Wemyss Bay Tennis Tournament

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Wemyss Bay Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameInverkip Rovers LTC Tournament (1882-1886)
Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (1882-1888)
Inverkip Rovers Open (1885-1889)
Castle Wemyss Open (1890-1905)
Tour Scottish LTA Circuit
Founded1882;142 years ago (1882)
Abolished1905;119 years ago (1905)
Editions23
Location Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Venue Castle Wemyss
Surface Grass

The Wemyss Bay Tennis Tournament [1] was a men's and women's tennis that featured a series of four tennis events all usually played in August each year at the same venue The tournament/s were all organised by the Inverkip Rovers Lawn Tennis Club, that was staged them annually on the tennis courts at Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Contents

The events played during the month were Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament (1882-1886), [2] the Inverkip Rovers Open (1885-1889) [3] the Castle Wemyss Open. (1890-1905) [4] and the Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (1882-1888).

History

Castle Wemyss was a large mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland. It stood on the southern shore of the Firth of Clyde at Wemyss Point, where the firth turns southwards. In August 1882 the Inverkip Rovers Lawn Tennis club began to organise a series of tennis events staged the event annually on the Castle Wemyss Courts at Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, Scotland as part of the Wemyss Bay Tennis Tournament.[ citation needed ]

These tournament were all played during the month of August. That year it established the Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament. [5] The same year the club also organised a closed championship event called the Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships that was only open to club members only.[ citation needed ]

In 1885 it create a new open tournament the Inverkip Rovers Open that was staged the event annually on the Castle Wemyss Courts until 1889. [6] In 1890 the club established another new tournament for men Castle Wemyss Open - Castle Wemyss Cup. [7] That event was also open featuring mixed doubles for women. In 1905 the Wemyss Bay Tennis Tournament was discontinued after 23 years.[ citation needed ]

Finals

Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships

(Open to club members only). [8]

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1882 Flag of Scotland.svg Horatio Renaud Babington Peile??. [8]
1883 Flag of Scotland.svg George Arbuthnot Burns Flag of Scotland.svg Horatio R. Babington Peile5-6 3-6 6-3 6-5 6-5. [8]
1884 Flag of Scotland.svg Horatio R. Babington Peile (2) Flag of Scotland.svg D.M. Hannay3 sets to 2. [8]
1885 Flag of England.svg Charles H. J. Higginbotham Flag of Scotland.svg D.M. Hannay2 sets to 1. [8]
1886 Flag of England.svg Charles H. J. Higginbotham (2) Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg G.H. Aitken7-5 6-4 0-6 6-4. [8]
1887 Flag of Scotland.svg Archibald Thomson Flag of England.svg Henry Guy Nadin w.o. [8]
1888 Flag of Scotland.svg Horatio R. Babington Peile (3) Flag of England.svg J.C. Burns4-6 6-3 6-3. [8]

Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament

Men's singles. [9]
YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1882 Flag of Scotland.svg Horatio Renaud Babington Peile Flag of Scotland.svg George Nelson Stenhouse6-1, 6-2 . [9]
1883 Flag of Scotland.svg George Arbuthnot Burns Flag of England.svg James Locke3-6 6-3 9-7 6-2. [9]
1884 Flag of Scotland.svg Horatio Renaud Babington Peile (2) Flag of Scotland.svg Richard Millar Watson6-0, 6-3, 6-8. 6-8, 6-3. [9]
1886 Flag of Scotland.svg Richard Millar Watson Flag of Scotland.svg Forrester John Thomson7-5 6-1 6-3 [9]

Inverkip Rovers Open

Men's singles. [10]
YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1885 Flag of England.svg Charles H. J. Higginbotham??. [10]
1886 Flag of England.svg Charles H. J. Higginbotham (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Mortimer Shand7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 6-4 . [10]
1887 Flag of Scotland.svg Archibald Thomson Flag of England.svg Henry Guy Nadinw.o.. [10]
1888 Flag of Scotland.svg Richard Millar Watson Flag of England.svg Henry Guy Nadin0-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 [10]
1889 Flag of the United States.svg Louis J. Grant [11] Flag of Scotland.svg Richard Millar Watson w.o. [10]
Men's Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1886 Flag of England.svg Charles H. J. Higginbotham
Flag of Scotland.svg D.M. Hannay
Flag of Scotland.svg Walter R. Baines Latham
Flag of Scotland.svg T.F. Donald
5-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-5, 6-4. [10]
Mixed Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1886 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg G.H. Aitken
Flag of Scotland.svg Miss Macquisten
Flag of Scotland.svg D.M. Hannay
Flag of Scotland.svg Mrs Macquisten
3-6, 6-3, 6-3. [10]

Castle Wemyss Open

Castle Wemyss Cup. [12]
YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1890 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg G. Scott-Jackson??. [10]
1891 Flag of Scotland.svg Richard Millar Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Mortimer Shand7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 6-4 . [12]
1892 Flag of England.svg Henry Guy Nadin Flag of the United States.svg Howard Augustus Taylor ?. [12]
1893 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Gerald Peacocke Flag of England.svg Arthur Knox Cronin6–2, 6–4, 9-7. [12]
1894 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Gerald Peacocke (2) Flag of England.svg Henry Guy Nadin 4–6, 10–8, 6–0, 6-3 . [12]
1895 Flag of England.svg Kenneth Ramsden Marley Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Gerald Peacocke (3)6–4, 7–5, 7-5 . [12]
1898 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Gerald Peacocke (4) Flag of England.svg George Lawrence Ormew.o. [12]
1899 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Gerald Peacocke (5) Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg James Anthony Traill6–4, 0–6, 6–2. [12]
1905 Flag of England.svg Reginald Doherty Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg James Anthony Traill6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6-3. [13]

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