1885 men's tennis season

In a repeat of the 1884 final, Herbert Lawford retained his Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin, defeating Ernest Renshaw in five sets.[1] William Renshaw won a fifth consecutive Wimbledon Championship.[2] American player James Dwight broke British dominance at the Northern Championships in Manchester, defeating defending champion Donald Stewart in straight sets.[3] In the United States Richard Sears collected a fifth consecutive US National Championship, beating Godfrey Brinley in four sets. In Australia, the New South Wales Championships were held for the first time at the Association Cricket Ground at the Moore Park in Sydney.[4] In England, the British Covered Court Championships, one of the first tournaments in history to be played on indoor courts, is held in London.[5]

American player James Dwight was the title leader for the season, winning 6 titles from 8 finals. He was the first non-European player to do so since 1877.

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),[6] in some tournaments not all.

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

Key

Tournaments in 1885 included:[11]

January

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
1–January.[12]	Seventh Regiment Championship Seventh Regiment LTC Seventh Regiment Armory New York City, NY, United States Hard (indoors)	Henry Graff Trevor ?		.

April

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
April.	Canterbury Championships Canterbury LTC Christchurch, New Zealand Grass Singles - Doubles	Frederick Wilding 6-2 6-3 6-3	C.C. Corfe	Edward James Ross	F.H. Bruges A.W. Cooke J.B. Harrison
2 April.[13]	British Covered Court Championships Hyde Park Lawn Tennis Club London, England Indoor Wood Singles - Doubles	Herbert Lawford 7-5, 6-3 6-0	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	Herbert Chipp Charles Prideaux Triscott	E. Syers Henley E. Syers Henley William C. Taylor Herbert Wilberforce

May

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
4- 7 May	Cambridge University LTC Tournament[14] Cambridge Great Britain Grass	Herbert Wilberforce 6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5	Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake	John Moyer Heathcote Howard Pease	William Nevill Cobbold Thomas Barton Holmes Alfred E. Walker7 H. Ward
5 - 7 May	Inter-Colonial Lawn Tennis Tournament[15] Sydney Australia Grass	William John Bush-Salmon 1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3	Walter John C. Riddell	Rex Allen	Thomas Bately Rolin Dudley Webb
18 May.	Longwood Cricket Club Tournament (later Longwood Bowl) Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass, USA Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor ?
19 - 25 May.[16]	Ilkley Tournament Ilkley LTC Ilkley, Yorkshire, England Grass	E.W. Fletcher 6-4 4-6 6-5	A.R. Atkinson	W.T. Booker M. Pole	William Gerald Barker D.F. Douglas Arthur Copson Peake E.M. Turner
20 - 25 May.[17]	Whitehouse Open Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland Outdoor Clay	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 8-6, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3	Richard Henry Fuller	George Kerr Archibald Thomson	William Ferguson John Galbraith Horn Charles R. Andrew Howden Alfred Aitken Thomson
18 - 26 May	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships[18] Fitzwilliam LTC Dublin, Ireland Grass	Herbert Lawford 4-6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6-4	Eyre Chatterton 6-4, 7–5, 9-7	Ernest Browne Willoughby Hamilton	James Dwight George Bloomfield Garvey A.C. Robertson Robert Shaw Templer
		Challenger Ernest Renshaw
23 - 26 May.	Fitzwilliam Plate Fitzwilliam LTC Dublin, Ireland Grass	Herbert Knox McKay 6-3 7-5 6-2	William C. Taylor	Tom Campion J.Butler Robinson	Harry Grove John Charles Kay Ernest Edward Knox Gilbert Mahon
23 - 26 May.	Fitzwilliam Purse Fitzwilliam LTC Dublin, Ireland Grass	Charles Henry Chaytor 6-3 7-5 6-2	George Arnulph Montgomerie	Toler Roberts Garvey Thomas Harrison Griffiths	Edward Bernard Greene William Drummond Hamilton Ronald M. McDougall A. Taylor
26 May.[19]	Young America Cricket Club Invitation Young America Cricket Club Stanton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-3, 6-3, 6-2	Clarence Munroe Clark	Richard Field Conover William V.S. Thorne
11 - 27 May	Dublin University Championships[20] Dublin Ireland Asphalt	Tom Campion 5-7 6-1 7-5 6-1	Charles Henry Chaytor	David Wilson Christie C. Stein	Eyre Chatterton Herbert Knox McKay
25 - 30 May	West of England Championships[21] Bath Great Britain Grass	Ernest de Sylly H. Browne 6-3, 6–1,6-4	James Dwight	Edward G. Meyricke William C. Taylor	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross E.H. Nicolls H. Peters C.A. Williamson
30 May.[22][23]	Scarlet Ribbon Amateur Tournament Scarlet Ribbon LTC Groveland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Surface ?	J.W. Corwith ?	Charles A. Chase[24]

