Welsh Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877–1967)
Founded1886
Abolished1974
Editions77
LocationCardiff, Newport, Penarth, Wales
VenuePenarth LTC
(1886–89, 1893–95, 1901–09)
Newport Athletic Club
(1892, 1897–99, 1900, 1910–14, 1920–39, 1946–1974)
Cardiff LTC
(1891)
SurfaceGrass / Outdoor

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.

History

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

Men's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1886 [6]Ireland Ernest BrowneUnited Kingdom James Baldwin6–0 ret.
1887 [7]Ireland Ernest Browne (2)United Kingdom James Baldwin6–1, 6–2 ret.
1888 [8]Ireland Willoughby HamiltonIreland Ernest Browne6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1889 [9]Ireland Willoughby Hamilton (2)United Kingdom Ernest Lewis3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1890 [10]Ireland Willoughby Hamilton (3United Kingdom Charles Lacy Sweet6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1891United Kingdom Harry S. BarlowIreland Harold Mahony5–7, 6–2, 7–5, 0–6, 6–1
1892United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow (2)United Kingdom Kenneth Ramsden Marley6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1893Ireland George Ball-GreeneUnited Kingdom Harry S. Barlow2–6, 6–1, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1894Ireland George Ball-Greene (2)United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1895 [11]United Kingdom Wilberforce EavesUnited Kingdom Edward Roy Allen2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1896United Kingdom Sydney Howard SmithUnited Kingdom Harry S. Barlow6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0
1897United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (2)United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher6–2, 6–4, 6–4
1898United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (3)United Kingdom Arnold Wyersdale Blake6–0, 6–2, 6–3
1899United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (4)United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1900 [12]United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (5)United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 7–5
1901United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (6)United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher6–4, 6–0, 7–5
1902United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (7)United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1903United Kingdom John Mycroft BoucherUnited Kingdom Ernest Wills6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1904United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (8)New Zealand Anthony Wilding6–4, 6–1, 6–2
1905United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (9)United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher6–4, 5–7, 10–8, 6–4
1906United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith (10)United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1907United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher (2)United Kingdom Samuel Ernest Charlton6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1908 [13]United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher (3)New Zealand Anthony Wilding4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1909United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher (4)United Kingdom Walter Crawley8–6, 6–1, 6–3
1910United Kingdom Charles P. DixonAustralia Stanley Doust8–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1911 [14]United Kingdom Charles P. Dixon (2)Australia Alfred Dunlop6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1912South Africa Harold KitsonUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie6–4, 6–1, 0–6, 6–4
1913United Kingdom Charles P. Dixon (3)United Kingdom C. P. Hailey6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1914United Kingdom Charles P. Dixon (4)United Kingdom Noel O. G. Turnbull6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1915/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1919No competition
1920United Kingdom Peter FreemanUnited Kingdom Cecil L. Sweet-Escott6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1921United Kingdom Josiah RitchieUnited Kingdom M. E. Nigel Jones6–1, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1922Spain Manuel AlonsoSpain Eduardo Flaquer6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1923United Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher (5)United Kingdom Cecil L. Sweet-Escott6–3, 7–5, 8–6
1924United Kingdom Gordon Crole ReesUnited Kingdom John Mycroft Boucher6–4, 6–4, 10–8
1925United Kingdom Jack HillyardUnited Kingdom Elliott W. Crawshay7–5, 6–2, 8–10, 6–1
1926Switzerland Hector FisherUnited Kingdom Peter Freeman6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1927United Kingdom David WilliamsUnited Kingdom Jack Hillyard8–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1928United Kingdom Eric PetersUnited Kingdom David Williams6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
1929United Kingdom Charles KingsleyUnited Kingdom William Henry Powell7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6
1930United Kingdom David WilliamsUnited Kingdom Edward Avory8–6, 3–6, 6–4, 10–8
1931Japan Jiro SatoUnited Kingdom David Williams6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1932Poland Ignacy TłoczyńskiUnited Kingdom William Henry Powell6–3, 7–5, 7–5
1933South Africa Norman FarquharsonAustria Herbert Kinzl6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1934Poland Daniel PrennUnited Kingdom Charles Hare6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1935Austria Hermann von ArtensItaly Uberto De Morpurgo6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1936New Zealand Cam MalfroyNew Zealand Alan SteadmanWEA
1937New Zealand Alan StedmanUnited Kingdom George Godsell2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1938Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-RogersSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1939Romania Constantin TănăsescuUnited Kingdom Murray Deloford10–12, 6–4, 7–5
1940/1945Not held (due to World War I)
1946Poland Czesław SpychałaPoland Ignacy Tłoczyński6–4 3–6 13-11 8–6
1947Poland Czesław Spychała (2)New Zealand Owen Bold6–3 10–8 6–4
1948United Kingdom Denis SlackPoland Czesław Spychaławea
1949Philippines Felicisimo AmponSouth Africa Syd Levy4–6 6–2 7–5 6–0
1950Hong Kong Ip Koon HungPoland Ignacy Tłoczyńskiwea
1951Australia Peter CawthornIndia Naresh Kumar2–6 6–2 6–3
1952India Naresh KumarAustralia Donald Tregonning6–2 6–3 1–6 6–3
1953South Africa Russell SeymourIndia Naresh Kumar6–3 7–5
1954Competition cancelled
1955South Africa Owen WilliamsSouth Africa Trevor Fancutt6–3 6–2
1956Austria Alfred HuberUnited Kingdom Mike Davies6–3 1–6 9–11 6–4 6–4
1957Czechoslovakia Jaroslav DrobnýUnited Kingdom Roger Becker6–1 9–7
1958United Kingdom Roger BeckerUnited Kingdom Alan Mills6–4 6–4
1959United Kingdom Bobby WilsonUnited Kingdom Alan Mills6–4 6–1
1960United Kingdom Alan MillsSouth Africa Robin Sanders6–3 6–2
1961South Africa Francis RawstorneAustralia Warren Jacques6–8 6–2 6–3
1962United Kingdom Mike SangsterUnited Kingdom Tony Pickard6–3 6–4
1963 [15]Australia Warren JacquesUnited Kingdom Alan Mills10–8 7–5
1964South Africa Bob HewittVenezuela Isaías Pimentel6–4 6–4
1965Australia Roy EmersonAustralia Fred Stolle3–6 6–3 6–2
1966 [16]South Africa Bob Hewitt (2)Australia John Newcombe6–3 8–6
1967Australia John NewcombeAustralia Bill Bowrey7–5 6–2
1968Australia Bill BowreyAustralia Owen Davidson9–7 6–4
  Open era  
1969United Kingdom Mark CoxUnited Kingdom Graham Stilwell6–4 6–4
1970 [17]Australia Ken RosewallAustralia John Newcombe6–3 6–4
1971 [18]Australia Ken Rosewall (2)United Kingdom Roger Taylor6–1 9–8
1972Rhodesia Andrew PattisonUnited Kingdom John de Mendoza6–8 6–4 6–4
1973 [19]United Kingdom Roger TaylorAustralia Bob Giltinan9–8 8–6
1974United States Armistead NeelyUnited Kingdom Mike Collins6–2 6–4

