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The Rackets World Championships is the rackets leading event organised by the Tennis and Rackets Association.[1]

The singles world championship began on a challenge basis in 1820, [2] with the doubles championship starting in 1990.[3]

Due to safety concerns, women were banned from playing rackets until 2008: the women's singles championship began in 2015, with the women's doubles championship starting in 2019.

World Singles Champions

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Year Venue/s Winner Runner-Up Scores Notes
1820 England Robert Mackay [4] Mackay resigned title 1825
1825 England Thomas Pittman [4] Pittman resigned title 1834
1834 England John Pittman [4]
1838 Belvedere Gardens England John Lamb [4] England John Pittman 8-4 (games) died while champion in 1840
1846 Birmingham
Bristol
England John Charles Mitchell [4] England J C M Young 5-0 (games)
1860 Woolwich Club
Bristol Club
England Francis Erwood[4] England John Charles Mitchell 8-1 (games)
1862 Woolwich Club
Prince's Club
England William Hart-Dyke[4] England Francis Erwood 8-3 (games) Dyke resigned title 1863
1863 England Henry John Gray [4] Gray resigned title 1866
1866 England William Gray [4] died while champion in 1875
1876 Prince's Club
Rugby School
England Henry B Fairs [4] 8-3 (games) died while champion in 1878
1878 England Joseph Gray [4]
1887 Rugby School
Manchester Club
England Peter Latham[5] England Joseph Gray 7-15, 15-10, 15-9, 10-15, 9-15, 15-8, 8-15
15-2, 15-4, 15-11, 15-9
1888 Queen's Club
Charterhouse School
England Peter Latham[6] England Walter Gray 2-15, 15-12, 15-7 16-14, 15-6
8-15, 15-4, 12-15, 15-9, 15-9, 12-15, 15-?
1891 Prince's Club
Queen's Club
England Peter Latham[7] United States George Standing 15-6, 15-12, 15-9, 15-5
15-11, 15-13, 15-10, 15-18, 15-4
1897 Prince's Club
New York Club
England Peter Latham[7][8] United States George Standing 15-11, 15-13, 15-10, 15-18, 15-4
4-3 (games)
1902 Queen's Club
Prince's Club
England Peter Latham[9] England Gilbert Browne 16-13, 15-10, 15-0, 15-2
15-11 9-15, 15-7, 15-4, 15-7
Latham resigned title in 1902
1903 Prince's Club
Queen's Club
British Raj Jamsetji Merwanji[10] England Gilbert Browne 15-11, 18-16, 13-16, 15-8, 15-4
15-5, 11-15, 15-5, 15-6, 15-1
1911 Queen's Club
Prince's Club
England Charles Williams[11] British Raj Jamsetji Merwanji 18-15, 15-2, 15-9, 15-8
15-7, 12-13, 14-17 15-7, 15-4, 12-15 0-0
last game not played
1913 Queen's Club
Philadelphia Club
United States Jock Soutar [4] England Charles Williams 15-6, 12-13, 11-15, 10-15, 15-9, 6-15
15-2, 15-8, 15-4, 15-3
1922 Philadelphia Club
New York Club
United States Jock Soutar [12] England Charles Williams 18-15, 15-0, 6-15, 12-15, 17-15,12-15, 15-7
4-0 (games)
1927 Philadelphia Club
New York Club
United States Jock Soutar United States William Standing 8-1 (games)
1929 Philadelphia Club
New York Club
England Charles Williams United States Jock Soutar 7-3 (games) died while champion in 1935 [13]
1937 New York Club
Queen's Club
England David S Milford [14][15] United States Norbert Setzler 15-9, 9-15, 15-10, 10-15, 8-15, 15-12, 12-15
