Inverkip Rovers Open

The Inverkip Rovers Open[1] tennis tournament was a grass court tennis event organized by the Inverkip Rovers Lawn Tennis Club that was staged annually on the Castle Wemyss courts at Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It ran from 1884 until 1905. The tournament featured two events the open itself and from 1890 the Castle Wemyss Cup.[2]

Inverkip Rovers Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1882
Abolished1905
LocationWemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, Scotland
VenueCastle Wemyss
SurfaceGrass

History

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. The Inverkip Rovers Open tennis tournament was first established in 1882 as the Iverkip Rovers LTC Tournament.[3] In 1885 it became an open event and was organised by the Inverkip Rovers Lawn Tennis Club who staged the event annually on the Castle Wemyss Courts at Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, Scotland.[4] The tournament featured two events the open itself and from 1890 the Castle Wemyss Cup. for men only. It was discontinued in 1905.

Finals

Men's Singles
Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament
  • 1882–Scotland Horatio Renaud Babington Peile def. ?
  • 1883–Scotland George Arbuthnot Burns def. Scotland Horatio Renaud Babington Peile, 5–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–5, 6-5
  • 1884–Scotland Horatio Renaud Babington Peile def. United Kingdom D.M. Hannay, 3 sets to 2
Inverkip Rovers Open
  • 1885–Scotland Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham def. ?
  • 1886–Scotland Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham def. United Kingdom G.H. Aitken, 7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 6-4
  • 1887Scotland Archibald Thomson def. England Henry Guy Nadin, w.o.
Castle Wemyss Cup
  • 1890–United Kingdom G. Scott-Jackson def. England Henry Guy Nadin, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7-5
  • 1891–Scotland Richard Millar Watson def. Ireland Gerald William Peacocke, 6–3, 6–2, 6-4
  • 1892–England Henry Guy Nadin def. ?
  • 1893–Ireland Gerald William Peacocke def. England Arthur Knox Cronin, 6–2, 6–4, 9-7
  • 1894–Ireland Gerald William Peacocke def. England Henry Guy Nadin, 4–6, 10–8, 6–0, 6-3
  • 1895–England Kenneth Ramsden Marley def. Ireland Gerald William Peacocke, 6–4, 7–5, 7-5
  • 1898–Ireland Gerald William Peacocke def. England George Lawrence Orme, w.o.
  • 1899–Ireland Gerald William Peacocke def. Ireland James Anthony Traill, 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6-3
  • 1905– England Reginald Doherty def. Ireland James Anthony Traill, 6–1, 6–1, 6-2[5]

Mens Doubles
Inverkip Rovers Open
  • 1886–England Charles Herbert Joshua Higginbotham /[United Kingdom D.M. Hannay def. Scotland Walter Robert Baines Latham/ScotlandT.F. Donald, 5-6 3-6 6-3 6-5 6-4

Mixed Doubles
Inverkip Rovers Open
  • 1886–United Kingdom G.H. Aitken/Scotland Miss Macquisten def. United Kingdom D.M. Hannay/Scotland Mrs Macquisten, 3-6 6-3 6-3

References
  1. "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.
  2. "LAWN TENNIS. FIXTURES OF OPEN TOURNAMENTS". Sporting Gazette. London, England.: British Newspaper Archive. 2 August 1890. p. 25. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. "Lawn Tennis Fixtures: August". Athletic News. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 July 1882. p. 5. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. "Inverkip Rovers (Wemyss Bay) Report". American Lawn Tennis. New York: USNLTA. 1899. p. 243.
  5. Navy and Army Illustrated. London: George Newnes. 1905. p. 344.
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