British Covered Court Championships

British Covered Court Championships
venue	London United Kingdom
First run	1885
Last event	1971
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Was standing:

The British Covered Court Championships ("British Indoor Championships") were a tennis tournament in London that was held from 1885 to 1971.

history

The old tennis hall in Hyde Park , around 1890

For the first five years, the tournament was held as a men's singles in the hall of the Hyde Park Lawn Tennis Club . From 1890 the Queen's Club held the tournament in its hall. In the same year a women’s singles and men’s doubles competition was added to the program, and in 1898 mixed. In 1923, the Challenge Round was abolished, so that the defending champion also had to play through the field of participants.

The British Indoor Championships were an important tournament until the 1950s, after which their importance declined. After the beginning of the Open Era the tournament in 1970 and 1971 for a short time part of the was ITF launched Tennis Grand Prix . After the tournament had to be canceled in 1957 as well as in 1966 and 1967 due to a lack of sponsorship, it was discontinued in 1971.

Winner in the individual

Men's

year	winner	Final opponent	Final result
1885	Herbert Lawford	Charles Hoadley Ross	7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 3
1886	Edward Lake Williams	Herbert Lawford	6: 2, 1: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
1887	Ernest Lewis	Edward Lake Williams	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 1
1888	Ernest Lewis	George Ernest Meers	6: 3, 6: 0, 6: 1
1889	Ernest Lewis	James Herbert Crispe	6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 1
1890	Ernest Lewis	George Ernest Meers	6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 2
1891	Ernest Lewis	George Ernest Meers	6: 4, 8: 6, 6: 3
1892	George Ernest Meers	Ernest Lewis	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
1893	Harold Mahony	George Ernest Meers	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 4
1894	Harold Mahony	George Ernest Meers	6: 4, 8:10, 6: 2
1895	Ernest Lewis	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	8: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
1896	Ernest Lewis	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 8, 4: 6, 7: 5
1897	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	Ernest Lewis	6: 3, 6: 3, 7: 5
1898	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	Laurence Doherty	6: 4, 7: 5, 6: 3
1899	Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves	Harold Mahony	6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 8, 3: 6, 6: 4
1900	Arthur Gore	Josiah Ritchie	6: 1, 7: 5, 6: 3
1901	Laurence Doherty	Arthur Gore	6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 1
1902	Laurence Doherty	Josiah Ritchie	6: 4, 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3
1903	Laurence Doherty	George Hillyard	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
1904	Laurence Doherty	Josiah Ritchie	6: 2, 8:10, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
1905	Laurence Doherty	Josiah Ritchie	6: 1, 8: 6, 6: 2
1906	Laurence Doherty	Arthur Gore	6: 2, 6: 4, 8: 6
1907	Anthony Wilding	Laurence Doherty	Where
1908	Arthur Gore	Anthony Wilding	4: 6, 8: 6, 6: 0, 8: 6
1909	Josiah Ritchie	Arthur Gore	7: 5, 8: 6, 6: 3
1910	Gordon Lowe	Arthur Holden Lowe	6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 1
