1883 men's tennis season

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The 1883 men's tennis season[1] was the eighth annual tennis season, consisting of 102 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 Championships in Manchester, and Herbert Lawford collecting his second and final title at the Princes Club Championships.

1883 men's tennis season
Ernest Renshaw wins one of the four important tournaments of the year the Irish Championships
Details
Duration24 April – 12 November
Edition8th
Tournaments102 (Amateur)
CategoriesImportant (5)
National (4)
Provincial/Regional/State (7)
County (11)
Local/Other (44)
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesUnited Kingdom Charles Walder Grinstead (7)
United Kingdom Herbert Wilberforce (7)
Most finalsUnited Kingdom Charles Walder Grinstead (9)
1882
1884

The joint title leader this season was Charles Walder Grinstead winning 7 tournaments from 9 finals, Herbert Wilberforce won 7 events from 8 finals.

The tour began in May in Dublin in Ireland and ended in November in Melbourne, Australia.

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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.[3][4][5][6]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local

January

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February

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March

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
7–13 May[7] Dublin University Championships
Dublin, Ireland
Outdoor
Hard (Asphalt)
Singles - Doubles
  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 May Gloucestershire Championships[8]
Cheltenham, 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[9] 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 May West 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 June London 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 June Longwood Cricket Club Tournament
Longwood Cup
Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass, United States
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
6–4 6–3 5–7 6–4
  James Dwight   Richard D. Sears
  Joseph Sill Clark
  G. W. Beales
  Clarence Clark
  James Dwight

June

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
June. Oxford University Champion Tournament
Norham Gardens, Oxford, Great Britain
Grass
SinglesDoubles
  Robert Theodore Milford
6-4 6-3 6-5
  Herbert Carnegie Knox   Thomas Robinson Grey
  Champion Branfill Russell
  Reginald Arthur Gamble
  Francis Regner Brooksbank Pinhorn
  Arthur Stanhope Rashleigh
4–9 Jun.[10] Gloucestershire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Montpellier Gardens
Cheltenham, Great Britain
Outdoor
Clay
Singles - Doubles
  George Montague Butterworth
6-2 6-1
  George Jones Mitton   Henry Blane Porter
  James Rebotier Tyers
  A.H. Griffiths
  C.G. Newton
  William John Bush-Salmon
4–10 June[11] 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] Intercollegiate Championships
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Joseph Sill Clark Sr.
6—1 6—1
  George Sargent
11–16 June Waterloo 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
11–13 June.[13][14] Sussex County Lawn Tennis Club Spring Tournament
Hove Rink Tennis Club
Brighton, Great Britain
Outdoor
Asphalt
Singles - Doubles
  Charles Walder Grinstead
6-3, 5–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6-4
  Donald Charles Stewart   Robert Howden Kellie   Hugh Vibart Workman-MacNaghten
  Leopold James (Leo) Maxse
13–16 June[15] South Wales Championships
Tenby, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Herbert Wilberforce
6—2 6—1 6—1
  P. T. Ashe
18-24 June.[a][16] Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Victoria Park
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[17] 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
21 - 26 June[18] Clifton Lawn Tennis Tournament
Clifton, Bristol, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  George Butterworth
6-3, 4-6, 6-2
  Donald Charles Stewart

