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Irish Championships 1885

General Date1885-05-18 - 1885-05-26
Tournament typeAmateur / Challenge
SurfaceGrass
Rounds5
CityDublin, Fitzwilliam square
CountryIreland

Source The Irish Times, The Field, Tennis Forum

Info Draw: 25

Report Mens doubles CR (Draw: 12): Renshaw/Renshaw def. Browne/Chatterton 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-2

Mixed Doubles (Draw:11)

1R: Maud Watson/William Renshaw d. Alice Fullerton/Harold K. McKay 6-4 6-3
1R: May Langrishe/James Dwight (USA) d. Lilian Watson/Harry Grove 6-3 6-3
1R: Beatrice Langrishe/Eyre Chatterton d. Florence Mardall/John Charles Kay 7-5 6-4

QF: Watson/Renshaw d. May Langrishe/Dwight 6-2 6-3
QF: Beatrice Langrishe/Chatterton d. Lena Rice/William C. Taylor defsult
QF: Connie Butler/William D. Hamilton d. E. Richardson/"E.F. Singleton" default
QF: Ellen Ramsay/Ernest Browne d. Adela Langrishe/Toler Garvey 7-5 6-3

SF: Watson/Renshaw d. Beatrice Langrishe/Chatterton 6-4 6-1
SF: Ramsay/Browne d. Butler/Hamilton 5-7 6-1 6-2

FI: Maud Watson (GB)/William Renshaw (GB) d. Miss Ramsay/Ernest Browne 6-4 6-1 6-4

Media

Winner Player Herbert Fortescue Lawford

Players

Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion
Eyre Chatterton
Charles Henry Chaytor
Dr. R. Dowse
James Dwight
Toler Roberts Garvey
George Bloomfield Garvey
Edward Bernard Greene
Thomas Harrison Griffiths

Henry (Harry) Grove
Willoughby James Hamilton
William Drummond Hamilton
Herbert Fortescue Lawford
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw
John Charles Kay
Ernest Edward Knox
Gilbert Mahon
Sir William Henry Mahon
H. McDougall

Herbert Knox McKay
George Arnulph Montgomerie
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw
A.C. Robertson
J.Butler Robinson
William C. Taylor
Robert Shaw Templer

Challenge round

Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw

4-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4

Rounds
Round 1

James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw*
Sir William Henry Mahon

6-1 6-0 ret.

William C. Taylor*
Thomas Harrison Griffiths

4-6 6-1 ret.

Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne*
Charles Henry Chaytor

6-0 6-2 6-1

Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion*
H. McDougall

6-4 6-0 6-3

John Charles Kay*
George Arnulph Montgomerie

7-5 6-1 6-8 6-8 9-7

George Bloomfield Garvey*
Edward Bernard Greene

9-7 6-4 6-3

Gilbert Mahon*
Toler Roberts Garvey

7-5 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-4

Robert Shaw Templer*
William Drummond Hamilton

3-6 6-3 7-5 6-1

Ernest Edward Knox*
Dr. R. Dowse

4-6 6-2 6-1 6-4

Round 2

A.C. Robertson*
Gilbert Mahon

Before the second round, G. Mahon retired in favou

James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw*
William C. Taylor

6-2 6-3 6-3

Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne*
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion

6-2 6-0 6-0

James Dwight*
J.Butler Robinson

6-3 6-2 6-1

Willoughby James Hamilton*
Henry (Harry) Grove

6-2 6-0 6-2

Robert Shaw Templer*
Ernest Edward Knox

w.o.

George Bloomfield Garvey*
John Charles Kay

6-1 3-6 6-2 7-5

Eyre Chatterton*
Herbert Knox McKay

6-1 6-2 8-10 7-5

Quarterfinals

James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw*
Robert Shaw Templer

6-2 6-3 6-3

Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne*
A.C. Robertson

w.o.

Willoughby James Hamilton*
James Dwight

4-6 11-9 6-1 6-1

Eyre Chatterton*
George Bloomfield Garvey

6-0 7-5 6-0

Semifinals

James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw*
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne

4-6 8-6 8-6 3-6 6-3

Eyre Chatterton*
Willoughby James Hamilton

10-8 6-8 6-4 4-6 6-4

Final

James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw*
Eyre Chatterton

6-4 7-5 9-7

Tournament

Round 1