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Kilkenny County and City Open

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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.

Kilkenny County and City Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Abolished1920; 104 years ago (1920)
LocationArchersfield, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
VenueKilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

History

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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

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Men's Singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1882[7]   Michael Gallwey McNamara   George Montague Butterworth 6-3, 6–3, 6-2
1885[8]   Tom Campion   Charles Henry Chaytor 6-4, 6-3
1886[9]   Ernest Browne   Willoughby Hamilton 6-4, 4–6, 6–3.
1887   Grainger Chaytor   Francis Slade-Gully 6-1, 6-1[4]
1890   Manliffe Francis Goodbody   Toler Roberts Garvey 6-4, 6-4
1908[10]   Alfred Beamish   Louis Meldon 6-2, 3–6, 7-5
1920[6]   Jack Hillyard   D'Arcy McCrea 6-2, 1–6, 6-3

Women's Singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1882[11]   May Langrishe   Beatrice Langrishe ?
1883   May Langrishe   Mary Lysaght 6-1, 6–2, 6-0
1884[5]   Mabel Cahill   May Langrishe 6-4, 6-4
1885[11]   May Langrishe   Miss Neville 6-1, 6–8, 6-4
1886[6]   Mabel Cahill   Beatrice Langrishe 7-5, 6–2, 6-4
1887   Jennie Power   E. McCheane 6-8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 7-5
1908[12]   Ruth Dyas Durlacher   Mabel Parton 6-4, 4–6, 6-2
1920[6]   Hilda Wallis   Phoebe Blair-White 6-2, 7-5

Mix Doubles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1885[11]   Francis R. Swayne
  Mabel Cahill		   R.P. Hamilton
  Adela Langrishe		 8-6, 8–6, 3–6, 3–6, 9-7
1886 [6]   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

References

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  1. ^ "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". Carlow Sentinel. Carlow, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 17 July 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ "LAWN TENNIS. FIXTURES. OPEN EVENTS JUNE". Sporting Gazette. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 16 June 1883. p. 16. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ Rouse, Paul (1 October 2009). "Cahill, Mabel Esmonde". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.001365.v3. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022).https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/County Kilkenny.. search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
  5. ^ a b Dictionary of Irish Biography
  6. ^ a b c d e f Carlow Sentinel
  7. ^ "LAWN TENNIS. KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AND CHAMPIONSHIP". Dublin Daily Express. Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 1 August 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  8. ^ "KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT". Dublin Daily Express. Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 12 June 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  9. ^ "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". Carlow Sentinel. Carlow, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 24 July 1886. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  10. ^ "KILKENNY COUNTY AND CITY LAWN TENNIS CLUB". Kilkenny Moderator. Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 15 August 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  11. ^ a b c Dublin Daily Express
  12. ^ Kilkenny Moderator
  13. ^ Tennis Archives
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