July

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
July. Inverkip Rovers Open
Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Scotland
Grass
Singles
  George Arbuthnot Burns
5-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-5, 6-5
  D.M. Hannay   J.C. Burns   H. Berwick
  J.P.A. Latham
  Walter Robert Baines Latham
Challenger
  Horatio Renaud Babington Peile
  Horatio Renaud Babington Peile
  Miss Burns
2 sets to 0
  W.G. Croft
  Mrs. Peile
July. Berrylands Club Tournament
Berrylands LTC
Surbiton, Surrey, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  J.F. Newton
5-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
  Herbert Whalley Jellicoe
23 June- 1 July[19] 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
2 - 5 July.[20] Edinburgh University LTC Open
Edinburgh University Lawn Tennis Club
Edinburgh, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  John Galbraith Horn
3 sets to 1
  Arthur Walton Fuller   Archibald Thomson
3–9 July. Leamington Open Tournament
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England,
Outdoor
Grass
SinglesDoubles
  Charles Walder Grinstead
8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
  Herbert Wilberforce   Donald Charles Stewart  Sidney Alfred Noon
  J.W. Stubbs
  Charles Lacy Sweet
3–9 July. Warwickshire Championships
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England,
Outdoor
Grass
SinglesDoubles
  John Redfern Deykin
6-2, 6-2, 6-4
  James Powell   John Charles Kay   A.H. Griffiths
  J.H. Mitchell
  F. Shapley
13-14 July.[21] Portishead Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
Portishead, Somerset, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Charles Lacy Sweet
6-2. 6-0
  Lionel Wilberforce   Norman Goodford Cholmeley   F.E. Gibbs
  Alfred William Moore Weatherly
  William Parkfield Wethered
7–16 July[22] 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
17-21 July[23] Scottish Championships
Edinburgh, Great Britain
Outdoor
Wood (i)
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
20- 21 July.[24] Gore Court Championships
Sittingbourne, Gore Court Archery and LTC
Gore Court, Sittingbourne, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Rev. F. Greenfield
2 sets to 0
  Robert Henry Whitcombe   C. Lake
  H. Winch
  E. Carpenter
  C. Fooks
  V. Henriquez
  J.B. Townsend
20–21 July.[b][25] Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.
Lichfield, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Sidney Alfred Noon
2-6, 6–4, 6-2
  Walter William Chamberlain   John Redfern Deykin   Francis R. B.Pinhorn
  R. Stuart Wilson
16-22 July[26] Redhill Open
Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Leopold James (Leo) Maxse
3–6 6–4 6–4
  Herbert Chipp   William John Down   F. E. Cole
  Harold S. Stone
  Leopold James (Leo) Maxse
24 July County Kildare Tournament[27]
Naas, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Peter Aungier
6-0, 6–3, 6-2[28]
  Algernon A. M. Aylmer
18-26 July[29] Northumberland Championships
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Mark Fenwick
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  Minden Fenwick
26 – 27 July.[c][30][31] Derbyshire Championships
Buxton Gardens
Buxton, England
Grass
SinglesDoubles
  Minden Fenwick
6-2, 6-3
  Robert Parsons Earwaker   G.A. Bolt   Percival Clennell Fenwick
  R.C. Hamilton
  H. Matthe
18 – 28 July. North Berkshire ALTC Tournament
Abingdon, North Berkshire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  H.W. Marshall
2 sets to 1
  William McLaren   T.E. Graham   J.H. Deazeley
  Captain Preston
  William McLaren
  Captain Preston
2 sets to 0
  Mr. Gosse
  Mr. G. McLaren
24-28 July Limerick CC Lawn Tennis 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
23–29 July Essex Championships[32]
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 July.[33] South of Ireland Championships
(Limerick Cup)
Limerick Cricket Club
Limerick, Ireland
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Eyre Chatterton
6–1 6–0 6–0
  Albert E. Browning
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  H. Evelyn
  William H. Gavin
  J. Bagott
  William Dawson
  H. Leighton
  J. Butler Robinson
Challenger
  Edward Montiford Longfield Lysaght
23-29 July London 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
24–29 July[34] Norwich Open Lawn Tennis 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

