Waterford Open Tournament

The Waterford Open Tournament[1] also known as the Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament was a men's and women's tennis tournament was played on outdoor grass courts in Waterford, Ireland from 1877 through 1888.[2]

Waterford Open Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1877
Abolished1888
Editions12
LocationWaterford Cricket Club
Watford LTC
Rocklands
Waterford
Munster
Ireland
Surfaceoutdoor (Grass)

History

The Waterford Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament was played at Waterford Cricket Club, Rocklands later called Waterford Lawn Tennis club [3] in Ireland on outdoor grass courts from 1877 to 1888 for twelve editions only, toward the end of its run it was known as the Waterford Open Tournament.Dublin Daily Express. The tournament made its debut on both the 1877 men's tennis season and the 1877 women's tennis season

Finals

Included:[4][5]

Men's singles
Year Winners Runner's-up Score
1877 Vere St. Leger Goold H. H. Elliott? [6]
1878 Vere St. Leger Goold (2) John M. Brown? [7]
1879 Vere St. Leger Goold (3) William Gore Burroughs ? [8]
1880 Vere St. Leger Goold (4) Frederick William Knox6-1 6-2 [9]
1881 Michael G. McNamara James Jocelyn Glascott6-2 6-3 [10]
1882 Michael G. McNamara (2) W. G. Wyld6-3 6-0 [11]
1883 George M. Butterworth Frederick William Knox3-6 8-6 6-1 [12]
1884 Frederick William Knox George M. Butterworth6-4 7-5 6-4 [13]
1885 Toler Roberts Garvey Frederick William Knox6-1 6-0 6-0 [14]
1886 William Drumond Hamilton Toler Roberts Garvey6-4 3-6 6-1 0-6 6-0 [15]
1887 William Drumond Hamilton (2) Grainger Chaytor4-6 6-2 6-3 5-7 6-1 [16]
1888 William Drumond Hamilton (3) Manliffe Goodbody4-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 [17]

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runner's-up Score
1877. Frances Gallwey Miss Robertsdefeated
1880. May Langrishe Miss D. Meldon6-5, 6-0
1881. May Langrishe (2)Adela Langrishe6-2, 6-1
1886. May Langrishe (3) Ann Gallwey6-0, 6-0

Mixed doubles
Year Winners Runner's-up Score
1877 Miss Radcliffe
Henry Joseph Gallwey		 Frances Gallwey
Benjamin E. Bunbury		defeated.
1886 May Langrishe
Toler Roberts Garvey		 Frances Gallwey
Henry Joseph Gallwey		6-3, 6-3

References
  1. "LAWN TENNIS THE WATERFORD OPEN TOURNAMENT". Dublin Daily Express. Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 9 August 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. Garcia, Gabriel. "WATERFORD Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SAL, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. "St Annes Tennis Club, Waterford, Ireland, Club History". www.stannestennis.com. Watrford Munster Ireland: St. Anne's Tennis Club. 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. Garcia, Gabriel. "WATERFORD Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SAL, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. "Tournament – Waterford - Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. "Edition – Waterford 1877". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. "Edition – Waterford 1878". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  8. "Edition –Waterford 1879". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  9. "Edition – Waterford 1880". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. "Edition – Waterford 1881". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  11. "Edition – Waterford 1882". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  12. "Edition – Waterford 1883". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  13. Smith, Mark (2017). "Edition – Waterford 1884". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  14. "Edition – Waterford 1885". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017.
  15. "Edition – Waterford 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  16. Ryan, Mark (2017). "Edition – Tennisarchives". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  17. "Edition – Waterford 1888". www.tennisarchives.com. RA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Sources
  • Evelegh, B. C. (1883-1891). ed. The "Field" Lawn Tennis Calendar. London. England.
  • Longman C.J. and Walrond H. (1880-1891). ed's The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. London. Longmans Green and Company.
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