. ^ "LAWN TENNIS COVERED COURT CHAMPIONSHIP.—The competition for the above will take place at the Hyde Park Court on the following dates,". Field. London, England.: British Newspaper Archive. 18 February 1888. p. 1. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. ^ "INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1888. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  10. ^ "LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP OF IRELAND WILL BE HELD THE LAWN TENNIS CLUB, FITZWILLLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN, MONDAY, MAY 21st". Irish Times. Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 4 May 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Lawn Tennis Fixtures for 1888". London Evening Standard. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 19 January 1888. p. 3.
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  21. ^ "Western Championships 1887".
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  28. ^ The Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly. Sydney and Melbourne: Centennial magazine office. 1889. p. 217.
  29. ^ "Tennis New Zealand 2020: Roll of Honour" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Auckland, New Zealand: Tennis New Zealand. 2020. p. 20. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

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