June

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
30 May -6 June.[25][26]	East Orange Club Amateur Tournament East Orange Athletic Club East Orange, New Jersey, United States Grass	Patrick Lyman 6-4, 6-3, 6-3	Wallace Percy Knapp
June.[27]	Oxford University Champion Tournament Norham Gardens, Oxford, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Thomas Robinson Grey 6-3, 5–7, 6–3, 6-3	J.S. Burton	Harry Grove Edward G. Meyricke	Benjamin V. Sellon Brodie Hamilton A. Emmons J.B. Forman Stephen Dickinson Winkworth
		Hamilton A. Emmons Thomas Robinson Grey 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 9-7	Harry Grove John Redfern Deykin
		Thomas Musgrave Burton Miss Burton 6-0, 6-5	Thomas Robinson Grey Miss Davis,
1 - 6 June	East Gloucestershire Championships[28] Cheltenham, Great Britain Hard Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-4, 6–3, 6-2	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	James Dwight Donald Stewart	Frederick William Knox William C. Taylor Charles Lacy Sweet Robert Charles Thompson
8 - 13 June	London Athletic Club Open Tournament[29] Stamford Bridge, Fulham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 3-6, 8–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6-3	Ernest Wool Lewis	Harry Grove William C. Taylor	E.W. Brook Herbert Chipp James Herbert Crispe Charles Lacy Sweet
19 - 12 June[30]	Middle States Championships[31] Hoboken, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Sears 6-4, 6–1, 6-3	Howard Augustus Taylor	Robert Livingston Beeckman Charles Belmont Davis	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. M.P. Gybbes E. Spinnet C.A. Stevens
10 - 13 June.[32]	Edinburgh University LTC Open Edinburgh University LTC Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland Clay Singles - Doubles	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 6-1, 6-2, 6-1	T. Leigh MacLachlan	John Galbraith Horn George James Kerr	James H. Aitken Charles R. A. Howden Reginald H. Noott Alex Thomson
15 - 17 June.[33]	Acton Vale LTC Open Acton Vale LTC East Acton, London, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 7-5 6-2 7-5	Herbert Chipp	Harold Stapylton Greenwell Arthur Wellesley Hallward	Frederick Alexander Bowlby F. Bramah F.E. Cole A. Walker
13 - 19 June.	Waterloo Tournament[34] Liverpool, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Stananought 7-5, 6–3, 5–7, 7-5	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	Andrew Laurie Macfie James Alexander Rome	L.W. Brooke John Edmondson J.W. Fowler Richard Millar Watson
16 - 19 June.	Leamington Open Tournament Leamington LTC Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	James Dwight 6-3 6-2 6-2	Alfred Henry Betham	Francis Russell Burrow Hamilton A. Emmons	G. Clark J.B. Forman Windsor Richard Heneage John Charles Kay
16 - 19 June.	Warwickshire Championships Leamington LTC Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Hamilton A. Emmons w.o.	John Charles Kay	J.H. Mitchell W.J. Sarjant	A.E.H. Clarke A.H. Griffiths Albert Cecil Hill L. Richardson
17 - 20 June.	Broughty Ferry Open Broughty Ferry LTC Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland Clay Singles - Doubles	A. Browne 6-2 4-6 8-6 6-8 6-2	George Nelson Stenhouse	J.B. Gray L.F. Robertson	G.A. Ballingall T. Leigh MacLachlan H.B. Mitchell D.J. Walls
18 - 20 June.	Brincliffe Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament Brincliffe LTC Bramall Lane, Sheffield, South Riding, England Grass Singles - Doubles	James Dwight 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4	Arthur John Stanley	Ernest Wool Lewis Charles Lacy Sweet	Ernest Browne Hamilton A. Emmons John Charles Kay E.M. Turner
20-23 June.[35]	Chapel Allerton LTC Tournament Chapel Allerton LTC West Riding of Yorkshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	John Thorneycroft Hartley 6-0 6-2 6-1	Alexander Mallinson	Charles Joseph Dymond Maxwell Fitzsimmons	Maurice Spencer Clark Reginald Higginbottom Walter Oliver Montague Stephenson
23 June.	Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC Far and Near LTC Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Robert Livingston Beeckman ?	>
24 June.	Berrylands Club Tournament Berrylands LTC Surbiton, Surrey, England Outdoor Grass Singles	R. Playford 6-2, 6-2, 6-1	J.F. Newton	L. Newton A.B. Tomkins	J.W. Adamson H. Higley G. Rawlings Harry Stanley Scrivener
20 - 27 June.[36]	Northern Championships Liverpool Cricket Club Aigburth, Liverpool, England Grass Singles - Doubles	James Dwight 6-2, 6–4, 6–4,	Ernest Wool Lewis	E.W. Fletcher A.L. Payne	Jacob Gaitskell Brown William Nevill Cobbold Hamilton A. Emmons Andrew Laurie Macfie
		Challenger Donald Stewart
25 - 26 June.	Orange Spring Tournament[37] Montrose, NJ, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 7-5, 6–2, 6-3	William V.S. Thorne

