Midland Counties Championships

Midland Counties Championships
Defunct tennisturnering
Event namn Midland Counties Championships
Turné Före öppen era
Grundad 1882
Avskaffas 1977
Upplagor 85
Plats

Edgbaston Birmingham Storbritannien
Mötesplats Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club

Midland Counties Championships var en tennisturnering på gräsplan som hölls på Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston , Storbritannien från 1882 till 1977.

Historia

Turneringen etablerades 1882 på Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston nära Birmingham, England och pågick i sjuttiotre upplagor fram till 1977. Evenemanget innehöll både herr- och damsingel-, dubbel- och mixeddubbeltävlingar och klassades som en öppen turnering .

Mästare

Anmärkningar: Utmaningsrunda : Den sista omgången av en turnering, där vinnaren av en fas med singeleliminering möter föregående års mästare, som bara spelar den ena matchen. Utmaningsrundan användes i tennisens tidiga historia (från 1877 till 1921) i vissa turneringar, inte alla.

Herrsingel

Ingår:

År Mästare Tvåan Göra
1882 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandRW Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGeorge Reston Brewerton 2 set till 1
1884 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWalter Chamberlain United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Redfern Deykin 6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1
1885 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandConway J Morgan United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWW Chamberlain 6-4 2-6 2-6 6-2 9-7
1886 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFrank Noon United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandConway J Morgan 6-4 6-2 6-4
1887 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Redfern Deykin United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFrank Noon 6-4 6-4 6-2
1888 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandHarry Stanley Scrivener United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Redfern Deykin 6-2 6-0 9-7
1889 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Redfern Deykin United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandHarold Weston Carlton 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4
1890 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Redfern Deykin United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandHenry Guy Nadin 0-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
1891 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJames Baldwin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry S, Barlow 6-3 7-9 3-6 6-2 6-1
1892 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Harry S, Barlow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Tom Chaytor 6-4 6-1
1893 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandHenry Guy Nadin 6-3 6-1 6-3
1894 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandRA Bennett 6-4 6-2 6-1
1895 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith 6-4 8-6 4-6 6-1
1896 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandCharles Henry Ridding 6-3 8-6
1897 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard 6-2 6-3 8-6
1898 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard 4-6 9-7 6-4 1-6 6-2
1899 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWilberforce Eaves United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ernest D Black 8-6 6-2
1900 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Hillyard 6-2 6-3 7-5
1901 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilberforce Eaves 6-3 6-1
1902 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank Riseley 6-4 6-3 6-4
1903 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Josiah Ritchie 5-7 7-5 7-5 6-2
1904 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilberforce Eaves 6-4 6-3 6-2
1905 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith Australia Norman Brookes 15-13 6-4 4-6 6-4
1906 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Mycroft Boucher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wilberforce Eaves 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-3
1907 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Mycroft Boucher Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke 6-2 8-10 6-3 9-7
1908 United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Mycroft Boucher Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke 6-2 6-3 6-2
1909 Australia Stanley Doust Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke 6-2 6-0
1910 Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke Australia Stanley Doust 9-7 6-3 6-2
1911 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Lowe Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke 2-6 6-3 6-2
1912 Australia Stanley Doust South AfricaCharles L Wilmslow 6-4 6-0 6-1
