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The Irish Open and originally known as the Irish Championships or Irish Lawn Tennis Championships,[1] and for sponsorship reasons also known as Carroll's Irish Open Championships was a men's and women's tennis tournament held at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland. Before the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913, it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.[2][3][4] the others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Northern Championships. The men's event was part of the pre-open era tour from inception until 1967. It was then part of the open era non-aligned independent tour (1968–69). From 1970 to 1974, it was an event on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The women's event was on the same tours as the men except for when it became part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour from 1971 to 1973. The men's edition was played until 1979, and the women's ended in 1983 when they both ceased to part of the top level world tennis circuit.

Irish Championships
Irish Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameIrish Open
TourIrish Tennis Circuit
(1879–1912)
ILTF World Circuit
(1913–69) men
(1913–72) women
ILTF Grand Prix Circuit
(1970–74) men
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970, 74-83) women
WTA Tour
(1971–73) women
Founded1879; 145 years ago (1879)
Abolished1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Editions94
LocationDublin, Ireland
VenueFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club
Fitzwilliam Square
SurfaceHard, Grass, Clay

History edit

The Irish Championships were first held in June 1879, two years after Wimbledon started. It was first staged at Pembroke Place, Dublin [5] until 1880 when it transferred to Wilton Place [5] where it remained till 1902. In 1903 the tournament moved again this time to Fitzwilliam Square. The championships began 2 June 1879 [6] the tournament had the distinction of being the first event to feature men's and women's singles and doubles tournaments as well as a mixed doubles competition. Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.[2][3][4] the others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Northern Championships.

George Whiteside Hillyard writing his book Forty Years of First-class Lawn Tennis emphasising the importance of this tournament:

To win the Irish Championship was looked upon as quite on a par with winning at Wimbledon, and justly so:

— The Irish Championships, Forty Years of First-class Lawn Tennis (1925). Williams and Norgate, Ltd. London. p. 6.

The tournament changed its name to the Irish Open in 1972 and again it moved location to Appian Way, Dublin where it remained for the duration of its run. The tournament has been played on multiple surfaces throughout its history. The first two years, (1879–1880) were competed on hard courts.[7] It was played on grass courts,[7] (1881–1939). From 1946 to 1965, it was played on clay courts,[7] and it returned to being played on grass again from 1966 until the tournament ended.[7] The Irish Open is currently a tournament on the ITF World Tennis Tour, the lowest tier of professional tennis.[8]

Finals edit

Results include:[1]

