Irish Open (tennis)

The Irish Open is formally a men's and women's tennis tournament held at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland. For the first 24 years the men's event was held at Fitzwilliam Square. The event was on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour from 1971 to 1973. Originally known as the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships, when the event became part of the WTA Tour, it was branded as Carroll's Irish Open.

Irish Championships at Dublin, before 1903

The Irish Open is the second oldest tournament in the world, first played two years after Wimbledon began. When it began in 1879 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. It was considered one of the main tournaments until World War I. Until 1973 the tournament was played on grass courts. In 2010 it was a men's only event.^[1]

Champions

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-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	Herbert Lawford	1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1882	William Renshaw	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	Ernest Renshaw	4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1886	Herbert Lawford	Willoughby Hamilton	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1887	Ernest Renshaw	Herbert Lawford	7–5, 6–2, 9–7
1888	Ernest Renshaw	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	Joshua Pim	6–2, 6–3, 8–6
1892	Ernest Renshaw	Ernest Lewis	1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1893 [2]	Joshua Pim	Ernest Renshaw	6–1, 6–4, 6–1
1894	Joshua Pim	Thomas Chaytor	3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 9–7
1895	Joshua Pim	Wilberforce Eaves	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1896	Wilfred Baddeley	Harold Mahony	6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3[3]
1897	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	Arthur Gore	6–4, 7–5, 7–9, 7–9, 6–3
1901	Reginald Doherty	Laurence Doherty	6–4, 4–6, r
1902	Laurence Doherty	Sydney Howard Smith	6–1, 6–4, 6–1[3]
1903	William Drapes	James Cecil Parke	6–0, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4[4]
1904	James Cecil Parke	Thomas Douglas Good	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1905	James Cecil Parke	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	Wylie Cameron Grant	4–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1909	James Cecil Parke	Alfred Beamish	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
1910	James Cecil Parke	Alfred Beamish	6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1911	James Cecil Parke	Simon Frederick Scroope	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1912	James Cecil Parke	George Alan Thomas	6–2, 6–1, 6–0
1913	James Cecil Parke	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
1915–1918	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
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	Dave N. Jones, Jr.	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	Robert Mulliken	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1937	George Lyttleton-Rogers	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 D. Deloford	Ghaus Mohammed Khan	6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1940-1945	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	H. Weiss	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	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	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	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
1969	Bob Hewitt	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–2
1970	Tony Roche	Rod Laver	6–3, 6–1
1971	Cliff Drysdale	Clark Graebner	10-8, 6-3
1972	Bob Hewitt	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 G. Fawcett	9-7, 6-3
1976
1977
1978	Robert Carmichael	Sean Sorensen	6-3, 6-2
1979	Paul Kronk	Sean Sorensen	7-6, 6-4
1980

Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1879	J. Elliot H. Kellie
1880	Herbert Lawford A. J. Mulholland
1881	William Renshaw Ernest Renshaw
1882	Ernest Browne P. Aungier
1883	William Renshaw Ernest Renshaw
1884	William Renshaw Ernest Renshaw
1885	William Renshaw Ernest Renshaw
1886	Willoughby Hamilton H. K. McKay
1887	Willoughby Hamilton T. S. Campion
1888	Willoughby Hamilton T. S. Campion
1889	Ernest Lewis George Hillyard
1890	Joshua Pim Frank Stoker
1891	Joshua Pim Frank Stoker
1892	Ernest Lewis Ernest Meers
1893 [2]	Joshua Pim Frank Stoker	Ernest Lewis Ernest Meers
1894	Joshua Pim Frank Stoker
1895	Joshua Pim Frank Stoker
1896	Wilfred Baddeley Herbert Baddeley
1897	Wilfred Baddeley Herbert Baddeley
1898	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
1899	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
1900	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
1901	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
1902	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
1903-2008	...