15-4, 15-4, 15-9, 15-12,
Milford resigned title 1946
1947 Montreal Racket Club
Queen's Club
England James Dear[16] Canada Kenneth Chantler 15-9, 16-17, 15-10, 15-11, 15-11
15-4, 15-2, 15-8, 15-5
1948 Queen's Club
Queen's Club
England James Dear England John Pawle 8-4 (games)
1951 Queen's Club
Queen's Club
England James Dear England John Pawle 8-2 (games)
1954 Queen's Club
Queen's Club
England Geoffrey Atkins England James Dear 6-5 (games)
1963 Queen's Club
Queen's Club
England Geoffrey Atkins England James Leonard 6-1 (games)
1964 Queen's Club
Queen's Club
England Geoffrey Atkins England Charles Swallow 7-5 (games)
1967 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England Geoffrey Atkins England James Leonard 7-2 (games)
1970 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England Geoffrey Atkins England Charles Swallow 6-3 (games)
1972 Queen's Club
Chicago Club
United States William Surtees England Howard Angus 5-4 (games)
1973 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England Howard Angus United States William Surtees 5-1 (games)
1975 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
United States William Surtees England Howard Angus 5-1 (games)
1977 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
United States William Surtees England Howard Angus 5-0 (games)
1979 New York Club
Queen's Club
United States William Surtees England Willie Boone 5-0 (games)
1981 New York Club
Queen's Club
England John Prenn United States William Surtees 6-4 (games)
1984 Montreal Racket Club
Queen's Club
England Willie Boone England John Prenn 7-2 (games)
1986 New York Club
Queen's Club
England John Prenn England Willie Boone 8-6 (games)
1988 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England James Male England Willie Boone 6-1 (games)
1991 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England James Male United States Shannon Hazell 6-2 (games)
1993 Philadelphia Club
Queen's Club
England James Male England Neil Smith 6-5 (games)
1995 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England James Male England Neil Smith 6-2 (games)
1999 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England Neil Smith England James Male 4-2 (games)
2nd leg scratched and Smith declared champion as Male was injured
2001 New York Club
St Paul's School
England James Male England Neil Smith 6-1 (games)
2003 Philadelphia Club
Queen's Club
England James Male United States Jonathan Larken 5-4 (games)
2005 Montreal Racket Club
Queen's Club
England Harry Foster England Alister Robinson 7-5 (games)
2008 New York Club
Queen's Club
Bermuda James Stout England Harry Foster 6-1 (games)
2010 New York Club
Queen's Club
Bermuda James Stout England Alex Titchener-Barrett 5-1 (games)
2015 Philadelphia Club
Queen's Club
Bermuda James Stout England Will Hopton 5-0 (games)
2017 New York Club
Queen's Club
Bermuda James Stout England Tom Billings 5-0 (games)
2019 Queen's Club
Detroit Racquet Club
England Tom Billings England Alex Duncliffe-Vines 5-0 (games)
2023 Queen's Club
Racquet Club of Chicago
England Benjamin Cawston England Tom Billings 5-0 (games)

