The North Wales Championships were originally founded as the Vale of Clwyd CLTC Open Tournament in 1881.
[1] In 1883 that tournament became known as the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup until 1884 when it was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup until 1886.
[3] In 1883 at what was then, the third edition of the event, the club inaugurated the North Wales Counties Challenge Cup for men at Denbigh.
[4] In 1884 the tournament was renamed as the North Wales Challenge Cup.
[5] In 1891 the Criccieth Lawn Tennis Club (formally established in 1892)[6] at Criccieth revived the North Wales Challenge Cup as the North Wales Championships,[7] that ran until 1939.