Mid-Kent Open Championships
Tennis tournament
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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.
| Mid-Kent Open Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Abolished | 1927 |
| Location | Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Venue | Maidstone Athletic Ground |
| Surface | Grass |
History
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
Men's singles
(incomplete roll) included:[5]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone Tournament | |||||
| 1881 |  Richard Mercer |  Mr. Stited | w.o.[5] | ||
| 1883 | Randall Mercer (2) | Harold Sweetenham | 6–3, 6–5, 6–4 | ||
| Mid-Kent Championships | |||||
| 1897 | Hugh Marley | Charles Gladstone Allen | 6-4, 6–2, 2–6, 1–6, 6-3[5] | ||
| 1900 | Roy Allen | Reginald Arthur Gamble | 6-4, 6–2, 6-1[5] | ||
| 1904 | Roy Allen (2) | George Lawrence Orme | 6-2 6-4[5] | ||
| 1905 |  Harry Alabaster Parker | Charles Gladstone Allen | w.o.[5] | ||
| 1906 | Edward Lyell Bristow | Ernest Taylor Annett | 6-4, 6–0, 7-5[5] | ||
| 1907 | Alfred Ernest Beamish | Roy Allen | 6-3, 4–6, 8-6[5] | ||
| 1908 |  Otto Froitzheim |  Robert Powell | 4-6, 6–1, 6-4[5] | ||
| 1909 | Alfred Ernest Beamish (2) | Ernest Taylor Annett | 6-2, 6-2[5] | ||
| 1910 | Alfred Ernest Beamish (3) | Allan Campbell Pearson | 6-1, 6-1[5] | ||
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | ||||
| Mid-Kent Open Championships | |||||
| 1919 | John Cecil Masterman | G.N. Thompson | 2-6, 6-0, 7-5[5] | ||
| 1920 | Lawrence Francis Davin | John Cecil Masterman | 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4[5] | ||
| 1925.[1] | Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken | ? | ? | ||
| 1926.[6] | Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken (2) | Guy Oscar Jameson[7] | 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. | ||
Women's Singles
- Incomplete Roll
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Kent Championships | |||||
| 1895 | Nora Hreen | Mrs Blackett | 7-5, 5-3 retired | ||
| 1897 | M. Stonham | Miss Rennick | 6-1, 6-2 | ||
| 1898 | Hilda Lane | M. Stonham | 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 | ||
| 1899 | Hilda Lane (2) | Alice Greene | 6-4, 7-5 | ||
| 1900 | Hilda Lane (3) | Connie Wilson | 9-7, 6-3 | ||
| 1901 | Connie Wilson | Alice Greene | 6-4, 6-3 | ||
| 1902 | Edith Jane Bromfield | Mildred Coles | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 | ||
| 1903 | Mildred Coles | Miss Tootell | 7-5, 6-3 | ||
| 1904 | Mildred Coles (2) | Mabel Bramwell Squire | 4-6, 4-0 retired. | ||
| 1905 | Miss Tootell | Mildred Coles | 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 | ||
| 1906 | Ruth Pennington-Legh Winch | Hilda Lane | 6-3, 6-0 | ||
| 1907 | Agnes Morton |  Helen Harper | 6-0, 6-0 | ||
| 1908 | Agnes Morton (2) | E.L. Bosworth | 6-1, 6-1 | ||
| 1909 | Rosamund Salusbury | Geraldine Ramsey | 6-4, 6-3 | ||
| 1910 | Rosamund Salusbury (2) | Helen Harper | 2-6, 6-0, 6-0 | ||
| 1911 | Mildred Coles (3) |  Orea Moustaka Beatty | 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 | ||
| 1912 | Vera Spofforth | Mrs A.A. Hall | 7-5. 6-4 | ||
| 1913 | Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite | Norah Lattey | 6-0, 6-0 | ||
| 1914 | Mildred Coles (4) | Orea Moustaka Beatty | w.o. | ||
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | ||||
| Mid-Kent Open Championships | |||||
| 1919 | Madeline Fisher O'Neill | Lavinia Radeglia | 6-8, 7–5, 6-4 | ||
| 1920 | Lucy Scott Harker | M. Towler | 7-5, 8-6 | ||
| 1921 | Miss Belchamber | M. Scott | ? | ||
| 1922 | L. Toller | M. Scott | 6-3, 8-6 | ||
| 1923 | Winifred MacClellan | D. Keays | def | ||
| 1924 | Phoebe Holcroft | Mrs Wilkin | 6-3, 6-1 | ||
| 1926 | Ruth Foulger Landale | Madie Pearson | 6-1, 6-2 | ||
| 1927 | Cecily Hartley Marriott | Mrs E.M. MacLeod | 6-4, 6-3 | ||