Winners
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Semi-finalists | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Alliance European Match Play Championship | ||||
| 1979 | Des Smyth | Nick Price | Antonio Garrido, Carl Mason | Fulford Golf Club |
| Sun Alliance Match Play Championship | ||||
| 1978 | Mark James | Neil Coles | Sam Torrance, Manuel Piñero | Dalmahoy Country Club |
| 1977 | Hugh Baiocchi | Brian Huggett | Neil Coles, Christy O'Connor Jnr | Stoke Poges Golf Club |
| 1976 | Brian Barnes | Craig Defoy | John O'Leary, Simon Hobday | Kings Norton Golf Club |
| 1975 | Eddie Polland | Peter Butler | Dale Hayes, Ronnie Shade | Lindrick Golf Club |
| Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship | ||||
| 1974 | Jack Newton | Cesar Sanudo | Neil Coles, David Jagger | Downfield Golf Club |
| 1973 | Neil Coles | Doug McClelland | Peter Wilcock, Hedley Muscroft | Hillside Golf Club |
| 1972 | John Garner | Neil Coles | Ronnie Shade, Dave Stockton | Moor Park Golf Club |
| 1971 | No tournament | |||
| Long John Scotch Whisky Match Play Championship | ||||
| 1970 | Tommy Horton | Ronnie Shade | Bobby Walker, Roberto Bernardini | Moor Park Golf Club |
| News of the World Match Play | ||||
| 1969 | Maurice Bembridge | Dai Rees | Brian Huggett, David Talbot | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1968 | Brian Huggett | John Panton | Neil Coles, James Martin | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1967 | Peter Thomson | Dai Rees | Max Faulkner, Neil Coles | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1966 | Peter Thomson | Neil Coles | Alex King, Peter Alliss | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1965 | Neil Coles | Lionel Platts | Christy Greene, Tony Jacklin | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1964 | Neil Coles | Peter Butler | Max Faulkner, Hedley Muscroft | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1963 | Dave Thomas | John Macdonald | George Will, I Wright | Turnberry |
| 1962 | Eric Brown | E Whitehead | Dave Thomas, Tony Fisher | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1961 | Peter Thomson | Ralph Moffitt | Neil Coles, Bernard Hunt | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1960 | Eric Brown | Harry Weetman | Tom Haliburton, Dave Thomas | Turnberry |
| 1959 | David Snell | Harry Weetman | Norman Sutton, Dave Thomas | Royal Birkdale Golf Club |
| 1958 | Harry Weetman | Bernard Hunt | Christy O'Connor Snr, Alex Fox | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1957 | Christy O'Connor Snr | Tom Haliburton | Harry Bradshaw, Eric Brown | Turnberry |
| 1956 | John Panton | Harry Weetman | Ken Bousfield, Ralph Mills | Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake |
| 1955 | Ken Bousfield | Eric Brown | Arthur Lees, Frank Jowle | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1954 | Peter Thomson | John Fallon | Frank Jowle, Norman Sutton | St Andrews Links |
| 1953 | Max Faulkner | Dai Rees | John Jacobs, Fred Daly | Ganton Golf Club |
| 1952 | Fred Daly | Flory Van Donck | John Panton, George Johnson | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1951 | Harry Weetman | Jimmy Adams | Alan Waters, Sam King | Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake |
| 1950 | Dai Rees | Frank Jowle | Ken Bousfield, Henry Cotton | Carnoustie Golf Links |
| 1949 | Dai Rees | Henry Cotton | Sam King, Lloyd Mangrum | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1948 | Fred Daly | Laurie Ayton | Sam King, Charlie Ward | Royal Birkdale Golf Club |
| 1947 | Fred Daly | Flory Van Donck | Charlie Ward, Henry Cotton | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club |
| 1946 | Henry Cotton | Jimmy Adams | Bobby Locke, Dick Burton | Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake |
| 1945 | Reg Horne | Percy Alliss | Reg Knight, TE Odams | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1941-44 | No tournament due to World War II | |||
| 1940 | Henry Cotton | Alf Padgham | RG French, Arthur Lacey | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club |
| 1939 | No tournament | |||
| 1938 | Dai Rees | Eddie Whitcombe | Arthur Havers, Laurie Ayton | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1937 | Percy Alliss | Jimmy Adams | Don Curtis, Charles Whitcombe | Stoke Poges Golf Club |
| 1936 | Dai Rees | Ernest Whitcombe | Percy Alliss, JJ Taylor | Oxhey Park Golf Club |
| 1935 | Alf Padgham | Percy Alliss | Dick Burton, Reg Whitcombe | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club |
| 1934 | JJ Busson | Charles Whitcombe | AE Chevalier, Reg Whitcombe | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1933 | Percy Alliss | Mark Seymour | Ernest Whitcombe, Archie Compston | Purley Downs Golf Club |
| 1932 | Henry Cotton | Alf Perry | Arthur Lacey, JH Jolly | Moor Park Golf Club |
| 1931 | Alf Padgham | Mark Seymour | Charlie Ward, CW Thomson | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club |
| 1930 | Charles Whitcombe | Henry Cotton | Abe Mitchell, Syd Easterbrook | Oxhey Park Golf Club |
| 1929 | Abe Mitchell | Philip Rodgers | Archie Compston, Alfred Beck | Wentworth Club |
| 1928 | Charles Whitcombe | Henry Cotton | JJ Taylor, Herbert Jolly | Stoke Poges Golf Club |
| 1927 | Archie Compston | James Braid | Tom Williamson, Ernest Whitcombe | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1926 | Sandy Herd | Jack Bloxham | Reg Wilson, WH Ball | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club |
| 1925 | Archie Compston | George Gadd | George Duncan, Len Holland | Moor Park Golf Club |
| 1924 | Ernest Whitcombe | George Gadd | Sandy Herd, Thomas Barber | Royal St George's Golf Club |
| 1923 | Reg Wilson | Thomas Renouf | Abe Mitchell, Tom Williamson | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1922 | George Gadd | Fred Leach | Ernest Whitcombe, Charles Johns | Sunningdale Golf Club |
| 1921 | Bert Seymour | JW Gaudin | Ted Ray, C Wingate | Oxhey Park Golf Club |
| 1920 | Abe Mitchell | Josh Taylor | Bert Seymour, Len Holland | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club |
| 1919 | Abe Mitchell | George Duncan | Peter Rainford, Fred Robson | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1914-18 | No tournament due to World War I | |||
| 1913 | George Duncan | James Braid | Reg Wilson, Willie Watt | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1912 | Harry Vardon | Ted Ray | Reg Wilson, Harry Cawsey | Sunningdale Golf Club |
| 1911 | James Braid | Ted Ray | Tom Williamson, Harry Vardon | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1910 | James Sherlock | George Duncan | Eric Bannister, Cyril Hughes | Sunningdale Golf Club |
| 1909 | Tom Ball | Sandy Herd | Harry Vardon, James Hepburn | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1908 | J.H. Taylor | Fred Robson | Charles Mayo, James Sherlock | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club |
| 1907 | James Braid | J.H. Taylor | Ted Ray, Harry Vardon | Sunningdale Golf Club |
| 1906 | Sandy Herd | Charles Mayo | George Duncan, Rowland Jones | Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) |
| 1905 | James Braid | Tom Vardon | Rowland Jones, Arthur Mitchell | Walton Heath Golf Club |
| 1904 | J.H. Taylor | Alfred Toogood | James Hepburn, Sandy Herd | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club |
| 1903 | James Braid | Ted Ray | J.H. Taylor, George Coburn | Sunningdale Golf Club |
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