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
August.[d][35] Maidstone Tournament
Maidstone Athletic Ground
Maidstone, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Randall Mercer
6-3, 6-5, 6-4
  Harold Sweetenham
31 July–2 August.[36] Cirencester Park Lawn Tennis Tournament
Earl Bathurst Estate
Cirencester Park
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Charles Lacy Sweet
6-0, 6–4, 7-5
  Pelham George von Donop
3-4 August. Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open
Boughton Cricket Ground
Worcester, Worcestershire, England.
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  John Redfern Deykin
2-6 6-3 6-3
  Walter William Chamberlain   A. Fuller
  Hugh Vibart MacNaghten
  George Reston Brewerton
  George Jones Mitton
  W. Green Price
3–7 August. Leamington Open Tournament
Leamington LTC
Leamington Spa, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles -
  Robert Braddell
7-5, 6-2, 6-3
  Teddy Williams
  William H. Rawlinson   John Redfern Deykin
  John Charles Kay
  Henry Blane Porter
3–7 August. Warwickshire Championships
Jephson's Gardens
Leamington Spa, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles -
  John Redfern Deykin
6-2, 6-2, 6-4
 James Powell
  John Charles Kay   A.H. Griffiths
  J.H. Mitchell
  F. Shapley
6–8 August. West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Tournament
West Somerset Lawn Tennis Club
Taunton, Somerset, England
Outdoor
Grass
  Francis Escott Hancock
6-3 6-2
  Harold Lewis Vaughan   Rev. G. Thomson   C.R. Rodwell
  R.P. Spurway
6–8 August.[37] Darlington Association Tournament
Darlington, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Herbert Wilberforce
6-1, 6–0, 6-3
  Norman Leslie Hallward
  John Redfern Deykin
  Marmaduke Strickland Constable
  C.E. Maly
  C. Sorby
6–11 Aug.[38] Langley Marish Tournament
Eaton Recreation Ground
Langley Marish, Berkshire, England
Grass
  Felix Henry Prince Palmer
6-2, 6-2
  Wiliam Harry Nash   Francis Reginald Nash   Zachary Hubert Nash
  C.O. Phipps
  Offley Scoones
6–11 August.[39][40] Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament
Waterford, Cricket Club, Waterford, Ireland
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  George M. Butterworth
3-6, 8–6, 6-1
  Frederick William Knox
6-0 6-3
  Alexander Kaye Butterworth   John M. Brown
  Captain George Culley Stobart
14 August.[41] Exmouth LTC Tournament
Exmouth, Great Britain
Singles - Doubles
  Charles Walder Grinstead
6—2 6—5 6—4
  Teddy Williams
13 - 17 Aug.[42][43] East Grinstead Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
East Grinstead Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
East Grinstead, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  William Nevill Cobbold
6–3, 6-5
  James David Vans Agnew
18–23 August.[44][45] South Wales Championships
Tenby LTC
Tenby, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Herbert Wilberforce
6-2, 6–1, 6-1
  P.T. Ashe   George Bevan Bowen
  Grismond Saunders Davies
  E.W. Evans
  Cecil Gough
  William Sidney Nelson Heard
  Gethin Meredith
20–23 August.[46] Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament
Teignmouth, Great Britain
Outdoor
Asphalt
Singles
  Arthur John Stanley
6-5, 6–5, 0–6, 6-1
  Erskine Gerald Watson
  J.C. Rogers
5-6, 6–2, 6-2
  Edward Charles Pine-Coffin
  R.H.S. Barnes
  K.D. Erskine
  Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
  Henry Blane Porter
21-23 August.[47] Holt Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Holt LTC
Holt, Norfolk, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Charles Edmund Tatham
6-1, 2-6, 6-1
  William Bolding Monement   G.E. Preston   Francis William Monement
  H. Rogers
21 – 24 August.[48] King's County and Ormonde Tournament
Parsons Town, King's County, Ireland, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Eyre Chatterton
6-3, 6-2, 6-3
  Reverend P. Knox
24 August U.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
21 - 25 August.[49] Penzance Open
Penzance LTC
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Arthur Stanhope Rashleigh
6-2, 6-3
  P.C. Smith   N. Harvey
  H.E. Chappel
  Lancelot Melvill Haslope
  T.H. Cornish
  Miss. Childs
6-5, 2-6, 6-4
  Mr. Arathoon
  Miss Marland.
21 – 25 August.[e][50] South of Scotland Championships
Beechgrove Grounds
Moffat, Scotland
Grass
SinglesDoubles
  Percival Clennell Fenwick
6-2, 6–2, 8-6
  Archibald Thomson   Charles Robert Andrew Howden   William Ferguson
  Alfred Gordon Rae
22 – 25 August. Edgbaston Open Tournament
Edgbaston, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Charles Walder Grinstead
6-3, 6-3
  Edward Lake Williams   Donald Charles Stewart
3-6, 8–6, 6-4
  John Redfern Deykin
  Charles Gathorne Edmund Orr
  F. Durant
29 August.[51] Gore Court Championships (2nd)
Sittingbourne, Gore Court Archery and LTC
Gore Court, Sittingbourne, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  H.S. Cooper
2 sets to 1
  Rev. F. Greenfield   L. Tuke
  R.W. Garraway
  Mr. Schönberg
29 August.[52] Maidenhead Lawn Tennis Tournament
Maidenhead Cricket Field
Maidenhead, England
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  E.L. Bainbridge
?
  W.H. Miller

