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
Founded	1882; 143 years ago (1882)
Abolished	1920; 105 years ago (1920)
Location	Archersfield, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Venue	Kilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Grass

History

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

Men's Singles

(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

(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

(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