Welsh Covered Court Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | Pre-open era (1877-1967) |
Founded | 1893 [1] |
Abolished | 1955 |
Editions | 51 |
Location | Llandudno, Wales |
Venue | Craigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club [2] |
Surface | Wood (indoor) [3] |
The Welsh Covered Court Championships [4] its original name also called Welsh Covered Court Lawn Tennis Championships was a tennis event held from 1893 through 1955 in Wales, United Kingdom.
The Welsh Covered Court Championships was played at the Craigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club on indoor courts, the club also had outdoor courts, [3] Llandudno, Wales.
Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. (c) indicates challenger
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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1893 | James Herbert Crispe | ? | ? | |
1894 [5] | William S. N. Heard | James Herbert Crispe (c) | 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 | |
1895 [6] [2] | Reginald Doherty | William S. N. Heard (c) | walkover | |
1896 [7] [2] | Laurence Doherty | George Simond (c) | 6-0 6-0 | |
1897 [8] | Reginald Doherty (2) | Laurence Doherty (c) (2) | walkover | |
1898 [9] | Harold Mahony | Laurence Doherty (c) (3) | 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 | |
1899 [10] | George Caridia [11] | Harold Mahony (c) | walkover | |
1900 [10] | George Caridia [12] (2) | Reginald Doherty (c) | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3 | |
1901 [10] | George Caridia [13] (3) | Robert Baldwin Hough (c) | walkover | |
1902 [10] | George Caridia (4) | Robert Baldwin Hough (c) | 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1903 [14] | Robert Baldwin Hough | George Caridia | 6–0, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1904 [10] | George Caridia (5) | Evelyn J. Mellor | 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1905 [15] | Theodore Mavrogordato | Robert Baldwin Hough | (title shared) | |
1906 [10] | George Caridia [16] (6) | Wylie Cameron Grant | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |
1907 [10] | George Caridia [16] (7) | A. L. Bentley | 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 | |
1908 [10] | George Caridia (8) | Robin Welsh | 6–2, 6–0, 6–1 | |
1909 [10] | George Caridia [16] (9) | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3 | |
1910 [16] | Theodore Mavrogordato (2) | George Caridia | 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 [17] | |
1911 [16] | Theodore Mavrogordato (3) | George Caridia | 6–1, 7–5, 6–1 | |
1912 [16] | Theodore Mavrogordato (4) | Stanley Doust | 6–2, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5 | |
1913 [16] | Theodore Mavrogordato (5) | Gordon Lowe | 7–5, 8–10, 8–6, 6–3 | |
1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
1919 | Arthur M. Lovibond | H. S. Milford | 6–1, 6–2, 6–1 | |
1920 | Arthur M. Lovibond (2) | George Caridia | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 | |
1921 [18] | Mohammed Sleem | Walter Crawley | 6–1, 7-9, 7–5 retired | |
1922 | George Alan Thomas | L. West | 6–4, 6–1, 6–1 | |
1923 | George Alan Thomas (2) | William G. Ireland | 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1924 | H. V. Mander | Douglas R. Watson | 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 | |
1925 | George Alan Thomas (3) | William G. Ireland | 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1926 | George Alan Thomas (4) | Douglas R. Watson | 6–2, 6–2, 8–6 | |
1927 | George Alan Thomas (5) | Douglas R. Watson | 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–7, 8–6 | |
1928 | Hassan-Ali Fyzee | William G. Ireland | 8–6, 5–7, 6–2 | |
1929 | V. Allman-Smith | Hassan-Ali Fyzee | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 | |
1930 | Hendrik Timmer | D. O. Hobbis | 6–4, 6–0, 7–5 | |
1931 | Hassan-Ali Fyzee (2) | William D. Radcliffe | 6–4, 6–3 | |
1933 | Clarence Medlycott Jones | S. N. Grossman | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1934 | George Lyttleton-Rogers | Nigel Sharpe | 7–5, 10-8 | |
1935 | Frank Wilde | Claude Lister | 7–5, 6–1, 6–3 | |
1937 | Frank Wilde (2) | Henry Billington | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1938 | Henry Billington | J. R. Briggs | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 | |
