The Welsh Championships (Welsh: Pencampwriaethau Cymru) [1] its original name until 1970 was also known as the Championship of Wales (1951), the Welsh Open (Welsh: Cymraeg Agored)[2] (1947–50) the Green Shield Welsh Championships and Green Shield Welsh Open (1970–74) for sponsorship [3] reasons was an outdoor tennis event held from 1886 through 1974 it was played at various locations throughout its duration including Cardiff, Newport and Penarth in Wales. The dates that the tournament was held varied between June and July annually.
| Welsh Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | Pre-open era (1877–1967) |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Editions | 77 |
| Location | Cardiff, Newport, Penarth, Wales |
| Venue | Penarth LTC (1886–89, 1893–95, 1901–09) Newport Athletic Club (1892, 1897–99, 1900, 1910–14, 1920–39, 1946–1974) Cardiff LTC (1891) |
| Surface | Grass / Outdoor |
History edit
The Welsh Championships tournament began in 1886. It was originally held at the Penarth Lawn Tennis club,[4] in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan through the later part of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth, the last event being held there in 1909. The championships was staged only once during this time in Cardiff, in 1891, before it became a permanent fixture at the Newport Athletic Club from 1946 onward [5] which also the hosted the 1906 International Lawn Tennis Challenge final later known as the Davis Cup. The tournament featured both men's and women's singles competition as well as same sex and mixed doubles. The first non-British men's singles final took place in 1922 between Manuel Alonso and Eduardo Flaquer of Spain and this was followed by the first non-British ladies singles final in 1932 between Jadwiga Jędrzejowska of Poland and Marie-Louise Horn of Germany. Many former Grand Slam champions have played and won this tournament and it survived for a period of 88 years until 1974.
Finals edit
Men's singles edit
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 [6] |  Ernest Browne |
 James Baldwin |
6–0 ret. | ||
| 1887 [7] | Ernest Browne (2) |
James Baldwin |
6–1, 6–2 ret. | ||
| 1888 [8] | Willoughby Hamilton |
Ernest Browne |
6–1, 6–1, 6–0 | ||
| 1889 [9] | Willoughby Hamilton (2) |
Ernest Lewis |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| 1890 [10] | Willoughby Hamilton (3 |
Charles Lacy Sweet |
6–2, 6–3, 6–0 | ||
| 1891 | Harry S. Barlow |
Harold Mahony |
5–7, 6–2, 7–5, 0–6, 6–1 | ||
| 1892 | Harry S. Barlow (2) |
Kenneth Ramsden Marley |
6–4, 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| 1893 | George Ball-Greene |
Harry S. Barlow |
2–6, 6–1, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 | ||
| 1894 | George Ball-Greene (2) |
Edward Roy Allen |
7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
| 1895 [11] | Wilberforce Eaves |
Edward Roy Allen |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
| 1896 | Sydney Howard Smith |
Harry S. Barlow |
6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0 | ||
| 1897 | Sydney Howard Smith (2) |
John Mycroft Boucher |
6–2, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 1898 | Sydney Howard Smith (3) |
Arnold Wyersdale Blake |
6–0, 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| 1899 | Sydney Howard Smith (4) |
Wilberforce Eaves |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 | ||
| 1900 [12] | Sydney Howard Smith (5) |
Edward Roy Allen |
6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 7–5 | ||
| 1901 | Sydney Howard Smith (6) |
John Mycroft Boucher |
6–4, 6–0, 7–5 | ||
| 1902 | Sydney Howard Smith (7) |
John Mycroft Boucher |
6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
| 1903 | John Mycroft Boucher |
Ernest Wills |
6–3, 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| 1904 | Sydney Howard Smith (8) |
 Anthony Wilding |