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1879	May Langrishe	D. Meldon	6–2, 0–6, 8–6[5]
1880	Miss D. Meldon	Connie Butler	6–1, 6–1
1881	Not held
1882	Miss H. Abercrombie	Miss Bradley	6–4, 6–1
1883	May Langrishe	Beatrice Langrishe	6–0, 6–1
1884	Maud Watson	May Langrishe	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1885	Maud Watson	Louisa Martin	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1886	May Langrishe	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	Louisa Martin	Blanche Bingley Hillyard	7–5, 6–0
1890	Louisa Martin	Lena Rice	9-7, 6–4
1891	Louisa Martin	Florence Stanuell	6–2, 5-7, 6–0
1892	Louisa Martin	G. Crofton	6–1, 6–0
1893 [2]	Miss L. Stannell	Miss Pope	6–2, 6–3
1894	Blanche Bingley Hillyard	Miss Shaw	6–3, 6–2
1895	Charlotte Cooper	Lottie Paterson	6–4, 6–4
1896	Louisa Martin	Charlotte Cooper	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
1897	Blanche Bingley Hillyard	Ruth Dyas Durlacher	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1898	Charlotte Cooper	Louisa Martin	6–4, 9–7
1899	Louisa Martin	Ruth Dyas Durlacher	6–1, 6–2
1900	Louisa Martin	Charlotte Cooper	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1901	Muriel Robb	Ruth Dyas Durlacher	9–7, 6–1
1902	Louisa Martin	Ruth Dyas Durlacher	6–8, 6–4, 7–5
1903	Louisa Martin	Maude Garfit	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1904	Winifred Longhurst	Ellen Stawell-Brown	6–3, 6–3
1905	Winifred Longhurst	Mrs. A.H.C. Barker	6–1, 6–0
1906	Winifred Longhurst	Mabel Parton	6–1, 6–1
1907	Maude Garfit	Hilda Lane	6–2, 6–2
1908	Maude Garfit	Edith Boucher	6–4, 6–2
1909	Maude Garfit	Agnes Tuckey	9–7, 9–7
1910	Miss A. Holder	Miss Hazlett	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1911	Mrs D.R. Barry	Miss A. Holder	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1912	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	Mrs. Norton-Barry	6–4, 6–1
1913	Mrs D.R. Norton-Barry	Miss I. Clarke	6–2, 7–5
1914	Miss I. Clarke	Winifred Longhurst	9–11, 6–2, 6–4
1915–1918	Not held
1919	Elizabeth Ryan	Janet Jackson	6–0, 6–1
1920	Elizabeth Ryan	Geraldine Beamish	6–1, 6–2
1921	Elizabeth Ryan	Hilda Wallis	6–2, 6–4
1922	Not held
1923	Elizabeth Ryan	Joanna Davidson	7–5, 4–6, 12–10
1924	Hilda Wallis	Price	6–3, 6–4
1925	Esna Boyd Robertson	Daphne Akhurst Cozens	9–7, 6–1
1926	Hilda Wallis	Price	6–4, 6–0
1927	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	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	M. French	6–2, 6–2
1931	Mrs. Blair White	Norma Stoker	6–4, 6–3
1932	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Vera Montgomery	6–4, 6–2
1933	Hilda Wallis	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
1940–1945	Not held
1946	Louise Brough Clapp	Doris Hart	6–2, 7–5
1947	Jean Nicholl Bostock	Betty Lombard	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1948	Sheila Piercey Summers	Mary Muller	9–7, 6–1
1949	Thelma Coyne Long	Shirley Fry Irvin	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 Brinker	Jean Walker-Smith	6–1, 6–1
1953	Angela Mortimer	Shirley Bloomer Brasher	6–4, 0–6, 11–9
1954	Maureen Connolly Brinker	Ginette Jucker 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 Price	Sheila Armstrong	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1958	Dorothy Head Knode	Shirley Bloomer Brasher	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
1959	Renee Schuurman Haygarth	Sandra Reynolds Price	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1960	Dorothy Head Knode	Ruia Morrison	6–4, 6–2
1961	Ann Haydon-Jones	Kathy Chabot	6–0, 6–3
1962	Madonna Schacht	Judy Alvarez	6–0, 6–3
1963	Billie Jean King	Carole Caldwell Graebner	6–4, 6–3
1964	Maria Bueno	Věra Pužejová Suková	6–0, 6–1
1965	Maria Bueno	Christine Truman Janes	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	Ann Haydon-Jones	6–3, 6–1
1969	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade	6–2, 6–2
1970	Virginia Wade	Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–3, 6–3
1971	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1972	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Pat Walkden-Pretorius	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1973	Margaret Court	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	Tanya Harford	6–4, 6–0
1977	Mary Sawyer	Maria Bueno	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1978	Mary Sawyer	Pam Whytcross	6–4, 6–4
1979	Pam Whytcross	Cathy Drury	6–2, 6–4
1980	Pam Whytcross	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

