Fitzwilliam Purse

The Fitzwilliam Purse, was a tennis competition held at the Irish Championships. The tournament consisted of players who had lost in the first round of the singles event. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1884. The event was discontinued after the 1901 event.

History

The Fitzwilliam Purse was a tennis tournament founded in 1884 for players who had lost in the first round of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships. It was played at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland. The tournament was staged annually until 1901 when it was discontinued.

The Fitzwilliam Plate was another tournament established in 1883 that was for players who were defeated in the second round of the Irish Championships, that tournament also ended in 1901.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1884	Ernest Wool Lewis	Robert Shaw Templer	6-1, 1–6, 6–2.
1885	Charles Henry Chaytor	George Arnulph Montgomerie	4-6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 6–0.
1886	David Grainger Chaytor	Francis Woodcock Perry	3-6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2 .
1887	Patrick Bowes-Lyon	Harry Grove	8-6, 8–6, 6–3.
1888	Tom Campion	George Hillyard	won.
1889	Ernest Wool Lewis	Joshua Pim	3 sets to 1.
1890	David Grainger Chaytor	George Hillyard	6-1, 6–3, 6–2.
1892	Ernest George Meers	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	6-3, 6–1, 7–5.
1893	Frank Owen Stoker	Horace Chapman	8-6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–2.
1894	Reginald Doherty	Charles Henry Martin	4-6, 6–0, retd.
1896	Edward Roy Allen	Harold Adair Nisbet	6-1, 6–3, 6–3.
1898	Harold Adair Nisbet	George Ball-Greene	6-3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.
1899	George Caridia	Arthur Henry Riseley	6-3, 7–5.
1901	Wilberforce Eaves	Walter Herbert Boyd	6-3, 6–2, 6–1.

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