The County Cavan Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1885 as the County Cavan Lawn Tennis Tournament.COUNTY CAVAN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The second annual tournament of the season was held on the Club grounds, on Monday 16th to Thursday 19th, when, notwithstanding the unsettled state of the weather. some capital play was witnessed. Published: Friday 20 August 1886. Newspaper: Cavan Weekly News and General Advertiser. County: Cavan, Republic of Ireland. Page: 3. The British Newspaper Archive. The tournament was organised by the County Cavan Lawn Tennis Club, and played at Cavan, Ireland. It was played annually until 1955.
History The County Cavan Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1885 as the County Cavan Lawn Tennis Tournament. It was held annually until at least the 1920s when it was renamed as the County Cavan Championships. The tournament was part of the pre-open era senior tennis circuit till at least the 1950s. The championships have however still survived today as a Tennis Ireland tournament where they are known as the Cavan Senior Open.
Venue The tennis club was officially incorporated with a permanent home in Cavan Town in 1888. The clubs facilities today include five tennis courts (3 artificial grass courts, 2 hard rubber coated courts and 2 padel courts.Cavan LTC All Courts are floodlit.
Finals Men's singles (Incomplete list) County Cavan Lawn Tennis TournamentYearWinnersRunners-upScore1886 * William Percy French Lord Newtonbutler6–4, 6–21887 * William Percy French J.S.F. Hearn8–6 6–2 1–6 6–21890 * Manliffe Francis Goodbody Walter Herbert Boyd4–6, 6–4, 6–3 6–11895* George Ball-Greene Frank Stoker2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3County Cavan Championships1929 A. Harman Vesey R. Knox6–4, 7–9, 6–3, 6–11932 George McVeagh Alfred E. Fannin2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–31948 C. An Odlum W A. Gordon4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–41951 Cyril Kemp Don Black6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–41954 D. D. Pratt C. Anderson6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Women's singles (Incomplete list) County Cavan Lawn Tennis TournamentYearWinnersRunners-upScore1889 M.A. Kinahan 6–0, 6–21893 Jane Corder M.A. Kinahan 6–2, 6–01895 Ruth Dyas Jane Corder6–4, 1–6, 6–4County Cavan Championships1923 Phoebe Blair-White Freda Pearson6–3, 2–6, 6–31931 Phyllis Wallis Hilda Wallis6–4, 6–41948Irish Independent Mrs. P. O’Brien Miss. P. Lanigan6–3, 6–01954Belfast News-Letter Miss A. K. Clarke Mrs. R. A. Bain5–7, 6–2, 7–5
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