Women's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1886United Kingdom L. BrowneUnited Kingdom L.C. Stephens4–6 6–1 6–3
1887United Kingdom Maud WatsonIreland Beatrice Langrishe6–3 6–3
1888United Kingdom Blanche Bingley HillyardUnited Kingdom Miss Pope6–2 6–3
1889United Kingdom N PopeUnited Kingdom Mary Sweet-Escott6–0 6–2
1890Competition cancelled
1891United Kingdom N Pope (2)United Kingdom Mary Sweet-Escott4–6 6–4 6–1
1892United Kingdom Mary Sweet-EscottUnited Kingdom Louisa Sweet-Escott2–6 6–3 6–2
1893United Kingdom Ethel CochraneUnited Kingdom Emily Stoddart6–3, 6–4
1894England Helen JacksonUnited Kingdom Ethel Cochrane8–6 6–2
1895England Jane CorderEngland Helen Jackson4–6 7–5 6–4
1896Competition cancelled
1897United Kingdom Henrica RiddingUnited Kingdom Miss J Cochrane9–7 7–5
1898United Kingdom Alice ParrUnited Kingdom Henrica Ridding7–5 7–5
1899United Kingdom Muriel RobbUnited Kingdom Henrica Ridding4–6 6–4 6–4
1900United Kingdom Constance HillUnited Kingdom Alice Parr5-7 6–4 6–2
1901United Kingdom Winifred LonghurstUnited Kingdom M. Golding6–1 4–6 7–5
1902United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst (2)United Kingdom Constance Hill8–6 4–6 6–4
1903United Kingdom Connie WilsonUnited Kingdom Winifred Longhurst6–3 0–6 7–5
1904United Kingdom Connie Wilson (2)United Kingdom Maude Garfit6–3 6–4
1905United States May SuttonUnited Kingdom Connie Wilson6–0 6–1
1906 [20]United States May Sutton (2)United Kingdom Maude Garfit6–1 6–0
1907 [21]United States May Sutton (3)United Kingdom Toupie Lowther6–0 7–5
1908United Kingdom Maude GarfitUnited Kingdom Mrs G Bruce6–2 6–3
1909United KingdomMaude Garfit (2)United Kingdom Winifred Longhurstdefault
1910United Kingdom Helen AitchisonUnited Kingdom Maude Garfit8–6 6–4
1911United Kingdom Dora BoothbyUnited Kingdom Helen Aitchison8–6 6–3
1912United Kingdom Edith HannamUnited Kingdom Mrs Fletcher6–1 6–1
1913United Kingdom Edith Hannam (2)United Kingdom Mrs Fletcher6–2 6–2
1914United Kingdom Edith Hannam (3)United Kingdom Mrs Fletcher6–0 6–1
1915/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1920United Kingdom Edith Hannam (4)United Kingdom Mrs Fletcher6–0 4–6 6–1
1921United Kingdom Helen LeiskUnited Kingdom Edith Hannam6–2 6–2
1922United Kingdom Edith Hannam (5)United Kingdom Helen Leisk [22]6–3 1–6 6–4
1923United Kingdom Kathleen RaikesUnited Kingdom Edith Hannam8–6 0–6 6–3
1924United States Elizabeth RyanUnited Kingdom Edith Hannam6–3 6–3
1925United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteUnited Kingdom Kathleen Bevir8–10 6–0 6–1
1926United Kingdom Gladys SeelUnited Kingdom Mrs R Fletcher6–0 6–4
1927United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (2)United Kingdom Gladys Seel6–4 6–2
1928United Kingdom Eleanor RoseUnited Kingdom Effie Hemmant6–3 6–3
1929United Kingdom Eleanor Rose (2)United Kingdom Effie Hemmant6–2 2–6 6–4
