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Mid-Kent Open Championships

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Mid-Kent Open Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1881; 143 years ago (1881)
Abolished1927; 97 years ago (1927)
LocationMaidstone, Kent, England
VenueMaidstone Athletic Ground
SurfaceGrass

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

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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

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Men's singles

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(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.

Womens Singles

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Incomplete Roll
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Mid-Kent Championships
1895 United Kingdom Nora Hreen England Mrs Blackett 7-5, 5-3 retired
1897 England M. Stonham England Miss Rennick 6-1, 6-2
1898 England Hilda Lane England M. Stonham 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
1899 England Hilda Lane (2) England Alice Greene 6-4, 7-5
1900 England Hilda Lane (3) England Connie Wilson 9-7, 6-3
1901 England Connie Wilson England Alice Greene 6-4, 6-3
1902 United Kingdom Edith Jane Bromfield United Kingdom Mildred Coles 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1903 United Kingdom Mildred Coles United Kingdom Miss Tootell 7-5, 6-3
1904 United Kingdom Mildred Coles (2) United Kingdom Mabel Bramwell Squire 4-6, 4-0 retired.
1905 United Kingdom Miss Tootell United Kingdom Mildred Coles 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
1906 United Kingdom Ruth Pennington-Legh Winch England Hilda Lane 6-3, 6-0
1907 United Kingdom Agnes Morton United States Helen Harper 6-0, 6-0
1908 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (2) England E.L. Bosworth 6-1, 6-1
1909 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury United Kingdom Geraldine Ramsey 6-4, 6-3
1910 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (2) United States Helen Harper 2-6, 6-0, 6-0
1911 United Kingdom Mildred Coles (3) Australia Orea Moustaka Beatty 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
1912 United Kingdom Vera Spofforth United Kingdom Mrs A.A. Hall 7-5. 6-4
1913 United Kingdom Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite United Kingdom Norah Lattey 6-0, 6-0
1914 United Kingdom Mildred Coles (4) Australia Orea Moustaka Beatty w.o.
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
Mid-Kent Open Championships
1919 United Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'Neill United Kingdom Lavinia Radeglia 6-8, 7–5, 6-4
1920 United Kingdom Lucy Scott Harker United Kingdom M. Towler 7-5, 8-6
1921 United Kingdom Miss Belchamber United Kingdom M. Scott ?
1922 United Kingdom L. Toller United Kingdom M. Scott 6-3, 8-6
1923 United Kingdom Winifred MacClellan United Kingdom D. Keays def
1924 United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft United Kingdom Mrs Wilkin 6-3, 6-1
1926 United Kingdom Ruth Foulger Landale United Kingdom Madie Pearson 6-1, 6-2
1927 United Kingdom Cecily Hartley Marriott United Kingdom Mrs E.M. MacLeod 6-4, 6-3

References

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  1. ^ a b "MAIDSTONE TOURNAMENT. In the lawn tennis tournament at Maidstone. the Mid-Ken Open Championships was won by the Rev. Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken the holder of the Cup. who beat Guy Oscar Jameson, 6-4. 6-1. 6-1. while the ladies' singles championship was won by Ruth Foulger Landale" (Subscription). Reynolds's Newspaper. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 4 July 1926. p. 22. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ "MAIDSTONE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament took place at Sandling Place Place, Maidstone yesterday" (Subscription). The Field. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 September 1881. p. 36. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Advertisements: MAIDSTONE OPEN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT MID KENT CHAMPIONSHIPS SANCTIONED BY THE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THE MAIDSTONE ATHLETIC GROUND" (Subscription). The Bystander. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 22 June 1910. p. 68. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  4. ^ Reynolds's Newspaper
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Tournament – Mid-Kent Championships - Maidstone". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. ^ Reynolds's Newspaper. British Newspaper Archive. 4 July 1926. p.22.
  7. ^ "Brig Oscar Jameson (Daily Telegraph, 6th April 1989)" (PDF). Standford, United States: Stanford University. Retrieved 23 February 2023.