Welsh Championships

{{for|the rugby union competition|Welsh Championship}} {{Infobox tennis tournament | name = Welsh Championships | logo = | type = defunct | founded = 1886 | ended = 1974 | editions = 77 | location = Cardiff, Newport, Penarth, Wales | venue = Penarth LTC (1886–89, 1893–95, 1901–09) Newport Athletic Club (1892, 1897–99, 1900, 1910–14, 1920–39, 1946–1974) Cardiff LTC (1891) | event name = | tour = Pre-open era (1877–1967) | surface = Grass / Outdoor }} The '''Welsh Championships''' (Welsh: Pencampwriaethau Cymru) <ref>{{cite web|title=Lawn Tennis Results|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19080829.2.108.8|via=Papers Past|work=Auckland Star|volume=XXXIX|issue=207|date=29 August 1908|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> its original name until 1970 was also known as the '''Championship of Wales''' (1951), the '''Welsh Open''' (Welsh: Cymraeg Agored)<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawn Tennis Newport Wales|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19660706&id=rbJMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tDEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5219,551320&hl=en|via=Google News|work=Rome News-Tribune|date=July 6, 1966|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> (1947–50) the '''Green Shield Welsh Championships''' and '''Green Shield Welsh Open''' (1970–74) for sponsorship <ref>{{cite web|title=Green Shield Named as Sponsors|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19701204&id=q909AAAAIBAJ&sjid=LkgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5971,739067&hl=en|via=Google News|work=The Glasgow Herald|date=Dec 4, 1970|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wallis Mayers|first1=A.|title=Lawn Tennis at Home & Abroad|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisathom00myergoog/lawntennisathom00myergoog_djvu.txt|website=archive.org|publisher=Charles Scribner & Sons|page=64|location=New York|year=1911|accessdate=29 August 2016}}</ref> 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 <ref>{{cite web|title=History of Newport RFC|url=http://www.historyofnewport.co.uk/articles/article.php?id=000031|website=historyofnewport.co.uk|publisher=Friends of Newport Rugby Trust|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> 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=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:60px;"|Year ! style="width:200px;"|Champions ! style="width:200px;"|Runners-up ! style="width:170px;"|Score |- |1886 <ref>{{cite web|title=Welsh Championships 1886|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=4788|website=tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Ernest Browne || {{flagicon|GBR}} James Baldwin|| 6–0 ret. |- |1887 <ref>{{cite web|title=Welsh Championships 1887|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=4162|website=tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Ernest Browne (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Baldwin|| 6–1, 6–2 ret. |- |1888 <ref>{{cite web|title=Welsh Championships 1888|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=5363|website=tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Willoughby Hamilton || {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Ernest Browne || 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 |- |1889 <ref>{{cite web|last1=Wallis Mayers|first1=A.|title=Lawn Tennis at Home & Abroad|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisathom00myergoog/lawntennisathom00myergoog_djvu.txt|website=archive.org|publisher=Charles Scribner & Sons, p65 New York 1911|accessdate=29 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Willoughby Hamilton (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ernest Lewis || 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |- |1890 <ref>{{cite web|title=Welsh Championships 1890|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=6379|website=tennisarchives.com|publisher=Tennis Archives|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Willoughby Hamilton (3|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles Lacy Sweet || 6–2, 6–3, 6–0 |- |1891 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Harry S. Barlow || {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Harold Mahony || 5–7, 6–2, 7–5, 0–6, 6–1 |- |1892 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Harry S. Barlow (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Kenneth Ramsden Marley || 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |- |1893 || {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} George Ball-Greene|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Harry S. Barlow || 2–6, 6–1, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 |- |1894 || {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} George Ball-Greene (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Edward Roy Allen || 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |- |1895 <ref>{{cite web|title=Wilberforce Eaves: Biography|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ea/wilberforce-eaves-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042229/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ea/wilberforce-eaves-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=6 October 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|GBR}} Wilberforce Eaves || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edward Roy Allen || 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |- |1896 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith || {{flagicon|GBR}} Harry S. Barlow || 6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0 |- |1897 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher || 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |- |1898 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (3)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Arnold Wyersdale Blake || 6–0, 6–2, 6–3 |- |1899 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (4)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Wilberforce Eaves || 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 |- |1900 <ref>{{cite