Mid-Kent Open Championships

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; 144 years ago (1881)
Abolished	1927; 98 years ago (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