Fitzwilliam Purse

The Fitzwilliam Purse was a tennis tournament founded in 1884 for players who had lost in the first round of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships.^[3] It was played at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland. The tournament was staged annually until 1901 when it was discontinued.^[2]

The Fitzwilliam Plate was another tournament established in 1883 that was for players who were defeated in the second round of the Irish Championships, that tournament also ended in 1901.^[4]

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1884	Ernest Wool Lewis	Robert Shaw Templer	6-1, 1–6, 6–2.[2]
1885	Charles Henry Chaytor	George Arnulph Montgomerie	4-6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 6–0.[2]
1886[5]	David Grainger Chaytor	Francis Woodcock Perry	3-6, 6–3, 6–4, 6-2 .
1887	Patrick Bowes-Lyon	Harry Grove	8-6, 8–6, 6–3.[2][6]
1888[7]	Tom Campion	George Hillyard	won.
1889[8]	Ernest Wool Lewis	Joshua Pim	3 sets to 1.
1890[6]	David Grainger Chaytor	George Hillyard	6-1, 6–3, 6–2.[9]
1892[10]	Ernest George Meers	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	6-3, 6–1, 7–5.
1893[11]	Frank Owen Stoker	Horace Chapman	8-6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–2.
1894	Reginald Doherty	Charles Henry Martin	4-6, 6–0, retd.[12]
1896[13]	Edward Roy Allen	Harold Adair Nisbet	6-1, 6–3, 6–3.[2][6]
1898	Harold Adair Nisbet	George Ball-Greene	6-3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.[2]
1899[14]	George Caridia	Arthur Henry Riseley	6-3, 7–5.
1901	Wilberforce Eaves	Walter Herbert Boyd	6-3, 6–2, 6–1.[2]