July

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
July	Natal Championships[38][39] Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	George Stanley 18-17	W. J. Grant
29 Jun - 3 July	Edgbaston Open Tournament[40] Edgabaston, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Alfred Henry Betham 6–1, 6–3, 8-6	Walter Chamberlain	Conway John Morgan John George Thursfield	James Dwight William Henry Mahon Edward G. Meyricke Reginald Pease
29 Jun - 3 July	Midland Counties Championships Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Conway John Morgan 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-2, 9-7	John George Thursfield	George Reston Brewerton Edward G. Meyricke	George Howard Cartland William Brunston Thursfield E.P. Wright
		Challenger Walter William Chamberlain
		Walter William Chamberlain Margaret Bracewell 6-1, 8-10, 6-3	W.H. Mahon Beatrice Langrishe 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
2 - 4 July	Northumberland Cricket Club Open[41][42] Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	A. Dunn Jr. 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4	Percival Fenwick	Kenneth Ramsden Marley 1-6 6-3 6-5	J. A. Connor. Mark Fenwick Arthur Godfrey Pease Hugh A. Taylor
7 – 10 July.	North Berkshire ALTC Tournament Abingdon, North Berkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	A.D. Hensley 3-6, 6-3, 6-2	W.A. Jacob	J.H. Deazeley T.E. Graham	W. Abbott W.R. Graham Edward Arundel Geare S. Hayman
		A.D. Hensley Miss Binney 6-1, 4-6, 6-3	W.R. Graham Miss. Nicholas
9 – 11 July.	Hull Westbourne Avenue Tournament Westbourne Avenue LTC Kingston upon Hull, England Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	William Henry Mahon w.o.	Gilbert Mahon	E.W. Brooke L. Harrison	Percival Clennell Fenwick Philip Leslie Hirst J.T. Jones
5 - 15 July	Wimbledon Championships[43] London, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	William Renshaw 7-5, 6–2, 4–6, 7-5	Ernest Renshaw	Ernest Browne James Dwight	Herbert Chipp Michael Gallwey McNamara Patrick Bowes-Lyon Arthur John Stanley
		Challenger Herbert Lawford
15 - 17 July.[44]	Rainthorpe Hall Open Rainthorpe Hall Tasburgh, Norfolk, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Francis William Monement ?	William Bolding Monement	Edgar Sheppard Paston Mack G.E. Preston	H.C. Marsh O' Shaughnessy Belli Reade A.R. Stephenson H. Twining
13 - 18 July	East of Ireland Championships[45] Howth, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Eyre Chatterton 2-6, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6-0	Willoughby Hamilton	Ernest Edward Knox Herbert Knox McKay	Ernest Browne Thomas Harrison Griffiths William Drummond Hamilton Robert Shaw Templer
13 - 19 July	Gore Court Championships[46] Sittingbourne, Great Britain Clay Singles - Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-1, 6-2	Ernest George Meers	C. Perry E. Marmion	A. Chittenden L. Parsons Edward Berners Upcher F.B. Wallace
13 - 19 July	Northern Counties Challenge Cup[47] Norton, County Durham, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Hamilton A. Emmons 4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2	Arthur Godfrey Pease	William Edwin Pease E.R. Turner	George E. Newby Howard Pease Thomas Walker W.E. Walker
20 September.[48]	Litchfield Open Litchfield Lawn Club Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Henry Warner Slocum Jr. ?	?
20 - 25 July	Middlesex Championships Chiswick Park, Middlesex, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Herbert Chipp 7-5,7-5, 6-3	Donald Stewart	Harry Grove Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	Henry Wilson-Fox Ernest Wool Lewis Edward Barratt-Smith Robert Charles Thompson
		Mr. Farrer Harry Grove 6-1, 8-10, 6-3	William C. Taylor Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
		Harry Grove Blanche Bingley 6-3, 4-6, 6-4	Ernest Wool Lewis Beatrice Langrishe
20 - 25 July	Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open[49] Worcester, Great Britain Grass	John Charles Kay 6-2, 6-3	Frederick William Knox	F.H.A. Blake Walter William Chamberlain	A.E. Daldy William Henry Mahon Conway John Morgan H.T. Shapley
21 - 27 July.[50]	South of Ireland Championships Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6-3 10-8 2-6 6-3	Tom Campion	Charles Henry Chaytor Edward M. L. Lysaght	W.H. Clarke Thomas Harrison Griffiths William Drumond Hamilton
		Challenger Eyre Chatterton
22 - 25 July	Northumberland Championships[51] Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Hamilton A. Emmons 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-4	Percival Fenwick	Kenneth Ramsden Marley Gilbert Mahon	A.L. Davidson A. Dunn Jr. William Edwin Pease E.M. Shand
23 - 25 July.[lower-alpha 1][52][53]	Leicester Lawn Tennis Club Tournament[54] Leicester, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	William Nevill Cobbold 6-1, 6–2, 6-0 ret.	Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon	George Ernest Dixon Brown James Dwight	Percy Bateman Brown L. Hampson Sidney Alfred Noon A. Smith
20 - 26 July	Redhill Open[55] Redhill, Surrey, Great Britain Singles - Doubles	Harold Stone 6–2, 6-4	F.E. Cole	Harold Stapylton Greenwell Arthur Wellesley Hallward	Vincent Sydney Allpress Edgar John Chippendale William John Down E. Ranger
27 - 30 July	Les Diablerets International Lawn Tennis Tournament Les Diablerets, Switzerland Clay	R.H. Legge 3-6 6-1 6-4	W. Ross	H.J. Hamilton W.M. Smyth	D. Fitzgerald R.T. Michell S.R. Snelling P. Stares
27–31 July.[56]	North Wales Challenge Cup Vale of Clwyd LTC Denbigh, Vale of Clwyd, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles	G. Egerton 6-4, 6-4	A. Evill	Thomas A. Wynne Edwards Arthur Bennett Mesham	J.R. Wynne Edwards Mr. Hope P. Ormrod A.H. Turnour
		Challenger Captain H.T. Ravenhill