6–4, 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| 1905 | Sydney Howard Smith (9) |
John Mycroft Boucher |
6–4, 5–7, 10–8, 6–4 | ||
| 1906 | Sydney Howard Smith (10) |
John Mycroft Boucher |
2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| 1907 | John Mycroft Boucher (2) |
Samuel Ernest Charlton |
6–4, 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| 1908 [13] | John Mycroft Boucher (3) |
Anthony Wilding |
4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| 1909 | John Mycroft Boucher (4) |
Walter Crawley |
8–6, 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| 1910 | Charles P. Dixon |
 Stanley Doust |
8–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 | ||
| 1911 [14] | Charles P. Dixon (2) |
Alfred Dunlop |
6–4, 6–2, 7–5 | ||
| 1912 |  Harold Kitson |
Josiah Ritchie |
6–4, 6–1, 0–6, 6–4 | ||
| 1913 | Charles P. Dixon (3) |
C. P. Hailey |
6–1, 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 1914 | Charles P. Dixon (4) |
Noel O. G. Turnbull |
6–4, 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | ||||
| 1919 | No competition | ||||
| 1920 | Peter Freeman |
Cecil L. Sweet-Escott |
6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| 1921 | Josiah Ritchie |
M. E. Nigel Jones |
6–1, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 | ||
| 1922 |  Manuel Alonso |
Eduardo Flaquer |
6–3, 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| 1923 | John Mycroft Boucher (5) |
Cecil L. Sweet-Escott |
6–3, 7–5, 8–6 | ||
| 1924 | Gordon Crole Rees |
John Mycroft Boucher |
6–4, 6–4, 10–8 | ||
| 1925 | Jack Hillyard |
Elliott W. Crawshay |
7–5, 6–2, 8–10, 6–1 | ||
| 1926 |  Hector Fisher |
Peter Freeman |
6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| 1927 | David Williams |
Jack Hillyard |
8–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 | ||
| 1928 | Eric Peters |
David Williams |
6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 | ||
| 1929 | Charles Kingsley |
William Henry Powell |
7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 | ||
| 1930 | David Williams |
Edward Avory |
8–6, 3–6, 6–4, 10–8 | ||
| 1931 |  Jiro Sato |
David Williams |
6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| 1932 |  Ignacy Tłoczyński |
William Henry Powell |
6–3, 7–5, 7–5 | ||
| 1933 |  Norman Farquharson |
 Herbert Kinzl |
6–4, 6–0, 6–2 | ||
| 1934 | Daniel Prenn |
Charles Hare |
6–2, 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| 1935 | Hermann von Artens |
 Uberto De Morpurgo |
6–1, 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 1936 | Cam Malfroy |
Alan Steadman |
WEA | ||
| 1937 | Alan Stedman |
George Godsell |
2–6, 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 1938 |  George Lyttleton-Rogers |
 Josip Palada |
6–2, 2–6, 6–1 | ||
| 1939 |  Constantin Tănăsescu |
Murray Deloford |
10–12, 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War I) | ||||
| 1946 | Czesław Spychała |
Ignacy Tłoczyński |
6–4 3–6 13-11 8–6 | ||
| 1947 | Czesław Spychała (2) |
Owen Bold |
6–3 10–8 6–4 | ||
| 1948 | Denis Slack |
Czesław Spychała |
wea | ||
| 1949 |  Felicisimo Ampon |
Syd Levy |
4–6 6–2 7–5 6–0 | ||
| 1950 |  Ip Koon Hung |
Ignacy Tłoczyński |
wea | ||
| 1951 | Peter Cawthorn |
 Naresh Kumar |
2–6 6–2 6–3 | ||
| 1952 | Naresh Kumar |
Donald Tregonning |
6–2 6–3 1–6 6–3 | ||
| 1953 | Russell Seymour |
Naresh Kumar |
6–3 7–5 | ||
| 1954 | Competition cancelled | ||||
| 1955 | Owen Williams |
Trevor Fancutt |
6–3 6–2 | ||
| 1956 | Alfred Huber |
Mike Davies |
6–3 1–6 9–11 6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1957 |  Jaroslav Drobný |
Roger Becker |
6–1 9–7 | ||
| 1958 | Roger Becker |
Alan Mills |
6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1959 | Bobby Wilson |
Alan Mills |
6–4 6–1 | ||
| 1960 | Alan Mills |
Robin Sanders |
6–3 6–2 | ||
| 1961 | Francis Rawstorne |
Warren Jacques |
6–8 6–2 6–3 | ||
