County Kildare Open Tennis Championship

County Kildare Open Tennis Championship
Tournament information
Founded1881; 145 years ago (1881)
Editions140 (2018)
LocationNaas
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

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

History

A County Kildare tennis tournament was first staged in 1879 at the Naas military barracks under the title the County Kildare Tournament. 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.

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

Champions

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) in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Men's singles

Included:

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1879 Ireland Algernon A. M. AylmerIreland James G. Kennedy4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
1880 Ireland Joseph R. RainsfordIreland Jacob R. Sherrard?
1881Ireland Peter AungierIreland W.A. Cairnes?
1882Ireland Peter AungierIreland John William Young6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1883Ireland Peter AungierIreland Algernon A. M. Aylmer6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1884Ireland Peter AungierIreland Thomas Harrison Griffiths6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1887Ireland Algernon A. M. AylmerIreland Cecil J. Cramer-Roberts6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1889Ireland C. JohnsonIreland Richard J. Hornidge6–2, 6–4, 6–1
1939Republic of Ireland George McVeaghRepublic of Ireland George McVeagh?

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ Routledges Sporting Annual (1882) Lawn Tennis in 1881. George Routledge and Son. London. p.71.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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

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