August

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
August.	Charmouth Open Charmouth LTC Charmouth, West Dorset, England Outdoor Grass Singles	L. Wynch 3-6, 6-0, 6-1	Mr. Frazer	Reginald Huyshe-Eliot	Mr. Caistor Charles Barrington Philpott F. Wynch
		Mr. T. Lewis Miss T.H. Lewis 6-2, 6-3	Mr. H. Lewis Miss. Vertue
27 July - 1 August.[57]	King's County and Ormonde Tournament Parsonstown, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-4, 6–4, 4-6 8-6	Robert Chaloner Knox	F.E. Bird W.G. Pearson	Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph George B. Garvey
		Challenger Toler Roberts Garvey
27 July - 1 Aug	Scottish Championships Edinburgh, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6-3, 6–2, 6-4	Archibald Thomson	Herbert Bowes-Lyon George Nelson Stenhouse	A.L. Davidson A.P. Jones L. MacLachlan Anderson Steel
31 July–2 August.[58]	Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament Athboy Lawn Tennis Club Athboy, County Meath, Ireland. Outdoor Grass Singles	Charles Chaytor 6-3, 6-0	George Hewson	C. Coleridge	George Edward Vernon Cuppage E. Collingwood James Sherrard
		George Archibald Tisdall George Edward Vernon Cuppage 6-4, 6-3	Mr. Hyde Mr. Ringwood
31 July–1 August.[59]	Rochester Open Paddock Lawn Tennis Club Rochester, Kent, England Grass Singles	C.C.J. Perry 6-1 6-2	E.M. Lachlan	A. Buchanan F.J. Troughton	W.S. Hunter T.G. Stuart Edwin Teixeira de Mattos T.G. Stuart
1 - 4 August.[60]	North of Wales Open Pensarn LTC Abergele, Conwy County Borough, North Wales Grass Singles - Doubles	T.M. Draper  ?	Robert Parsons Earwaker	E. Johnson H. Sidebottom	W.R. Craig Alfred Pittis Earwaker W. Orton W. Lifton Wynne
5 August.	Fylde Tournament Lytham LTC Lytham Cricket Club Ground Lytham St Annes, England. Grass Singles	John Leyland Birley 6-3, 6-5	Owen Seaman	W.M. Baker	J.M. Rea E.T. Wilson W.H.G. Worship
3 - 6 Aug	Darlington Association Tournament Darlington, County Durham, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6–0, 6–1, 6-3	John Galbraith Horn	A. Dunn jr. William Edwin Pease	Algernon G. Bathurst Harold S. Greenwell G. Kemp Arthur George Ridout
		Challenger Kenneth Ramsden Marley
2 - 8 Aug.[61]	Plymouth Open West Hoe LTC West Hoe, Plymouth, England Grass	Saint John Halford Coventry 9-1 games	George Parsons	Alfred Edward Thompson A. Tolcher	Maj. H.J. Couchman H.G. Hawker Mr. Patrick Storey Henry G. Hawker
3 - 6 Aug	South Northumberland C.C. Lawn Tennis Tournament Sunderland, Northumberland, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Hugh A. Taylor 9-8, 3-6, 6-5, 4-6, unfinished	Percival Clennell Fenwick	C.J. Dymond S. Jackson	C. Elliot W.R. Gibson Charles Young Simpson C. Welford
July - 8 Aug	Molesey Park Lawn Tennis Tournament Molesey, Surrey, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Charles Edmund Tatham 6-3 6-3	R. Tatham
3 - 8 Aug.[62][63]	Penarth LTC Championships Penarth LTC Penarth, Wales Grass Singles - Doubles	Francis Escott Hancock 6-4 6-2	Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake	Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake A.C. Robertson	Percy Kemp Heard Harry T. Shapley Albert Francis (Frank) Stoddart William Parkfield Wethered
3 - 8 Aug.[64]	West of Ireland Championships County Sligo Lawn Tennis Club Ardaghowen, Sligo, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton  ?	Rev. Edmund Lombard	William Drummond Hamilton	Effingham Carroll McDowel M. White
4-8 Aug.[65]	Wentworth Open Tournament Hotel Wentworth New Castle, New Hampshire, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3	Howard Augustus Taylor	William V.S. Thorne Wallace Percy Knapp
6 -8 Aug	Canadian International Championships Toronto, Ontario, Canada Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark. 6-0 6-4	Isidore Frederick Hellmuth	William Edward Glynn Fitz James Hynes	Alexander Galt Alexander Monro Grier W.W. McMaster Henry Gordon Mackenzie