Men's singles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1879   Vere St. Leger Goold   Charles David Barry 8–6, 8–6
1880   William Renshaw   Vere St. Leger Goold 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1881   William Renshaw (2)   Herbert Lawford 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1882   William Renshaw (3)   Ernest Renshaw w/o
1883   Ernest Renshaw   Herbert Lawford 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3
1884   Herbert Lawford   Ernest Renshaw 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1885   Herbert Lawford (2)   Ernest Renshaw 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1886   Herbert Lawford (3)   Willoughby Hamilton 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1887   Ernest Renshaw (2)   Herbert Lawford 7–5, 6–2, 9–7
1888   Ernest Renshaw (3)   Willoughby Hamilton 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1889   Willoughby Hamilton   Ernest Renshaw 12–10, 6–1, 6–3
1890   Ernest Lewis   Willoughby Hamilton 3–6, 3–6, 9–7, 6–4, 7–5
1891   Ernest Lewis (2)   Joshua Pim 6–2, 6–3, 8–6
1892   Ernest Renshaw (4)   Ernest Lewis 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1893 [9]   Joshua Pim   Ernest Renshaw 6–1, 6–4, 6–1
1894   Joshua Pim (2)   Thomas Chaytor 3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 9–7
1895   Joshua Pim (3)   Wilberforce Eaves 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1896   Wilfred Baddeley   Harold Mahony 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3[10]
1897 [11]   Wilberforce Eaves   Wilfred Baddeley 1–6, 2–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–3
1898   Harold Mahony   Wilberforce Eaves 6–1, 5–7, 9–7, 8–6
1899   Reginald Doherty   Harold Mahony 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1900   Reginald Doherty (2)   Arthur Gore 6–4, 7–5, 7–9, 7–9, 6–3
1901   Reginald Doherty (3)   Laurence Doherty 6–4, 4–6, r
1902   Laurence Doherty   Sydney Howard Smith 6–1, 6–4, 6–1[10]
1903   William Drapes   James Cecil Parke 6–0, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4[12]
1904   James Cecil Parke   Thomas Douglas Good 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1905   James Cecil Parke (2)   Alexander H. Porter 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1906   Frank Riseley   S. Douglas 6–2, 6–1, 7–5
1907   Josiah Ritchie   Thomas Douglas Good 0–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1908   James Cecil Parke (3)   Wylie Grant 4–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1909   James Cecil Parke (4)   Alfred Beamish 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
1910   James Cecil Parke (5)   Alfred Beamish 6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1911   James Cecil Parke (6)   Simon Frederick Scroope 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1912   James Cecil Parke (7)   George Alan Thomas 6–2, 6–1, 6–0
1913   James Cecil Parke (8)   George Alan Thomas 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1914   Cecil John Tindell Green   George Alan Thomas 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–8, 6–3
1915–18 Not held
1919   Cecil J. Campbell   Valentine Miley 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1920   Valentine Miley   George Alan Thomas 2–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 8–6
1921   Cecil J. Campbell (2)
1922 Not held
1923   George Eric Mackay   F. Crosbie 7–5, 6–0, 6–1
1924   Louis Meldon   Edward McGuire 6–1, 6–0, 6–2
1925   Charles Frederick Scroope   Maurice V. Summerson 6–3, 6–3, 6–0
1926   Pierre Henri Landry   Maurice V. Summerson 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1927   Gordon Crole-Rees   Pat Hughes 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
1928   George Lyttleton-Rogers   Dudley Pitt 5–7, 6–1, 6–8, 6–4, 6–2
1929   John Olliff   George Lyttleton-Rogers 4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
1930   Harry Lee   Pat Hughes 3–6, 1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–0
1931   Edward McGuire   Harry F. Cronin 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1932   Sidney. B. Wood   Gregory Mangin 3–6, 6–3, 9–11, 6–3, 6–0
1933   David Jones   Clayton Burwell 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1934   Camille Malfroy   George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–2, 6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 6–1
1935   Alan Stedman   Camille Malfroy 7–5, 6–2, 6–1
1936   George Lyttleton-Rogers (2)   Robert Mulliken 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1937   George Lyttleton-Rogers (3)   Trevor G. McVeagh 6–1, 8–6, 7–5
1938   Owen Anderson   George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1939   Murray Deloford   Ghaus Mohammed Khan 6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1940–45 Not held
1946   Dinny Pails   Cyril A. Kemp 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1947   Tony Mottram   Cyril A. Kemp 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1948   Eric Sturgess   Sumant Misra 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1949   Nigel Cockburn   Syd Levy 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1950   Cyril A. Kemp   Bryan Rooke 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1951   Abe Segal   Guy Jackson 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1952   Naresh Kumar   Steve Potts 6–1, 6–4, 6–8, 3–6, 6–2
1953   Naresh Kumar (2)   Joe D. Hackett 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0
1954   Hugh Stewart   Mervyn Rose 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 11–13, 6–4
1955   Hugh Stewart (2)   Bob Howe 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 13–11
1956   Budge Patty   Hugh Stewart 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1957   Ashley Cooper   Jaroslav Drobný 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1958   Neale Fraser /  Mike Davies Title shared
1959   Jack Frost   Jon Douglas 8–6, 11–9
1960   Dennis Ralston   Martin Mulligan 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1961   William E. Bond   Frank Froehling 6–4, 6–4, 5–7, 11–9
1962   Rod Laver   Bobby Wilson w/o
1963   Bobby Wilson   Billy Knight 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1964   Bobby Wilson (2)   Roger Werksman 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1965   Tony Roche   Mike Sangster 11–9, 13–11
1966   Jerry Cromwell   Graham Stilwell 7–9, 6–4, 6–4
1967   Keith Wooldridge   Peter Mockler 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
1968   Tom Okker   Lew Hoad 6–1, 6–2
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Bob Hewitt   Nikola Pilić 6–3, 6–2
1970   Tony Roche (2)   Rod Laver 6–3, 6–1
1971   Cliff Drysdale   Clark Graebner 10–8, 6–3
1972   Bob Hewitt (2)   Frew McMillan 6–1, 6–2
1973   Mark Cox   John Yuill 7–5, 3–6, 11–9
1974   Sherwood Stewart   Colin Dowdeswell 6–3, 9–8
1975   Alvin Gardiner   Anthony Fawcett 9–7, 6–3
1976–77 Not held
1978   Robert Carmichael   Sean Sorensen 6–3, 6–2
1979   Paul Kronk   Sean Sorensen 7–6, 6–4

