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1885 Men's tennis tour
	James Dwight won most titles this year
Details
Duration	2 April – 12 October
Edition	9th
Tournaments	54 (Amateur)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	James Dwight (5)
Most tournament finals	James Dwight (7) ;
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The 1885 Men's tennis tour was the ninth annual tennis tour, consisting of 54 tournaments it began at the beginning of the year in Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and ended 12 October in New Haven, Connecticut United States.

Summary of tour[edit]

In a repeat of the 1884 final Herbert Lawford retains his Irish Lawn Tennis Championships title in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in five sets. William Renshaw Wins a fifth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. American player James Dwight breaks British dominance at the Northern Championships in Manchester defeating defending champion Donald Stewart in straight sets. In the United States Richard Sears collects a fifth consecutive US National Championship beating Godfrey Brinley in four sets.

American player James Dwight is the title leader this season winning 5 titles from 7 finals he is the first non-European player to do so since 1877.

Calendar[edit]

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.

* Indicates challenger

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

Key[edit]

Important tournaments ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
National tournaments
State Regional tournaments
County tournaments
Local tournaments

Tournaments in 1885 included:^[7]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
?	Natal Championships ^[8]^[9] Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Outdoor Grass Singles – Doubles	George Stanley 18-17	W. J. Grant

January[edit]

No events

February[edit]

No events

March[edit]

'No events

April[edit]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
2 April	British Covered Court Championships London, Great Britain Indoor Hard (wood) Singles – Doubles	Herbert Lawford 6-4 6-4 8-6	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	Herbert Chipp 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 Charles Prideaux Triscott 6-1 6-1 6-2	E. Syers Henley E. Syers Henley William C. Taylor Herbert William Wrangham

May[edit]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
4- 7 May	Cambridge University LTC^[10] Cambridge Great Britain Grass	Herbert Wilberforce 6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5	Frederick Hooper Aldrich-Blake	.
4- 7 May	Cambridge University LTC^[10] Cambridge Great Britain Grass			.
5 – 7 May	New South Wales Championships^[11] Sydney Australia Grass	William John Bush-Salmon 1–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3	Walter John C. Riddell
5 – 7 May	New South Wales Championships^[11] Sydney Australia Grass
11 – 27 May	Dublin University Championships^[12] Dublin Ireland >Hard (asphalt)	Thomas S. (Tom) Campion 5-7 6-1 7-5 6-1	Charles Henry Chaytor
11 – 27 May
18 – 26 May	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships^[13] 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
18 – 26 May	Irish Lawn Tennis Championships^[13] Dublin, Ireland Grass	Challenger Ernest Renshaw		Ernest Browne Willoughby Hamilton

20 – 25 May	Whitehouse LTC^[14] Edinburgh Great Britain Grass	Herbert Bowes-Lyon 8-6, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3	Richard Henry Fuller
20 – 25 May	Whitehouse LTC^[14] Edinburgh Great Britain Grass
25 – 30 May	West of England Championships^[15] Bath Great Britain Grass	Ernest de Sylly H. Browne 6-3, 6-1,6-4	James Dwight	Edward G. Meyricke William C. Taylor	Charles H. Ashe- Ross E.H. Nicolls H. Peters C.A. Williamson
25 – 30 May	West of England Championships^[15] Bath Great Britain Grass			Edward G. Meyricke William C. Taylor

June[edit]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
1 – 6 June	East Gloucestershire Championships^[16] Cheltenham, Great Britain Hard Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-4, 6-3, 6-2	Charles H. Ashe-Ross	James Dwight Donald Stewart	Frederick William Knox William C. Taylor Charles Lacy Sweet Robert Charles Thompson
1 – 6 June				James Dwight Donald Stewart
8 – 13 June	London Athletic Club Tournament^[17] Cheltenham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles H. 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
8 – 13 June				Harry Grove William C. Taylor
19 – 12 June ^[18]	Middle States Championships^[19] 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
19 – 12 June ^[18]				Robert Livingston Beeckman Charles Belmont Davis	Joseph Sill Clark Sr. M.P. Gybbes E. Spinnet C.A. Stevens
13 – 19 June	Waterloo Tournament^[20] 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
13 – 19 June				Andrew Laurie Macfie James Alexander Rome
16 – 19 June	Warwickshire Championships^[21] Leamington Spa, Great Britain 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				Francis Russell Burrow Hamilton A. Emmons
20 – 27 June	Northern Championships^[22] Liverpool, Great Britain 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
20 – 27 June		Challenger Donald Stewart		E.W. Fletcher A.L. Payne

25 – 26 June	Orange Spring Tournament^[23] Montrose, NJ, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Howard Augustus Taylor 7-5, 6-2, 6-3	William V.S. Thorne

