Mid-Kent Open Championships
| Mid-Kent Open Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Abolished | 1927 |
| Location | Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Venue | Maidstone Athletic Ground |
| Surface | Grass |
The Mid-Kent Open Championships[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881, as a men only event called the Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament.[2] The first staging of this event was at the Maidstone Athletic Ground, Sandling Place, Maidstone, Kent, England before it was discontinued after only one season. In 1894 a new Maidstone Open lawn tennis tournament was revived that featured the Mid-Kent Championships, this event ran until 1927.
History
[edit | edit source]In 1881, a Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament was first staged at the Maidstone, Athletic Ground, Maidstone, Kent, England. The first winner of the men's singles was Britain's Richard Mercer. In 1894, a Maidstone Open tournament was revived, that featured the Mid-Kent Championships that was sanctioned by the Lawn Tennis Association.[3] The championship and ran until 1927.[4]
Finals
[edit | edit source]Men's singles
[edit | edit source](incomplete roll) included:[5]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone Tournament | |||||
| 1881 | United Kingdom Richard Mercer | England Mr. Stited | w.o.[5] | ||
| 1883 | United Kingdom Randall Mercer (2) | United Kingdom Harold Sweetenham | 6–3, 6–5, 6–4 | ||
| Mid-Kent Championships | |||||
| 1897 | England Hugh Marley | United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen | 6-4, 6–2, 2–6, 1–6, 6-3[5] | ||
| 1900 | United Kingdom Roy Allen | United Kingdom Reginald Arthur Gamble | 6-4, 6–2, 6-1[5] | ||
| 1904 | United Kingdom Roy Allen (2) | United Kingdom George Lawrence Orme | 6-2 6-4[5] | ||
| 1905 | New Zealand Harry Alabaster Parker | United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen | w.o.[5] | ||
| 1906 | United Kingdom Edward Lyell Bristow | United Kingdom Ernest Taylor Annett | 6-4, 6–0, 7-5[5] | ||
| 1907 | United Kingdom Alfred Ernest Beamish | United Kingdom Roy Allen | 6-3, 4–6, 8-6[5] | ||
| 1908 | Germany Otto Froitzheim | Canada Robert Powell | 4-6, 6–1, 6-4[5] | ||
| 1909 | United Kingdom Alfred Ernest Beamish (2) | United Kingdom Ernest Taylor Annett | 6-2, 6-2[5] | ||
| 1910 | United Kingdom Alfred Ernest Beamish (3) | United Kingdom Allan Campbell Pearson | 6-1, 6-1[5] | ||
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | ||||
| Mid-Kent Open Championships | |||||
| 1919 | United Kingdom John Cecil Masterman | United Kingdom G.N. Thompson | 2-6, 6-0, 7-5[5] | ||
| 1920 | United Kingdom Lawrence Francis Davin | United Kingdom John Cecil Masterman | 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4[5] | ||
| 1925.[1] | United Kingdom Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken | ? | ? | ||
| 1926.[6] | United Kingdom Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken (2) | United Kingdom Guy Oscar Jameson[7] | 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. | ||
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Women's Singles
[edit | edit source]- Incomplete Roll
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References
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- ^ Reynolds's Newspaper
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- ^ Reynolds's Newspaper. British Newspaper Archive. 4 July 1926. p.22.
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