Men's doubles edit

Results included:[1]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1879   J. Elliot
  H. Kellie		   Peter Aungier
  Charles David Barry		 ?
1880   William Renshaw
  Ernest Renshaw		   Herbert Lawford
  A. J. Mulholland		 5–7, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1881   William Renshaw (2)
  Ernest Renshaw (2)		   Arthur J. de Courcy Wilson
  Henry Hugh Wilson		 def.[1]
1882   Ernest Browne
  Peter Aungier		   William Renshaw (2)
  Ernest Renshaw		 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6.[1]
1883   William Renshaw (3)
  Ernest Renshaw (3)		   Peter Aungier
  Ernest Browne		 6–3, 6–0, 10–8.[1]
1884   William Renshaw (4)
  Ernest Renshaw (4)		   Ernest Lewis
  Edward Lake Williams		 7–5, 6–4, 6–3.[1]
1885   William Renshaw (5)
  Ernest Renshaw (5)		   Ernest Browne
  Eyre Chatterton		 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2.[1]
1886   Willoughby Hamilton
  Herbert Knox McKay		   Eyre Chatterton
  James Dwight		 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1887   Willoughby Hamilton (2)
  Tom S. Campion		   Patrick Bowes-Lyon
  Herbert Wilberforce		 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.[1]
1888   Willoughby Hamilton (3)
  Tom S. Campion (2)		   Hugh Montgomery Cairnes
  Cameron Dean-Shute		 6–3, 9–7, 7–5.[1]
1889   Ernest Lewis
  George Hillyard		   Maxwell J. Carpendale
  Harold S. Stone		 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1890   Joshua Pim
  Frank Stoker		   Ernest Lewis
  George Hillyard		 8–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4.[1]
1891   Joshua Pim (2)
  Frank Stoker (2)		   Ernest Lewis
  Grainger Chaytor		 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3.[1]
1892   Ernest Lewis (2)
  Ernest Meers		   Joshua Pim
  Frank Stoker		 6–1, 8–6, 6–4.[1]
1893 [9]   Joshua Pim
  Frank Stoker (3)		   Ernest Lewis
  Ernest Meers		 default
1894   Joshua Pim (2)
  Frank Stoker (4)		   Ernest Lewis
  Charles Henry Martin		 6–3, 7–5, 6–4.[1]
1895[13]   Joshua Pim (3)
  Frank Stoker (5)		   Charles Allen
  Roy Allen		 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1896 [14]   Wilfred Baddeley
  Herbert Baddeley		   Reginald Doherty
  Harold Nesbitt		 6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1897[15]   Wilfred Baddeley (2)
  Herbert Baddeley (2)		   Reginald Doherty
  Sydney Howard Smith		 9–7, 7–5, 6–3
1898   Reginald Doherty
  Laurence Doherty		   Herbert Baddeley
  Wilfred Baddeley		 w.o.[1]
1899   Reginald Doherty (2)
  Laurence Doherty (2)
1900   Reginald Doherty (3)
  Laurence Doherty (3)
1901   Reginald Doherty (4)
  Laurence Doherty (4)
1902   Reginald Doherty 5)
  Laurence Doherty (5)
1907   Herbert Newcombe Craig
  Thomas Douglas Good		   James Cecil Parke
  John Frederick Stokes		 8–6, 6–8, 9–7, 6–4.[1]
1908   Alfred Beamish
  Charles F. Scroope		   Herbert Newcombe Craig
  Thomas Douglas Good		 3–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3.[1]
1920   John F. O'Connell Miley
  Valentine W. O'Connell Miley		   Edward D'Arcy McCrea
  John Frederick Stokes		 6–0, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1921–2008 ...

