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Tennis tournament
The Fitzwilliam Purse ,
[1] was a
tennis competition held at the
Irish Championships . The tournament consisted of players lost in the first round of the singles event. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1884.
[2] The event was discontinued in 1902.
History
The Fitzwilliam Purse was a tennis tournament founded in 1884 for players who had lost in the first round of the
Irish Lawn Tennis Championships .
[3] It was played at the
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club ,
Dublin ,
Ireland . The tournament was staged annually until 1901 when it was discontinued.
[2]
The
Fitzwilliam Plate was another tournament established in 1883 that was for players who were defeated in the second round of the
Irish Championships , that tournament also ended in 1901.
[4]
Finals
Men's singles
(Incomplete roll)
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Score
1884
Ernest Wool Lewis
Robert Shaw Templer
6-1, 1–6, 6–2.
[2]
1885
Charles Henry Chaytor
George Arnulph Montgomerie
4-6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 6–0.
[2]
1886
[5]
David Grainger Chaytor
Francis Woodcock Perry
3-6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2 .
1887
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
Harry Grove
8-6, 8–6, 6–3.
[2]
[6]
1888
[7]
Tom Campion
George Hillyard
won.
1889
[8]
Ernest Wool Lewis
Joshua Pim
3 sets to 1.
1890
[6]
David Grainger Chaytor
George Hillyard
6-1, 6–3, 6–2.
[9]
1892
[10]
Ernest George Meers
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow
6-3, 6–1, 7–5.
1893
[11]
Frank Owen Stoker
Horace Chapman
8-6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–2.
1894
Reginald Doherty
Charles Henry Martin
4-6, 6–0, retd.
[12]
1896
[13]
Edward Roy Allen
Harold Adair Nisbet
6-1, 6–3, 6–3.
[2]
[6]
1898
Harold Adair Nisbet
George Ball-Greene
6-3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.
[2]
1899
[14]
George Caridia
Arthur Henry Riseley
6-3, 7–5.
1901
Wilberforce Eaves
Walter Herbert Boyd
6-3, 6–2, 6–1.
[2]
References
^ Tarran, Bruce (1 June 2013).
George Hillyard: The man who moved Wimbledon . Market Harborough: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 61.
ISBN
978-1-78088-549-0 .
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"Tournaments: Fitzwilliam Purse" . The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"Tournaments: Fitzwilliam Plate" . The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: FITZWILLIAM PURSE, FINAL ROUND. D Chaytor beat F Perry, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2" . Freeman's Journal . Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 29 May 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"Tennis: Irish Championships: Fitzwilliam Purse. Final Round. T Campion. D U L T C. G Hillyard, Chiswick Park L T C. Campion won" . Dublin Daily Express . Dublin, Republic of Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 28 May 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"Lawn Tennis. Irish Championships. The Fitzwilliam Purse was won by the London champion, E. W. Lewis, who beat J. Pim (of Dublin) in the final by 3 sets to 1" . Morning Post . London: British Newspaper Archive. 27 May 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"THE IRISH LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Fitzwilliam Purse Final: D. Chaytor heat G. Hillyard by three sets to none (6 1, 6 3, and 6 2)" . Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News . London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 7 June 1890. p. 32. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"ALL-IRELAND LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Fitzwilliam Purse.—Final: E. G. Meers beat H.S. Barlow (6—3, 6—l, 7—5)" . Sporting Life . London: British Newspaper Archive. 1 June 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"THE IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS: (Fitzwilliam Purse) : Stoker beat Chapman (8-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-2)" . Sporting Gazette . London, England: London, England. 3 June 1893. p. 28. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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"Fitzwilliam Purse.— Final Round : R. F. Doherty beat C. H. Martin, 4—6, 6—0; Martin retired" . Morning Post . London: British Newspaper Archive. 28 May 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
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Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes . London: Vinton & Company. 1896. p. 79.
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"LAWN TENNIS: FITZWILLIAM PURSE —Final Mr G. W. Caridia beat Mr A.H. Riseley, 6-3. 7-5" . Hull Daily Mail . Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 29 May 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 21 May 2023 .