Midland Counties Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Midland Counties Championships
TourPre open era
Founded1882
Abolished1977
Editions72
LocationEdgbaston
Birmingham
Great Britain
VenueEdgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club

The Midland Counties Championships [1] also known as the Midland International was a grass court tennis tournament held at Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston, Great Britain from 1881 to 1977.

History

The first unofficial championship was established in 1881 at the Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston near Birmingham, England as part of the Edgbaston Open Tournament. In 1882 the Midland Counties Challenge Cup became a separate event and ran for seventy two editions until 1977. The event featured both men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions [1] and was classified as an open tournament.[2]

Finals

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) [3] in some tournaments not all.

Men's singles

Included:[4][5] (Incomplete roll) Notes: * This edition was part of the Edgbaston Open Tournament.

Year Champion Runner-up Score
Midland Counties Challenge Cup
1881 *United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Walter ChamberlainUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland F.S. Goodwin6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Midland Counties Championship
1882United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland R. W. SmithUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Reston Brewerton2 sets to 1
1884United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Walter Chamberlain (2)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern Deykin6-3, 2-6, 10-8, 6-1
1885United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Conway J MorganUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Walter Chamberlain6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-2, 9-7
1886United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank NoonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Conway J Morgan6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1887[6]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern DeykinUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank Noon6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1888[7]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry ScrivenerUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern Deykin6-2, 6-0, 9-7
1889[8]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern Deykin (2)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harold Weston Carlton2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
1890United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Redfern Deykin (3)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Guy Nadin0-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1891United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James BaldwinUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry S, Barlow6-3, 7-9, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
1892United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry S, BarlowUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Tom Chaytor6-4, 6-1
1893United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George HillyardUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Guy Nadin6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1894United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard (2)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland R A Bennett6-4, 6-2, 6-1
1895United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard (3)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith6-4, 8-6, 4-6, 6-1
1896United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard SmithUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Henry Ridding6-3, 8-6
1897United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (2)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard6-2, 6-3, 8-6
1898United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (3)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard4-6, 9-7, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
1899United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilberforce EavesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest D Black8-6, 6-2
1900United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (4)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard6-2, 6-3, 7-5
1901United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (5)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilberforce Eaves6-3, 6-1
1902United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (6)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank Riseley6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1903United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (7)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Josiah Ritchie5-7, 7-5, 7-5, 6-2
1904United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (8)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilberforce Eaves6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1905United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith (9)Australia Norman Brookes15-13, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1906United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Mycroft BoucherUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilberforce Eaves6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
1907United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Mycroft Boucher (2)Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke6-2, 8-10, 6-3, 9-7
1908United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John Mycroft Boucher (3)Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1909Australia Stanley DoustRepublic of Ireland James Cecil Parke6-2, 6-0
1910Republic of Ireland James Cecil ParkeAustralia Stanley Doust9-7, 6-3, 6-2
1911United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur LoweRepublic of Ireland James Cecil Parke2-6, 6-3, 6-2 [5]
1912Australia Stanley Doust (2)South Africa Charles L Wilmslow6-4, 6-0, 6-1
1913Australia Stanley Doust (3)Denmark Erik Larsen6-1, 6-3
1914United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alfred BeamishUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William L Clements6-1, 9-7, 2-6, 6-0
1915/1918men's event not held due to World War I
1919Australia Stanley DoustAustralia Pat O'Hara Wood6-4, 6-4
1920United States Bill TildenUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Chales L Wilmslow6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
1921South Africa Brian NortonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank Lorymer Riseley8-6, 6-0, 6-0
1922United Kingdom Gordon Francis LoweUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland N M Greeg6-2 6-2 6-2
1923British Raj Hassan Ali FyzeeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Donald Greig6-2 6-4
1924United Kingdom Jack M HillyardUnited Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1925United Kingdom John Brian GilbertSwitzerland Hector Fisher4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1926Switzerland Hector FisherUnited Kingdom Jack M Hillyard6-1, 9-7, 5-7, 6-1
1927United Kingdom Bunny AustinUnited Kingdom Keats Lester6-1, 6-3
1928British Raj Mohammed SleemUnited Kingdom Keats Lester4-6, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0
1929United Kingdom William Henry PowellUnited Kingdom Jack Lysaght6-1, 6-2
1930United Kingdom Keats LesterJapan Ryuki Miki6-3, 6-3
1931Japan Jiro SatohUnited Kingdom Herman David7-5, 6-4
1932United Kingdom John OlliffFrance Antoine Gentien1-6, 6-4, 2-0, retired.
1933Japan Ryuki MikiUnited Kingdom Keats Lester6-4, 6-2
1934United Kingdom Keats Lester (2)France Antoine Gentien4-6, 6-3, 6-3
1935Australia Vivian McGrathSouth Africa Walter Musgrove8-6, 6-2
1936New Zealand Cam MalfroyNew Zealand Alan StedmanWEA
1937Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-KieUnited Kingdom Herman David6-4, 6-3
1938Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo PunčecRepublic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie6-3, 2-6, 7-5
1939United Kingdom Donald ButlerUnited Kingdom Herman David3-3, unfinished
1940/1945men's event not held due to World War II
1946Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-KieArgentina Enrique Morea6-2, 1-6, 6-3
1947Romania Constantin TănăsescuAustralia Jack Crawford6-1, 8-6, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3
1948Philippines Felicisimo AmponPhilippines Raymundo Deyro6-2, 6-3
1949United Kingdom Tony MottramChile Ricardo Balbiers6-3, 9-7
1950Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýHong Kong Koon-Hong Ip6-2, 6-2
1951Australia Don CandyIndia Naresh Kumar6-4, 6-2
1952South Africa Owen Gordon WilliamsSouth Africa Trevor Fancutt6-4, 6-2
1953South Africa William Russell SeymourUnited Kingdom Tony Mottram8-6, 7-5
1954Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (2)United Kingdom Roger Becker6-0, 6-3
1955Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (3)United States Arthur Larsen7-5, 4-6, 6-4
1956South Africa Trevor FancuttUnited Kingdom Mike Davies7-5, 6-3, 6-4
1957United States Budge PattyChile Luis Ayala7-5, 3-6, 6-1
1959United Kingdom K F BuswellUnited Kingdom Robert M Powell7-5, 8-6
1960United Kingdom Bobby WilsonBrazil Ivo Ribeiro6-0, 6-2
1962United Kingdom Roger BeckerNew Zealand Ian Crookenden6-3, 3-6, 6-3
1963Australia Roy EmersonMexico Rafael Osuna4-6, 6-3, 7-5
1964Australia Fred StolleUnited Kingdom Billy Knight3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1965United Kingdom Billy KnightUnited Kingdom Bobby Wilson7-5, 6-3
1966[9]United Kingdom Roy W. DixonUnited Kingdom Keith Bland6-2, 6-3
1967[10]United Kingdom Roy W. Dixon (2)United Kingdom Keith Bland6-4, 4-6, 7-5
1968United Kingdom Roy W. Dixon (3)United Kingdom Peter Breed3-6, 6-3, 6-2
  Open era  
Bio-Strath Edgbaston
1970 [11]Rhodesia Andrew PattisonAustralia Peter Doerner6-4, 6-4
Midland Counties Championship
1973United Kingdom Roy W. Dixon (4)United Kingdom Martin Ladbrooke7-6, 6-2
1974United Kingdom Peter R. BreedUnited Kingdom Alan G. Purnell7-6, 6-4
1975Australia Hugh ThomsonEcuador Ricardo Ycaza7-6, 6-3
1976United States Peter PiersonIndia Nimish Desai6-2, 6-4
1977Japan Sochio KatoUnited Kingdom Mike Newberry6-0, 6-4

