The Queen's Club Covered Court Championship was a men's and women's indoor wood court tennis tournament founded in 1890. Also known as the Queens Club Covered Court Tournament. The tournament was first played at the
Queen's Club
The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in Barons Court, West Kensington, London, England. The club hosts the annual Queen's Club Championships grass court lawn tennis tournament (currently known as the "HSBC Championships" for spo ...
,
London
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, England.
It was played annually till 1939.
History
In March 1890 the Queen's Club Covered Court Championship was established.
[The Morning Post (1890)] The inaugural singles champions were
Harry S. Barlow
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow (5 April 1860 – 16 July 1917) was a British amateur lawn tennis player, active at the end of the 19th century.
Career
In 1892, he won his first and only Wimbledon title when together with Ernest Lewis they defeated ano ...
(men) and
May Jacks
May Jacks was a British tennis player at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1890 she was the losing finalist in the 1890 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles, Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship, being defeated by Lena Rice, and won t ...
(women).
The men's event in the early 1890s was sometimes held at the Hyde Park Club's indoor courts at, Bayswater, London.
The tournament was staged annually usually in March or sometimes early April until 1939 when it was discontinued due to
World War II
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.
Finals
Men's singles
(incomplete roll)
Women's singles
(incomplete roll)
See also
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Queen's Club
The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in Barons Court, West Kensington, London, England. The club hosts the annual Queen's Club Championships grass court lawn tennis tournament (currently known as the "HSBC Championships" for spo ...
References
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Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom
Indoor tennis tournaments
Wood court tennis tournaments