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]	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

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

• Tennis Wales

Notes

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.

External links

• The Tennis Base:Welsh Championships-Roll of Honor