Welsh Covered Court Championships

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.

Welsh Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877-1967)
Founded1893 [1]
Abolished1955
Editions51
LocationLlandudno, Wales
VenueCraigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club [2]
SurfaceHard/Wood (Indoor) [3]

History

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.

Champions

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

Men's singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1893 James Herbert Crispe??
1894 [5] William Sidney Nelson 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 Laurence Doherty (c)walkover
1898 [9] Harold Mahony Laurence Doherty (c)5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1899 [10] George Caridia [11] Harold Mahony (c)walkover
1900 [10] George Caridia [12] Reginald Doherty (c)4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1901 [10] George Caridia [13] Robert Baldwin Hough (c)walkover
1902 [10] George Caridia Robert Baldwin Hough (c)6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1903 [14] Robert Baldwin Hough George Caridia6–0, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1904 [10] George Caridia Evelyn J. Mellor6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1905 [15] Theodore Mavrogordato Robert Baldwin Hough9–11, 6–2, 6–3, 4–6 (title shared)
1906 [10] George Caridia [16] Wylie Cameron Grant6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1907 [10] George Caridia [16] A. L. Bentley6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1908 [10] George Caridia Robin Welsh6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1909 [10] George Caridia [16] Theodore Mavrogordato6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1910 [16] Theodore Mavrogordato George Caridia6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 [17]
1911 [16] Theodore Mavrogordato George Caridia6–1, 7–5, 6–1
1912 [16] Theodore Mavrogordato Stanley Doust6–2, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1913 [16] Theodore Mavrogordato Gordon Lowe7–5, 8–10, 8–6, 6–3
1914No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919 Arthur M. Lovibond H. S. Milford6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1920 Arthur M. Lovibond George Caridia3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1921 [18] Mohammed Sleem Walter Crawley6–1, 7-9, 7–5 retired
1922 George Alan Thomas L. West6–4, 6–1, 6–1
1923 George Alan Thomas William G. Ireland6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1924 H. V. Mander Douglas R. Watson4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1925 George Alan Thomas William G. Ireland6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1926 George Alan Thomas Douglas R. Watson6–2, 6–2, 8–6
1927 George Alan Thomas Douglas R. Watson4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–7, 8–6
1928 Hassan-Ali Fyzee William G. Ireland8–6, 5–7, 6–2
1929 V. Allman-Smith Hassan-Ali Fyzee6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1930 Hendrik Timmer D. O. Hobbis6–4, 6–0, 7–5
1931 Hassan-Ali Fyzee William D. Radcliffe6–4, 6–3
1932???
1933 Clarence Medlycott Jones S. N. Grossman6–2, 6–3
1934 George Lyttleton-Rogers Nigel Sharpe7–5, 10-8
1935 Frank Wilde Claude Lister7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1936???
1937 Frank Wilde Henry Billington6–3, 6–2
1938 Henry Billington J. R. Briggs6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1939No competition (partly due to World War II)
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950 [19] Ignacy Tłoczyński Henry Billington2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4
1951 A. Dawes W. D. Hughes6–8, 6–1 6–3, 7–5
1952 Billy Knight Ivor Warwick6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1953 John Barrett Donald Black6–1, 6–3, 8–10, 1–6, 9–7
1954 Tony Pickard Ivor Warwick6–3, 6–0, 3–6, 6–3
1955 Ivor Warwick Alan Mills6–3, 8–6, 6–3

