Kilkenny County and City Open

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 (1882)
Abolished1920 (1920)
LocationArchersfield, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
VenueKilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

History

The County Kilkenny Tournament was an 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

Mens Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1882[7]Ireland Michael Gallwey McNamaraUnited Kingdom George Montague Butterworth6-3, 6–3, 6-2
1885[8]Ireland Tom CampionIreland Charles Henry Chaytor6-4, 6-3
1886[9]Ireland Ernest BrowneIreland Willoughby Hamilton6-4, 4–6, 6–3.
1887Ireland Grainger ChaytorIreland Francis Slade-Gully6-1, 6-1[4]
1890Ireland Manliffe Francis GoodbodyIreland Toler Roberts Garvey6-4, 6-4
1908[10]United Kingdom Alfred BeamishIreland Louis Meldon6-2, 3–6, 7-5
1920[6]United Kingdom Jack HillyardRepublic of Ireland D'Arcy McCrea6-2, 1–6, 6-3

Womens Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1882[11]Ireland May LangrisheIreland Beatrice Langrishe?
1883Ireland May LangrisheIreland Mary Lysaght 6-1, 6–2, 6-0
1884[5]Ireland Mabel CahillIreland May Langrishe6-4, 6-4
1885[11]Ireland May LangrisheIreland Miss Neville6-1, 6–8, 6-4
1886[6]Ireland Mabel CahillIreland Beatrice Langrishe7-5, 6–2, 6-4
1887Ireland Jennie PowerIreland E. McCheane6-8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 7-5
1908[12]Ireland Ruth Dyas DurlacherUnited Kingdom Mabel Parton6-4, 4–6, 6-2
1920[6]Republic of Ireland Hilda WallisRepublic of Ireland Phoebe Blair-White6-2, 7-5

Mix Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1885[11]Ireland Francis R. Swayne
Ireland Mabel Cahill		Ireland R.P. Hamilton
Ireland Adela Langrishe		8-6, 8–6, 3–6, 3–6, 9-7
1886 [6]Ireland Ernest Browne
Ireland May Langrishe		Ireland Francis R. Swayne
Ireland Mabel Cahill		6-1, 6–1, 6-1
1887[13]Ireland R. Plunkett-Greene
Ireland Miss Rotheram		Ireland Francis Slade-Gully
Ireland A.F. Gregory		6-4, 3–6, 6-2

References
  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. 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. "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: Bbritish Newspaper Archive. 15 August 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  11. Dublin Daily Express
  12. Kilkenny Moderator
  13. Tennis Archives
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