Women's singles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1879 [16]   May Langrishe   D. Meldon 6–2, 0–6, 8–6[17]
1880   D. Meldon (2)   Connie Butler 6–1, 6–1
1881 Not held
1882   Mary Abercrombie   Marian Bradley 6–4, 6–1
1883 [18]   May Langrishe   Beatrice Langrishe 6–0, 6–1
1884   Maud Watson   May Langrishe 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1885   Maud Watson (2)   Louisa Martin 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1886 [19]   May Langrishe (2)   Louisa Martin 6–3, 6–4
1887   Lottie Dod   Maud Watson 6–4, 6–3
1888   Blanche Bingley Hillyard   Bertha Steedman 7–5, 6–2
1889 [20]   Louisa Martin   Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7–5, 6–0
1890 [20]   Louisa Martin (2)   Lena Rice 9–7, 6–4
1891 [20]   Louisa Martin (3)   Florence Stanuell 6–2, 5–7, 6–0
1892 [20]   Louisa Martin (4)   G. Crofton 6–1, 6–0
1893 [9]   Florence Stanuell   Miss Pope 6–2, 6–3
1894   Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2)   Miss Shaw 6–3, 6–2
1895   Charlotte Cooper[21]   Lottie Paterson 6–4, 6–4
1896 [20]   Louisa Martin (5)   Charlotte Cooper 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
1897   Blanche Bingley Hillyard (3)   Ruth Dyas Durlacher 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1898   Charlotte Cooper   Louisa Martin 6–4, 9–7
1899 [20]   Louisa Martin (6)   Ruth Dyas Durlacher 6–1, 6–2
1900 [20]   Louisa Martin (7)   Charlotte Cooper 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1901   Muriel Robb   Ruth Dyas Durlacher 9–7, 6–1
1902 [20]   Louisa Martin (8)   Ruth Dyas Durlacher 6–8, 6–4, 7–5
1903 [20]   Louisa Martin (9)   Maude Garfit 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1904   Winifred Longhurst   Ellen Stawell-Brown 6–3, 6–3
1905   Winifred Longhurst (2)   Mrs. A.H.C. Barker 6–1, 6–0
1906   Winifred Longhurst (3)   Mabel Parton 6–1, 6–1
1907   Maude Garfit   Hilda Lane 6–2, 6–2
1908   Maude Garfit (2)   Edith Boucher 6–4, 6–2
1909   Maude Garfit (3)   Agnes Tuckey 9–7, 9–7
1910   Bertha Holder   Miss Hazlett 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1911   Mrs D.R. Barry   Bertha Holder 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1912   Ethel Thomson Larcombe   Mrs. Norton-Barry 6–4, 6–1
1913   Mrs D.R. Norton-Barry (2)   I. Clarke 6–2, 7–5
1914   I. Clarke   Winifred Longhurst 9–11, 6–2, 6–4
1915–18 Not held
1919   Elizabeth Ryan   Janet Jackson 6–0, 6–1
1920   Elizabeth Ryan (2)   Geraldine Beamish 6–1, 6–2
1921   Elizabeth Ryan (3)   Hilda Wallis 6–2, 6–4
1922 Not held
1923   Elizabeth Ryan (4)   Joanna Davidson 7–5, 4–6, 12–10
1924   Hilda Wallis   Miss Price 6–3, 6–4
1925   Esna Boyd Robertson   Daphne Akhurst Cozens 9–7, 6–1
1926   Hilda Wallis (2)   Miss Price 6–4, 6–0
1927   Phoebe Holcroft Watson   Elsie Goldsack 6–2, 6–2
1928   Mrs. Blair White   Hilda Wallis 6–1, 1–6, 8–6
1929   Bobby Heine   Billie Tapscott 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1930   Hilda Wallis (3)   M. French 6–2, 6–2
1931   Mrs. Blair White (2)   Norma Stoker 6–4, 6–3
1932   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska   Vera Montgomery 6–4, 6–2
1933   Hilda Wallis (4   Norma Stoker 6–4, 6–3
1934   Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling   Joan Hartigan Bathurst 6–3, 6–1
1935   Sheila Chuter   Cristobel Wheatcroft 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1936   Anita Lizana   Nancy Dickin 6–3, 6–3
1937   Thelma Jarvis   Valerie Scott 6–4, 6–1
1938   Helen Wills Moody   Thelma Jarvis 6–4, 6–2
1939   Alice Marble   Susan Noel Powell 6–2, 6–4
1940–45 Not held
1946   Louise Brough   Doris Hart 6–2, 7–5
1947   Jean Bostock   Betty Lombard 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1948   Sheila Piercey Summers   Mary D. Muller 9–7, 6–1
1949   Thelma Coyne Long   Shirley Fry 6–1, 4–6, 9–7
1950   Pat Todd   Barbara Scofield 6–3, 6–4
1951   Betty Lombard   Arvilla McGuire 6–2, 6–3
1952   Maureen Connolly   Jean Walker-Smith 6–1, 6–1
1953   Angela Mortimer   Shirley Bloomer Brasher 6–4, 0–6, 11–9
1954   Maureen Connolly   Ginette Bucaille 6–2, 6–1
1955   Beverly Baker Fleitz   Darlene Hard 6–2, 6–2
1956   Shirley Bloomer Brasher   Dorothy Head Knode 8–6, 6–2
1957   Sandra Reynolds   Sheila Armstrong 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1958   Dorothy Head Knode   Shirley Bloomer Brasher 4–6, 7–5, 7–5
1959   Renée Schuurman   Sandra Reynolds 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1960   Dorothy Head Knode (2)   Ruia Morrison 6–4, 6–2
1961   Ann Haydon   Kathy Chabot 6–0, 6–3
1962   Madonna Schacht   Judy Alvarez 6–0, 6–3
1963   Billie Jean Moffitt   Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–4, 6–3
1964   Maria Bueno   Věra Pužejová Suková 6–0, 6–1
1965   Maria Bueno (2)   Christine Truman 10–8, 6–4
1966   Margaret Court   Kathleen Harter 6–2, 6–1
1967   Alex Soady   Heather Allen 6–3, 6–2
1968   Margaret Court (2)   Ann Haydon-Jones 6–3, 6–1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Billie Jean King   Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–2
1970   Virginia Wade   Valerie Ziegenfuss 6–3, 6–3
1971   Margaret Court (3)   Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1972   Evonne Goolagong   Pat Walkden 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1973   Margaret Court (4)   Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–4
1974   Gail Sherriff   Raquel Giscafré 6–4, 6–1
1975   Sue Mappin   Lesley Charles 6–8, 6–4, 7–5
1976   Sue Mappin (2)   Tanya Harford 6–4, 6–0
1977   Mary Sawyer   Maria Bueno 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1978   Mary Sawyer (2)   Pam Whytcross 6–4, 6–4
1979   Pam Whytcross   Cathy Drury 6–2, 6–4
1980   Pam Whytcross (2)   Nerida Gregory 6–1, 6–4
1981   Debbie Jevans   Sue Saliba 0–6, 6–1, 6–4
1982   Diane Desfor   Lea Antonoplis 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1983   Kate Latham   Debbie Freeman 4–6, 6–2, 6–3