web|title=Welsh Championships 1900|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=6609|website=tennisarchives|publisher=Tennis Archives|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (5) || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edward Roy Allen || 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 7–5 |- |1901 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (6)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher || 6–4, 6–0, 7–5 |- |1902 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (7)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher || 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |- |1903 || {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ernest Wills || 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |- |1904 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (8)|| {{flagicon|NZ}} Anthony Wilding || 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 |- |1905 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (9)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher || 6–4, 5–7, 10–8, 6–4 |- |1906 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sydney Howard Smith (10)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher || 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |- |1907 || {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Samuel Ernest Charlton || 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |- |1908 <ref>{{cite web|title=Lawn Tennis Results|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19080829.2.108.8|via=Papers Past|work=Auckland Star|volume=XXXIX|issue=207|date=29 August 1908|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher (3)|| {{flagicon|NZ}} Anthony Wilding || 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 |- |1909 || {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher (4)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Walter Crawley || 8–6, 6–1, 6–3 |- |1910 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles P. Dixon || {{flagicon|AUS}} Stanley Doust || 8–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |- |1911 <ref>{{cite web|title=Anglo-Colonial Sport|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19110828.2.57?query=welsh%20covered%20court%20championships|via=Papers Past|work=Auckland Star|volume=XLII|issue=204|date=28 August 1911|accessdate=6 September 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles P. Dixon (2)|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alfred Dunlop || 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 |- |1912 || {{flagicon|South Africa|1912}} Harold Kitson || {{flagicon|GBR}} Josiah Ritchie || 6–4, 6–1, 0–6, 6–4 |- |1913 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles P. Dixon (3)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} C. P. Hailey || 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 |- |1914 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles P. Dixon (4)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Noel O. G. Turnbull || 6–4, 6–3, 6–1 |- |1915/1918||colspan=4 align=center |''Not held (due to World War I)'' |- |1919 || rowspan="1" colspan="5" align="center" style="background:#F5F5F5" |No competition |- |1920 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Freeman || {{flagicon|GBR}} Cecil L. Sweet-Escott || 6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 |- |1921 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Josiah Ritchie || {{flagicon|GBR}} M. E. Nigel Jones || 6–1, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |- |1922 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Alonso || {{flagicon|ESP}} Eduardo Flaquer || 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |- |1923 || {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher (5)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cecil L. Sweet-Escott || 6–3, 7–5, 8–6 |- |1924 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Gordon Crole Rees || {{flagicon|GBR}} John Mycroft Boucher|| 6–4, 6–4, 10–8 |- |1925 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Hillyard || {{flagicon|GBR}} Elliott W. Crawshay || 7–5, 6–2, 8–10, 6–1 |- |1926 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Hector Fisher || {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Freeman || 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |- |1927 || {{flagicon|GBR}} David Williams || {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Hillyard|| 8–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |- |1928 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Eric Peters || {{flagicon|GBR}} David Williams || 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 |- |1929 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles Kingsley || {{flagicon|GBR}} William Henry Powell|| 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 |- |1930 || {{flagicon|GBR}} David Williams|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Edward Avory || 8–6, 3–6, 6–4, 10–8 |- |1931 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Jiro Sato || {{flagicon|GBR}} David Williams || 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 |- |1932 || {{flagicon|POL}} Ignacy Tłoczyński || {{flagicon|GBR}} William Henry Powell || 6–3, 7–5, 7–5 |- |1933 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Norman Farquharson || {{flagicon|AUT}} Herbert Kinzl || 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 |- |1934 || {{flagicon|POL}} Daniel Prenn || {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles Hare || 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 |- |1935 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Hermann von Artens || {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Uberto De Morpurgo || 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 |- |1936 || {{flagicon|NZ}} Cam Malfroy || {{flagicon|NZ}} Alan Steadman || WEA |- |1937 || {{flagicon|NZ}} Alan Stedman || {{flagicon|GBR}} George Godsell || 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 |- |1938 || {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers || {{flagicon|YUG}} Josip Palada || 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 |- |1939 || {{flagicon|ROM}} Constantin Tănăsescu|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Murray Deloford ||10–12, 6–4, 7–5 |- |1940/1945||colspan=4 align=center |''Not held (due to World War I)'' |- |1946 || {{flagicon|POL}} Czesław Spychała || {{flagicon|POL}} Ignacy Tłoczyński || 6–4 3–6 13-11 8–6 |- |1947 || {{flagicon|POL}} Czesław Spychała (2)|| {{flagicon|NZ}} Owen Bold || 6–3 10–8 6–4 |- |1948 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Denis Slack || {{flagicon|POL}} Czesław Spychała || wea |- |1949 || {{flagicon|Philippines}} Felicisimo Ampon || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Syd Levy ||4–6 6–2 7–5 6–0 |- |1950 || {{flagicon|Hong Kong|1959}} Ip Koon Hung|| {{flagicon|POL}} Ignacy Tłoczyński || wea |- |1951 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Cawthorn || {{flagicon|IND}} Naresh Kumar ||2–6 6–2 6–3 |- |1952 || {{flagicon|IND}} Naresh Kumar || {{flagicon|AUS}} Donald Tregonning|| 6–2 6–3 1–6 6–3 |- |1953 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Russell Seymour || {{flagicon|IND}} Naresh Kumar || 6–3 7–5 |- |1954 || rowspan="1" colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |Competition cancelled |- |1955 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Owen Williams || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Trevor Fancutt || 6–3 6–2 |- |1956 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Alfred Huber || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Davies || 6–3 1–6 9–11 6–4 6–4 |- |1957 || {{flagicon|EGY|1922}} Jaroslav Drobný || {{flagicon|GBR}} Roger Becker || 6–1 9–7 |- |1958 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Roger Becker || {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Mills || 6–4 6–4 |- |1959 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Bobby Wilson ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Mills || 6–4 6–1 |- |1960 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Mills ||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Robin Sanders || 6–3 6–2 |- |1961 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Francis Rawstorne || {{flagicon|AUS}} Warren Jacques || 6–8 6–2 6–3 |- |1962 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Sangster || {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Pickard || 6–3 6–4 |- |1963 <ref>{{cite web|title=Jaques Wins Welsh Tennis|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630723&id=CX5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3932,3309774&hl=en|via=Google News|work=The Age|date=July 23, 1963|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Warren Jacques || {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Mills ||10–8 7–5 |- |1964 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Bob Hewitt || {{flagicon|VEN}} Isaías Pimentel || 6–4 6–4 |- |1965 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson || {{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle ||3–6 6–3 6–2 |- |1966 <ref>{{cite web|title=Hewitt Wins|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19660710&id=KoMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Tc0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4224,1482370&hl=en|via=Google News|work=Herald-Journal|date=July 10, 1966|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Bob Hewitt (2)|| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe || 6–3 8–6 |- |1967 || {{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe || {{flagicon|AUS}} Bill Bowrey ||7–5 6–2 |- |1968 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Bill Bowrey || {{flagicon|AUS}} Owen Davidson ||9–7 6–4 |- | colspan="4" align="center" | ↓  Open era  ↓ |- |1969 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Cox || {{flagicon|GBR}} Graham Stilwell || 6–4 6–4 |- |1970 <ref>{{cite web|title=Newport Results Wales:1970-07–05|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/newport/2050/1970/results|website=atpworldtour.com|publisher=ATP|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall || {{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe || 6–3 6–4 |- |1971 <ref>{{cite web|title=Newport Results Wales:1971-07–10|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/newport/2050/1971/results|website=atpworldtour.com|publisher=ATP|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roger Taylor || 6–1 9–8 |- |1972 || {{flagicon|Rhodesia}} Andrew Pattison || {{flagicon|GBR}} John de Mendoza || 6–8 6–4 6–4 |- |1973 <ref>{{cite web|title=Newport Results Wales:1973-07–09|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/newport/2050/1973/results|website=atpworldtour.com|publisher=ATP|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|GBR}} Roger Taylor ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Giltinan ||9–8 8–6 |- |1974 || {{flagicon|USA}} Armistead Neely || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Collins || 6–2 6–4 |- |}

===Women's singles=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:60px;"|Year ! style="width:200px;"|Champions ! style="width:200px;"|Runners-up ! style="width:160px;"|Score |-

|1886 || {{flagicon|GBR}} L. Browne || {{flagicon|GBR}} L.C. Stephens || 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 |- |1887 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Maud Watson || {{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Beatrice Langrishe || 6–3, 6–3 |- |1888 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Blanche Bingley Hillyard || {{flagicon|GBR}} Miss Pope || 6–2, 6–3 |- |1889 || {{flagicon|GBR}} N Pope || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Sweet-Escott || 6–0, 6–2 |- |1890 || rowspan="1" colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |Competition cancelled |- |1891 || {{flagicon|GBR}} N Pope (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Sweet-Escott || 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |- |1892 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Sweet-Escott || {{flagicon|GBR}} Louisa Sweet-Escott || 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |- |1893 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ethel Cochrane || {{flagicon|GBR}} Emily