World Covered Court Championships

World Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1913
Abolished	1923
Location	Various
Surface	Wood / Indoor

The World Covered Court Championships were part of a series of three world championships sanctioned from 1913–1923 by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). 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.^[1]

1919 World Covered Court Championships at Rue Saussure

The WCCC tournament was disbanded by the ILTF in 1924 when the Australasian Championships were upgraded to major status and the United States Lawn Tennis Association joined the governing body of the ILTF, granting the US Championships official major status as well. The term "World Championships" was dropped for good when the French Championships agreed to open its doors to international amateur tennis players from 1925 onwards, resulting in the WHCC being disbanded.

Tournament information

Year	Venue	Date	Surface
1913	Stockholm, Sweden	Nov. 2–8	Wood (indoors)
1919	Sporting Club de Paris, Paris, France	Nov. 15–23	Wood (indoors)
1920	Queen's Club, London, England	Oct. 11–20	Wood (indoors)
1921	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Copenhagen, Denmark	Apr. 2–10	Wood (indoors)
1922	Saint Moritz Palace Lawn Tennis Club, Saint Moritz, Switzerland	Feb. 16–25	Wood (indoors)
1923	Palacio de la Industria, Barcelona, Spain	Feb. 1–11	Wood (indoors)

Champions

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	Anthony Wilding	Maurice Germot	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1914-18	not held - World War I
1919	Andre Gobert	Max Decugis	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1920	Gordon Lowe	Walter C. 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	John B. Gilbert	6–4, 7–5, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	Helen Aitchison Leisk	Katie Gillou Fenwick	6–4, 6–2
1914-18	not held - World War I
1919	Dorothy Holman	Germaine Regnier Golding	6–3, 6–4
1920	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish	Kathleen McKane Godfree	6–2, 5–7, 9–7
1921	Elsebeth Brehm Jørgensen	Ebba Meyer	6–2, 6–4
1922	Germaine Regnier Golding	Jeanne Vaussard	6–2, 7–5
1923	Kathleen McKane Godfree	Geraldine Ramsey 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
1914-18	not held - World War I
1919	Andre Gobert William Laurentz	Nicolae Mishu H. Portlock	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
1920	Percival Davson Theodore Mavrogordato	Alfred Beamish Francis 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 C. 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
1914-18	not held - World War I
1919	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish Kathleen McKane Godfree	Dorothy Holman Phyllis Howkins Covell	6–3, 6–4
1920	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish Kathleen McKane Godfree	Doris Craddock Irene Bowder Peacock	6–3, 7–5
1921	Elsebeth Brehm Jørgensen Ebba Meyer	Vera Forum Jutta Steenberg	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1922	Germaine Regnier Golding Jeanne Vaussard	Yvonne Bourgeois Canivet	walkover
1923	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish Kathleen McKane Godfree	Germaine Regnier Golding Jeanne Vaussard	6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1913	Max Decugis Katie Gillou Fenwick	Gunnar Setterwall Sigrid Frenckell Fick	7–5, 12–10
1914-18	not held - World War I
1919	Max Decugis Geraldine Ramsey Beamish	William Laurentz Germaine Regnier Golding	6–3, 6–3
1920	Francis Fisher Irene Bowder Peacock	Stanley Doust Kathleen McKane Godfree	walkover
1921	Erik Tegner Elsbeth Brehm	Harald T. Waagepetersen Agnete Goldschmidt	6–2, 6–2
1922	Jean Borotra Germaine Regnier Golding	Max Decugis Jeanne Vaussard	6–3, 6–4
1923	Walter C. Crawley Kathleen McKane Godfree	John B. Gilbert Geraldine Ramsey Beamish	4–6, 6–2, 6–3

See also

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

References

1. Robertson, Max. Jack Kramer, eds. The Encyclopedia of Tennis: 100 Years of Great Players and Events. pp. 32–34.