July[edit]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
29 Jun – 3 July	Edgbaston Tournament ^[24] Edgabaston, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Alfred Henry Betham 6-1, 6-3, 8-6	Walter W. Chamberlain	Conway John Morgan John George Thursfield	James Dwight William Henry Mahon Edward G. Meyricke Reginald Pease
29 Jun – 3 July				Conway John Morgan John George Thursfield
2 – 4 July	Northumberland Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament^[25]^[26] 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
2 – 4 July				Kenneth Ramsden Marley 1-6 6-3 6-5
5 – 15 July	Wimbledon Championships ^[27] 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
5 – 15 July		Challenger Herbert Lawford		Ernest Browne James Dwight

13 – 19 July	Northern Counties Challenge Cup^[28] 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
13 – 19 July				William Edwin Pease E.R. Turner	George E. Newby Howard Pease Thomas Walker W.E. Walker
13 – 19 July	Sittingbourne^[29] Sittingbourne, Great Britain Clay Singles – Doubles	Ernest Wool Lewis 6-1, 6-2	Ernest George Meers	C. Perry E. Marmion	A. Chittenden L. Parsons Edwarad Berners Upcher F.B. Wallace
13 – 19 July				C. Perry E. Marmion
13 – 19 July	East of Ireland Championships^[30] 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				Ernest Edward Knox Herbert Knox McKay
20 – 25 July	Middlesex Championships^[31] Chiswick Park, Great Britian Grass Singles – Doubles	Herbert Chipp 7-5,7-5, 6-3	Donald Stewart	Harry Grove Charles H. Ashe- Ross	Henry Wilson-Fox Ernest Wool Lewis Edward Barratt-Smith Robert Charles Thompson
20 – 25 July				Harry Grove Charles H. Ashe- Ross
20 – 25 July	Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open ^[32] Worcester, Great Britian 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
20 – 25 July				F.H.A. Blake Walter William Chamberlain
21 – 25 July	South of Ireland Championships^[33] Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton 6-4 12-10 6-0	Eyre Chatterton
21 – 25 July
22 – 25 July	Northumberland Championships^[34] 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
22 – 25 July				Kenneth Ramsden Marley Gilbert Mahon	A.L. Davidson A. Dunn Jr. William Edwin Pease E.M. Shand
20 – 26 July	Red Hill tournament^[35] 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
20 – 26 July				Harold Stapylton Greenwell Arthur Wellesley Hallward
23 – 25 July	Leicestershire Championships^[36] 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
23 – 25 July				George Ernest Dixon Brown James Dwight	Percy Bateman Brown L. Hampson Sidney Alfred Noon A. Smith
23 – 25 July	Athboy Tournament ^[37] Athboy, County Meath Ireland Grass	Charles Henry Chaytor 6-3 6-0	George Rawdon Maurice Hewson	C. Coleridge	E. Collingwood George Edward Vernon Cuppage Reverend James Jackson Sherrard

August[edit]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
27 July – 1 Aug	Scottish Championships^[38] 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
27 July – 1 Aug				Herbert Bowes-Lyon George Nelson Stenhouse	A.L. Davidson A.P. Jones L. MacLachlan Anderson Steel
27 July – 2 August	Midland Counties Championships^[39] Edgabaston, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Conway John Morgan 6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1	John George Thursfield	George Reston Brewerton Edward G. Meyricke	George Howard Cartland William Brunston Thursfield E.P. Wright
27 July – 2 August		Challenger Walter William Chamberlain		George Reston Brewerton Edward G. Meyricke

27 July – 2 August	King’s County and Ormonde Tournament^[40] Parsonstown, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Browne 6-4, 6-4, 4-6 8-6	Robert Chaloner Knox	F.E. Bird W.G. Pearson
27 July – 2 August		Challenger Toler Roberts Garvey		F.E. Bird W.G. Pearson

3 – 6 Aug	Darlington tournament^[41] Darlington, County Durham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 6-0, 6-1, 6-3	John Galbraith Horn	A. Dunn jr. William Edwin Pease
3 – 6 Aug		Challenger Kenneth Ramsden Marley		A. Dunn jr. William Edwin Pease

3 – 6 Aug	South Northumberland^[42] Sunderland, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Hugh A. Taylor 9-8 3-6 6-5 4-6 unfinished	Percival Clennell Fenwick	C.J. Dymond S. Jackson
3 – 6 Aug				C.J. Dymond S. Jackson
3 – 8 Aug	West of Ireland Championships^[43] Sligo, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Willoughby Hamilton ?	Rev. Edmund Lombard	William Drummond Hamilton	Effingham Carroll McDowel M. White
3 – 8 Aug				William Drummond Hamilton	Effingham Carroll McDowel M. White
6 -8 Aug	Canadian International Championships ^[44] Toronto, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Joseph Sill Clark. 6-0 6-4	Isidore Frederick Hellmuth	William Edward Glynn FitzJames Hynes
6 -8 Aug				William Edward Glynn FitzJames Hynes
3 -9 Aug	Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament^[45] Rocklands, Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles – Doubles	Toler Roberts Garvey 6-1, 6-0, 6-0	Thomas Harrison Griffiths	David Wilson Christie Hercules Robert Langrishe
3 -9 Aug		Challenger Frederick William Knox		David Wilson Christie Hercules Robert Langrishe