Stoddart || 6–3, 6–4 |- |1894 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Helen Jackson || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ethel Cochrane || 8–6, 6–2 |- |1895 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Jane Corder || {{flagicon|ENG}} Helen Jackson || 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |- |1896 || rowspan="1" colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |Competition cancelled |- |1897 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Henrica Ridding || {{flagicon|GBR}} Miss J Cochrane || 9–7, 7–5 |- |1898 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Alice Parr || {{flagicon|GBR}} Henrica Ridding || 7–5, 7–5 |- |1899 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Muriel Robb || {{flagicon|GBR}} Henrica Ridding || 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |- |1900 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Constance Hill || {{flagicon|GBR}} Alice Parr || 5-7, 6–4, 6–2 |- |1901 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Winifred Longhurst || {{flagicon|GBR}} M. Golding || 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 |- |1902 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Winifred Longhurst (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Constance Hill || 8–6, 4–6, 6–4 |- |1903 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Connie Wilson|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Winifred Longhurst || 6–3, 0–6, 7–5 |- |1904 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Connie Wilson (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Maude Garfit || 6–3, 6–4 |- |1905 || {{flagicon|USA}} May Sutton || {{flagicon|GBR}} Connie Wilson || 6–0, 6–1 |- |1906 <ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Sutton Gets Walkover First Round Welsh Tennis Championships|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=19060711&id=Qo8–AAAAIBAJ&sjid=81kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2380,1121503&hl=en|via=Google News|work=Boston Evening Transcript|date=July 11, 1906|accessdate=11 August 2016}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} May Sutton (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Maude Garfit || 6–1, 6–0 |- |1907 <ref>{{cite web|title=May Sutton is Coming Home|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19070808&id=cbsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=921,1491586&hl=en|via=Google News|work=The Pittsburgh Press|date=Aug 8, 1907|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|USA}} May Sutton (3)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Toupie Lowther || 6–0, 7–5 |- |1908 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Maude Garfit || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs G Bruce || 6–2, 6–3 |- |1909 || {{flagicon|GBR}}Maude Garfit (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Winifred Longhurst || default |- |1910 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Aitchison || {{flagicon|GBR}} Maude Garfit || 8–6, 6–4 |- |1911 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Dora Boothby || {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Aitchison || 8–6, 6–3 |- |1912 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs Fletcher || 6–1, 6–1 |- |1913 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs Fletcher || 6–2, 6–2 |- |1914 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam (3)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs Fletcher || 6–0, 6–1 |- |1915/1918||colspan=4 align=center |''Not held (due to World War I)'' |- |1920 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam (4)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs Fletcher || 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 |- |1921 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Leisk || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam || 6–2, 6–2 |- |1922 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam (5)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Leisk <ref>{{cite web|title=Helen Aitchison: Biography|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ai/helen-aitchison-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ai/helen-aitchison-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=6 September 2016}}</ref> || 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |- |1923 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Kathleen Raikes || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam || 8–6, 0–6, 6–3 |- |1924 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Elizabeth Ryan || {{flagicon|GBR}} Edith Hannam|| 6–3, 6–3 |- |1925 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Phyllis Satterthwaite || {{flagicon|GBR}} Kathleen Bevir || 8–10, 6–0, 6–1 |- |1926 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Gladys Seel || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs R Fletcher || 6–0, 6–4 |- |1927 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Phyllis Satterthwaite (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Gladys Seel || 6–4, 6–2 |- |1928 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose || {{flagicon|GBR}} Effie Hemmant || 6–3, 6–3 |- |1929 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Effie Hemmant || 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |- |1930 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Effie Hemmant || {{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose || 7–5, 6–4 |- |1931 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Effie Hemmant (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jeanette Morfey || 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |- |1932 || {{flagicon|POL}} Jadwiga Jędrzejowska || {{flagicon|Germany}} Marie-Louise Horn || 8–6, 6–2 |- |1933 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Hardwick || {{flagicon|GBR}} Christabel Wheatcroft || 6–0, 6–4 |- |1934 || {{flagicon|DEN}} Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling || {{flagicon|GBR}} Sheila Chuter || 6–2, 6–0 |- |1935 || {{flagicon|POL}} Jadwiga Jędrzejowska || {{flagicon|GBR}} Susan Noel || 6–3, 6–2 |- |1936 || {{flagicon|POL}} Jadwiga Jędrzejowska(2)|| {{flagicon|AUT}} Rosl Kraus || 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |- |1937 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu || {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Irmgard Rost || 6–3, 6–4 |- |1938 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Gladys Seel || 6–4, 6–4 |- |1939 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu (3)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Clements || 6–0, 6–4 |- |1940/1945||colspan=4 align=center |''Not held (due to World War II)'' |- |1946 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Gem Hoahing || {{flagicon|GBR}} Joy Hibbert || 6–1, 6–2 |- |1947 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Curry || {{flagicon|GBR}} Wendy Stork || 6–2, 6–2 |- |1948 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Curry (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Georgie Woodgate || 6–3, 7–5 |- |1949 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Georgie Woodgate || {{flagicon|TCH}} Helena Straubeová || 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |- |1950 || {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield || {{flagicon|GBR}} Georgie Woodgate || 9–7, 6–2 |- |1951 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Angela Mortimer || {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Cornell || 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |- |1952 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Beryl Penrose || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Doreen Wedderburn || 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |- |1953 || {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Heather Brewer || {{flagicon|GBR}} Rosemary Walsh || 6–3, 6–1 |- |1954 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Sachiko Kamo || {{flagicon|GBR}} Jenny Middleton || divided title due to rain |- |1955 <ref>{{cite web|title=One-Minute Sports Page- Mrs Maria Weiss of Argentina Won the Welsh Lawn Tennis Championships Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19550715&id=AiFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5997,1736097&hl=en|via=Google News|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=July 15, 1955|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|ARG}} Mary Terán de Weiss || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon || 1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |- |1956 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon || {{flagicon|AUS}} Daphne Seeney || 6–2, 6–3 |- |1957 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Angela Mortimer (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon || 6–2, 6–4 |- |1958 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Angela Mortimer (3)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon || 6–2, 6–2 |- |1959 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Angela Mortimer (4)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon || 5-7, 6–3, 6–4 |- |1960 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Angela Mortimer (5)|| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Bernice Carr Vukovich || 11–9, 6–3 |- |1961 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jill Mills || 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |- |1962 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon (3)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jill Mills || 6–4, 6–3 |- |1963 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Carol Rosser || {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Cawthorn || 6–3, 6–3 |- |1964 <ref>{{cite web|title=Tennis Wins in Wales|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19680710&id=1XwQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4818,1676012&hl=en|via=Google News|work=The Age|date=Jul 10, 1968|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Bueno || {{flagicon|GBR}} Christine Truman || 6–3, 6–2 |- |1965 || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Annette Van Zyl || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Jones || 6–2, 6–0 |- |1966 <ref>{{cite web|title=Tennis Wins in Wales|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19680710&id=1XwQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4818,1676012&hl=en|via=Google News|work=The Age|date=Jul 10, 1968|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> || {{flagicon|BRA}} Maria Bueno || {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Annette Van Zyl || 6–2, 6–0 |- |1967 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Judy Tegart || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Jones || 6–4, 6–4 |- |1968 <ref>{{cite web|title=Pigeon Net Titlist|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19680715&id=jiZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2951,6264143&hl=en|via=Google News|work=Toledo Blade|date=Jul 15, 1968|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|USA}} Kristy Pigeon || {{flagicon|AUS}} Fay Toyne Moore || 6–2, 6–0 |- | colspan="4" align="center" | ↓  Open era  ↓ |- |1969 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court || {{flagicon|GBR}} Winnie Shaw || 6–4, 6–4 |- |1970 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong || {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan || 6–0, 8–6 |- |1971 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade || {{flagicon|AUS}} Judy Dalton || 6–3, 6–4 |- |1972 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville || {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade || 7–5, 6–2 |- |1973 || {{flagicon|USA}} Julie Heldman || {{flagicon|AUS}} Dianne Fromholtz || 1–6, 6–1, 11–9 |- |1974 || {{flagicon|USA}} Julie Heldman (2)|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Mappin || 6–3, 6–4 |}

==See also== *Tennis Wales

== Notes== {{Reflist|30em}}

== 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== * [https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=tournament&accion=honour&pais=GBR&nomTorneo=WELSH+CH.&descPais=GREAT+BRITAIN&codpais=GBR&stats=WELSH+CH.#datosDraw The Tennis Base:Welsh Championships-Roll of Honor]

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