Midland Counties Championships

The Midland Counties Championships [1] was a grass court tennis tournament held at Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston, Great Britain from 1881 to 1965.

Midland Counties Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Midland Counties Championships
TourPre open era
Founded1881
Abolished1965
Editions73
LocationEdgbaston
Birmingham
Great Britain
VenueEdgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club

History

The tournament was established in 1881 at the Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston near Birmingham, England and ran for seventy three editions until 1965. The event featured both men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions [2] and was classified as an open tournament. [3]

Champions

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [4] in some tournaments not all.

Men's Singles

Included: [5][6]

YearChampionRunner UpScore
1881 Walter Chamberlain F S Goodwin6-3 6-1 6-4
1882 G R Brewerton John Redfern Deykin6-8 6-4 6-0 6-2
1883 Charles Walder Grinstead Edward Lake Williams6-3 6-3
1884 Walter Chamberlain John Redfern Deykin6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1
1885 Conway J Morgan W W Chamberlain6-4 2-6 2-6 6-2 9-7
1886 Frank Noon Conway J Morgan6-4 6-2 6-4
1887John Redfern Deykin Frank Noon6-4 6-4 6-2
1888 Harry Stanley Scrivener John Redfern Deykin6-2 6-0 9-7
1889 John Redfern Deykin Harold Weston Carlton2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4
1890 John Redfern Deykin Henry Guy Nadin0-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
1891 R A Bennett John Redfern Deykin6-3 6-3 4-6 9-7
1892 Henry Guy Nadin G F Goodman6-2 6-2 6-2
1893 George Hillyard Henry Guy Nadin6-3 6-1 6-3
1894 George Hillyard R A Bennett6-4 6-2 6-1
1895 George Hillyard Sydney Howard Smith6-4 8-6 4-6 6-1
1896 Sydney Howard Smith Charles Henry Ridding6-3 8-6
1897 Sydney Howard Smith George Hillyard6-2 6-3 8-6
1898 Sydney Howard Smith George Hillyard4-6 9-7 6-4 1-6 6-2
1899Wilberforce Eaves Ernest D Black8-6 6-2
1900 Sydney Howard Smith George Hillyard6-2 6-3 7-5
1901 Sydney Howard Smith Wilberforce Eaves6-3 6-1
1902 Sydney Howard Smith Frank Riseley6-4 6-3 6-4
1903 Sydney Howard Smith Josiah Ritchie5-7 7-5 7-5 6-2
1904 Sydney Howard Smith Wilberforce Eaves6-4 6-3 6-2
1905 Sydney Howard Smith Norman Brookes15-13 6-4 4-6 6-4
1906 John Mycroft Boucher Wilberforce Eaves6-4 3-6 6-4 6-3
1907John Mycroft Boucher James Cecil Parke6-2 8-10 6-3 9-7
1908 John Mycroft Boucher James Cecil Parke6-2 6-3 6-2
1909 Stanley Doust James Cecil Parke6-2 6-0
1910 James Cecil Parke Stanley Doust9-7 6-3 6-2
1911 Arthur Lowe James Cecil Parke2-6 6-3 6-2 [6]
1912 Stanley Doust Charles L Wilmslow6-4 6-0 6-1
1913 Stanley Doust Erik Larsen6-1 6-3
1914 Alfred Beamish William L Clements6-1 9-7 2-6 6-0
1919 Stanley Doust Pat O'Hara Wood6-4 6-4
1920 Bill Tilden Chales L Wilmslow6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4
1921 Brian Norton Frank Lorymer Riseley8-6 6-0 6-0
1922 Gordon Francis Lowe N M Greeg6-2 6-2 6-2
1923 Hassan Ali Fyzee Donald McN Greig6-2 6-4
1924 Jack M Hillyard Gordon Crole-Rees6-4 7-5 6-4
1925 John Brian Gilbert Hector Fisher4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-3
1926 Hector Fisher Jack M Hillyard6-1 9-7 5-7 6-1
1927 Bunny Austin Keats Lester6-1 6-3
1928 Mohammed Sleem Keats Lester4-6 6-1 6-0 6-0
1929 William Henry Powell Jack Lysaght6-1 6-2
1930 Keats Lester Ryuki Miki6-3 6-3
1931 Jiro Satoh Herman David7-5 6-4
1932 John Olliff Antoine Gentien1-6 6-4 2-0 retired.
1933 Ryuki Miki Keats Lester6-4 6-2
1934 Keats Lester Antoine Gentien4-6 6-3 6-3
1935 Vivian McGrath Walter Musgrove8-6 6-2
1936 Cam Malfroy Alan SteadmanWEA
1937 Kho Sin-Kie Herman David6-4 6-3
1938 Franjo Puncec Kho Sin-Kie6-3 2-6 7-5
1939 Donald Butler Herman David3-3 unfinished
1946 Kho Sin-Kie Enrique Morea6-2 1-6 6-3
1947 Constantin Tanacescu Jack Crawford6-1 8-6 3-6 1-6 6-3
1948 Felicisimo Ampon Raymundo Deyro6-2 6-3
1949 Tony Mottram Ricardo Balbiers6-3 9-7
1950 Jaroslav Drobny Koon-Hong Ip6-2 6-2
1951 Don Candy Naresh Kumar6-4 6-2
1952 Owen Gordon Williams Trevor Fancutt6-4 6-2
1953 William Russell Seymour Tony Mottram8-6 7-5
1954 Jaroslav Drobny Roger Becker6-0 6-3
1955 Jaroslav Drobny Arthur Larsen7-5 4-6 6-4
1956 Trevor Fancutt Mike Davies7-5 6-3 6-4
1957 Budge Patty Luis Ayala7-5 3-6 6-1
1959 K F Buswell Robert M Powell7-5 8-6
1960 Bobby Wilson Ivo Ribeiro6-0 6-2
1962 Roger Becker Ian Crookenden6-3 3-6 6-3
1963 Roy Emerson Rafael Osuna4-6 6-3 7-5
1964 Fred Stolle Billy Knight3-6 6-3 6-2
1965 Billy Knight Bobby Wilson7-5 6-3
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References
  1. Myers, A. Wallis (1903). "Edgabston". Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York, USA: Scribner's sons. pp. 66–68.
  2. Myers, A. Wallis (1903). "Edgabston". Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York, USA: Scribner's sons. pp. 66–68.
  3. Cole, Matt. "At The Heart of the Game: The History of Edgbaston Priory Club" (PDF). edgbastonpriory.com. Edgbaston Priory Club. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – Midland Counties Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Friesland, Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. Morris, James; Hegedus, Tomas (2013). "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". www.stevegtennis.com. stevegtennis. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

Sources
  • "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922.
  • Cole, Matt. (2012) "At The Heart of the Game: The History of Edgbaston Priory Club" (PDF). edgbastonpriory.com. Edgbaston Priory Club.
  • Myers, A. Wallis (1903). "Edgabston". Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York, USA: Scribner's sons.
  • Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – Midland Counties Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Friesland, Netherlands: Tennis Archives.

Further reading
  • Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
  • British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK.
  • Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
  • Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK.
  • Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
  • Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
  • The World of Tennis Annuals , Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.
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