Welsh Covered Court Championships

Welsh Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Pre-open era (1877-1967)
Founded	1893
Abolished	1955
Editions	51
Location	Llandudno, Wales
Venue	Craigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club
Surface	Wood (indoor)

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

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1893	James Herbert Crispe	Tancred D. Cummins	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1894	William S. N. Heard	James Herbert Crispe (c)	6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1895	Reginald Doherty	William S. N. Heard (c)	walkover
1896	Laurence Doherty	George Simond (c)	6-0 6-0
1897	Reginald Doherty (2)	Laurence Doherty (c) (2)	walkover
1898	Harold Mahony	Laurence Doherty (c) (3)	5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1899	George Caridia	Harold Mahony (c)	walkover
1900	George Caridia(2)	Reginald Doherty (c)	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1901	George Caridia(3)	Robert Baldwin Hough (c)	walkover
1902	George Caridia (4)	Robert Baldwin Hough (c)	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1903	Robert Baldwin Hough	George Caridia	6–0, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1904	George Caridia (5)	Evelyn J. Mellor	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1905	Theodore Mavrogordato	Robert Baldwin Hough	(title shared)
1906	George Caridia(6)	Wylie Cameron Grant	6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1907	George Caridia (7)	A. L. Bentley	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1908	George Caridia (8)	Robin Welsh	6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1909	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, 6–1
1912	Theodore Mavrogordato (4)	Stanley Doust	6–2, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1913	Theodore Mavrogordato (5)	Gordon Lowe	7–5, 8–10, 8–6, 6–3
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
1919	Arthur M. Lovibond	H. S. Milford	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1920	Arthur M. Lovibond (2)	George Caridia	3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1921	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 (2)	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 (3)	William G. Ireland	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1926	George Alan Thomas (4)	Douglas R. Watson	6–2, 6–2, 8–6
1927	George Alan Thomas (5)	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 (2)	William D. Radcliffe	6–4, 6–3
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
1937	Frank Wilde (2)	Henry Billington	6–3, 6–2
1938	Henry Billington	J. R. Briggs	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1939/1949	Not held (due to World War II)
1950	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 (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, 7–5
1897	Ruth Dyas	Alice Pickering (c)	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1898	Ruth Dyas (2)	Muriel Robb (c)	1–6, 7–5, 11-9
1899	Muriel Robb (c)	Ruth Dyas Durlacher	6–2, 6–3
1900	Muriel Robb (2)	Elizabeth Lunt Heatley (c)	6–0, 6–1
1901	Muriel Robb (3)	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 (2)	Mary Gray Welsh	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1910	Mabel Squire Parton (3)	Mrs Williams-Vaughan	6–0, 6–3
1911	Mabel Squire Parton (4)	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	9–7, 7–5
1912	Mabel Squire Parton (5)	Mrs Perrett	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1913	Mary Gray Welsh	Beatrice Lee	6–0, 6–0
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
1919	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Ms. Pridmore	6–0, 6–2
1920	Phyllis Satterthwaite (2)	Mrs A. Hall	6–1, 6–0
1921	Phyllis Satterthwaite (3)	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 (2)	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 (2)	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 (2)	Dora Beazley	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
1938	Freda James Hammersley	Dora Beazley	6–3, 6–2
1939/1949	Not held (due to World War II and after)
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

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

• The 3rd image shows the Craigside Hydro Hotel with Llandudno in the background, in the foreground is hydro's outside ten grass tennis courts, that are in front of the hotel and it's famous indoor covered courts building, the venue for this event can be seen across from and to the right of the hotel.
• 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