1939/1949 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
1950 [19] | Ignacy Tłoczyński | Henry Billington | 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1951 | A. Dawes | W. D. Hughes | 6–8, 6–1 6–3, 7–5 | |
1952 | Billy Knight | Ivor Warwick | 6–1, 6–2, 6–1 | |
1953 | John Barrett | Donald Black | 6–1, 6–3, 8–10, 1–6, 9–7 | |
1954 | Tony Pickard | Ivor Warwick | 6–3, 6–0, 3–6, 6–3 | |
1955 | Ivor Warwick | Alan Mills | 6–3, 8–6, 6–3 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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1894 | Alice Pickering | Margaret Broadhurst Dickins (c) | 6–3, 6–3 * | |
1894 | Margaret Broadhurst Dickins | Ellen Cressy (c) | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 ** | |
1895 | Alice Pickering (2) | Ruth Dyas (c) | 7–5, 6–3 * | |
1895 | Alice Pickering (3) | Ida Cressy (c) | 6–0, 6–4 ** | |
1896 | Alice Pickering (4) | Henrica Ridding (c) | 6–1, 7–5 | |
1897 | Ruth Dyas | Alice Pickering (c) | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
1898 | Ruth Dyas (2) | Muriel Robb (c) | 1–6, 7–5, 11-9 | |
1899 | Muriel Robb (c) | Ruth Dyas Durlacher | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1900 | Muriel Robb (2) | Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c) | 6–0, 6–1 | |
1901 | Muriel Robb (3) | Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c) | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1902 | L. Clarke | Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c) | 7–5, 7–5 | |
1903 | Maude Garfit | Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte | 6–2, 6–0 | |
1904 | Violet Pinckney | Mabel Squire | 6–3, 6–4 | |
1905 | Mabel Squire | Elizabeth Lunt Heatley | 10-8, 7–5 | |
1906 | Mary Curtis-Whyte | Miss Butler Lloyd | 6–2, 8–6 | |
1907 | Gladys Eastlake-Smith | Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1908 | E. Bosworth | Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte | 6–1, 7–5 | |
1909 | Mabel Squire Parton (2) | Mary Gray Welsh | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 | |
1910 | Mabel Squire Parton (3) | Mrs Williams-Vaughan | 6–0, 6–3 | |
1911 [20] | Mabel Squire Parton (4) | Ethel Thomson Larcombe | 9–7, 7–5 | |
1912 | Mabel Squire Parton (5) | Mrs Perrett | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 | |
1913 | Mary Gray Welsh | Beatrice Lee | 6–0, 6–0 | |
1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
1919 | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Ms. Pridmore | 6–0, 6–2 | |
1920 | Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) | Mrs A. Hall | 6–1, 6–0 | |
1921 [21] | Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | |
1922 | Mary Gray Welsh | Mrs Forster | 6–0, 6–1 | |
1923 | Phyllis Howkins Covell | Irene Maltby | 6–3, 6–3 | |
1924 | Marie Hazel | Mary Gray Welsh | 2–6, 12–10, 6–1 | |
1925 | Irene Maltby | Marie Hazel | 10–8, 6–2 | |
1926 | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill | Irene Maltby | 6–4, 1–6, 8–6 | |
1927 | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill (2) | Irene Maltby | 6–4, 6–1 | |
1928 | Naomi Trentham | Peggy Ingram Bouverie | 6–2, 8–6 | |
1929 | Joan Ridley | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill | 8–6, 6–4 | |
1930 | Freda James | Ida Howitt | 6–1, 6–0 | |
1931 | Marjory 'Mie' Johnstone | N. Case | 6–1, 6–3 | |
1932 | Marjory 'Mie' Johnstone (2) | N. Case | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 | |
1933 | Jeanette Morfey | Dora Beazley | 6–3, 10–8 | |
1934 | Dulcie Kitson | Barbara Drew | 7–5, 6–2 | |
1935 | Dora Beazley | Jackie McAlpine Brutton | 6–3, 7–5 | |
1936 | Denise Huntbach | Valerie Scott | 6–4, 7–9, 6–4 | |
1937 | Denise Huntbach (2) | Dora Beazley | 5–7, 6–1, 6–3 | |
1938 | Freda James Hammersley | Dora Beazley | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1939/1949 | Not held (due to World War II and after) | |||
1950 | Georgie Woodgate | Susan Partridge | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1951 | Molly Stone | Rita Bentley | 6–4, 7–5 | |
1952 | Joan MacLeod | Molly Stone | 6–3, 6–3 | |
1953 | Helen Fletcher | Shirley Bloomer | 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 | |
1954 | Shirley Bloomer | Pat Harrison | 6–2, 7–5 | |
1955 | Elaine Watson | Marian Craig-Smith | 7–5, 7–5 | |
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