Tennis player’s trophy for winning a series of matches (5)
I believe the answer is:
ashes
'winning a series of matches' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'tennis player's trophy' is the wordplay.
'tennis player' becomes 'Ashe' (Arthur Ashe).
'trophy' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ashe'+'s'='ASHES'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ashes that I've seen before include "sporting trophy" , "Powders remaining after fire" , "Residue from fire" , "Burnt residue" , "Remnants of a fire" .)