The Devonshire Park Championships was a grass court tennis tournament usually staged in the third week of August annually.
[1] In July 1881 the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club was formally founded.
On 1 July 1874 Devonshire Park, originally intended as a cricket ground, opened its gates to the public.
The men's final singles winner was Englands George S. Murray Hill.
[1] In September 1881 the lawn tennis club decided to stage an open regional championship event known as the South of England Championships the inaugural men's singles was won by Britain's Edgar Lubbock,[1] and the women's event was won by England's Agnes Noon Watts.