30–31 August.[53] North Wales Counties Challenge Cup
Vale of Clwyd LTC
Denbigh, Vale of Clwyd, Wales
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Arthur Bennett Mesham
6-0 6-3
  Major Mesham   J.R. Wynne Edwards
  Thomas Alured Wynne Edwards
  J.P. Lewis
  A.H. Turnour

September

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
September.[f][54][55] Swanage LTC Tournament
Swanage, Great Britain
Outdoor
Surface ?
Singles - Doubles
  Eustace Fiennes
6-2, 6-1
  A.H. Robinson



September.[g][56][57] Framlingham Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
Hurts Hill Courts
Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England
Grass
SinglesDoubles
 Francis William Monement
  William Bolding Monement
shared title
28 August–1 September Canadian Championships[58]
Toronto, Canada
Outdoor
Grass
Singles
  Charles H. Farnum
6–3, 6–3, 0–6, 6–0
  Charles Smith Hyman   Harry D. Gamble
  Isidore F. Hellmuth
  Henry R. Elmsley
  FitzJames Hynes
  G.H. Meyer
  Andrew E. Plummer
29 Aug–1 Sep.[59] Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament
Manadon, Plymouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  P.C. Smith
6-0 6-3
  F. Bero   F. Boulton   T.H. Gill
  Albert Cecil Hill
  A. Soltau-Symons
4–8 Sep[60] West Teviotdale Open
Hawick Cricket Ground
Hawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Alfred Aitken Thomson
6-1, 6-2
  George Nelson Stenhouse   Joseph Constable Maxwell-Scott   E.M. Inglis
  Forrester John Thomson
  Alfred Aitken Thomson
  Forrester John Thomson
6-3, 6-5, 6-2
  Joseph Constable Maxwell-Scott
  Charles S. Constable Maxwell-Stuart
  James Locke
  Miss Stuart
6-2 6-3
  C.E. Stewart
  Miss Cliff
4-9 September.[61] Lenox Invitation
Lenox Lawn Tennis Club
Harlem, New York, United States
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Alexander Van Rensselaer
6-2 0-6 6-4 8-6
  Harry Farnum   G.W. Beals
  Arthur Emden Newbold
  Walter Van Rensselaer Berry
  G. Higginson
  J.H. Powell
10–12 September Downshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
Downshire Archery and Lawn Tennis Club
Cliftonville Cricket Club Ground, Belfast, Great Britain
Outdoor
Grass
  A.M. Inglis
6-2 6-0
  G. Macan   L. Bristow   R.J. McNeill
  Robert Baron Templer
12 - 14 September.[62] Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament
Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club
Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England
Grass
SinglesDoubles
  William Bolding Monement
6-1, 6-1
  M. Wilkinson   Francis William Monement
  Maurice Welldon
  W.F. Adams
  Arthur Lloyd Hansell
3 September South of England Championships
Eastbourne, England
Singles - Doubles
  Teddy Williams
6-1, 8–6, 4–6, 7-5
  Charles Walder Grinstead

