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.

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 Caridia	6–0, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1904 [10]	George Caridia	Evelyn J. Mellor	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1905 [15]	Theodore Mavrogordato	Robert Baldwin Hough	9–11, 6–2, 6–3, 4–6 (title shared)
1906 [10]	George Caridia [16]	Wylie Cameron Grant	6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1907 [10]	George Caridia [16]	A. L. Bentley	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1908 [10]	George Caridia	Robin Welsh	6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1909 [10]	George Caridia [16]	Theodore Mavrogordato	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1910 [16]	Theodore Mavrogordato	George Caridia	6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 [17]
1911 [16]	Theodore Mavrogordato	George Caridia	6–1, 7–5, 6–1
1912 [16]	Theodore Mavrogordato	Stanley Doust	6–2, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1913 [16]	Theodore Mavrogordato	Gordon Lowe	7–5, 8–10, 8–6, 6–3
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919	Arthur M. Lovibond	H. S. Milford	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1920	Arthur M. Lovibond	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	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	William G. Ireland	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1926	George Alan Thomas	Douglas R. Watson	6–2, 6–2, 8–6
1927	George Alan Thomas	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	William D. Radcliffe	6–4, 6–3
1932	?	?	?
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
1936	?	?	?
1937	Frank Wilde	Henry Billington	6–3, 6–2
1938	Henry Billington	J. R. Briggs	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1939	No competition (partly due to World War II)
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
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

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 Durlacher	6–2, 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-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	Mary Gray Welsh	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1910	Mabel Squire Parton	Mrs Williams-Vaughan	6–0, 6–3
1911 [20]	Mabel Squire Parton	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	9–7, 7–5
1912	Mabel Squire Parton	Mrs Perrett	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1913	Mary Gray Welsh	Beatrice Lee	6–0, 6–0
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Ms. Pridmore	6–0, 6–2
1920	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Mrs A. Hall	6–1, 6–0
1921 [21]	Phyllis Satterthwaite	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	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	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	Dora Beazley	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
1938	Freda James Hammersley	Dora Beazley	6–3, 6–2
1939	No competition (partly due to World War II)
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
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

See also

• Tennis Wales

Notes

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.

External links

• Victorian web – Short history of the Hydro Hotel
• Tennis Archive: Welsh Covered Court Championships – Roll of Honour
• The Tennis Base: Welsh Covered Court Championships – Roll of Honour