Champion Branfill Russell (April 1860 – 8 September 1945),[1] was an English tennis player in the later half of the 19th century.

[4] In June 1881 he won his first title at the Victoria Park Lawn Tennis Tournament at Exeter against Spencer Cox.

[4] In July 1881 he took part in the Wimbledon Championships where he reached the second round before losing to HC Jenkins.

[4] In 1883 at his second major tournament at the Northern Championships he defeated two time Wimbledon champion John Hartley in the semi-finals, before losing to Herbert Wilberforce in the final in four sets.

[4] In 1888 he played his last tournament at the Essex Championships at Chingford where he lost in the quarter-finals to FOS Reade.