3 -9 Aug	Wentworth Invitation New Castle, NH, 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
3 -9 Aug				Robert Livingston Beeckman Herbert M. Sears
10 – 13 Aug	Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament^[46] Teignmouth , Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Wilfred Milne 6-3, 6-5, 6-2	H.C. Kent	Ferguson G. Davies Erskine Gerald Watson
10 – 13 Aug				Ferguson G. Davies Erskine Gerald Watson
10 – 16 Aug	West Sussex Championships^[47] East Grinstead, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	James Dwight 6-2 6-3 6-3	William Nevill Cobbold	Harry Grove John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
10 – 16 Aug				Harry Grove John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
10 – 16 Aug	Narragansette Narragansett, RI, United States Grass Singles – Doubles	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry ?	?
10 – 16 Aug
18 – 21 Aug	Hampshire Championships^[48] Bournemouth, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Harry St John 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
18 – 21 Aug		Challenger Charles A. Ashe Ross

18 – 21 Aug	U.S. National Championships Newport, USA Grass Singles – Doubles	Richard Sears 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3	Wallace Percy Knapp	Walter Van Rensselaer Berry Joseph Sill Clark
18 – 21 Aug		Challenger Godfrey Brinley		Walter Van Rensselaer Berry Joseph Sill Clark

17 – 22 Aug	Yorkshire Championships^[49] Scarborough, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Gilbert Mahon 6-0, 6-2, 6-4	Arthur Godfrey Pease	Henry Edwin Caldecott W.F. Rodgers
17 – 22 Aug		Challenger E.W. Fletcher		Henry Edwin Caldecott W.F. Rodgers

17 – 23 Aug	South of Scotland Championhips^[50] Moffat, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Archibald Thomson 6-3, 6-4, 6-3	B.S. Cave	H. Gillbanks William Ferguson
17 – 23 Aug				H. Gillbanks William Ferguson
17 -23 Aug	Suffolk Championships^[51] Saxmundham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Charles Richard Longe 6-1, 6-0	Herbert Davy Longe
17 -23 Aug
24 – 27 Aug	Cambridgeshire Lawn Tennis Tournament^[52] Cambridge, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson 6-3, 6-0, 7-5	Lionel Robert Wilberforce
24 – 27 Aug
24 – 29 Aug	Derbyshire Championships^[53] Buxton , Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Eyre Chatterton 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4	James Dwight
24 – 29 Aug
24 Jul-30 Aug	Brookfield Tournament Brookfield, Nr, Glossop Great Britain Surface unknown	James Dwight 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2	Edward (Teddy) Lake William
24 Jul-30 Aug
24 – 30 Aug	Whitby tournament^[54] Whitby, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	James Herbert Crispe 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-5	Arthur Godfrey Pease

September[edit]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist	Quarter finalist
7 – 17 Sep	South of England Championships^[55] Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Ernest Lewis 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3	William C. Taylor	Edward James Avory Charles H. Ashe Ross	J.F. Adair Harry Grove William Howard Edward Somes Saxton
7 – 17 Sep				Edward James Avory Charles H. Ashe Ross	J.F. Adair Harry Grove William Howard Edward Somes Saxton
14 – 20 Sep	St Leonards-on-Sea^[56] St Leonards-on-Sea, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	Herbert Wilberforce ?	S. Wilson
14 – 20 Sep
21 – 26 Sep	Sussex Championships^[57] Brighton , Great Britain Hard (indoor) Singles – Doubles	Charles H. Ashe Ross w.o.	William C. Taylor
21 – 26 Sep
21 – 27 Sep	Norton Tournament Norton, County Durham, Great Britain Grass Singles – Doubles	H. A. Emmons 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2	Arthur Godfrey Pease

October[edit]

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semi finalist
28 Sep-4 Oct	Southern Championships Wilmington, NC, United State Clay Singles – Doubles	Davis Belmont 6-2, 6-1, 6-2	E. Porter
28 Sep-4 Oct
6 – 10 Oct	Victorian Championships^[58] Melbourne, Australia Hard Singles – Doubles	Walter John Carre Riddell ^[59] 25 games to 13	Louis Australia Whyte
6 – 10 Oct
6 – 12 Oct	US National Collegiate Championships^[60] New Haven, CT, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Wallace Percy Knapp 10-10-8, 10-8, 6-3	Augustus Duryee	W.B. Lord Lewis Henry Paddock

November[edit]

No Events

December[edit]

No Events

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