1911	André Gobert	Gordon Lowe
1912	André Gobert	Anthony Wilding	3: 6, 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
1913	Percival May Davson	Erik Øckenholt Larsen	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 2
1914	Josiah Ritchie	Percival May Davson	8: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
1915–1918: not held
1919	Percival May Davson	Josiah Ritchie	6: 2, 6: 3, 8: 6
1920	André Gobert	Percival May Davson	6: 4, 7: 5, 6: 2
1921	André Gobert	Walter Cecil Crawley	6: 2, 6: 4, 4: 6, 0: 6, 7: 5
1922	André Gobert	Brian Norton	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 8, 6: 4, 6: 2
1923	John Wheatley	Hassan-Ali Fyzee	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 4
1924	Patrick Spence	John Wheatley	6: 2, 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 1
1925	Sydney Jacob	Patrick Spence	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 3
1926	Jean Borotra	Donald Greig	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 4
1927	Edward Higgs	Gordon Crole-Rees	6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 4
1928	Jean Borotra	Gordon Crole-Rees
1929	Jean Borotra	Nigel Sharpe	7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 2
1930	Jean Borotra	Henry Austin	6: 1, 0: 6, 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
1931	Jean Borotra	Jirō Satō	10: 8, 6: 3, 0: 6, 6: 3
1932	Jean Borotra	Harry Lee	6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 3
1933	Jean Borotra	Henry Austin	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
1934	Henry Austin	Jean Borotra	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 8, 6: 2
1935	Jean Borotra	Nigel Sharpe
1936	Karl Schröder	Jean Borotra	8: 6, 6: 1, 9: 7
1937	Henry Austin	Karl Schröder	6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
1938	Jean Borotra	Donald Butler	6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
1939–1947: not held
1948	Jean Borotra	Geoffrey Paish	6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 2
1949	Jean Borotra	Geoffrey Paish	6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 3
1950	Jaroslav Drobný	Geoffrey Paish	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 0
1951	Geoffrey Paish	Ignacy Tłoczyński	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 1
1952	Jaroslav Drobný	Tony Mottram	6: 3, 6: 4, 8: 6
1953	Jaroslav Drobný	Bobby Wilson	6: 2, 7: 5, 6: 2
1954	Jaroslav Drobný	Wladyslaw Skonecki	7: 5, 7: 5, 7: 9, 6: 4
1955	Wladyslaw Skonecki	William Knight	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4, 9: 7
1956	Alfred Huber	Geoffrey Paish	7: 5, 7: 5, 7: 9, 6: 4
1957: not held
1958	Mike Davies	Owen Davidson	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 2
1959	Bobby Wilson	Kurt Nielsen	6: 3, 8: 6, 6: 2
1960	William Knight	Bobby Wilson	6: 3, 6: 4, 8: 6
1961	Anthony Pickard	Manuel Santana	6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 3
1962	Bobby Wilson	William Knight
1963	Bobby Wilson	Roger Taylor	16:14, 6: 2, 9: 7
1964	Mike Sangster	Bobby Wilson	6: 3, 8: 6, 6: 4
1965	Bobby Wilson	Mark Cox	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1966–1967: not held
1968	Robert Hewitt	Bob Lutz	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4, 10: 8
1969	Rod Laver	Tony Roche	6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 3
1970	Rod Laver	Cliff Richey	6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 5
1971	Ilie Năstase	Rod Laver	3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4

