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County Kildare Open Tennis Championship

The County Kildare Open Tennis Championship, originally known as the County Kildare Tennis Tournament (1879–1880), then County Kildare Championship,[1] is grass court tennis tournament held initially at Naas, County Kildare, in Ireland, established on 2 August 1881.

County Kildare Open Tennis Championship
Tournament information
Founded1881; 143 years ago (1881)
Editions140 (2018)
LocationNaas

County Kildare
Republic of Ireland
VenueNaas Tennis Club
SurfaceArtificial Grass, outdoors
Websitehttp://www.lltc.ie/history/south of ireland championships
Current champions
Men's singlesRepublic of Ireland James Halas

History

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A County Kildare tennis tournament was first staged in 1879 at the Naas military barracks under the title the County Kildare Tournament.[2] and was a It was a featured event of 1879 Men's Tennis tour and 1880 Men's Tennis tour. On 2 August 1880, a Colonel de Burgh called for a meeting of members of the Naas and Country Kildare Cricket club to discuss forming a country club for the purpose of providing archery, cricket, football, lawn tennis, polo, and pigeon shooting for local town residents.[3][4]

On 1 January 1881 the County Kildare Club was formally established (later changed to Naas Lawn Tennis Club).[5] In August 1881 the County Kildare Open Tennis Championships came into existence.[6] In 1939 the event was won by Irish Davies Cup player George McVeagh.[7] This tournament is still being staged today.[8]

Champions

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Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [9] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Men's singles

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Included:[2]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1879 [a]   Algernon A. M. Aylmer   James G. Kennedy 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.[10]
1880 [b]   Joseph R. Rainsford   Jacob R. Sherrard ?[2][11]
1881[c]   Peter Aungier[12]   W.A. Cairnes ?[2][13]
1882[d]   Peter Aungier[14]   John William Young 6–1, 6–4, 6–3[2]
1883[e]   Peter Aungier   Algernon A. M. Aylmer 6–0, 6–3, 6–2[2][15]
1884[f]   Peter Aungier   Thomas Harrison Griffiths 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4[2][16]
1887[g]   Algernon A. M. Aylmer   Cecil J. Cramer-Roberts 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0[2][17]
1889[h]   C. Johnson   Richard J. Hornidge 6–2, 6–4, 6–1[2]
1939   George McVeagh   George McVeagh[18] ?

Notes

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  1. ^ 1879 edition held from 27 July to 2 August
  2. ^ 1880 edition held from 28–31 July
  3. ^ 1881 edition held from 2–6 August
  4. ^ 1882 edition held from 25–29 July
  5. ^ 1883 edition held from 24 July end date no stated
  6. ^ 1884 edition held from 29 July to 2 August
  7. ^ 1887 edition held in July 1887
  8. ^ 1890 edition held in August 1890

References

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  1. ^ Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.71.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – County Kildare Tournament". Tennis Archives. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ "History – Naas LTC". Naas LTC. Naas, County Kildare, Ireland: Naas Lawn Tennis Club. 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Naas Chronology 134 AD – 1900 – Kildare Local History . ie". kildarelocalhistory.ie. Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups. 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ^ Naas Lawn Tennis Club
  6. ^ Naas Lawn Tennis Club
  7. ^ Lyons, Mary Rose. "Naas LTC - a short history by Mary Rose Lyons". Naas LTC. Naas Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  8. ^ Naas Lawn Tennis Club
  9. ^ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 March 1922. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Edition – County Kildare Tournament 1879". www.tennisarchives.com. Idzznew BV. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  11. ^ Gray, John (July 1880). "Sporting Events". The Freeman's Journal. Dublin, Ireland.
  12. ^ Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881
  13. ^ Gray, John (August 1881). "Sporting Events". The Freeman's Journal. Dublin, Ireland.
  14. ^ Routledges Sporting Annual (1883) Lawn Tennis Principle Meetings of 1882: . George Routledge and Son. London. p.116.
  15. ^ The Field Lawn Tennis Annual 1890
  16. ^ Gray, John (August 1884). "Sporting Events". The Freeman's Journal. Dublin, Ireland.
  17. ^ "Tennis Events". The Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. July 1887.
  18. ^ Naas Lawn Tennis Club

Sources

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  • Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 March 1922.
  • Gray, John (1880–1881). "Sporting Events". The Freeman's Journal. Dublin, Ireland.
  • Irish Times, The. (1887). "Tennis Events" Dublin, Ireland.
  • "History – Naas LTC" (2017). Naas LTC. Naas, County Kildare, Ireland: Naas Lawn Tennis Club.
  • "Naas Chronology 134 AD – 1900 – Kildare Local History . ie". kildarelocalhistory.i.e. Co. Kildare Federation of Local History Groups. 2017.
  • Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – County Kildare Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV.
  • Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London.
  • Routledges Sporting Annual (1883) Lawn Tennis Principle Meetings of 1882. George Routledge and Son. London.

Further reading

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  • Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
  • British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK.
  • Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
  • Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK.
  • Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
  • Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
  • The World of Tennis Annuals, Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.
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