The World Covered Court Championships were part of a series of three major world championships sanctioned from 1913 to 1923 by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).^[1] The tournament was played indoors on wood floors, and its venue changed from year to year among several countries. While the World Grass Court Championships (Wimbledon) and World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) could justify their "world championship" titles, the WCCC had trouble attracting top players from outside Europe.^[2] At an Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 16 March 1923 in Paris, France the ILTF issued the ‘Rules of Tennis’ that were adopted with public effect on 1 January 1924. USA became an affiliated member of the ILTF. The World Championship title was also dropped at this meeting and a new category of Official Championship was created for events in Great Britain, France, USA and Australia – today’s Grand Slam events. The WCCC tournament was then disbanded by the ILTF.^[3]

1919 World Covered Court Championships at Rue Saussure

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Tournament information

Year	Venue	Date
1913	Royal Lawn Tennis Club, Stockholm	2–8 November
1914-18	No competition (due to World War I)
1919	Sporting Club de Paris, Paris	15–23 November
1920	Queen's Club, London	11–20 October
1921	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Copenhagen	2–10 April
1922	Palace Lawn Tennis Club, St. Moritz	16–25 February
1923	Palacio de la Industria, Barcelona	1–11 February

Champions

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	Anthony Wilding	Maurice Germot	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919	Andre Gobert	Max Decugis	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1920	Gordon Lowe	Walter Crawley	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1921	William Laurentz	Alfred Beamish	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1922	Henri Cochet	Jean Borotra	4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1923	Henri Cochet	Brian Gilbert	6–4, 7–5, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	Helen Aitchison	Kate Fenwick	6–4, 6–2
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919	Dorothy Holman	Germaine Golding	6–3, 6–4
1920	Winifred Beamish	Kitty McKane	6–2, 5–7, 9–7
1921	Elsebeth Brehm Jørgensen	Ebba Meyer	6–2, 6–4
1922	Germaine Golding	Jeanne Vaussard	6–2, 7–5
1923	Kitty McKane	Winifred Beamish	6–3, 4–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	Max Decugis Maurice Germot	Curt Bergmann Heinrich Kleinschroth	7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–3, 6–1
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919	Andre Gobert William Laurentz	Nicolae Mișu H. Portlock	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
1920	Percival Davson Theodore Mavrogordato	Alfred Beamish Frank Fisher	4–6, 10–8, 13–11, 3–6, 6–3
1921	Maurice Germot William Laurentz	Paul Henriksen Erik Tegner	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1922	Henri Cochet Jean Borotra	Charles Martin Armand Simon	2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1923	Henri Cochet Jean Couiteas	Leif Rovsing Erik Tegner	6–1, 6–1, 7–5

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	No women's doubles held
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919	Winifred Beamish Kitty McKane	Dorothy Holman Phyllis Howkins	6–3, 6–4
1920	Winifred Beamish Kitty McKane	Doris Craddock Irene Peacock	6–3, 7–5
1921	Elsebeth Brehm Jørgensen Ebba Meyer	Vera Forum Jutta Steenberg	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1922	Germaine Golding Jeanne Vaussard	Yvonne Bourgeois Mme Canivet	walkover
1923	Winifred Beamish Kitty McKane	Germaine Golding Jeanne Vaussard	6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	Max Decugis Kate Fenwick	Gunnar Setterwall Sigrid Fick	7–5, 12–10
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919	Max Decugis Winifred Beamish	William Laurentz Germaine Golding	6–3, 6–3
1920	Frank Fisher Irene Peacock	Stanley Doust Kitty McKane	walkover
1921	Erik Tegner Elsebeth Brehm	Harald T. Waagepetersen Agnete Goldschmidt	6–2, 6–2
1922	Jean Borotra Germaine Golding	Max Decugis Jeanne Vaussard	6–3, 6–4
1923	Walter Crawley Kitty McKane	Brian Gilbert Winifred Beamish	4–6, 6–2, 6–3

See also

• World Hard Court Championships
• World Grass Court Championships (Wimbledon)

References