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The Kilkenny County and City Open was an open grass court tennis tournament founded in 1882 as the County Kilkenny Tournament at Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. In 1884 the event was renamed as the Kilkenny County and City Tournament. The tournament ran until 1920.

History

The County Kilkenny Tournament was a late 19th century tennis event first staged in 1882 at Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. By 1884 the tournament was renamed as the Kilkenny County and City Tournament, and was held at the Kilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club, Archersfield, Kilkenny. The held up to 1920 when it was called the Kilkenny County and City Open.

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	Michael Gallwey McNamara	George Montague Butterworth	6-3, 6–3, 6-2
1885	Tom Campion	Charles Henry Chaytor	6-4, 6-3
1886	Ernest Browne	Willoughby Hamilton	6-4, 4–6, 6–3.
1887	Grainger Chaytor	Francis Slade-Gully	6-1, 6-1
1890	Manliffe Francis Goodbody	Toler Roberts Garvey	6-4, 6-4
1908	Alfred Beamish	Louis Meldon	6-2, 3–6, 7-5
1920	Jack Hillyard	D'Arcy McCrea	6-2, 1–6, 6-3

Women's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1882	May Langrishe	Beatrice Langrishe	?
1883	May Langrishe	Mary Lysaght	6-1, 6–2, 6-0
1884	Mabel Cahill	May Langrishe	6-4, 6-4
1885	May Langrishe	Miss Neville	6-1, 6–8, 6-4
1886	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	Ruth Dyas Durlacher	Mabel Parton	6-4, 4–6, 6-2
1920	Hilda Wallis	Phoebe Blair-White	6-2, 7-5

Mix Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1885	Francis R. Swayne Mabel Cahill	R.P. Hamilton Adela Langrishe	8-6, 8–6, 3–6, 3–6, 9-7
1886	Ernest Browne May Langrishe	Francis R. Swayne Mabel Cahill	6-1, 6–1, 6-1
1887	R. Plunkett-Greene Miss Rotheram	Francis Slade-Gully A.F. Gregory	6-4, 3–6, 6-2

References

1. "KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The final Kilkenny County and City Open tournament of the Kilkenny County and City Lawn Tennis Club was brought to a close today". Carlow Sentinel. Carlow, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 17 July 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
2. "LAWN TENNIS. FIXTURES. OPEN EVENTS JUNE". Sporting Gazette. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 16 June 1883. p. 16. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
3. Rouse, Paul (1 October 2009). "Cahill, Mabel Esmonde". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.001365.v3. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
4. ^ Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022).https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/County Kilkenny.. search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
5. ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography
6. ^ Carlow Sentinel
7. "LAWN TENNIS. KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AND CHAMPIONSHIP". Dublin Daily Express. Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 1 August 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
8. "KILKENNY LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT". Dublin Daily Express. Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 12 June 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
9. "LAWN TENNIS. KILKENNY COUNTY AND CITY OPEN TOURNAMENT. The annual Open Tournament in connection with the Kilkenny County and City Club concluded on Friday the winners results were as follows". Carlow Sentinel. Carlow, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 24 July 1886. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
10. "KILKENNY COUNTY AND CITY LAWN TENNIS CLUB". Kilkenny Moderator. Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 15 August 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
11. ^ Dublin Daily Express
12. Kilkenny Moderator
13. Tennis Archives

• Grass court tennis tournaments
• Tennis tournaments in Ireland
• Defunct tennis tournaments in the Republic of Ireland
• Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom