World Covered Court Championships

The World Covered Court Championships were part of a series of three major world championships sanctioned from 1913–1923 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
World Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1913
Abolished1923
Editions6
LocationVarious
SurfaceWood / Indoor

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Tournament information

Year Venue Date
1913 Royal Lawn Tennis Club, Stockholm2–8 November
1914-18No competition (due to World War I)
1919 Sporting Club de Paris, Paris15–23 November
1920 Queen's Club, London11–20 October
1921 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Copenhagen2–10 April
1922 Palace Lawn Tennis Club, St. Moritz16–25 February
1923 Palacio de la Industria, Barcelona1–11 February

Champions

Men's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1913 Anthony Wilding Maurice Germot5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1914No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919 Andre Gobert Max Decugis6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1920 Gordon Lowe Walter Crawley6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1921 William Laurentz Alfred Beamish6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1922 Henri Cochet Jean Borotra4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1923 Henri Cochet Brian Gilbert6–4, 7–5, 6–4

Women's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1913 Helen Aitchison Kate Fenwick6–4, 6–2
1914No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919 Dorothy Holman Germaine Golding6–3, 6–4
1920 Winifred Beamish Kitty McKane6–2, 5–7, 9–7
1921 Elsebeth Brehm Jørgensen Ebba Meyer6–2, 6–4
1922 Germaine Golding Jeanne Vaussard6–2, 7–5
1923 Kitty McKane Winifred Beamish6–3, 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
1914No 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
Arman 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
1913No women's doubles held
1914No 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
1914No 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
Elsbeth 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
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See also

References

  1. Bensen, Clark (2013–2014). "The World Championships of 1913 to 1923: the Forgotten Majors" (PDF). tenniscollectors.org. Newport, RI, United States: Journal of The Tennis Collectors of America. p. 470. Retrieved 5 September 2018. Number 30
  2. Robertson, Max. Jack Kramer (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Tennis: 100 Years of Great Players and Events. pp. 32–34.
  3. "ITF: History". ITF Tennis. London, United Kingdom: International Tennis Federation. 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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