County Kildare Open Tennis Championship


The County Kildare Open Tennis Championship, originally known as the County Kildare Tennis Tournament, then County Kildare Championship, is grass court tennis tournament held initially at Naas, County Kildare, in Ireland, established on 2 August 1881.

History

A County Kildare tennis tournament was first staged in 1879 at the Naas military barracks under the title the County Kildare Tournament. and was a It was a featured event of 1879 Men's Tennis tour and 1880 Men's Tennis tour. On 2 August 1880, a Colonel de Burgh called for a meeting of members of the Naas and Country Kildare Cricket club to discuss forming a country club for the purpose of providing archery, cricket, football, lawn tennis, polo, and pigeon shooting for local town residents.
On 1 January 1881 the County Kildare Club was formally established. In August 1881 the County Kildare Open Tennis Championships came into existence. In 1939 the event was won by Irish Davies Cup player George McVeagh. This tournament is still being staged today.

Champions

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis in some tournaments not all.

Men's singles

Included:
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1879 |1783