1930United Kingdom Effie HemmantUnited Kingdom Eleanor Rose7–5 6–4
1931United Kingdom Effie Hemmant (2)United Kingdom Jeanette Morfey6–3 5-7 6–3
1932Poland Jadwiga JędrzejowskaGermany Marie-Louise Horn8–6 6–2
1933United Kingdom Mary HardwickUnited Kingdom Christabel Wheatcroft6–0 6–4
1934Denmark Hilde Krahwinkel SperlingUnited Kingdom Sheila Chuter6–2 6–0
1935Poland Jadwiga JędrzejowskaUnited Kingdom Susan Noel6–3 6–2
1936Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska(2)Austria Rosl Kraus4–6 6–2 6–1
1937France Simonne MathieuNazi Germany Irmgard Rost6–3 6–4
1938France Simonne Mathieu (2)United Kingdom Gladys Seel6–4 6–4
1939France Simonne Mathieu (3)United Kingdom Betty Clements6–0 6–4
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II)
1946United Kingdom Gem HoahingUnited Kingdom Joy Hibbert6–1 6–2
1947United Kingdom Joan CurryUnited Kingdom Wendy Stork6–2 6–2
1948United Kingdom Joan Curry (2)United Kingdom Georgie Woodgate6–3 7–5
1949United Kingdom Georgie WoodgateCzechoslovakia Helena Straubeová4–6 6–3 6–2
1950United States Barbara ScofieldUnited Kingdom Georgie Woodgate9–7 6–2
1951United Kingdom Angela MortimerUnited Kingdom Lorna Cornell6–3 2–6 6–2
1952Australia Beryl PenroseSouth Africa Doreen Wedderburn6–2 4–6 6–4
1953Bermuda Heather BrewerUnited Kingdom Rosemary Walsh6–3 6–1
1954Japan Sachiko KamoUnited Kingdom Jenny Middletondivided title due to rain
1955 [23]Argentina Mary Terán de WeissUnited Kingdom Ann Haydon1–6 6–1 6–2
1956United Kingdom Ann HaydonAustralia Daphne Seeney6–2 6–3
1957United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (2)United Kingdom Ann Haydon6–2 6–4
1958United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (3)United Kingdom Ann Haydon6–2 6–2
1959United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (4)United Kingdom Ann Haydon5-7 6–3 6–4
1960United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (5)South Africa Bernice Carr Vukovich11–9 6–3
1961United Kingdom Ann Haydon (2)United Kingdom Jill Mills4–6 6–2 6–2
1962United Kingdom Ann Haydon (3)United Kingdom Jill Mills6–4 6–3
1963United Kingdom Carol RosserUnited Kingdom Lorna Cawthorn6–3 6–3
1964 [24]Brazil Maria BuenoUnited Kingdom Christine Truman6–3 6–2
1965South Africa Annette Van ZylUnited Kingdom Ann Jones6–2 6–0
1966 [25]Brazil Maria BuenoSouth Africa Annette Van Zyl6–2 6–0
1967Australia Judy TegartUnited Kingdom Ann Jones6–4 6–4
1968 [26]United States Kristy PigeonAustralia Fay Toyne Moore6–2 6–0
  Open era  
1969Australia Margaret CourtUnited Kingdom Winnie Shaw6–4 6–4
1970Australia Evonne GoolagongUnited States Patti Hogan6–0 8–6
1971United Kingdom Virginia WadeAustralia Judy Dalton6–3 6–4
1972Australia Kerry MelvilleUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade7–5 6–2
1973United States Julie HeldmanAustralia Dianne Fromholtz1–6 6–1 11–9
1974United States Julie Heldman (2)United Kingdom Sue Mappin6–3 6–4