3–9 Aug	Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	Toler Roberts Garvey 6-1, 6–0, 6-0	Thomas Harrison Griffiths	David Wilson Christie Hercules Robert Langrishe
		Challenger Frederick William Knox
3–9 Aug.[66]	Seabright Invitational Tournament Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club Rumson, New Jersey, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. 6-4, 6-4, 6-3	H.W. Bucknall
3–9 Aug.[67]	Wentworth Open Tournament New Castle, New Hampshire, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry 8-6 7-5 6-8 6-3	Godfrey Brinley	Robert Livingston Beeckman Herbert M. Sears
11 Aug.[68]	Narragansette Pier Open Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry w.o.	Henry Slocum	Quincy Shaw Charles Amherst Chase	Oliver Samuel Campbell Leib Harrison Dulles John Ryerson Albert Empie Wright
10–13 Aug.[69]	Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Teignmouth LTC Teignmouth, Devon, England Grass Singles	Wilfred Milne 6-3, 6–5, 6-2|	H.C. Kent	Ferguson G. Davies Erskine Gerald Watson	Saint John H. Coventry Stanley Riseley J.C. Rogers Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
10–13 Aug.[70]	Nahant Invitation Nahant Sporting Club Nahant, Massachusetts, United States Clay Singles - Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark ?	?
10–14 Aug	County Carlow Lawn Tennis Tournament Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles	H. Thorpe 6-3, 6–5, 6-2	Frederick J. Smith Leckey	C.J. Alexander H. Fitzmaurice	Arthur B.N. Gladwell Boyd Charles John Engledow J.E. Jameson K.D. Tanner
10–14 Aug	East Grinstead Lawn Tennis Club Tournament East Grinstead, England Grass Singles - Doubles	James Dwight 6-2 6-3 6-3	William Nevill Cobbold	Harry Grove John F. Peel Rawlinson
		Harry Grove James Dwight 6-1, 6-1, 6-2	William Nevill Cobbold William Reierson Arbuthnot
		Harry Grove Blanche Bingley 7-5, 6-2	James Dwight ] Margaret Bracewell
12–14 Aug.	Niagara International Tournament Queen's Royal Hotel Court's Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada Grass Singles - Doubles	Henry Gordon Mackenzie. 6-2, 6–1, 6-1	Robert Orr Shaw Wood	Robert Casimir Dickson Andrew E. Plummer	Lawrence H. Baldwin L.O. Dick Sutherland MacKlem
13–15 Aug.	East of England Championships Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club Felixstowe, Suffolk, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Francis William Monement 4-6, 6–4, 6-4	Maurice Welldon	T. Chilton	R.C. Brockman H.W. Nicholson
15–18 Aug.[71]	Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships[72] Inverkip Rovers LTC Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Scotland Outdoor Grass Singles	Charles H. J. Higginbotham 6-4, 6-4, 6-2	George Arbuthnot Burns	Walter McDonald Archibald Thomson	George Kerr Henry Guy Nadin Richard Millar Watson A. Graham Murray
17–19 Aug	Windermere Open Windermere and District Lawn Tennis Club Windermere, Westmorland, England Grass Singles - Doubles	E.W. Brook 5-6, 6-4, 6-1	J.A. Mason	R.M. Ainslie H.J. Norris	J.L. Bell A. Hardy H. Paley G.C. Wrigley
18–21 Aug	Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6–2, 6–1, 6-4	Harry St John	Edward Berkeley Napier	Lincoln Elwes Philip Elwes R.D. Hodgson
		Challenger Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross
		Ernest Wool Lewis Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 6-3, 6-2	Lincoln Elwes Philip Elwes
		Ernest Wool Lewis Miss Partner? 6-3, 4-6, 6-2	Harry Saint John Hornby Miss. Partner?
18–21 Aug.	U.S. National Championships Newport, Rhode Island, United States Grass Singles - Doubles	Richard Sears 6-3, 4–6, 6–0, 6-3	Wallace Percy Knapp	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry Joseph Sill Clark
		Challenger Godfrey Brinley
17–22 Aug	Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (later Yorkshire Championships) Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Gilbert Mahon 6-0, 6–2, 6-4	Arthur Godfrey Pease	Henry Edwin Caldecott W.F. Rodgers