1913 Australia Stanley Doust Denmark Erik Larsen 6-1 6-3
1914 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alfred Beamish United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWilliam L Clements 6-1 9-7 2-6 6-0
1919 Australia Stanley Doust Australia Pat O'Hara Wood 6-4 6-4
1920 United States Bill Tilden United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandChales L Wilmslow 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4
1921 South Africa Brian Norton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frank Lorymer Riseley 8-6 6-0 6-0
1922 United Kingdom Gordon Francis Lowe United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandNM Greeg 6-2 6-2 6-2
1923 British Raj Hassan Ali Fyzee United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Donald Greig 6-2 6-4
1924 United Kingdom Jack M Hillyard United Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees 6-4 7-5 6-4
1925 United Kingdom John Brian Gilbert Switzerland Hector Fisher 4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-3
1926 Switzerland Hector Fisher United Kingdom Jack M Hillyard 6-1 9-7 5-7 6-1
1927 United Kingdom Bunny Austin United Kingdom Keats Lester 6-1 6-3
1928 British RajMohammed Sleem United Kingdom Keats Lester 4-6 6-1 6-0 6-0
1929 United KingdomWilliam Henry Powell United Kingdom Jack Lysaght 6-1 6-2
1930 United Kingdom Keats Lester Japan Ryuki Miki 6-3 6-3
1931 Japan Jiro Satoh United Kingdom Herman David 7-5 6-4
1932 United Kingdom John Olliff France Antoine Gentien 1-6 6-4 2-0 avgick.
1933 Japan Ryuki Miki United Kingdom Keats Lester 6-4 6-2
1934 United Kingdom Keats Lester France Antoine Gentien 4-6 6-3 6-3
1935 Australia Vivian McGrath South AfricaWalter Musgrove 8-6 6-2
1936 New Zealand Cam Malfroy New Zealand Alan Stedman WEA
1937 Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie United Kingdom Herman David 6-4 6-3
1938 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie 6-3 2-6 7-5
1939 United Kingdom Donald Butler United Kingdom Herman David 3-3 oavslutade
1946 Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie ArgentinaEnrique Morea 6-2 1-6 6-3
1947 RomaniaConstantin Tanacescu Australia Jack Crawford 6-1 8-6 3-6 1-6 6-3
1948 Philippines Felicisimo Ampon Philippines Raymundo Deyro 6-2 6-3
1949 United Kingdom Tony Mottram Chile Ricardo Balbiers 6-3 9-7
1950 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný Hong KongKoon-Hong Ip 6-2 6-2
1951 Australia Don Candy IndiaNaresh Kumar 6-4 6-2
1952 South AfricaOwen Gordon Williams South Africa Trevor Fancutt 6-4 6-2
1953 South AfricaWilliam Russell Seymour United Kingdom Tony Mottram 8-6 7-5
1954 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný United Kingdom Roger Becker 6-0 6-3
1955 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný United States Arthur Larsen 7-5 4-6 6-4
1956 South Africa Trevor Fancutt United Kingdom Mike Davis 7-5 6-3 6-4
1957 United States Budge Patty Chile Luis Ayala 7-5 3-6 6-1
1959 United KingdomKF Buswell United KingdomRobert M Powell 7-5 8-6
1960 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson BrazilIvo Ribeiro 6-0 6-2
1962 United Kingdom Roger Becker New Zealand Ian Crookenden 6-3 3-6 6-3
1963 Australia Roy Emerson Mexico Rafael Osuna 4-6 6-3 7-5
1964 Australia Fred Stolle United Kingdom Billy Knight 3-6 6-3 6-2
1965 United Kingdom Billy Knight United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 7-5 6-3
Öppen era
1968 AustraliaRoy W. Dixon United KingdomPeter Breed 3-6 6-3 6-2
1976 United StatesPeter Pierson IndiaNimish Desai 6-2, 6-4
1977 Japan Sochio Kato United KingdomMike Newberry 6-0, 6-4

Källor

  • "Abolation av utmaningsrundor". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. KVÄLLPOST, VOLYM CIII, NUMMER 65, 20 MARS 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 hemma och utomlands. New York, USA: Scribners söner.
  • Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Turnering – Midland Counties Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Friesland, Nederländerna: Tennisarkiv.

Vidare läsning

  • Ayres Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide , 1908 till 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
  • British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 till 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, Storbritannien.
  • Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack och turneringsguide , GP Hughes, 1939 till 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, Storbritannien
  • Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine , 1906 till 1973, Storbritannien.
  • Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia , Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
  • Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals från 1885 till 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
  • The World of Tennis Annuals , Barrett John, 1970 till 2001.

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