Women Singles Champions

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Year Venue/s Winner Runner-Up Scores
2015 London, England France Lea van der Zwalmen England Claire Fahey 3-1
2017 Crowthorne, England France Lea van der Zwalmen England Georgie Willis 3-0
2019 London, England France Lea van der Zwalmen England Georgie Willis 3-0
2022 London, England France Lea van der Zwalmen England Cesca Sweet 3-0
2024 London, England France Lea van der Zwalmen England Claire Fahey 8/15 13/18 16/13 15/5 18/13

World Doubles Champions

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Year Venue/s Winner Runner-Up Scores
1990 Manchester Club
Queen's Club
England James Male
England John Prenn
United States Shannon Hazell
England Neil Smith
8-5 (games)
1992 Clifton College
Queen's Club
United States Shannon Hazell
England Neil Smith
England Willie Boon
England John Prenn
7-3 (games)
1993 New York Club
Queen's Club
United States Shannon Hazell
England Neil Smith
England James Male
England John Prenn
7-7 (games)
166-160 points
1996 New York Club
Philadelphia Club
United States Shannon Hazell
England Neil Smith
England James Male
England John Prenn
5-0 (games)
1998 Clifton College
New York Club
United States Shannon Hazell
England Neil Smith
England Willie Boon
England Peter Brake
7-6 (games)
2001 Philadelphia Club
St Paul's School
England James Male
England Mark Hue Williams
United States Shannon Hazell
England Neil Smith
5-0 (games)
2003 New York Club
Queen's Club
England James Male
England Mark Hue Williams
England Ali Robinson
England Guy Barker
6-6 (games)
136-134 points
2005 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England Ali Robinson
England Guy Barker
England Tim Cockroft
England Guy Smith-Bingham
7-4 (games)
2007 New York Club
Queen's Club
England Neil Smith
England Mark Hubbard
England Harry Foster
England Mark Hue Williams
5-0 (games)
2009 New York Club
Queen's Club
England Harry Foster
England Mark Hue Williams
England Neil Smith
England Mark Hubbard
7-5 (games)
2011 Montreal Club
Queen's Club
England Tim Cockroft
England Alex Titchener-Barrett
England Harry Foster
England Mark Hue Williams
8-5 (games)
2013 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England James Coyne
England Will Hopton
England Tim Cockroft
England Alex Titchener-Barrett
6-2 (games)
2015 Chicago Club
Queen's Club
England Christian Portz
England Alex Titchener-Barrett
England James Coyne
England Will Hopton
7-2 (games)
2016 Queen's Club
New York Club
Bermuda James Stout
England Jonathan Larken
England Christian Portz
England Alex Titchener-Barrett
6-2 (games)
2018 Queen's Club
New York Club
Bermuda James Stout
England Jonathan Larken
England Tom Billings
England Richard Owen
5-0 (games)
2021 Queen's Club
New York Club
England Tom Billings
England Richard Owen
England James Stout
England Jonathan Larken
5-1 (games)
2023 Tennis and Racquet Club
Tennis and Racquet Club
England Tom Billings
England Richard Owen
England Mike Bailey
England Benjamin Cawston
6-5 (games)

Women's Doubles Champions

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Year Venue/s Winner Runner-Up Scores
2020 Crowthorne, England England Tara Lumley
England India Deakin
France Lea van der Zwalmen
England Louisa Gengler-Saint
3-1
2023 London, England France Lea van der Zwalmen
England Cesca Sweet
England Claire Fahey
England Tara Lumley
3-0

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome". Tennis & Racquets Association.
  2. ^ "WORLD SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). Tennis & Racquets Association.
  3. ^ "World Doubles Chamspionship" (PDF). Tennis & Racquets Association.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l ""Rackets." Times [London, England] 5 Apr. 1913". Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ ""Racquets." Times [London, England] 28 Apr. 1887". Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ ""Racquets." Times [London, England] 3 May 1888". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ a b ""Racquets." Times [London, England] 18 Oct. 1897". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ ""Racquets." Times [London, England] 29 Nov. 1897". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ ""Racquets." Times [London, England] 14 Apr. 1902". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ ""Racquets." Times [London, England] 22 Apr. 1903". Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ ""Racquets." Times [London, England] 1 May 1911". Times Digital Archive.
  12. ^ ""Rackets." Times [London, England] 11 Dec. 1922". Times Digital Archive.
  13. ^ "A CORRESPONDENT. "Rackets." Times [London, England] 6 Dec. 1935". Times Digital Archive.
  14. ^ ""Rackets." Times [London, England] 18 Jan. 1937". Times Digital Archive.
  15. ^ "OUR RACKETS CORRESPONDENT. "Rackets." Times [London, England] 12 Apr. 1937". Times Digital Archive.
  16. ^ "Our Special Correspondent. "Rackets." Times [London, England] 26 Apr. 1947". Times Digital Archive.