		Challenger E.W. Fletcher
17–22 Aug.[73]	South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships Tenby LTC Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	William S. N. Heard 5-6, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3	E.W. Evans	A. Johnston A.C. Maxwell	E. Webb-Bowen W.L. Phillips R.E. Whitehead
17–22 Aug.[74]	Tenby Open Tenby LTC Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	James Baldwin 6-1 6-3 6-0	S.F. Hulton	E.W. Davies E.W. Evans	William Sidney Nelson Heard E.M. Samson A. Glover-Williams William George Wyld
19–22 Aug.[75]	Braemar Lawn Tennis Tournament Braemar LTC Braemar, Scotland Grass	Alexander Hayne 6-4 6-4 6-3	Alasdair Blackwood	Andrew Duncan Bruce Elliott
19–22 Aug	Mid Devon Lawn Tennis Tournament Mid Devon LTC Eggesford, Devon, England Grass Singles	Arthur William Buckingham 6-3 6-2 6-0	S.H. Whately	Mortimer Drury Buckingham A.Peere Williams-Freeman	E. Bray W.J. Hadden Robert Reginald Luxton T.P. Whately
20–22 Aug[76]	Fifeshire Lawn Tennis Association Tournament (later Fifeshire Championship)[77] Saint Andrews College Saint Andrews, Scotland Grass Singles	John Galbraith Horn 6-2, 6-2	George Kerr	S.C. Knott George Nelson Stenhouse	C.S. Fowler H.B. Harris D.J. Walls
20–22 Aug	North Yorkshire Tournament Yorkshire LTC Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-2, 6-2, 6-4	E.W. Fletcher	James Dwight Harold Stapylton Greenwell	Arthur Edward Corner Alexander Mallinson
18–22 Aug	South of Scotland Championships Moffat, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	Archibald Thomson 6-3, 6–4, 6-3	B.S. Cave	H. Gillbanks William Ferguson	H.F. Adams J.B. Gray L. Perry Alfred Aitken Thomson
		Dudley Stuart Anderson Steel 4-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-4, 6-4	William Ferguson N.J. Finlay
		William Ferguson Miss L. Murray 0-6, 7-5, 6-3	B.S. Cave Miss. H. Lyell
19–24 Aug.[78]	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, England Grass Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament – Doubles	Charles Richard Longe 6-1, 6-0	Herbert Davy Longe	R.C. Brockman C.R. Freeman	H.A. Collins Charles Sidney Cullingham G.A. Lane Henry Evelyn Tombe
24–27 Aug	Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson 6–3, 6–0, 7-5	Lionel Robert Wilberforce	Percy Bateman Brown George Ernest Dixon Brown	F.H. Aves Edmund Henry Parker Frederick Charles Martin Whitehead
24–29 Aug.[79]	Les Grands Vaux Tournament Caesarian LTC Les Grands Vaux, St Saviour, Jersey Clay/Grass Singles	Godfrey Stratton Mills 6–3, 6–4, 7-5	Harold Horsley	James Lancaster Sidney Kingston-Mills	George Hornby Harry Nuttall Percy Wildman Lushington Edward Lake Williams
24–29 Aug	Derbyshire Championships Buxton, Derbyshire, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Eyre Chatterton 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4	James Dwight	Walter Reid Craig William C. Taylor	T.M. Draper Thomas Robinson Grey Harry Grove Robert C. Thompson
26–28 Aug.[80]	Devon and Cornwall Archery Society Lawn Tennis Tournament Manadon, Plymouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Saint John Halford Coventry 6-4 6-3	H.S. Parsons	W.E. Bastard H. St. G. Thomas	Richard W. Arthur E.G. Hawker W.S. Sheldon E.H.A. Tolcher
24 Jul–30 Aug	Brookfield Isle of Wight Open Brookfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England Grass	James Dwight 6-4, 1–6, 6–4, 6-2	Teddy William	H. Pritchard Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	Herbert Chipp A.W. Coomber E.O. Dunn E.G. Easton
24 - 29 Aug.[81]	Whitby Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Congress Hall Grounds Whitby, North Yorkshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	James Herbert Crispe 3-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-5	Arthur Godfrey Pease	C.H.C. Harrison Henry Bowser Wimbush	William Francis Wells-Cole Arthur Edward Corner Leonard William Greenwell George Richmond Mewburn

