The Molesey Park Lawn Tennis Tournament was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament organised by the Molesey Park Lawn Tennis Club and first held in August 1885 at Molesey Park, Molesey, Surrey, England. The tournament ran for three editions until 1887.
History The Molesey Park Lawn Tennis Tournament was first established on 8 August 1885 and was played 15 August 1885.Surrey Comet The first gentleman's singles was won by Charles Edmund Tatham who had previously won the Holt LTC Tournament in Norfolk, he defeated his brother Ralph Tatham in the final.
Finals Men's singles (Incomplete roll): YearWinnerFinalistScore1885 Charles Edmund Tatham Ralph Tatham 6-3, 6–3.1886 Harry Sibthorpe Barlow Percy Bateman Brown6-2, 6–4.1887 Arthur Wellesley Hallward Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross6-5, 6–1.
Women's singles YearWinnerFinalistScore1885 Miss Charlote Cobbold Miss Joyce Wray6-2, 6–2.
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