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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.

Welsh Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877-1967)
Founded1893 [1]
Abolished1955
Editions51
LocationLlandudno, Wales
VenueCraigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club [2]
SurfaceWood (indoor) [3]

History edit

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.

Finals edit

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 edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1893   James Herbert Crispe ? ?
1894 [5]   William S. N. 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 (2)   Laurence Doherty (c) (2) walkover
1898 [9]   Harold Mahony   Laurence Doherty (c) (3) 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1899 [10]   George Caridia[11]   Harold Mahony (c) walkover
1900 [10]   George Caridia[12](2)   Reginald Doherty (c) 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1901 [10]   George Caridia[13](3)   Robert Baldwin Hough (c) walkover
1902 [10]   George Caridia (4)   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 (5)   Evelyn J. Mellor 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1905 [15]   Theodore Mavrogordato   Robert Baldwin Hough (title shared)
1906 [10]   George Caridia[16](6)   Wylie Cameron Grant 6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1907 [10]   George Caridia[16] (7)   A. L. Bentley 6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1908 [10]   George Caridia (8)   Robin Welsh 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1909 [10]   George Caridia[16] (9)   Theodore Mavrogordato 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1910 [16]   Theodore Mavrogordato (2)   George Caridia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 [17]
1911 [16]   Theodore Mavrogordato (3)   George Caridia 6–1, 7–5, 6–1
1912 [16]   Theodore Mavrogordato (4)   Stanley Doust 6–2, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1913 [16]   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 [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 (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[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 edit

  • 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 [20]   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 [21]   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 edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Evans J., Ellis (October 1938). "The 45th Welsh Covered Courts Championships and Tournament A commentary on the final of the Men's Singles". bbc.com. BBC Radio Times, Issue 782, Page 75, 23 September 1938. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Kinsey, Albert (9 July 1936). "The Craigside Hotel Hydro Band". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/. BBC Radio Times Regional Programme Western, 9 July 1936. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Recalling life at the Hydro after the war". dailypost.co.uk. The Daily Post Wales, 3 April 2008. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Women In Shorts: Tennis Dress Reform". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 234, 4 October 1933. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1894". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1895". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "Welsh Covered Court Tournament Draw 1896". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1897". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1898". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i "George Aristides Caridia (Karidias-)". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1899". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1900". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1901". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1903". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  15. ^ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results (1905)". stevegtennis.com. Stevegtennis. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g "1877 to 2012 Finals Results (1906)". stevegtennis.com. Stevegtennis. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  17. ^ "TENNIS, - 1910-10-13 - The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria". Welsh Newspapers. 1910-10-13. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  18. ^ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results (1921)". stevegtennis.com. Stevegtennis. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Welsh Covered Court Championships 1950". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Sports of the Summer". news.google.com. Boston Evening Transcript - May 1, 1912. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  21. ^ "Phyllis Satterthwaite: Biography". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

Sources edit

  • 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 edit

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