Tennis Ireland
Tennis Ireland is the governing body for Tennis for the whole of Ireland with responsibilities for clubs and competitions. Tennis Ireland is divided into four Branches corresponding to the four provinces of Ireland with its national headquarters located on the campus of Dublin City University
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History
Tennis Ireland was formed in 1908 as the Irish Lawn Tennis Association, a federation of 14 Irish tennis clubs. It became independent of the Lawn Tennis Association following the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.[1]
Competitions
Famous winners of the Irish Open
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Ladies
- Lottie Dod - 1887
- Blanche Bingley Hillyard - 1888, 1894, 1897
- Elizabeth Ryan - 1919-1921, 1923
- Jadwiga Jędrzejowska - 1932
- Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling - 1934
- Helen Wills Moody - 1938
- Alice Marble - 1939
- Louise Brough Clapp - 1946
- Maureen Connolly Brinker - 1952, 1954
- Angela Mortimer - 1953
- Ann Haydon Jones - 1961
- Billie Jean King - 1963, 1969
- Maria Bueno - 1964, 1965
- Margaret Court - 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973
- Virginia Wade - 1970
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley - 1972
Men's
- Allan Davidson - 1945
- Rod Laver - 1962
- Greg Rusedski - 1993, 1994, 1996
Clubs
See also
References
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