Welsh Covered Court Championships

The Welsh Covered Court Championships its original name also called Welsh Covered Court Lawn Tennis Championships was a tennis event held from 1893 through 1955 in Wales, United Kingdom.

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, Llandudno, Wales.

Finals 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 YearChampionsRunners-upScore1893 James Herbert Crispe Tancred D. Cummins 6–2, 6–4, 6–21894 William S. N. Heard James Herbert Crispe (c) 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–11895 Reginald Doherty William S. N. Heard (c) walkover1896 Laurence Doherty George Simond (c) 6-0 6-01897 Reginald Doherty (2) Laurence Doherty (c) (2) walkover1898 Harold Mahony Laurence Doherty (c) (3) 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–41899 George Caridia Harold Mahony (c) walkover1900 George Caridia(2) Reginald Doherty (c) 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–8, 6–31901 George Caridia(3) Robert Baldwin Hough (c) walkover1902 George Caridia (4) Robert Baldwin Hough (c) 6–2, 6–3, 6–11903 Robert Baldwin Hough George Caridia 6–0, 3–6, 6–4, 6–31904 George Caridia (5) Evelyn J. Mellor 6–2, 6–3, 6–11905 Theodore Mavrogordato Robert Baldwin Hough (title shared)1906 George Caridia(6) Wylie Cameron Grant 6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 6–41907 George Caridia (7) A. L. Bentley 6–3, 7–5, 6–01908 George Caridia (8) Robin Welsh 6–2, 6–0, 6–11909 George Caridia (9) Theodore Mavrogordato 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3 1910 Theodore Mavrogordato (2) George Caridia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 1911 Theodore Mavrogordato (3) George Caridia 6–1, 7–5, 6–11912 Theodore Mavrogordato (4) Stanley Doust 6–2, 5–7, 7–5, 7–51913 Theodore Mavrogordato (5) Gordon Lowe 7–5, 8–10, 8–6, 6–31915/1918Not held (due to World War I)1919 Arthur M. Lovibond H. S. Milford 6–1, 6–2, 6–11920 Arthur M. Lovibond (2) George Caridia 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–51921 Mohammed Sleem Walter Crawley 6–1, 7-9, 7–5 retired1922 George Alan Thomas L. West 6–4, 6–1, 6–1 1923 George Alan Thomas (2) William G. Ireland 6–1, 6–2, 6–41924 H. V. Mander Douglas R. Watson 4–6, 6–1, 6–31925 George Alan Thomas (3) William G. Ireland 6–1, 6–2, 6–41926 George Alan Thomas (4) Douglas R. Watson 6–2, 6–2, 8–61927 George Alan Thomas (5) Douglas R. Watson 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–7, 8–61928 Hassan-Ali Fyzee William G. Ireland 8–6, 5–7, 6–2 1929 V. Allman-Smith Hassan-Ali Fyzee 6–3, 3–6, 6–21930 Hendrik Timmer D. O. Hobbis 6–4, 6–0, 7–51931 Hassan-Ali Fyzee (2) William D. Radcliffe 6–4, 6–3 1933 Clarence Medlycott Jones S. N. Grossman 6–2, 6–31934 George Lyttleton-Rogers Nigel Sharpe 7–5, 10-81935 Frank Wilde Claude Lister 7–5, 6–1, 6–31937 Frank Wilde (2) Henry Billington 6–3, 6–21938 Henry Billington J. R. Briggs 6–3, 6–3, 6–21939/1949Not held (due to World War II)1950 Ignacy Tłoczyński Henry Billington 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–41951 A. Dawes W. D. Hughes 6–8, 6–1 6–3, 7–51952 Billy Knight Ivor Warwick 6–1, 6–2, 6–11953 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, 6–31955 Ivor Warwick Alan Mills 6–3, 8–6, 6–3

Women's singles Notes: The women's tournaments of 1894 and 1895 were played twice yearly in * April and ** October. The April editions were called the Welsh Covered Court Spring Championships.

YearChampionsRunners-upScore1894 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, 7–51897 Ruth Dyas Alice Pickering (c) 4–6, 6–3, 6–41898 Ruth Dyas (2) Muriel Robb (c) 1–6, 7–5, 11-91899 Muriel Robb (c) Ruth Dyas Durlacher 6–2, 6–3 1900 Muriel Robb (2) Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c) 6–0, 6–11901 Muriel Robb (3) Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c) 6–1, 6–21902 L. Clarke Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c) 7–5, 7–51903 Maude Garfit Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte 6–2, 6–01904 Violet Pinckney Mabel Squire 6–3, 6–4 1905 Mabel Squire Elizabeth Lunt Heatley 10-8, 7–51906 Mary Curtis-Whyte Miss Butler Lloyd 6–2, 8–61907 Gladys Eastlake-Smith Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte 6–1, 6–21908 E. Bosworth Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte 6–1, 7–51909 Mabel Squire Parton (2) Mary Gray Welsh 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 1910 Mabel Squire Parton (3) Mrs Williams-Vaughan 6–0, 6–31911 Mabel Squire Parton (4) Ethel Thomson Larcombe 9–7, 7–51912 Mabel Squire Parton (5) Mrs Perrett 6–3, 5–7, 6–41913 Mary Gray Welsh Beatrice Lee 6–0, 6–01915/1918Not held (due to World War I)1919 Phyllis Satterthwaite Ms. Pridmore 6–0, 6–21920 Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Mrs A. Hall 6–1, 6–0 1921 Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) Dorothy Kemmis-Betty 6–3, 3–6, 6–31922 Mary Gray Welsh Mrs Forster 6–0, 6–11923 Phyllis Howkins Covell Irene Maltby 6–3, 6–31924 Marie Hazel Mary Gray Welsh 2–6, 12–10, 6–1 1925 Irene Maltby Marie Hazel 10–8, 6–21926 Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill Irene Maltby 6–4, 1–6, 8–61927 Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill (2) Irene Maltby 6–4, 6–11928 Naomi Trentham Peggy Ingram Bouverie 6–2, 8–61929 Joan Ridley Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill 8–6, 6–41930 Freda James Ida Howitt 6–1, 6–01931 Marjory 'Mie' Johnstone N. Case 6–1, 6–31932 Marjory 'Mie' Johnstone (2) N. Case 1–6, 7–5, 6–31933 Jeanette Morfey Dora Beazley 6–3, 10–81934 Dulcie Kitson Barbara Drew 7–5, 6–21935 Dora Beazley Jackie McAlpine Brutton 6–3, 7–51936 Denise Huntbach Valerie Scott 6–4, 7–9, 6–41937 Denise Huntbach (2) Dora Beazley 5–7, 6–1, 6–31938 Freda James Hammersley Dora Beazley 6–3, 6–21939/1949Not held (due to World War II and after)1950 Georgie Woodgate Susan Partridge 6–2, 6–31951 Molly Stone Rita Bentley 6–4, 7–51952 Joan MacLeod Molly Stone 6–3, 6–31953 Helen Fletcher Shirley Bloomer 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 1954 Shirley Bloomer Pat Harrison 6–2, 7–51955 Elaine Watson Marian Craig-Smith 7–5, 7–5

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