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
Midland Counties Championships
1881England Maud WatsonEngland Lilian Watson?
1882England Constance Langley SmithEngland Miss Heaton6-2, 6-1
1883England Miss HuttonEngland L. Sanders6-5 ,8-6
1884England Edith NoonEngland Miss Richardson6-3, 8-6, 6-3
1885United Kingdom Margaret BracewellUnited Kingdom Mary Steedman6-3, 6-2
1886United Kingdom Blanche BingleyEngland Lilian Watson6-0, 6-2
1887United Kingdom Margaret Bracewell (2)England Florence Mardall6-0, 4-6, 7-5
1888United Kingdom Margaret Bracewell (3)England Florence Mardall7-5, 6-1
1889event not held
1890United Kingdom L. JohnstoneUnited Kingdom Ethel Taylor Valentin6-2, 5-6, 6-4
1891United Kingdom Alice Simpson PickeringUnited Kingdom Mrs Wills6-1, 6-3
1892United Kingdom Edith LonghurstUnited Kingdom Winifred Longhurstdivided prizes
1893United Kingdom D. MorganUnited Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard12-10, retd.
1894women's event handicap only
1895United Kingdom Winifred LonghurstUnited Kingdom C. Jones4-6, 6-4, 7-5
1896United Kingdom Bertha SteedmanUnited Kingdom Katherine Grey6-4, 6-2
1897United Kingdom Ruth DyasUnited Kingdom Alice Simpson Pickering8-6, 3-6, 6-3
1898United Kingdom Blanche Bingley HillyardUnited Kingdom Maude Garfit6-3, 6-1
1899United Kingdom Charlotte CooperUnited Kingdom Ruth Dyas Durlacher3-6, 6-4, 8-6
1900United Kingdom Muriel RobbUnited Kingdom Constance Hill6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1901United Kingdom Ruth Dyas Durlacher (2)United Kingdom Maude Garfit6-4, 6-4
1902United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst (2)United Kingdom Muriel Robb7-5, 7-5
1903United Kingdom Ethel ThomsonUnited Kingdom Gertrude Provis Houselander6-4, 6-2
1904United Kingdom Connie WilsonUnited Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard6-3, 6-3
1905United Kingdom Connie Wilson (2)United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass7-5, 6-4
1906United Kingdom Connie Wilson (3)United Kingdom Alice Greene6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1907United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper SterryUnited Kingdom Alice Greene6-3 ,9-7
1908United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2)United Kingdom Edith Boucher6-3, 6-0
1909United Kingdom Helen AitchisonUnited Kingdom Agnes Tuckey6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1910United Kingdom Dora BoothbyUnited Kingdom Helen Aitchison7-5, 7-5
1911United Kingdom Edith HannamUnited KingdomDora Boothby6-4, 2-6, 7-5
1912United Kingdom Edith Hannam (2)United Kingdom Ethel Thomson Larcombe2-6, 6-4, 7-5
1913United Kingdom Edith Hannam (3)United States Elizabeth Ryan6-4, 6-0
1914United Kingdom Winifred McNairUnited Kingdom Helen Aitchison4-6, 6-3, 9-7
1915/1918women's event not held due to World War I
1919United Kingdom Ethel Thomson LarcombeUnited Kingdom Winifred McNair4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1920United Kingdom Dorothy ShepherdUnited Kingdom Lesley Cadle8-6, 7-5
1921United Kingdom Geraldine BeamishUnited Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd8-6, 6-2
1922United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish (2)United Kingdom M. Fergus6-1, 6-1
1923United Kingdom Jessie Russell ColegateUnited Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd Barron10-8, 2-6, 6-4
1924United States Elizabeth RyanUnited Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6-2, 6-4
1925United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteUnited Kingdom Gwen Sterry6-1, 6-0