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1884	Beatrice Langrishe May Langrishe
1885	Lilian Watson Maud Watson
1886	Ms. Butler Mollie Martin
1887	Mollie Martin Ms. Stanuell
1888	Mary Steedman Bertha Steedman
1889	Mollie Martin Ms. Stanuell
1890	Mollie Martin Ms. Stanuell
1891	Mollie Martin Ms. Stanuell
1892	Lottie Dod Ms. Steedman
1893	Ms. Corder Ms. Shaw
1894	Blanche Bingley Ms. Snook
1895	Ms. Cooper Charlotte Cooper
1896	Alice Pickering Ruth Durlacher
1897	Blanche Bingley Charlotte Cooper
1898	Mollie Martin Ruth Durlacher
1899	Ruth Durlacher Mollie Martin
1900	Charlotte Cooper Ms. E. Cooper
1901	Ruth Durlacher Mollie Martin
1902	Ruth Durlacher Ms. Hazlett
1925	Boyd St. George	Harper Akhurst	8–6, 6–4
1903-70	...
1971	Lesley Turner Bowrey Betty Stöve	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7–5, 6–1
1972	Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden-Pretorius	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Karen Krantzcke	6–3, 8–10, 6–2
1973	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay Cawley Karen Krantzcke	8–6, 3–6, 6–4

Mixed doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1879	J. Elliot Ms. Costello
1880	S. D. Maul Ms. Costello
1881	William Renshaw Ms. Abercrombie
1882	Ernest Browne Ms. Perry
1883	Ernest Browne May Langrishe
1884	William Renshaw Maud Watson
1885	William Renshaw Maud Watson
1886	E. Chatterton May Langrishe
1887	Ernest Renshaw Lottie Dod
1888	Ernest Lewis Ms. Bracewell
1889	Willoughby Hamilton Lena Rice
1890	D. G. Chaytor Mollie Martin
1891	D. G. Chaytor Mollie Martin
1892	D. G. Chaytor Mollie Martin
1893	Manliff Goodbody Ms. E. C. Pinckney
1894	George Hillyard Blanche Bingley
1895	Harold Mahony Charlotte Cooper
1896	Harold Mahony Charlotte Cooper
1897	G. Greville Blanche Bingley
1898	Harold Nisbet Ruth Durlacher
1899	Reginald Doherty Charlotte Cooper
1900	Reginald Doherty Charlotte Cooper
1901	Laurence Doherty Ruth Durlacher
1902	Laurence Doherty Ruth Durlacher

References

1. Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266, 267. ISBN 9780047960420.
2. "Talk of the Tennis Players". The New York Times. June 18, 1893.
3. All-Comers final, last year's champion didn't defend his title
4. In 1903, the "challenge round" system was abandoned and the modern tournament system has since been used.
5. Collins, B. (2010): History of Tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, p. 696.

External links

• ITF Women's Circuit
• WTA website
• 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