Waterford Open

The Waterford Open^[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
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1877
Abolished	1888
Editions	12
Location	Waterford Cricket Club Watford LTC Rocklands Waterford Munster Ireland
Surface	outdoor (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 Knox	6-1 6-2 [9]
1881	Michael G. McNamara	James Jocelyn Glascott	6-2 6-3 [10]
1882	Michael G. McNamara (2)	W. G. Wyld	6-3 6-0 [11]
1883	George M. Butterworth	Frederick William Knox	3-6 8-6 6-1 [12]
1884	Frederick William Knox	George M. Butterworth	6-4 7-5 6-4 [13]
1885	Toler Roberts Garvey	Frederick William Knox	6-1 6-0 6-0 [14]
1886	William Drumond Hamilton	Toler Roberts Garvey	6-4 3-6 6-1 0-6 6-0 [15]
1887	William Drumond Hamilton (2)	Grainger Chaytor	4-6 6-2 6-3 5-7 6-1 [16]
1888	William Drumond Hamilton (3)	Manliffe Goodbody	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 [17]

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runner's-up	Score
1877.	Frances Gallwey	Miss Donagh	defeated
1880.	May Langrishe	Deidre Meldon	6-5, 6-0
1881.	May Langrishe (2)	Adela Langrishe	6-2, 6-1
1886.	May Langrishe (3)	Ann Gallwey	6-0, 6-0
1887.	Phyllis Knox	Theresa Knox	4-6, 6-4, 6-2

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