1926United Kingdom Ermyntrude HarveyUnited Kingdom Joan Fry2-6, 6-4, 6-3
1927United Kingdom Jessie Russell Colegate (2)United Kingdom Mary McIlquham6-2, 6-1
1928United Kingdom Naomi TrenthamUnited Kingdom Gwen Sterry3-6, 9-7, 9-7
1929United Kingdom Dorothy RoundUnited Kingdom Joan Fry6-1, 6-4
1930United Kingdom Naomi Trentham (2)United Kingdom Mary McIlquham6-1, 1-6, 7-5
1931Switzerland Lolette PayotUnited Kingdom Mary Heeley6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1932Germany Marie-Louise HornUnited Kingdom Freda James6-2, 6-3
1933United Kingdom Olga WebbGermany Marie-Louise Horn6-4, 6-4
1934Hungary Countess Gabriela SzaparyUnited Kingdom E. Woodhall6-3, 4-6, 6-1
1935Poland Jadwiga JędrzejowskaChile Anita Lizana3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1936Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (2)Germany Irmgard Rost6-3 6-3
1937United Kingdom Mary HeeleyChile Anita Lizana0-6, 6-4, 6-3
1938United Kingdom Mary HardwickFrance Simonne Mathieu7-5, 6-1
1939United Kingdom Freda James HammersleyFrance Simonne Mathieudivided prizes
1940/1945women's event not held due to World War II
1946United Kingdom Joan CurryPoland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska7-5 6-3
1947United Kingdom Joan Curry (2)United Kingdom Elsie Hamilton Phillips6-3, 6-0
1948United Kingdom Barbara KnappUnited Kingdom Dorothy Round Little7-5, 6-0
1949Argentina Mary Terán de WeissUnited Kingdom Joy Gannon9-7, 6-3
1950United States Nancy ChaffeeUnited Kingdom Rita Jarvis Anderson6-0, 6-2
1951United States Doris HartUnited States Shirley Fry4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1952United States Doris Hart (2)United States Shirley Fry7-5, 3-6, 9-7
1953Bermuda Heather Nicholls BrewerUnited Kingdom Billie Woodgate6-4, 6-1
1954Bermuda Heather Nicholls Brewer (2)United Kingdom Joan Curry6-3, 3-6, 6-4
1955South Africa Hazel Redick-SmithAustralia Beryl Penrose11-9, 2-6, 11-9
1956United Kingdom Angela MortimerAustralia Jenny Staley Hoad6-2, 4-6, 6-0
1957United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (2)Brazil Maria Helena Amorim6-1, 6-1
1958women's event cancelled
1959United Kingdom Hazel CheadleUnited Kingdom Miss Bishop6-4, 8-6
1960United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (3)Australia Margaret Hellyer6-0, 6-1
1961United Kingdom Barbara KnappRhodesia Jennifer Gail Morris6-0, 6-3
1962United Kingdom Rita BentleyUnited Kingdom Ann Haydondivided title
1963South Africa Renée SchuurmanUnited Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones8-6, 6-4
1964Australia Jan LehaneUnited Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones7-5, 6-1
1965Australia Margaret SmithUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade6-3, 4-6, 7-5
1968United Kingdom Sue TuttUnited Kingdom Hazel Cheadle6-4, 6-3
  Open era  
1969United Kingdom Janice MacFarlaneUnited Kingdom Kate Tillin6-2, 6-4
Bio-Strath Edgbaston
1970Australia Sandra WalshamArgentina Beatriz Araujo1-6, 7-5, 6-1
Midland Counties Championships
1973United Kingdom Hazel CheadleUnited Kingdom Mrs P. Reynolds3-6, 6-2, 7-5
1974United Kingdom C. AitkenUnited Kingdom Hazel Cheadle7-6, 6-3
1975United Kingdom Ann Haydon JonesNetherlands Inge Korsten6-0, 6-1
1976Netherlands Inge KorstenUnited Kingdom Janice Wainwright4-6, 6-1, 6-3
1977United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones (2)United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth6-4, 6-4
For the successor women's event see Edgbaston Cup

