1884 Men's Tennis tour

Herbert Lawford wins the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships at his 3rd attempt in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in straight sets. William Renshaw a fourth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. Former Wimbledon champion Donald Stewart wins the Northern Championship in Liverpool against Herbert Wilberforce. In America Richard Sears collects a fourth successive US National Championship beating Howard Taylor in straight sets.

The title leader this season was Charles Walder Grinstead winning 5 tournaments from 5 finals.

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),[1] in some tournaments not all.

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

Key

Important tournaments[2][3][4][5]

National tournaments

State Regional tournaments

County tournaments

Local tournaments

Men's 1884 Tennis tour included:[6]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
?	Natal Championships[7][6] Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Mr Crawfurd 6-4 6-4 8-6	George Stanley

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
5 - 11 May[6]	Northumberland County Cricket Club Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gosforth Great Britain Grass	E. M. Sinclair 2-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2	Minden Fenwick	A. Dunn Jr.	Thomas Oswald Swarbreck T.R. Redmayne
16 - 17 May	Clyde Park tournament[6] Boston United States Grass	William V.S. Thorne ?	?
12 - 18 May	Worcestershire Championships[8] Worcester Great Britain Grass	Walter William Chamberlain 6-2, 6-4	Frederick William Knox
14 - 19 May[6]	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships Dublin, Ireland Grass	Herbert Lawford 6-1 6-4 6-2	Eyre Chatterton	Herbert Knox McKay	James Willoughby Hamilton Richard D. Sears
		Challenger Ernest Renshaw
21 - 24 May	Whitehouse LTC[9] Edinburgh Great Britain Grass	Richard Henry Fuller 6-4 6-3 6-3	Archibald Thomson

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
2 - 6 June[10]	West of England Championships Bath Great Britain Grass	Ernest de Sylly H. Browne 6-4, 6-2, 6-4	C.K. Wood	John Redfern Deykin	Wilfred Milne Ernest Browne Donald Charles Stewart
9 - 15 June	Waterloo Tournament[11] Liverpool , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Donald Stewart 9-7 6-1 6-2	William Bush-Salmon
16 - 22 June	East Gloucestershire Championships[6] Cheltenham, Great Britain Hard Singles - Doubles	Donald Charles Stewart 10-8 6-1 6-3	Richard Dudley Sears
16 - 22 June	London Athletic Club Tournament[6] Cheltenham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Herbert Lawford 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-2	Frederick Bowlby
19 - 21 June	Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC[6] Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-3 7-5 0-6 6-3	Richard Field Conover
23 - 29 June	Orange Spring Tournament[6] Montrose, NJ, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Field Conover 6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4	Wallace P. Knapp
23 - 29 June	Warwickshire Championships[6] Leamington Spa, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Edward L. Williams 6-3 6-2 6-2	Frank Noon

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
5 - 15 July	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	William Renshaw 6–0, 6–4, 9–7	Herbert Lawford	Ernest Renshaw	Ernest Lewis
19 July	Scottish Championships[6] Edinburgh, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Reginald Arthur Gamble 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	John Galbraith Horn
21 - 27 July	Edgbaston Tournament[6] Edgabaston, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Edward L. Williams 8-6 6-2 6-3	W. W. Chamberlain
21-27 July	Northumberland Championships[6] Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Joseph Bruce Ismay 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4	Howard Pease
27 July	Leicestershire Championships[6] Leicester, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Hugh V. McNaughten 3-6 6-0 6-1 ret.	W. J. Gray
21 - 27 July	Midland Counties Championships[6] Edgabaston, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	W. W. Chamberlain 6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1	John. R. Deykin
21 - 27 July	Red Hill tournament[6] Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Claude Erskine Farrer 6-2 6-4	William J. Down.
21 - 27 July	South of Ireland Championships[6] Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Eyre Chatterton 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	Tom Campion

