Irish Championships 1888


General 1888-05-21 - 1888-05-26
Amateur / Challenge
Grass
5
Dublin, Fitzwilliam square
Ireland

Source Irish Times, The Field, TennisForum


Info Draw: 22


Report Mens doubles final (Draw: 11): Lewis/Meers def. Cairnes/Shute 6-3 9-7 7-5

Mixed doubles (Draw: 10)

1R: Margaret Bracewell/Ernest Lewis d. Blanche Hillyard/George Hillyard 6-2 6-1
1R: Bertha Steedman/Hugh Cairnes d. Constance Bryan/Tom Campion 6-3 6-4

QF: Bracewell/Lewis d. Isabelle Smyth/Harold S. Mahony 6-1 6-2
QF: May Langrishe/Ernest Renshaw d. Maud Watson/Willoughby J. Hamilton 2-6 6-4 6-4
QF: Mary Steedman/James Baldwin d. Miss Exham/Alfred Betham 6-2 6-2
QF: B. Steedman/Cairnes d. Lilian Watson/B. McCulloch 6-1 6-0

SF: Bracewell/Lewis d. Langrishe/Renshaw 6-2 6-1
SF: B. Steedman/Cairnes d. M. Steedman/Baldwin 6-1 6-4

FI: Margaret Bracewell/Ernest Lewis d. Bertha Steedman/Hugh Cairns 6-3 6-3 4-6 9-7



Media


Winner James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw


Players
James Baldwin
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
Walter Herbert Boyd
Hugh Montgomery Cairnes
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion
Toler Roberts Garvey
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
Ernest Henry Greene
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
Willoughby James Hamilton
George Whiteside Hillyard
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw
Herbert Fortescue Lawford
Ernest Wool Lewis
Harold Segerson Mahony
Bargeny McCulloch
Ernest George Meers
Guy Brabazon Pilkington
Joshua Francis Pim
Francis Owen (Frank) Stoker
Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce
Willoughby James Hamilton
Arthur John de Courcy Wilson


Challenge round
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw*
Willoughby James Hamilton
6-4 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-2


Rounds
Preliminary Round
Joshua Francis Pim*
George Hillyard
6-1 6-4 3-6 6-2
Hugh Montgomery Cairnes*
Toler Roberts Garvey
6-4 6-0 6-4
Ernest Wool Lewis*
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
6-0 6-2 6-0
James Baldwin*
Ernest Henry Greene
6-0 6-1 6-3
Patrick Bowes-Lyon*
Arthur John de Courcy Wilson
6-2 6-0 10-8
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade*
Walter Herbert Boyd
9-7 7-5 7-5

Round 1
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Guy Brabazon Pilkington
6-0 6-0 6-1
Joshua Francis Pim*
Hugh Montgomery Cairnes
6-0 3-6 6-0 6-3
Harold Segerson Mahony*
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade
6-0 6-1 7-5
Ernest Wool Lewis*
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
6-3 9-7 6-2
James Baldwin*
Frank Stoker
6-4 6-1 6-3
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion
6-1 6-1 6-0
Ernest George Meers*
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
6-4 6-4 6-2
Herbert Wilberforce*
Bargeny McCulloch
6-1 6-1 6-2

Quarterfinals
Joshua Francis Pim*
Harold Segerson Mahony
7-5 6-3 1-6 6-1
Ernest Wool Lewis*
James Baldwin
6-1 6-1 6-4
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Ernest George Meers
6-3 6-2 6-2
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Herbert Wilberforce
6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3

Semifinals
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Joshua Francis Pim
6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3 6-2
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Ernest Wool Lewis
3-6 6-4 3-6 10-8 6-2

Final
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Herbert Fortescue Lawford
6-1 6-0 4-6 6-0


Tournament
Preliminary Round
Ernest Wool Lewis*
Thomas Harrison Griffiths
Patrick Bowes-Lyon*
Arthur John de Courcy Wilson
James Baldwin*
Ernest Henry Greene
Joshua Francis Pim*
George Hillyard
Hugh Montgomery Cairnes*
Toler Roberts Garvey
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade*
Walter Herbert Boyd
Round 1
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Thomas Spread (Tom) Campion
Ernest George Meers*
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
Ernest Wool Lewis*
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
James Baldwin*
Frank Stoker
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Guy Brabazon Pilkington
Herbert Wilberforce*
Bargeny McCulloch
Joshua Francis Pim*
Hugh Montgomery Cairnes
Harold Segerson Mahony*
Francis O’Shaughnessy Belli Reade
Quarterfinals
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Ernest George Meers
Ernest Wool Lewis*
James Baldwin
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Herbert Wilberforce
Joshua Francis Pim*
Harold Segerson Mahony
Semifinals
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Ernest Wool Lewis
Herbert Fortescue Lawford*
Joshua Francis Pim
Final
Willoughby James Hamilton*
Herbert Fortescue Lawford