Women's doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1884   Adela Langrishe
  May Langrishe		   Lilian Watson
  Maud Watson		 11–9, 6–2
1885   Lilian Watson
  Maud Watson
1886   Connie Butler
  Louisa Martin
1887   Louisa Martin (2)
  Florence Stanuell
1888  } Mary Steedman
  Bertha Steedman
1889   Louisa Martin (3)
  Florence Stanuell (2)
1890   Louisa Martin (4)
  Florence Stanuell (3)
1891   Louisa Martin (5)
  Florence Stanuell (4)
1892   Lottie Dod
  Bertha Steedman (2)
1893   Jane Corder
  Winifred Shaw		 Won
1894   Blanche Bingley
  Miss Snook		 Won
1895   Miss Cooper
  Charlotte Cooper[21]
1896   Alice Pickering
  Ruth Durlacher
1897   Blanche Bingley
  Charlotte Cooper (2)
1898   Louisa Martin (6)
  Ruth Durlacher
1899   Ruth Durlacher (3)
  Louisa Martin (7)
1900   Charlotte Cooper
  Ms. E. Cooper
1901   Ruth Durlacher (2)
  Louisa Martin (8)
1902   Ruth Durlacher (3)
  Miss Hazlett
1925   Esna Boyd
  Floris E. S. St. George		   Sylvia Lance Harper
  Daphne Akhurst		 8–6, 6–4
1903–70 ...
↓  Open era  ↓
1971   Lesley Turner Bowrey
  Betty Stöve		   Margaret Court
  Evonne Goolagong		 7–5, 6–1
1972   Brenda Kirk
  Pat Walkden-Pretorius		   Evonne Goolagong
  Karen Krantzcke		 6–3, 8–10, 6–2
1973   Margaret Court
  Virginia Wade		   Helen Gourlay
  Karen Krantzcke		 8–6, 3–6, 6–4

