1883 men's tennis season
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| File:Ernest Renshaw.jpg Ernest Renshaw wins one of the four important tournaments of the year the Irish Championships | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 24 April – 12 November |
| Edition | 8th |
| Tournaments | 102 (Amateur) |
| Categories | Important (5) National (4) Provincial/Regional/State (7) County (11) Local/Other (44) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles | United Kingdom Charles Walder Grinstead (7) United Kingdom Herbert Wilberforce (7) |
| Most finals | United Kingdom Charles Walder Grinstead (9) |
← 1882 1884 → | |
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. 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.
Calendar
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
No event
February
No event
March
No event
May
June
July
August
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September
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October
November
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semi finalist | Quarter finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 November | Victorian Championships Melbourne, Australia Singles - Doubles |
Australia Louis Whyte 6—5 6—4 6—3 |
Australia Walter John Carre Riddell | ||
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December
No Events
Tournament winners
Note: important tournaments in bold
Rankings
Source: The Concise History of Tennis
| Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1883[67] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | |||
| 1 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Renshaw (GBR) | |||
| 2 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ernest Renshaw (GBR) | |||
| 3 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Lawford (GBR) | |||
| 4 | File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ernest Browne (Ireland) | |||
| 5 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Walder Grinstead (GBR) | |||
| 6 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donald Stewart (GBR) | |||
| 7 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Wilberforce (GBR) | |||
| 8 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Hartley (GBR) | |||
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Staffordshire Tournament was staged from 1879 to 1890.
- ↑ 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'.
- ↑ The Maidstone tournament was staged from 1881 to 1897.
- ↑ The South of Scotland Championships were staged from 1882 to 1967.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
References
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- http://www.tennisarchives.com/Tournaments 1883
- https://app.thetennisbase.com/1883 Men's Tennis season
- Tornei di tennis maschili nel 1883