A temporary patent on this hourglass-shaped court was granted to him in February 1874, which he never renewed when it expired in 1877.

Wingfield claimed that he had invented his version of the game for the amusement of his guests at a weekend garden party on his estate of Nantclwyd Hall, in Llanelidan, North Wales in 1874.

[24] In 1903 the format annual inter-club competition was changed to a club league system.

[25] In 1905 a revived South Wales and Monmouthshire Championships was established this time held at Newport.

[28] In 1922 Llanelli LTC established the Carmarthenshire Championships that was part of the ILTF Circuit until 1982.

[31] During World War II most official records of the Welsh LTA were lost.

Despite protests, the Centre was closed at short notice by its operator Virgin Active, and its future remains in doubt.

[8] Tennis Wales is governed by a board of directors who review, monitor and support the strategic direction of the organisation via the chief executive.