See also

Notes

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  2. "Lawn Tennis Newport Wales". Rome News-Tribune. July 6, 1966. Retrieved 11 August 2016 via Google News.
  3. "Green Shield Named as Sponsors". The Glasgow Herald. Dec 4, 1970. Retrieved 11 August 2016 via Google News.
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  5. "History of Newport RFC". historyofnewport.co.uk. Friends of Newport Rugby Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. "Welsh Championships 1886". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. "Welsh Championships 1887". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. "Welsh Championships 1888". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  9. Wallis Mayers, A. "Lawn Tennis at Home & Abroad". archive.org. Charles Scribner & Sons, p65 New York 1911. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. "Welsh Championships 1890". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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  12. "Welsh Championships 1900". tennisarchives. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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  14. "Anglo-Colonial Sport". Auckland Star. 28 August 1911. Retrieved 6 September 2016 via Papers Past.
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  18. "Newport Results Wales:1971-07–10". atpworldtour.com. ATP. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  19. "Newport Results Wales:1973-07–09". atpworldtour.com. ATP. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  20. "Miss Sutton Gets Walkover First Round Welsh Tennis Championships". Boston Evening Transcript. July 11, 1906. Retrieved 11 August 2016 via Google News.
  21. "May Sutton is Coming Home". The Pittsburgh Press. Aug 8, 1907. Retrieved 11 August 2016 via Google News.
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  23. "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

  • 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.
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