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. 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. These tournament were all played during the month of August. That year it established the Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament. 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. 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. In 1890 the club established another new tournament for men ''Castle Wemyss Open - Castle Wemyss Cup''. That event was also open featuring mixed doubles for women. In 1905 the Wemyss Bay Tennis Tournament was discontinued after 23 years.Finals
Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships
(Open to club members only).Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament
:Men's singles.Inverkip Rovers Open
:Men's singles. :Men's Doubles (Incomplete roll) :''Mixed Doubles'' (Incomplete roll)Castle Wemyss Open
:''Castle Wemyss Cup''.References
{{Reflist Grass court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom Tennis tournaments in Scotland