October

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semi finalist Quarter finalist
October.[63] St. George's Cricket Club Tournament
St George's Cricket Club
Hoboken. New York, United States
Outdoor
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Clarence Clark
6-0, 6–4, 8-6
  William Edward Glyn   William Edward Glyn
bye
  Carroll J. Post Jr.
  W.P. Anderson
  Harry Farnum
  G.W. Green
5 October.[64] Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Brighton Lawn Tennis Club
Queen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Grass
  A.O. Jennings
6-2, 6–1, 6-1
  Leonard Dampier   H. Langton
6 October.[65] Armagh Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Mr. Bourkes court
Ballinshone, Northern Ireland
Outdoor
?
Singles - Doubles
  Robert Shaw Templer
2-1 in sets
  E. J. Wolfe   Robert Baron Templer

11 October Intercollegiate Fall Championships
Hartford, United States
Singles - Doubles
  Howard Augustus Taylor
2—6 6—2 6—4 6—0
  William V.S. Thorne
26-27 October.[66] Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC
Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY, United States
Grass
Singles - Doubles
  Richard Field Conover
6-1, 6-4
  Alexander Van Rensselaer

November

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

December

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Tournament winners

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Note: important tournaments in bold

Name Tournaments Total
  Charles Walder Grinstead East Grinstead, Brentwood, Brighton, Exmouth, Leicester, Lemington 5
  Ernest Browne Bath, Limerick 2
  Joseph Sill Clark Hartford, Chestnut Hill 2
  Herbert Wilberforce Tenby, Northern Championships 2
  Herbert Lawford Prince's Club Championships 1
  Ernest Renshaw Irish Championships 1
  William Renshaw Wimbledon Championships 1
  Richard Sears US National Championships 1
  Donald Charles Stewart Cheltenham 1
  Eyre Chatterton Limerick 1
  Francis William Monement Norwich 1
  George M. Butterworth Bath 1
  Howard Augustus Taylor Newport RI 1
  Richard Field Conover Hastings-on-Hudson 1
  John Galbraith Horn Edinburgh 1
  Leopold Maxse Redhill 1
  Louis Whyte Melbourne 1
  M. S. Constable London 1
  Teddy Williams Eastbourne 1
  Tom Campion Dublin 1

Rankings

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Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1883[67]
# Player
1   William Renshaw (GBR)
2   Ernest Renshaw (GBR)
3   Herbert Lawford (GBR)
4   Ernest Browne (Ireland)
5   Charles Walder Grinstead (GBR)
6   Donald Stewart (GBR)
7   Herbert Wilberforce (GBR)
8   John Hartley (GBR)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was founded in 1878 it staged its first tournament in 1880 called the Leicester Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1883 it became an open tournament the Leicester Open Tennis Tournament for both men and women until 1938. The club also shared the staging of the Leicstershire County Championships with other venues.
  2. ^ The Staffordshire Tournament was staged from 1879 to 1890.
  3. ^ The Derbyshire Championships was originally staged at the Buxton Gardens from 1883. It was an open tournament with ladies and gentlemen's singles played under the title 'Championship of Derbyshire'.
  4. ^ The Maidstone tournament was staged from 1881 to 1897.
  5. ^ The South of Scotland Championships were staged from 1882 to 1967.
  6. ^ The Swanage Tennis Tournament was established in 1883 and was staged until at least 1979 according to sources, there is no complete roll of tournament winners.
  7. ^ The Framlingham Tennis Tournament was established in 1883 and first staged at Hurts Hall. It was staged on the men's tour till 1981. The tournament is still being staged today. The Saxmundham Tennis Tournament was also staged at the same location in 1883 but are distinct events. By 1903 the event was staged in the first two weeks of August and has not changed since.

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