London Covered Court Championships

London Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	LTA (1890–1912) ILTF (1913–46)
Founded	1890
Abolished	1946
Location	West Kensington London England
Venue	Queen's Club
Surface	Wood / indoor

The London Covered Court Championships was a combined indoor wood court tennis tournament founded in 1890, and played on indoor courts at the Queen's Club, West Kensington, London, England until 1946.

History

Indoors court at the Queen's club, England, before 1903

Indoors court at the Queen's club, England, before 1903

The tournament was founded on 10 March 1890, and the winner of the first men's singles title was Harry Sibthorpe Barlow who defeated Ernest Meers in the final. This tournament was usually played in the first quarter of the year usually end of February to March until the mid 1890s when it was discontinued.

In the early 1900s the event was revived and moved in the calendar to the autumn, usually October. In 1902 the tournament was co valid as the Championship of Europe. The women's event did not begin until 1905, won by Dorothea Douglass defeating Ethel Thomson Larcombe in the final.

In the early 1920s - contrary to some sources - this event was not merged into the British Covered Court Championships, instead the scheduling for that event was switched to the autumn, this tournament was moved back to the spring, taking place annually in March or April.

The event ran until 1939 when it was suspended due to World War II; the final women's event was played that year, won by Phyllis Mudford King who beat Betty Batt in the final. The men's event resumed in 1946 for one last edition only, won by Sweden's Lennart Bergelin (later coach of Bjorn Borg).

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champion	Runner up	Score
1890	Harry S. Barlow	Ernest Meers	2-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3
1891	Harry S. Barlow (2)	Horace Chapman	3-6, 8-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-1
1893	Harold Mahony	Horace Chapman	6-2, 0-6, 6-1
1894	Harold Mahony (2)	Guy Pilkington	6-4, 8-10, 6-2
1902	Laurie Doherty	Harold Mahony	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1.
1903	Arthur Gore	Major Ritchie	8-6, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
1904	Max Decugis	Arthur Gore	6-2, 3-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
1905	Arthur Gore (2)	Major Ritchie	6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
1906	Anthony Wilding	George Caridia	6-3, 6-0, 6-1
1907	Max Decugis (2)	Major Ritchie	6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1908	Ken Powell	Major Ritchie	6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
1909	Major Ritchie	Gordon Lowe	6-4, 6-0, 6-0
1910	Anthony Wilding (2)	Arthur Lowe	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1911	Major Ritchie (2)	George Caridia	7-5, 7-5, 6-4
1912	Theodore Mavrogordato	Nicolae Mishu	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1913	Anthony Wilding (3)	Arthur Lowe	7-5, 6-0, 6-2
1919	Theodore Mavrogordato (2)	Nicolae Mishu	6-1, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
1920	Gordon Lowe	Mohammed Sleem	6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1921	Mohammed Sleem	Walter Crawley	6-1, 7-9, 6-3, 6-1
1922	Major Ritchie (3)	Athar Ali Fyzee	6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1923	Brian Gilbert	Donald Greig	6-1, 6-3, 7-5
1924	Pat Spence	Patrick Wheatley	6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1925	Sydney Jacob	Pat Spence	3-6, 7-5, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
1926	Noel Turnbull	Bunny Austin	7-9, 0-6, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
1927	Sydney Jacob (2)	Gordon Crole-Rees	1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
1928	Nigel Sharpe	Teddy Higgs	6-1, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-3
1929	John Olliff	Stanley Harris	6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
1930	Yoshiro Ohta	Pat Spence	4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6 7-5
1931	Iwao Aoki	Ryuki Miki	6-3, 7-5, 6-4
1933	Bunny Austin	Harry Lee	11-9, 4-6, 7-5.
1934	Nigel Sharpe (2)	Bob Tinkler	6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1935	Daniel Prenn	Pat Spence	6-1, 6-3
1936	Nigel Sharpe (3)	Daniel Prenn	2-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 ret.
1937	Ronald Shayes	Nigel Sharpe	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1938	Nigel Sharpe (4)	John Olliff	6-4, 6-4
1939	Lawrence Shaffi	Choy Wai-Chuen	6-2, 6-4
1946	Lennart Bergelin	Ignacy Tloczynski	6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3