British Covered Court Championships 1902


General 1902-04-21 - 1902-04-26
Amateur / Challenge
Indoor wood
4
London, Queens club
England

Source Lawn tennis, 30/4/1902


Info Draw: 13

"The floor … of the Queen's Club courts has undergone alterations … / Pn the wood -block floor … were laid, lengthwise, planks 1 in. thick 5 in. wide, and 1 yard apart; across these wer then placed joints … / On these joints was laid the new floor of American maple-wood planks ... / The surface is stained not painted." Herbert Chipp in 1902 in "Tennis Lawn Tennis Rackets Fives" page 306

"In the opinion of … H. L. Doherty, the floor of the Queen's is too fast." in Arthur Wallis Myers's ’Lawn Tennis At Home & Abroad' page 108


Report Mens doubles final (Draw: 4): Ritchie/Sweetman def. Simond/Caridia 6-3 6-2 6-3

CR: Doherty/Doherty def. Ritchie/Sweetman 10-8 6-3 6-2

Mixed doubles final (Draw: 2): H.L. Doherty/Lowther def. Ritchie/Squire 6-3 6-3

CR: H.L. Doherty/Lowther def. Hillyard/Hillyard w.o.



Media


Winner Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty


Players
George Aristides Caridia (Karidias)
Lionel Hunter Escombe
Robert Baldwin Hough
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
Harold Segerson Mahony
Major Josiah George Ritchie
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
Arthur J.B. Norris
Frederick William Payn
Dr Allan Campbell Pearson
H. Phillips
Major Josiah George Ritchie
George Miéville Simond
Hugh Matthew Sweetman
Edward Yatman


Challenge round
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3


Rounds
Round 1
Harold Segerson Mahony*
Robert Hough
6-8 8-6 6-2 6-3
Arthur J.B. Norris*
Frederick William Payn
6-2 6-8 4-6 8-6 12-10
George Miéville Simond*
Edward Yatman
6-0 6-3 9-7
Hugh Matthew Sweetman*
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
6-1 6-0 6-0
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Dr Allan Campbell Pearson
6-1 6-4 6-1

Quarterfinals
George Caridia*
Harold Segerson Mahony
9-11 9-7 3-6 6-4 6-0
George Miéville Simond*
Arthur J.B. Norris
4-6 8-6 6-4 6-3
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Hugh Matthew Sweetman
6-0 6-4 6-2
Lionel Escombe*
H. Phillips
w.o.

Semifinals
George Miéville Simond*
George Caridia
6-3 6-1 3-6 6-4
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Lionel Escombe
6-4 6-3 6-1

Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
George Miéville Simond
6-2 6-4 6-3


Tournament
Round 1
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Dr Allan Campbell Pearson
Hugh Matthew Sweetman*
John Evelyn Pennington Mellor
George Miéville Simond*
Edward Yatman
Arthur J.B. Norris*
Frederick William Payn
Harold Segerson Mahony*
Robert Hough
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Hugh Matthew Sweetman
Lionel Escombe*
H. Phillips
George Miéville Simond*
Arthur J.B. Norris
George Caridia*
Harold Segerson Mahony
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Lionel Escombe
George Miéville Simond*
George Caridia
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
George Miéville Simond