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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)
TourScottish LTA Circuit
Founded1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Abolished1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Editions23
LocationWemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, Scotland
VenueCastle Wemyss
SurfaceGrass

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.

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

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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

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Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships

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(Open to club members only).[8]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1882 Scotland Horatio Renaud Babington Peile ? ?.[8]
1883 Scotland George Arbuthnot Burns Scotland Horatio R. Babington Peile 5-6 3-6 6-3 6-5 6-5.[8]
1884 Scotland Horatio R. Babington Peile (2) Scotland D.M. Hannay 3 sets to 2.[8]
1885 England Charles H. J. Higginbotham Scotland D.M. Hannay 2 sets to 1.[8]
1886 England Charles H. J. Higginbotham (2) Wales G.H. Aitken 7-5 6-4 0-6 6-4.[8]
1887 Scotland Archibald Thomson England Henry Guy Nadin w.o.[8]
1888 Scotland Horatio R. Babington Peile (3) England J.C. Burns 4-6 6-3 6-3.[8]

Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament

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Men's singles.[9]
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1882 Scotland Horatio Renaud Babington Peile Scotland George Nelson Stenhouse 6-1, 6-2 .[9]
1883 Scotland George Arbuthnot Burns England James Locke 3-6 6-3 9-7 6-2.[9]
1884 Scotland Horatio Renaud Babington Peile (2) Scotland Richard Millar Watson 6-0, 6-3, 6-8. 6-8, 6-3.[9]
1886 Scotland Richard Millar Watson Scotland Forrester John Thomson 7-5 6-1 6-3[9]

Inverkip Rovers Open

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Men's singles.[10]
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1885 England Charles H. J. Higginbotham ? ?.[10]
1886 England Charles H. J. Higginbotham (2) United Kingdom Edward Mortimer Shand 7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 6-4 .[10]
1887 Scotland Archibald Thomson England Henry Guy Nadin w.o..[10]
1888 Scotland Richard Millar Watson England Henry Guy Nadin 0-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1[10]
1889 United States Louis J. Grant[11] Scotland Richard Millar Watson w.o.[10]
Men's Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1886 England Charles H. J. Higginbotham
Scotland D.M. Hannay		 Scotland Walter R. Baines Latham
Scotland T.F. Donald		 5-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-5, 6-4.[10]
Mixed Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1886 United Kingdom G.H. Aitken
Scotland Miss Macquisten		 Scotland D.M. Hannay
Scotland Mrs Macquisten		 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.[10]

Castle Wemyss Open

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Castle Wemyss Cup.[12]
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1890 United Kingdom G. Scott-Jackson ? ?.[10]
1891 Scotland Richard Millar Watson United Kingdom Edward Mortimer Shand 7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 6-4 .[12]
1892 England Henry Guy Nadin United States Howard Augustus Taylor ?.[12]
1893 Ireland Gerald Peacocke England Arthur Knox Cronin 6–2, 6–4, 9-7.[12]
1894 Ireland Gerald Peacocke (2) England Henry Guy Nadin 4–6, 10–8, 6–0, 6-3 .[12]
1895 England Kenneth Ramsden Marley Ireland Gerald Peacocke (3) 6–4, 7–5, 7-5 .[12]
1898 Ireland Gerald Peacocke (4) England George Lawrence Orme w.o.[12]
1899 Ireland Gerald Peacocke (5) Ireland James Anthony Traill 6–4, 0–6, 6–2.[12]
1905 England Reginald Doherty Ireland James Anthony Traill 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6-3.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Sports News Tennis: Wemyss Bay Tennis Tournament". Glasgow Evening Post. Lanarkshire, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 12 August 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis Fixtures: August". Athletic News. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 July 1882. p. 5. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. ^ "INVERKIP ROVERS L.T. CLUB. TWELFTH ANNUAL OPEN TOURNAMENT Takes place at WEMYSS BAY, On 4TH, 5TH, and 6TH AUGUST. ENTRIES CLOSE ON 31sT JULY". Scottish Referee. Lanarkshire, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 23 July 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ "LAWN TENNIS: Castle Wemyss Open tournament. In weather even lesser for playing than on tuesday, the final stages in the annual open tournament at Castle Wemyss Courts of the Inverkip Rovers Lawn Tennis Club, were entered upon yesterday". Glasgow Herald. Lanarkshire, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 7 August 1897. p. 8. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis Fixtures: August". Athletic News. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 July 1882. p. 5. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Inverkip Rovers (Wemyss Bay) Report". American Lawn Tennis. New York: USNLTA. 1899. p. 243.
  7. ^ "LAWN TENNIS. FIXTURES OF OPEN TOURNAMENTS". Sporting Gazette. London, England.: British Newspaper Archive. 2 August 1890. p. 25. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tournaments: Castle Wemyss Closed Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Tournaments:Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Tournaments:Inverkip Rovers Open". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. ^ "AMERICAN PRIZE FOR SCOTS.; Louis J. Grant Will Give Cup to North of Scotland Tennis Players". The New York Times. 20 February 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tournaments:Castle Wemyss Open - Castle Wemyss Cup". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  13. ^ Navy and Army Illustrated. London: George Newnes. 1905. p. 344.
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