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 ?
31 Aug - 2 Sep.	Burton-on-Trent Tournament Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Henry Guy Nadin 6-4 6-3 6-0	Frank Noon	G.E. Lowe Conway John Morgan	Sydney Herbert Evershed A.E. Phipps H.E. Sugden
		G.E. Lowe Henry Guy Nadin 3 sets to 1	Frank Noon Conway John Morgan
		Frank Noon Miss Hodson divided title.	Sydney Herbert Evershed Mrs Evershed
2–5 Sep	Rothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament Craigmore Grounds Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Asphalt Singles - Doubles	L. McLachlan 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3	B.H. Harris	D.G. Kemp Horatio Babington Peile	J.C. Burns C.H. Nield Anderson Steel A.W. Woodburn
3–5 Sep	West Teviotdale (Hawick) Open Hawick Cricket Ground Hawick, Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, Scotland Grass Singles - Doubles	George Nelson Stenhouse 6-0, 6-3, 6-8, 6-8, 6-3	Richard Millar Watson	S.C. Knott Forrester John Thomson	Charles Stanislaus Constable S.C. Fowler Hubert Ware D.J. Walls
		George Nelson Stenhouse Richard Millar Watson 8-6, 6-4, 6-3	Alfred Aitken Thomson Forrester John Thomson
		Richard Millar Watson Miss Lottie Dod 6-3, 4-6, 3-2 ret.	S.C. Scott Miss Scott
5–September.[82][lower-alpha 2]	Edgewood Country Club Open Edgewood Country Club Tivoli, New York. USA Clay Singles - Doubles	Valentine Gill Hall
31 August–7 September.[83]	United Services Tennis Club Tournament United Service Recreation Club, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Grass Singles - Doubles	William George Wyld 6-2, 6-1	W. Platt	Major G.M. Currie Francis Marwood Hext	Lieut. G. Daubeny H. Ferguson C. Poulter W.L. Brooke-Smith
7–9 September[84]	Buffalo Lawn Tennis Tournament Summer Street Grounds Buffalo, New York (State), United States Grass Singles - Doubles	A.L. Plummer ?	?
8–11 September.[85]	Lenox Invitation Lenox Lawn Tennis Club Harlem, New York, USA Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry ?	Philip Shelton Sears
9–11 September.	Downshire Lawn Tennis Tournament Downshire LTC Royal Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland Outdoor Grass	Robert Shaw Templer 6-4, 6-2	G. Macan	James Kinahan R.J. McNeill	L. Bristow G.H. Clarke J. McNeile Walter Francis Templer
7 - 17 Sep	South of England Championships[86] Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass Singles - Doubles	Ernest Lewis 4-6, 7–5, 6–3, 6-3	William C. Taylor	Edward James Avory Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	J.F. Adair Harry Grove William Howard Edward Somes Saxton
12-19 Sep.[87]	Aldershot Division Open Lawn Tennis Tournament Aldershot Divisional LTC Aldershot Garrison, Hampshire, England Outdoor Grass Singles	Lieut. D. Bligh 2 sets to 1	Lieut. R. Jones.	?	?
14–20 Sep	St Leonards-on-Sea Tournament St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England Grass Singles - Doubles	Herbert Wilberforce ?	S. Wilson
23 Sep.[88]	Orange Invitation Mountain Station, Montrose South Orange, New Jersey, USA Outdoor Grass Singles - Doubles	Henry Warner Slocum Jr. ?	?
21–26 Sep	Sussex Championships Brighton, England Hard Singles - Doubles	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross w.o.	William C. Taylor
21–27 Sep	Norton Open Norton, County Durham, England Grass Singles - Doubles	H. A. Emmons 4-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6-2	Arthur Godfrey Pease
29–September.[89]	Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation) Westchester Country Club Harrison, New York, USA Grass Singles - Doubles	Robert Livingston Beeckman