References

  1. 1 2 Myers, A. Wallis (1903). "Edgabston". Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York, USA: Scribner's sons. pp. 66–68.
  2. Cole, Matt. "At The Heart of the Game: The History of Edgbaston Priory Club" (PDF). edgbastonpriory.com. Edgbaston Priory Club. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". EVENING POST. 20 March 1922. Retrieved 29 July 2018 via Papers Past.
  4. Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – Midland Counties Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Friesland, Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 Morris, James; Hegedus, Tomas (2013). "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". www.stevegtennis.com. stevegtennis. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. "LAWN TENNIS NOTES: J. R. Deykin became the holder of the Midland Counties Championship for the third time and the second year in succession". Sheffield Independent. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 July 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. Sheffield Independent (1890) p.6.
  8. Sheffield Independent (1890) p.6.
  9. "TENNIS FINAL: The Warwickshire tennis champion. Roy Dixon, will meet his county colleague, Keith Bland, in a repeat of last year's men's singles fnal he won last year in the Midland Counties championships at Edgbaston today". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 15 July 1967. p. 39. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  10. "LAWN TENNIS: Two Midland events for Roy Dixon: Roy Dixon (Warwickshirel won two events in the Midland Counties championships at Edfbaston. In the men's singles final he beat his county colleague Keith Bland 6-4, 4-6, 7-5". Birmingham Daily Post. Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 21. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  11. Barrett, John (1971) World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook pp.260-271

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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