Kilkenny County and City Open explained

Kilkenny County and City Open
Type:Defunct
Location:Archersfield, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Venue:Kilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club
Surface:Grass

The Kilkenny County and City Open[1] was an open grass court tennis tournament founded in 1882 as the County Kilkenny Tournament[2] at Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. In 1884 the event was renamed as the Kilkenny County and City Tournament.[3] The tournament ran until 1920.

History

The County Kilkenny Tournament was a late 19th century tennis event first staged in 1882 at Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.[4] By 1884 the tournament was renamed as the Kilkenny County and City Tournament,[5] and was held at the Kilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club, Archersfield, Kilkenny.[6] The held up to 1920 when it was called the Kilkenny County and City Open.[6]

This tournament was predominantly an Irish affair, featuring notable Irish players such as Ernest Browne, Grainger Chaytor, May Langrishe and Mabel Cahill and English players such as Alfred Beamish, Jack Hillyard and Mabel Parton.

Finals

Men's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1882[7] Michael Gallwey McNamara George Montague Butterworth6-3, 6–3, 6-2
1885[8] Charles Henry Chaytor6-4, 6-3
1886[9] Willoughby Hamilton6-4, 4–6, 6–3.
1887 Francis Slade-Gully6-1, 6-1
1890 Toler Roberts Garvey6-4, 6-4
1908[10] Louis Meldon6-2, 3–6, 7-5
1920 D'Arcy McCrea6-2, 1–6, 6-3

Women's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1882[11] Beatrice Langrishe?
1883 Mary Lysaght 6-1, 6–2, 6-0
1884 Mabel Cahill May Langrishe6-4, 6-4
1885 Miss Neville6-1, 6–8, 6-4
1886 Mabel Cahill Beatrice Langrishe7-5, 6–2, 6-4
1887 Jennie Power E. McCheane 6-8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 7-5
1908[12] Ruth Dyas Durlacher6-4, 4–6, 6-2
1920 Hilda Wallis Phoebe Blair-White6-2, 7-5

Mix Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1885 Francis R. Swayne
Mabel Cahill
R.P. Hamilton
Adela Langrishe
8-6, 8–6, 3–6, 3–6, 9-7
1886 Ernest Browne
May Langrishe
Francis R. Swayne
Mabel Cahill
6-1, 6–1, 6-1
1887[13] R. Plunkett-Greene
Miss Rotheram
Francis Slade-Gully
A.F. Gregory
6-4, 3–6, 6-2

Notes and References

  1. News: KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The final Kilkenny County and City Open tournament of the Kilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club was brought to a close today.. 29 April 2023 . Carlow Sentinel . British Newspaper Archive . 17 July 1920 . Carlow, Republic of Ireland . 4. subscription.
  2. News: LAWN TENNIS. FIXTURES. OPEN EVENTS JUNE . 29 April 2023 . Sporting Gazette . British Newspaper Archive . 16 June 1883 . London, England . 16. subscription.
  3. Rouse . Paul . Cahill, Mabel Esmonde . Dictionary of Irish Biography . 1 October 2009 . 10.3318/dib.001365.v3 . 29 April 2023 . Royal Irish Academy . en.
  4. Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022).https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/County Kilkenny.. search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
  5. Dictionary of Irish Biography
  6. Carlow Sentinel
  7. News: LAWN TENNIS. KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AND CHAMPIONSHIP . 29 April 2023 . Dublin Daily Express . British Newspaper Archive . 1 August 1882 . Dublin, Republic of Ireland . 4. subscription.
  8. News: KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT . 29 April 2023 . Dublin Daily Express . British Newspaper Archive . 12 June 1885 . Dublin, Republic of Ireland . 3. subscription.
  9. News: LAWN TENNIS. KILKENNY COUNTY AND CITY OPEN TOURNAMENT. The annual Open Tournament in connection with the Kilkenny County and City Club concluded on Friday the winners results were as follows.. 29 April 2023 . Carlow Sentinel . British Newspaper Archive . 24 July 1886 . Carlow, Republic of Ireland . subscription.
  10. News: KILKENNY COUNTY AND CITY LAWN TENNIS CLUB . 29 April 2023 . Kilkenny Moderator . British Newspaper Archive . 15 August 1908 . Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland . 2. subscription.
  11. Dublin Daily Express
  12. Kilkenny Moderator
  13. Tennis Archives