Carlyon Bay Covered Court Championships

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Carlyon Bay Covered Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Abolished1967; 57 years ago (1967)
LocationSt. Austell, Cornwall, England
VenueCornish Riviera Club
SurfaceWood (indoors)

The Carlyon Bay Covered Court Championships[1] was a combined men's and women's indoor wood court tennis tournament founded in 1936. The tournament was held Riviera Club, St. Austell, Cornwall, England until 1967.

History[edit]

In the early 1930s the Cornish Riviera Club was constructed that included two large indoor tennis courts.[2] In 1936 Carlyon Bay Covered Court Championships were established. In the late 1960s the tournament was ended due to the venue becoming a live music venue and was renamed as the New Cornish Riviera Lido.[3] The venue later became known as the Cornwall Coliseum.

Finals[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1936 United Kingdom Murray Deloford United Kingdom Frank Wilde 6-3, 1–6, 8–6, 6-2
1937 Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-Rogers United Kingdom Henry Billington 6-4, 4–6, 6–3, 6-1
1938 Sweden Kalle Schröder United Kingdom Donald Butler 6-2, 3–6, 6–4, 6-4
1939 United Kingdom Bunny Austin Japan Jiro Sato 7-5, 7–5, 3–6, 6-4
1940/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1955 Austria Alfred Huber United Kingdom Billy Knight 6-4, 6–4, 6-3
1957 Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński Poland Andrzej Licis 6-3, 6–3, 6-3
1960 Poland Andrzej Licis Australia Bob Carmichael 7-5, 7–5, 6-4
1962 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson Poland Andrzej Licis 6-4, 3–6, 6-2
1963 New Zealand Ron McKenzie United Kingdom Alan Mills 6-1, 7-5
1964 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick Poland Andrzej Licis 3-6, 6–3, 6-4
1965 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (2) United Kingdom Alan Mills 6-3, 6-2

Women's singles[edit]

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1936 Chile Anita Lizana United Kingdom Peggy Scriven 6-4, 6-2
1937 United Kingdom Peggy Scriven United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey 6-4, 4–6, 6-3
1939 Denmark Hilde Sperling United Kingdom Mary Hardwick 6-4, 4–6, 6-2
1940/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1949 United Kingdom Joan Curry United Kingdom Gem Hoahing 6-4, 6–4, 6-3
1953 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer United Kingdom Rita Bentley 6-2, 6-3
1961 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer United Kingdom Deidre Catt 6-1, 6-3
1962 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (2) United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones 6-3, 6-4
1963 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones United Kingdom Deidre Catt 6-4, 6-3
1964 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones (2) Australia Fay Toyne 9-7, 6-4
1965 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones (3) United Kingdom Virginia Wade 7-5, 6-2

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis:CARLYON BAY COVERED COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS (St. Austell).—Men's singles. semifinals: B. Wilson bt R. Carmichael (Australia) 6-4, 6-2; A. Mills bt J. Barrett 6-3, 11-9". Daily Mirror. London, England.: British Newspaper Archive. 30 October 1965. p. 31. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ Terry, Michael (1940). "Riviera Club's covered tennis courts, Carlyon Bay, St Austell region, Cornwall, England, 1940". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ^ Whitehouse, Richard (12 September 2020). "History of Carylon Bay & how we got to where we are today | Cornish Stuff". Cornish Stuff. Cornish Stuff Ltd. Retrieved 27 March 2023.