| 1962 | Mike Sangster |
Tony Pickard |
6–3 6–4 | ||
| 1963 [15] | Warren Jacques |
Alan Mills |
10–8 7–5 | ||
| 1964 | Bob Hewitt |
 Isaías Pimentel |
6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1965 | Roy Emerson |
Fred Stolle |
3–6 6–3 6–2 | ||
| 1966 [16] | Bob Hewitt (2) |
John Newcombe |
6–3 8–6 | ||
| 1967 | John Newcombe |
Bill Bowrey |
7–5 6–2 | ||
| 1968 | Bill Bowrey |
Owen Davidson |
9–7 6–4 | ||
| ↓ Open era ↓ | |||||
| 1969 | Mark Cox |
Graham Stilwell |
6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1970 [17] | Ken Rosewall |
John Newcombe |
6–3 6–4 | ||
| 1971 [18] | Ken Rosewall (2) |
Roger Taylor |
6–1 9–8 | ||
| 1972 |  Andrew Pattison |
John de Mendoza |
6–8 6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1973 [19] | Roger Taylor |
Bob Giltinan |
9–8 8–6 | ||
| 1974 |  Armistead Neely |
Mike Collins |
6–2 6–4 | ||
Women's singles edit
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | L. Browne |
L.C. Stephens |
4–6 6–1 6–3 | ||
| 1887 | Maud Watson |
Beatrice Langrishe |
6–3 6–3 | ||
| 1888 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard |
Miss Pope |
6–2 6–3 | ||
| 1889 | N Pope |
Mary Sweet-Escott |
6–0 6–2 | ||
| 1890 | Competition cancelled | ||||
| 1891 | N Pope (2) |
Mary Sweet-Escott |
4–6 6–4 6–1 | ||
| 1892 | Mary Sweet-Escott |
Louisa Sweet-Escott |
2–6 6–3 6–2 | ||
| 1893 | Ethel Cochrane |
Emily Stoddart |
6–3, 6–4 | ||
| 1894 |  Helen Jackson |
Ethel Cochrane |
8–6 6–2 | ||
| 1895 | Jane Corder |
Helen Jackson |
4–6 7–5 6–4 | ||
| 1896 | Competition cancelled | ||||
| 1897 | Henrica Ridding |
Miss J Cochrane |
9–7 7–5 | ||
| 1898 | Alice Parr |
Henrica Ridding |
7–5 7–5 | ||
| 1899 | Muriel Robb |
Henrica Ridding |
4–6 6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1900 | Constance Hill |
Alice Parr |
5-7 6–4 6–2 | ||
| 1901 | Winifred Longhurst |
M. Golding |
6–1 4–6 7–5 | ||
| 1902 | Winifred Longhurst (2) |
Constance Hill |
8–6 4–6 6–4 | ||
| 1903 | Connie Wilson |
Winifred Longhurst |
6–3 0–6 7–5 | ||
| 1904 | Connie Wilson (2) |
Maude Garfit |
6–3 6–4 | ||
| 1905 | May Sutton |
Connie Wilson |
6–0 6–1 | ||
| 1906 [20] | May Sutton (2) |
Maude Garfit |
6–1 6–0 | ||
| 1907 [21] | May Sutton (3) |
Toupie Lowther |
6–0 7–5 | ||
| 1908 | Maude Garfit |
Mrs G Bruce |
6–2 6–3 | ||
| 1909 | Maude Garfit (2) |
Winifred Longhurst |
default | ||
| 1910 | Helen Aitchison |
Maude Garfit |
8–6 6–4 | ||
| 1911 | Dora Boothby |
Helen Aitchison |
8–6 6–3 | ||
| 1912 | Edith Hannam |
Mrs Fletcher |
6–1 6–1 | ||
| 1913 | Edith Hannam (2) |
Mrs Fletcher |
6–2 6–2 | ||
| 1914 | Edith Hannam (3) |
Mrs Fletcher |
6–0 6–1 | ||
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | ||||
| 1920 | Edith Hannam (4) |
Mrs Fletcher |
6–0 4–6 6–1 | ||
| 1921 | Helen Leisk |
Edith Hannam |
6–2 6–2 | ||
| 1922 | Edith Hannam (5) |
Helen Leisk [22] |
6–3 1–6 6–4 | ||
| 1923 | Kathleen Raikes |
Edith Hannam |
8–6 0–6 6–3 | ||
| 1924 |  Elizabeth Ryan |
Edith Hannam |
6–3 6–3 | ||
| 1925 | Phyllis Satterthwaite |
Kathleen Bevir |
8–10 6–0 6–1 | ||
| 1926 | Gladys Seel |
Mrs R Fletcher |
6–0 6–4 | ||
| 1927 | Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) |
Gladys Seel |
6–4 6–2 | ||
| 1928 | Eleanor Rose |
Effie Hemmant |
6–3 6–3 | ||
| 1929 | Eleanor Rose (2) |
Effie Hemmant |
6–2 2–6 6–4 | ||
| 1930 | Effie Hemmant |
Eleanor Rose |
7–5 6–4 | ||
| 1931 | Effie Hemmant (2) |
Jeanette Morfey |
6–3 5-7 6–3 | ||
| 1932 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska |
 Marie-Louise Horn |
8–6 6–2 | ||
| 1933 | Mary Hardwick |
Christabel Wheatcroft |
6–0 6–4 | ||
| 1934 |  Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
Sheila Chuter |
6–2 6–0 | ||
| 1935 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska |
Susan Noel |
6–3 6–2 | ||
| 1936 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska(2) |
Rosl Kraus |
4–6 6–2 6–1 | ||