Mixed doubles edit

Results included:[1]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1879   J. Elliot
  Miss Costello		   Adela Langrishe
  Charles David Barry		 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1880   Spencer Duncan Maul
  Miss Costello (2)		   D. Meldon
  Robert Hassard		 6–4, 7–5.[1]
1881   William Renshaw
  Mary Abercrombie		   Miss Costello
  Spencer D. Maul		 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1882   Ernest Browne
  Miss Perry		   Marion Bradley
  William Renshaw		 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 1–6, 6–3.[1]
1883   Ernest Browne (2)
  May Langrishe		   Peter Aungier
  Lena Rice		 6–3, 6–2, 6–0.[1]
1884   William Renshaw
  Maud Watson		   Connie Butler
  John Galbraith Horn		 6–0, 8–6, 6–3.[1]
1885   William Renshaw (2)
  Maud Watson (2)		   Ernest Browne
  Miss Ramsay		 6–4, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1886   Eyre Chatterton
  May Langrishe (2)		   Toler Garvey
  Adela Langrishe		 6–0, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1887   Ernest Renshaw
  Lottie Dod		   Harry Grove
  Maud Watson		 8–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1888   Ernest Wool Lewis
  Margaret Bracewell		   Bertha Steedman
  Hugh Cairns		 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 9–7.[1]
1889   Willoughby Hamilton
  Lena Rice		   Blanche Hillyard
  Harold S. Stone		 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1890   Grainger Chaytor
  Louisa Martin		   Helen Jackson
  Arthur J. de C. Wilson		 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1891   Grainger Chaytor (2)
  Louisa Martin (2)
1892   Grainger Chaytor (3)
  Louisa Martin (3)
1893   Manliffe Goodbody
  Miss E. C. Pinckney
1894   George Hillyard
  Blanche Bingley
1895   Harold Mahony
  Charlotte Cooper[21]
1896   Harold Mahony (2)
  Charlotte Cooper (2)
1897   George Greville
  Blanche Bingley
1898   Harold Nisbet
  Ruth Durlacher
1899   Reginald Doherty
  Charlotte Cooper (3)
1900   Reginald Doherty (2)
  Charlotte Cooper (4)
1901   Laurence Doherty
  Ruth Durlacher
1902   Laurence Doherty (2)
  Ruth Durlacher (2)
↓  Open era  ↓

References edit

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External links edit

  • Doherty, R.F. et al. (1903): R. F. & H. L. Doherty on Lawn Tennis. Baker and Taylor Co., New York. p. 169–173. (online)
  • Irish Championships retrieved from tennisarchives.com on 2012/09/24
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