London Covered Court Championships

London Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	LTA (1890–1912) ILTF (1913–46)
Founded	1890
Abolished	1946
Location	West Kensington London England
Venue	Queen's Club
Surface	Wood / indoor

The London Covered Court Championships ^[1] was a combined indoor wood court tennis tournament founded in 1890, ^[2] and played on indoor courts at the Queen's Club, West Kensington, London, England until 1946.

History

Indoors court at the Queen's club, England, before 1903

The tournament was founded on 10 March 1890, and the winner of the first men's singles title was Harry Sibthorpe Barlow who defeated Ernest Meers in the final. ^[3] This tournament was usually played in the first quarter of the year usually end of February to March until the mid 1890s when it was discontinued.

In the early 1900s the event was revived and moved in the calendar to the Autumn usually October. In 1902 the tournament was co valid as the Championship of Europe. ^[4]

The women's event did not begin until 1905 that was won by Dorothea Douglass who defeated Ethel Thomson Larcombe in the final. ^[5]

In the early 1920s contrary to some sources this event was not merged in to the British Covered Court Championships instead the scheduling for that event was switched to the Autumn, this tournament was moved back to the spring annually in March or April.

The event ran until 1939 when it was suspended due to World War II the final women's event was played that year won by Phyllis Mudford King who beat Betty Batt in the final. The men's event resumed in 1946 for one last edition only that was won by Swedish tennis player Lennart Bergelin, and later coach of Bjorn Borg.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1890 [6]	Harry S. Barlow	Ernest Meers	2-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3
1891 [7]	Harry S. Barlow (2)	Horace Chapman	3-6, 8-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-1
1893 [8]	Harold Mahony	Horace Chapman	6-2, 0-6, 6-1
1894 [9]	Harold Mahony (2)	Guy Pilkington	6-4, 8-10, 6-2
1902 [10]	Laurie Doherty	Harold Mahony	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1. [a]
1903 [11]	Arthur Gore	Major Ritchie	8-6, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
1904 [12]	Max Decugis	Arthur Gore	6-2, 3-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
1905 [13]	Arthur Gore (2)	Major Ritchie	6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
1906 [14]	Anthony Wilding	George Caridia	6-3, 6-0, 6-1
1907 [15]	Max Decugis (2)	Major Ritchie	6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1908 [16]	Ken Powell	Major Ritchie	6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
1909 [17]	Major Ritchie	Gordon Lowe	6-4, 6-0, 6-0
1910 [18]	Anthony Wilding (2)	Arthur Lowe	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1911	Major Ritchie (2)	George Caridia	7-5, 7-5, 6-4
1912	Theodore Mavrogordato	Nicolae Mishu	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1913 [19]	Anthony Wilding (3)	Arthur Lowe	7-5, 6-0, 6-2
1919	Theodore Mavrogordato (2)	Nicolae Mishu	6-1, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
1920	Gordon Lowe	Mohammed Sleem	6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1921 [20]	Mohammed Sleem	Walter Crawley	6-1, 7-9, 6-3, 6-1
1922 [21]	Major Ritchie (3)	Athar Ali Fyzee	6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1923	Brian Gilbert	Donald Greig	6-1, 6-3, 7-5
1924 [22]	Pat Spence	Patrick Wheatley	6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1925 [23]	Sydney Jacob	Pat Spence	3-6, 7-5, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
1926 [24]	Noel Turnbull	Bunny Austin	7-9, 0-6, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
1927 [25]	Sydney Jacob (2)	Gordon Crole-Rees	1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
1928 [26]	Nigel Sharpe	Teddy Higgs	6-1, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-3
1929 [27]	John Olliff	Stanley Harris	6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
1930 [28]	Yoshiro Ohta	Pat Spence	4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6 7-5
1931 [29]	Iwao Aoki	Ryuki Miki	6-3, 7-5, 6-4
1933 [30]	Bunny Austin	Harry Lee	11-9, 4-6, 7-5.
1934 [31]	Nigel Sharpe (2)	Bob Tinkler	6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1935 [32]	Daniel Prenn	Pat Spence	6-1, 6-3
1936 [33]	Nigel Sharpe (3)	Daniel Prenn	2-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 ret.
1937 [34]	Ronald Shayes	Nigel Sharpe	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1938	Nigel Sharpe (4)	John Olliff	6-4, 6-4
1939 [35]	Lawrence Shaffi	Choy Wai-Chuen	6-2, 6-4
1946	Lennart Bergelin	Ignacy Tloczynski	6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Notes

1. The 1902 edition of the men's London CC Championships was also valid as the Championship of Europe

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