Women's singles
  • Notes: The women's tournaments of 1894 and 1895 were played twice yearly in * April and ** October.
Year Champions Runners-up Score
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 Ruth Dyas (c)7–5, 6–3 *
1895 Alice Pickering Ida Cressy (c)6–0, 6–4 **
1896 Alice Pickering Henrica Ridding (c)6–1, 7–5
1897 Ruth Dyas Alice Pickering (c)4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1898 Ruth Dyas Muriel Robb (c)1–6, 7–5, 11-9
1899 Muriel Robb (c) Ruth Dyas Durlacher6–2, 6–3
1900 Muriel Robb Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c)6–0, 6–1
1901 Muriel Robb 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-Whyte6–2, 6–0
1904 Violet Pinckney Mabel Squire6–3, 6–4
1905 Mabel Squire Elizabeth Lunt Heatley10-8, 7–5
1906 Mary Curtis-Whyte Miss Butler Lloyd6–2, 8–6
1907 Gladys Eastlake-Smith Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte6–1, 6–2
1908 E. Bosworth Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte6–1, 7–5
1909 Mabel Squire Parton Mary Gray Welsh6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1910 Mabel Squire Parton Mrs Williams-Vaughan6–0, 6–3
1911 [20] Mabel Squire Parton Ethel Thomson Larcombe9–7, 7–5
1912 Mabel Squire Parton Mrs Perrett6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1913 Mary Gray Welsh Beatrice Lee6–0, 6–0
1914No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919 Phyllis Satterthwaite Ms. Pridmore6–0, 6–2
1920 Phyllis Satterthwaite Mrs A. Hall6–1, 6–0
1921 [21] Phyllis Satterthwaite Dorothy Kemmis-Betty6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1922 Mary Gray Welsh Mrs Forster6–0, 6–1
1923 Phyllis Howkins Covell Irene Maltby6–3, 6–3
1924 Marie Hazel Mary Gray Welsh2–6, 12–10, 6–1
1925 Irene Maltby Marie Hazel10–8, 6–2
1926 Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill Irene Maltby6–4, 1–6, 8–6
1927 Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill Irene Maltby6–4, 6–1
1928 Naomi Trentham Peggy Ingram Bouverie6–2, 8–6
1929 Joan Ridley Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill8–6, 6–4
1930 Freda James Ida Howitt6–1, 6–0
1931 Marjory 'Mie' Johnstone N. Case6–1, 6–3
1932 Marjory 'Mie' Johnstone N. Case1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1933 Jeanette Morfey Dora Beazley6–3, 10–8
1934 Dulcie Kitson Barbara Drew7–5, 6–2
1935 Dora Beazley Jackie McAlpine Brutton6–3, 7–5
1936 Denise Huntbach Valerie Scott6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1937 Denise Huntbach Dora Beazley5–7, 6–1, 6–3
1938 Freda James Hammersley Dora Beazley6–3, 6–2
1939No competition (partly due to World War II)
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950 Georgie Woodgate Susan Partridge6–2, 6–3
1951 Molly Stone Rita Bentley6–4, 7–5
1952 Joan MacLeod Molly Stone6–3, 6–3
1953 Helen Fletcher Shirley Bloomer2–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954 Shirley Bloomer Pat Harrison6–2, 7–5
1955 Elaine Watson Marian Craig-Smith7–5, 7–5

See also

Notes
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  2. Kinsey, Albert. "The Craigside Hotel Hydro Band". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/. BBC Radio Times Regional Programme Western, 9 July 1936. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. "Recalling life at the Hydro after the war". dailypost.co.uk. The Daily Post Wales, 3 April 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "Women In Shorts: Tennis Dress Reform". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 234, 4 October 1933. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1894". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1895". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. Garcia, Gabriel. "Welsh Covered Court Tournament Draw 1896". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  8. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1897". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1898". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  10. "George Aristides Caridia (Karidias-)". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  11. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1899". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  12. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1900". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1901". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  14. "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1903". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  15. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results (1905)". stevegtennis.com. Stevegtennis. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  16. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results (1906)". stevegtennis.com. Stevegtennis. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  17. http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3880520/3880529/157/welsh%20covered%20tennis%20crispe
  18. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results (1921)". stevegtennis.com. Stevegtennis. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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  20. "Sports of the Summer". news.google.com. Boston Evening Transcript - May 1, 1912. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  21. "Phyllis Satterthwaite: Biography". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

Sources
  • Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, A. Wallis Myers. UK.
  • Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack and Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Published by Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, UK.
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