October
- Former US top 10 player Frederic Mercur was reinstated by the USLTA and was allowed to play as of 1 October.
- Bruce Barnes turned professional and signed with the Tilden Tennis Tours
| Month | Event | Men | Women | Mixed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Runner-up | Champions | Runner-up | Champions | Runner-up | ||
| -4 October | Pacific Coast Championships San Francisco, United States (Men) Berkeley, United States (Women) |
Ellsworth Vines 6–3, 21–19, 6–0? 6–3, 2–6, 11–9, 6–3? |
Fred Perry | Edith Cross 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
Dorothy Weisel | ||
| Wood/Stoeffen 6–4, 7–5, 6–3?h 6–4, 6–4, 6–3?g |
Perry/Hughes | Lott/ Moody 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 |
Hughes/Cross | ||||
| 1 October- | Tatra International Tournament Rimavská Sobota, Czechoslovakia |
Roderich Menzel 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
Franz Wilhelm Matejka | ||||
| Menzel/Klein retired |
Matejka/Zichy | Blabol, Mrs.Weidenhoffer w/o |
Wittmann/Jedrzejowska | ||||
| 9 October- | Baltimore Hotel Invitational Tournament Santa Barbara, United States |
Keith Gledhill 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
Ellsworth Vines | Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Josephine Cruickshank | ||
| Meer/Stratford vs. N/A | |||||||
| -22 October | Chinese National Championships Shanghai, China |
Lim Bong Soo 6–3, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
Khoo Hooi Hye | ||||
| Soo/Yong cancelled |
Khoo/Kong | ||||||
| October | Meran Championships Meran, Italy |
Roderich Menzel 6–2, 6–1, 6–0 |
Ludwig Haensch | Hilde Krahwinkel 3 points to 2 |
Lolette Payot | ||
| Fisher/ Lesueur 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
Glasser/ du Plaix | Krahwinkel/Friedleben N/A |
Reznicek/ Horn | Fisher/Payot w/o |
Glasser/Dyson | ||
| 28 September-3 October | West-England Championships London, Great Britain |
Jiro Sato 6–3, 6–4 |
David H. Williams | Phyllis Mudford 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
Dorothy Round | ||
| Sato/Miki 7–5, 5–7, 7–5 |
Avory/Spence | Nuthall/Whittingstall 6–4, 6–3 |
Mudford/Round | Miki/Round 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Avory/Mudford | ||
| 5–10 October | West Hants Club Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain |
Jack Lysaght 6–3, 6–3 |
Cecil Campbell | Kathleen Godfree 6–4, 6–4 |
Nancy Lyle | ||
| 12–20 October | British Covered Court Championships London, Great Britain |
Jean Borotra 10–8, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3 |
Jiro Sato | Mary Heeley 6–1, 6–0 |
Jeanette Morfey | ||
| October | Villa d'Este Championships Villa d'Este, Italy |
Georges Glasser 0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
Emanuele Sertorio | Lucia Valerio 8–6, 6–1 |
Josane Sigart | ||
| Glasser/Salm-Hoogstraten 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
Kleischrott/Hillyard | Sigart/ Valerio 6–1, 6–2 |
Dyson/Hemmant | Kleischrott/ Valerio 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Hillyard/Satterthwaite | ||
| October | Paris Championships Paris, France |
Paul Féret 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
André Merlin | Simon Mathieu 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Josane Sigart | ||
| Borotra/Brugnon 1–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 |
Bernard/ Maier | Adamoff/Claude-Anet 7–5, 12–11, ret. |
Barbier/Mathieu | Borotra/ Sigart 6–2, 4–6, 9–7 |
Fisher/Payot | ||
| Cumberland Club Alvanley Garden Championship Hampstead, England |
Jiro Sato 6–4, 6–3 |
Edward Avory | |||||
| Sato/Miki 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
Ritchie/Avory | Sato/ Ingram 6–1, 8–6 |
Avory/Ms. Scott | ||||
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“Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“The autumnal change of our woods has not yet made a deep impression on our own literature yet. October has hardly tinged our poetry.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)