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The King’s County and Ormonde Tournament also called Midland Counties Championships Ireland was an early men's tennis tournament held in Parsonstown, King’s County, Ireland from 1883 through 1896.

History

The King’s County and Ormonde Tournament was a brief pre-open era tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Parsonstown, King’s County, Ireland there were nine editions of this event.

Past tournaments

Incomplete list of tournaments included:

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1883	Eyre Chatterton	Reverend P. Knox	6-3 6-4 6-2
1884	Ernest Browne	Eyre Chatterton	2-1 ret.
1885	A.O. Jennings	Toler Roberts Garvey	6-4 6-4 4-6 8-6
1886	Toler Roberts Garvey	Arthur John de Courcy Wilson	w.o
1887	Grainger Chaytor	George Bloomfield Garvey	2 sets to 1
1891	Herbert Newcombe Craig	John Henry Head	6-2 6-2 6-2
1892	Manliffe Francis Goodbody	Hume Riversadale Jones	6-2 6-3 15-13
1894	Toler Roberts Garvey	W. R. Clark	4-6 6-1 6-0 6-4
1896	Toler Roberts Garvey	Major Alexander F. Grant-Foulerton	6-1 6-2 6-4

Notes

1. Browne had a walkover defending champion Chatterton in the challenge round
2. defending champion retained title in the challenge round
3. 1886 edition there was no challenge round
4. 1887 edition challenge round re-instated
5. 1891 edition there was a challenge round
6. 1892 edition there was a walk over in the challenge round

References

Citations

1. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1883". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
3. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1884". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
4. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1885". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
5. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
6. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1887". www.tennisarchives.com. TA.
7. Archives, Tennis. "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1891". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
8. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1892". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
9. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1894". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
10. Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament 1896". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Sources

• Archives, Tennis (2017). "King's County and Ormonde Tournament, 1883-1896". www.tennisarchives.com.

• Grass court tennis tournaments
• Tennis tournaments in Ireland
• 1883 establishments in Ireland
• Defunct tennis tournaments in the Republic of Ireland
• Defunct sports competitions in the Republic of Ireland
• Recurring sporting events established in 1883
• 1896 disestablishments in Ireland
• Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1896