October

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
October.[90]	Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Brighton Lawn Tennis Club Queen's Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England Grass	James Dwight 7-5, 6–3, 7-5	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	? ?	? ? ? ? ? ?
28 Sep-4 Oct	Southern Championships Wilmington, NC, United States Clay Singles - Doubles	Charles Belmont Davis 6-2, 6–1, 6-2	E. Porter
8 October	Armagh Lawn Tennis Club Tournament Armagh, Northern Ireland Outdoor Hard Singles - Doubles	Robert Shaw Templer w.o.	Major Cadell A.D.M. Moore	L. Hardyman H. Murphy
		Challenger Walter Francis Templer
6 - 10 Oct	Victorian Championships[91] Melbourne, Australia Hard Singles - Doubles	Walter John Carre Riddell[92] 25 games to 13	Louis Whyte
6 - 12 Oct	Intercollegiate Championships[93] New Haven, CT, United States Clay Singles - Doubles	Wallace Percy Knapp[94] 10-10-8, 10–8, 6-3	Augustus Duryee	W.B. Lord Lewis Henry Paddock

November

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
2–7 November	Punjab Lawn Tennis Championships Lahore, Punjab, India Grass Singles - Doubles	Trevor Douglas Davies Berrington 5-6 5-6 6-3 5-4 ret.	F.O. Anderson	F. Drake A.P. Hill	Edward Lee French H.R. Hackman G. Hamilton G.C. Walker
9-11 November.[95]	S.C.C. Open Tournament Singapore Cricket Club, Singapore, Malaya Grass Singles - Doubles	Geoffrey Paulson Owen 7-5, 6-3, 6-4	Dr. Henry Nickleson-Smythe	Robert W. Braddell A.P. Hill	Jonathan Lee-Hoo Norman Pendleton Cap. Alistair Campbell retd. Ian Jenkins-St.Clair

Source: The Concise History of Tennis

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1885[96]
#	Player
1	William Renshaw (GBR)
2	Herbert Lawford (GBR)
3	Ernest Renshaw (GBR)
4	Ernest Browne (Ireland)
5	Eyre Chatterton (Ireland)
6	Willoughby Hamilton (Ireland)
7	Herbert MacKay (GBR)
8	Richard Sears (USA)
9	James Dwight (USA)

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