Fitzwilliam Club Championships

Fitzwilliam Club Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF
Founded	1884;141 years ago (1884)
Abolished	2003;22 years ago (2003)
Location	Dublin, Ireland.
Venue	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Grass- outdoors

The Fitzwilliam Club Championships ^[1] also known as the Fitzwilliam Club Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1884. ^[2] The championship was an open club event organised by the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland. The tournament ran until 2003.

History

The Fitzwilliam Club Championships were established in 1884 as an open all comers club championship for Irish players. ^[3] The tournament was continually staged until 2003.

Notable winners of the men's singles title included; Ernest Browne, Willoughby Hamilton, Grainger Chaytor, Valentine Miley, Tom Chaytor, Walter Herbert Boyd, Herbert Knox McKay, ^[4] and James Pringle ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "LAWN TENNIS. FITZWILLIAM CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. Yesterday the final rounds of the Fitzwilliam Club Championship Singles, the Club Championship Doubles, and the Ladies' Handicap Singles were played". Dublin Daily Express. Dublin, Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 18 May 1888. p. 5.
2. Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Fitzwilliam Club Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
3. "LAWN The Fitzwilliam Club Tourney —The Open Club Championships to concluded today, play starts at 2pm". Sport (Dublin). Dublin, Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 28 June 1924. p. 14.
4. Tennis Archives
5. "Players – James Pringle". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
6. "James Pringle, Dundalk Tennis Club, was presented with the Fitzwilliam Club Championship trophy, winning it for the third time in a row". Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal. Louth, Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 28 August 1998. p. 58.