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
Jul-Aug ?	Seabright Invitational[12] Sea Bright, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark 3-2 Sets	Richard Field Conover
29 Jul-2 Aug	County Kildare Tournament[6] Naas, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Peter Aungier 6-3 3-6 6-4 2-6 6-4	Thomas Harrison
28 Jul-3 Aug	Essex Championships[6] Brentwood, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles W. Grinstead 6-0 6-4	E. N. Cubitt
28 Jul-3 Aug	Exeter tournamament[6] Exeter, Great Britain Hard Singles - Doubles	Herbert W-Fox 1-6 6-2 6-1	John C. Gray
28 Jul-3 Aug	King’s County and Ormonde Tournament[6] Parsonstown, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 2-1 ret.	Eyre Chatterton
28 Jul-3 Aug	Maidenhead tournament[6] Maidenhead, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	A. L. Davies 6-1 4-6 12-10 6-3	Robert Rawnsley Bowles
28 Jul-3 Aug	Middlesex Championships[6] Chiswick, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead rain stooped play	Donald Stewart
28 Jul-3 Aug	Northern Championships[6] Liverpool, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Donald Stewart 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-0	Herbert Wilberforce
28 Jul-3 Aug	Wentworth Invitation[6] New Castle, NH, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard A, Taylor 8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3	Wallace P. Knapp
3 -8 Aug	Burbage tournament[6] Burbage, Wilts, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Captain Taylor 6-3 6-2	Herbert Wilberforce
4 -10 Aug	Suffolk Championships[6] Saxmundham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Francis Monement 6-4 1-6 6-1	Charles. E. Weddon
4 -10 Aug	Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament[6] Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Frederick W. Knox 6-4 7-5 6-4	George Butterworth
11 - 17 Aug	Darlington tournament[6] Darlington, County Durham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 7-9 6-2 6-1 ret.	Herbert Wilberforce
11 - 17 Aug	Derbyshire Championships[6] Buxton, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4	Ernest Browne
11 - 17 Aug	West Sussex Championships[6] East Grinstead, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Lacy Sweet 6-2 6-3 6-3	L. G. Campbell
11 - 17 Aug	North of England Championships[6] Scarborough , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-1 ret.	M. S. Constable
11 - 17 Aug	Scottish Championships[6] Edinburgh, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Reginald Gamble 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	John Galbraith Horn
11 - 17 Aug	Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament[6] Teignmouth , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Captain Wood 6-1 6-1	William P. Wethered
18 - 20 Aug	Bridlington Quay Tournament[6] Teignmouth , Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Walder Grinstead 6-2 6-2 6-3	H. Anderson
18 - 24 Aug	Exmouth Tournament[6] Exmouth, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	G. W. Brook 6-2 6-2 6-3	Gerald Erskine Watson
18 - 24 Aug	South Scotland Championships[6] Moffat, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Andrew Macfie 6-3 6-2 6-3	W. H. Collins
25 - ? Aug	Mid Devon tournament[6] Tiverton, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Norman L. Hallward 6-0 6-0 6-1	A.N. Dumbleton
25 - 31 Aug	Burton-on-Trent tournament Burton-on-Trent, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	W. W. Chamberlain 6-4 6-3 6-0	E. W. Brook
25 - 31 Aug	Eggesford tournament[6] Eggesford, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Arthur Hallward 6-0 6-0 6-1	A. N. Dumbleton
25 - 31 Aug	U.S. National Championships Newport, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Sears 6-0 1-6 6-0 6-2	Howard Taylor
		Richard Sears James Dwight 6-4, 6-1, 8-10, 6-4	Alexander van Rensselaer Arthur Newbold
25 - 31 Aug	Whitby tournament[6] Whitby, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Pease 6-5 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-5	George E. Newby

September

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
1 - 4 Sep	Carlow tournament[6] Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Robert St-Clair Leckey 6-5 6-5 6-2	Frederick J. S. Leckey
1 - 7 Sep	Canadian National Championships Toronto, Canada Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Smith Hyman 8-6 6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2	Alexander C. Galt
1 - 7 Sep	Hampshire Championships[6] Bournemouth, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-0 6-2 6-3	Aston Cooper-Key
1 - 7 Sep	Orange Invitation[6] South Orange, NJ, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 7-5 6-2 6-3	William V.S. Thorne
1 - 7 Sep	South of England Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Teddy Williams 1-6 6-2 6-2 6-2	William C. Taylor
22 - 27 Sep	Sussex Championships[6] Brighton , Great Britain Hard (indoor) Singles - Doubles	Charles Lacy-Sweet 0-6 6-1 6-3 6-3	Charles H. A. Ross

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
30 Sep-6 Oct	Longwood Challenge Cup[6] New Haven, CT, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	James Dwight ?	Quincy Adams Shaw Jr
6 - 12 Oct	National Collegiate Championships[6] Hartford, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Wallace Percy Knapp 10-12 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2	Godfrey M. Brinley

December

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
15 - 21 Dec	Victorian Championships[6] Melbourne, Australia Hard Singles - Doubles	Harry Hanslow Brind 25 games to 17	Dudley Webb

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1884[13]
#	Player
1	William Renshaw (GBR)
2	Herbert Lawford (GBR)
3	Charles Walder Grinstead (GBR)
4	Ernest Renshaw (GBR)
5	Ernest de S. H. Browne (Ireland)
6	Donald Stewart (GBR)
7	Teddy Williams (GBR)
8	Richard Sears (USA)

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