The 1882 men's tennis season was composed of the seventh annual tennis season and now incorporated 72 events. The Wimbledon Championships and Irish Championships was won by William Renshaw, the U.S. National Championships was won by Richard Sears collecting his second title other big winners were Richard Taswell Richardson picking up the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships and Ernest Renshaw winning the Princes Club Championships, The title leader this season was Robert W. Braddell winning 4 tournaments from 6 finals.
The season started in April in Brighton, England 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), in some tournaments not all.* Indicates challenger Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
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January to March
No events
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
No events
List of tournament winners
Note: important tournaments in bold
Robert W. Braddell—Brighton, Oxford, Lemington Spa, Derby—(4) William Renshaw -Cheltenham, Irish Championships, Wimbledon—(3) Michael Gallwey McNamara—Brighton, Waterford—(2) Charles Lacy Sweet—Cirecester, Exmouth—(2) Ernest Renshaw—Princes Club—(1) Richard Sears—U.S. National Championships—(1) Richard Taswell Richardson—Northern Championships—(1) Peter Aungier—Naas—(1) Arthur Allen—San Gabriel—(1) G. R. Brewerton —Edgbaston—(1) Humphrey Berkeley—Teignmouth—(1) George Butterworth—Bath—(1) John Jameson Cairnes—New York—(1) Joseph Sill Clark Sr.—Richfield Springs—(1) William Cobbold—East Grinstead—(1) Harry F. Connover—New York—(1) E. J. Charley—Belfast—(1) John William Down—Waterloo—(1) Mark Minden Fenwick—Newcastle—(1) A. A. Fuller—Brighton—(1) Harry D. Gamble—Toronto—(1) Charles Walder Grinstead—Brentwood—(1) G. F. Hanson—Belfast—(1) Arthur Wellesley Hallward—Darlington—(1) Lawrence Hobart—Montclair—(1) John Galbraith Horn—Edinburgh—(1) L. Keyser—Melbourne—(1) Herbert Lawford—Fulham—(1) G. M. Minchin—Exeter—(1) William Monement—Norwich—(1) Edward Lysaght—Limerick—(1) William C. Taylor—Eastbourne—(1) Alexander Van Rensselear—Hoboken—(1) A. Springett—Darlington—(1) Joseph Sill Clark Sr.—Newark—(1) Frederick C. Stammer—Lichfield—(1) Richard Barron Templer—Montrose—(1) Robert Shaw Templer—Armagh—(1) Charles E. Weldon—Bath—(1) Edward Lake Williams—Fulham—(1) Mr. Winslow—Chestnut Hill—(1)
Rankings
Source: The Concise History of Tennis
See also
1882 in sports
Notes
References
Bibliography
Nauright John Dr. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice
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