The Queen's Club Covered Court Championship was a men's and women's indoor wood court tennis tournament founded in 1890. Also known as the Queens Club Covered Court Tournament. The tournament was first played at the Queen's Club, London, England. It was played annually till 1939.
History In March 1890 the Queen's Club Covered Court Championship was established.The Morning Post (1890) The inaugural singles champions were Harry S. Barlow (men) and May Jacks (women). The men's event in the early 1890s was sometimes held at the Hyde Park Club's indoor courts at, Bayswater, London. The tournament was staged annually usually in March or sometimes early April until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1890 Harry S. Barlow Ernest George Meers3–2 sets.1891The Morning Post (1892) Ernest Wool Lewis Harry S. Barlowwalkover.1892 Ernest Wool Lewis (2) Horace Chapman6–3, 5–7, 6–4.1893 Horace Chapman John May6–0, 6–2.1896 Harold Mahony Wilberforce Eaves6–0, 6–2.1924 Sydney Jacob Teddy Higgs6–3, 5–7, 6–4.1930 Ted Avory S. D. Jose de Verda8–6, 2–6, 6–3.
Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1890 May Jacks Mary Pick6–0, 6–21892 May Jacks (2) May Arbuthnot3–6, 6–2, 6–21893 Maud Shackle Lilian Arbuthnot6–1, 1–6, 7–5
See also Queen's Club
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