| 1937 |  Simonne Mathieu |
 Irmgard Rost |
6–3 6–4 | ||
| 1938 | Simonne Mathieu (2) |
Gladys Seel |
6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1939 | Simonne Mathieu (3) |
Betty Clements |
6–0 6–4 | ||
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II) | ||||
| 1946 | Gem Hoahing |
Joy Hibbert |
6–1 6–2 | ||
| 1947 | Joan Curry |
Wendy Stork |
6–2 6–2 | ||
| 1948 | Joan Curry (2) |
Georgie Woodgate |
6–3 7–5 | ||
| 1949 | Georgie Woodgate |
Helena Straubeová |
4–6 6–3 6–2 | ||
| 1950 | Barbara Scofield |
Georgie Woodgate |
9–7 6–2 | ||
| 1951 | Angela Mortimer |
Lorna Cornell |
6–3 2–6 6–2 | ||
| 1952 | Beryl Penrose |
Doreen Wedderburn |
6–2 4–6 6–4 | ||
| 1953 |  Heather Brewer |
Rosemary Walsh |
6–3 6–1 | ||
| 1954 | Sachiko Kamo |
Jenny Middleton |
divided title due to rain | ||
| 1955 [23] |  Mary Terán de Weiss |
Ann Haydon |
1–6 6–1 6–2 | ||
| 1956 | Ann Haydon |
Daphne Seeney |
6–2 6–3 | ||
| 1957 | Angela Mortimer (2) |
Ann Haydon |
6–2 6–4 | ||
| 1958 | Angela Mortimer (3) |
Ann Haydon |
6–2 6–2 | ||
| 1959 | Angela Mortimer (4) |
Ann Haydon |
5-7 6–3 6–4 | ||
| 1960 | Angela Mortimer (5) |
Bernice Carr Vukovich |
11–9 6–3 | ||
| 1961 | Ann Haydon (2) |
Jill Mills |
4–6 6–2 6–2 | ||
| 1962 | Ann Haydon (3) |
Jill Mills |
6–4 6–3 | ||
| 1963 | Carol Rosser |
Lorna Cawthorn |
6–3 6–3 | ||
| 1964 [24] |  Maria Bueno |
Christine Truman |
6–3 6–2 | ||
| 1965 | Annette Van Zyl |
Ann Jones |
6–2 6–0 | ||
| 1966 [25] | Maria Bueno |
Annette Van Zyl |
6–2 6–0 | ||
| 1967 | Judy Tegart |
Ann Jones |
6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1968 [26] | Kristy Pigeon |
Fay Toyne Moore |
6–2 6–0 | ||
| ↓ Open era ↓ | |||||
| 1969 | Margaret Court |
Winnie Shaw |
6–4 6–4 | ||
| 1970 | Evonne Goolagong |
Patti Hogan |
6–0 8–6 | ||
| 1971 | Virginia Wade |
Judy Dalton |
6–3 6–4 | ||
| 1972 | Kerry Melville |
Virginia Wade |
7–5 6–2 | ||
| 1973 | Julie Heldman |
Dianne Fromholtz |
1–6 6–1 11–9 | ||
| 1974 | Julie Heldman (2) |
Sue Mappin |
6–3 6–4 | ||
See also edit
Notes edit
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- ^ "Welsh Championships 1887". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Welsh Championships 1888". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Wallis Mayers, A. "Lawn Tennis at Home & Abroad". archive.org. Charles Scribner & Sons, p65 New York 1911. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Welsh Championships 1890". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Wilberforce Eaves: Biography". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Welsh Championships 1900". tennisarchives. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis Results". Auckland Star. 29 August 1908. Retrieved 11 August 2016 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Anglo-Colonial Sport". Auckland Star. 28 August 1911. Retrieved 6 September 2016 – via Papers Past.
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- ^ "Newport Results Wales:1971-07–10". atpworldtour.com. ATP. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Newport Results Wales:1973-07–09". atpworldtour.com. ATP. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Miss Sutton Gets Walkover First Round Welsh Tennis Championships". Boston Evening Transcript. July 11, 1906. Retrieved 11 August 2016 – via Google News.
- ^ "May Sutton is Coming Home". The Pittsburgh Press. Aug 8, 1907. Retrieved 11 August 2016 – via Google News.
- ^ "Helen Aitchison: Biography". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "One-Minute Sports Page- Mrs Maria Weiss of Argentina Won the Welsh Lawn Tennis Championships Today". Spokane Daily Chronicle. July 15, 1955. Retrieved 11 August 2016 – via Google News.
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References edit
- 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.
- Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, UK.