Ladies

year	Winner	Final opponent	Final result
1890	May Jacks	Maud Shackle	6-0 6-1
1891	Maud Shackle	May Jacks	7: 5, 6: 2
1892	Maud Shackle	May Arbuthnot	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
1893	Maud Shackle	May Arbuthnot	6: 2, 1: 6, 7: 5
1894	Edith Austin	May Arbuthnot	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
1895	Charlotte Cooper	Edith Austin	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 1
1896	Edith Austin	Charlotte Cooper	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
1897	Edith Austin	Ruth Durlacher	9:11, 6: 4, 12:10
1898	Edith Austin	P. Legh	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
1899	Edith Austin	Charlotte Cooper	6: 2, 6: 4
1900	Toupie Lowther	Edith Austin	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
1901	Blanche Bingley-Hillyard	Toupie Lowther	6: 2, 6: 3
1902	Toupie Lowther	Gladys Duddell	6: 3, 6: 1
1903	Toupie Lowther	Adine Masson	6: 1, 6: 0
1904	Dorothea Douglass	Edith Austin	6: 2, 6: 3
1905	Hilda Lane	Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	6: 4, 8: 6
1906	Dorothea Douglass	Hilda Lane	6: 2, 6: 0
1907	Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	Mildred Coles	6: 3, 6: 3
1908	Dorothea Douglass	Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	6: 3, 6: 3
1909	Dora Boothby	Madeline O'Neill	6: 1, 6: 3
1910	Dorothea Douglass	Madeline O'Neill	6: 4, 6: 3
1911	Dorothea Douglass	Helen Aitchison	6: 3, 6: 1
1912	Dorothy Holman	Aurea Edgington	6: 2, 6: 0
1913	Dorothea Douglass	Dorothy Holman	6: 2, 6: 3
1914	Dorothy Holman	Madeline O'Neill	7: 9, 6: 1, 6: 2
1915–1918: not held
1919	Dorothea Douglass	Dorothy Holman	6: 3, 6: 3
1920	Elizabeth Ryan	Doris Craddock	6: 4, 6: 2
1921	Dorothy Holman	Irene Peacock	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4
1922	Dorothy Holman	Doris Craddock	6: 2, 6: 1
1923	Mabel Clayton	H. Edginton	6: 3, 6: 2
1924	Winifred Beamish	Doris Craddock	6: 4, 6: 4
1925	Joan Reid-Thomas	Blanche Colston	6: 2, 7: 5
1926	Peggy Saunders	Betty Dix	6: 4, 6: 2
1927	Eileen Bennett	Cristobel Hardie	6: 4, 6: 0
1928	Kathleen McKane Godfree	Eileen Bennett	6: 1, 6: 2
1929	Peggy Saunders	Joan Ridley	6: 4, 6: 4
1930	Joan Ridley	Joan Fry	6: 2, 6: 2
1931	Mary Heeley	Jeanette Morfey	6: 1, 6: 0
1932	Peggy Scriven	Kay Stammers	6: 2, 6: 4
1933	Phyllis King	Kay Stammers	10:12, 6: 1, 6: 3
1934	Phyllis King	Mary Hardwick	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
1935	Peggy Scriven	Ermyntrude Harvey	6: 2, 6: 2
1936	Anita Lizana	Mary Hardwick	6: 3, 6: 0
1937	Peggy Scriven	Phyllis King	6: 1, 6: 2
1938	Peggy Scriven	Alexandra McOstrich McKelvie	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 1
1939–1945: not held
1948	According to Hoahing	Joan Curry	1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
1949	Joan Curry	Jean Quertier	6: 1, 6: 0
1950	Jean Quertier	Joan Curry	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
1951	Sue Partridge	Jean Walker-Smith	6: 4, 6: 4
1952	Angela Mortime	Sue Partridge	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
1953	Angela Mortime	Georgie Woodgate	6: 3, 6: 2
1954	Angela Mortime	Shirley Bloomer	6: 2, 6: 3
1955	Anne Shilcock	Pat Ward	6: 2, 6: 4
1956	Angela Buxton	Ann Shilcock	6: 2, 6: 2
1957: not held
1958	Ann Shilcock	Christine Truman	6: 2, 6: 2
1959	Angela Mortime	Pat Ward	6: 2, 6: 3
1960	Angela Mortime	Ann Haydon	7: 5 exercise
1961	Angela Mortime	Christine Truman	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
1962	Ann Haydon	Christine Truman	6: 4, 4: 6, 9: 7
1963	Deidre Catt	Renée Schuurman	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
1964	Ann Haydon	Fay Toyne	6: 3, 6: 3
1965	Ann Haydon	Fay Toyne	6: 2, 6: 1
1966–1967: not held
1968	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade	10: 8, 6: 1
1969	Ann Haydon	Billie Jean King	9:11, 6: 2, 9: 7
1970	Billie Jean King	Ann Haydon	8: 6, 3: 6, 6: 1
1971	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr	6: 1, 5: 7, 7: 5

swell

• British Covered Courts Championships. tennisarchives.com, accessed on November 20, 2012 (English). 
• Doherty, R. et al .: RF and HL Doherty on Lawn Tennis. Baker & Taylor Co., New York 1903, pp. 157 f.
• McKelvie, R .: The Queen's Club Story, 1886-1986. Hutchinson, London 1986. ISBN 978-0091660604

Remarks

1. ^ All-Comers final, the defending champion did not appear