The Mid-Kent Open Championships 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. 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 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. The championship and ran until 1927.Reynolds's Newspaper
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) included: YearWinnerRunner-upScoreMaidstone Tournament1881 Richard Mercer Mr. Stitedw.o.1883 Randall Mercer (2) Harold Sweetenham6–3, 6–5, 6–4 Mid-Kent Championships1897 Hugh Marley Charles Gladstone Allen6-4, 6–2, 2–6, 1–6, 6-31900 Roy Allen Reginald Arthur Gamble6-4, 6–2, 6-11904 Roy Allen (2) George Lawrence Orme6-2 6-41905 Harry Alabaster Parker Charles Gladstone Allenw.o.1906 Edward Lyell Bristow Ernest Taylor Annett6-4, 6–0, 7-51907 Alfred Ernest Beamish Roy Allen6-3, 4–6, 8-61908 Otto Froitzheim Robert Powell4-6, 6–1, 6-41909 Alfred Ernest Beamish (2) Ernest Taylor Annett6-2, 6-21910 Alfred Ernest Beamish (3) Allan Campbell Pearson6-1, 6-11915/1918Not held (due to world war one)Mid-Kent Open Championships1919 John Cecil Masterman G.N. Thompson2-6, 6-0, 7-51920 Lawrence Francis Davin John Cecil Masterman6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 1-6, 6-41925. Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken??1926.Reynolds's Newspaper. British Newspaper Archive. 4 July 1926. p.22. Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken (2) Guy Oscar Jameson6-4, 6-1, 6-1.
Women's Singles Incomplete Roll YearWinnerRunner-upScoreMid-Kent Championships1895 Nora Hreen Mrs Blackett 7-5, 5-3 retired 1897 M. Stonham Miss Rennick 6-1, 6-21898 Hilda Lane M. Stonham3-6, 7-5, 6-21899 Hilda Lane (2) Alice Greene6-4, 7-51900 Hilda Lane (3) Connie Wilson9-7, 6-31901 Connie Wilson Alice Greene6-4, 6-31902 Edith Jane Bromfield Mildred Coles4-6, 6-4, 6-3 1903 Mildred Coles Miss Tootell 7-5, 6-3 1904 Mildred Coles (2) Mabel Bramwell Squire4-6, 4-0 retired.1905 Miss Tootell Mildred Coles1-6, 6-1, 6-41906 Ruth Pennington-Legh Winch Hilda Lane 6-3, 6-01907 Agnes Morton Helen Harper6-0, 6-01908 Agnes Morton (2) E.L. Bosworth6-1, 6-11909 Rosamund Salusbury Geraldine Ramsey6-4, 6-31910 Rosamund Salusbury (2) Helen Harper2-6, 6-0, 6-01911 Mildred Coles (3) Orea Moustaka Beatty5-7, 6-1, 6-31912 Vera Spofforth Mrs A.A. Hall7-5. 6-41913 Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite Norah Lattey6-0, 6-01914 Mildred Coles (4) Orea Moustaka Beattyw.o.1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)Mid-Kent Open Championships1919 Madeline Fisher O'Neill Lavinia Radeglia6-8, 7–5, 6-41920 Lucy Scott Harker M. Towler 7-5, 8-6 1921 Miss Belchamber M. Scott?1922 L. Toller M. Scott6-3, 8-61923 Winifred MacClellan D. Keaysdef1924 Phoebe Holcroft Mrs Wilkin6-3, 6-11926 Ruth Foulger Landale Madie Pearson6-1, 6-21927 Cecily Hartley Marriott Mrs E.M. MacLeod6-4, 6-3
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