# Middlesex Championships

The Middlesex Championships. or Middlesex Lawn Tennis Championships and also known as the Middlesex Open Tennis Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis founded at the Chiswick Park Lawn Tennis Club,Chiswick Park, Chiswick, Middlesex, Great Britain in 1884 and known as the Chiswick Park Club Open Lawn Tennis Tournament during the early editions of the event. The tournament was staged annually until 1949.

## History

In 1883 William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire decided to lease some of his land, with a low annual ground rent for the residents Chiswick who wanted to establish a sports club. This new sports ground staged bowls, cricket, football, and lawn tennis. In Chiswick Park Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club was formed and established a Middlesex County Championship tennis tournament. The championships were usually held annually at the end of July through to the third week August. In 1887 "Challenge Cups" were presented to the winners of the men's and women's singles events. In 1893 the scheduling of the tournament was altered to start at the end of May through to early June.
The Chiswick Park Lawn Tennis Club continued to stage the annual Championship of Middlesex, making the venue second only to Wimbledon in importance. In 1925 the land lease arrangement came to end due it expiring, however by this point the former tennis and cricket clubs had by this point formed into a business entity the Chiswick Cricket and Lawn Tennis Company. The tournament was not held during World War One and was postponed again in 1939 following the outbreak of World War Two. In 1946 the tournaments grounds were issued with a compulsory purchase by Brentford and Chiswick Urban District Council. After this tournament staged only three more times for the men's events, the women's events ended in 1946. The Middlesex Championships ran for 59 years, and was quite successful in attracting attract top players to four championships until 1949 when it was abolished.
Notable winners of the men's singles included Charles Walder Grinstead (1884), Ernest Wool Lewis (1886–1890, 1892), Athar-Ali Fyzee, (1921), Henry Mayes (1926) Daniel Prenn (1935), Czeslaw Spychala (1946) and Ghaus Mohammad (1947). Previous women's singles champions included Maud Shackle (1891–1893), Edith Austin Greville (1894, 1905), Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (1926) and Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1938).

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
| 1884 | Charles Walder Grinstead | Donald Charles Stewart | 6-1, 4–6, 12–10, 6–3. |
| 1885 | Herbert Chipp | Donald Charles Stewart | 7-5, 7–5, 6–3. |
| 1886 | Harry Grove | Edward Lake Williams | 6-3, 6–2, 6–3. |
| 1887 | Ernest Wool Lewis | Ernest George Meers | 7-5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3. |
| 1888 | Ernest Wool Lewis (2) | Ernest George Meers | 6-2, 6–2, 6–2. |
| 1889 | Ernest Wool Lewis (3) | Harry S. Barlow | 6-3, 6–3, 8–6. |
| 1890 | Ernest Wool Lewis (4) | Harold Mahony | 6-1, 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1891 | Ernest George Meers | Ernest Wool Lewis | w.o. |
| 1892 | Ernest Wool Lewis (5) | Ernest George Meers | 6-3, 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1893 | Harold Mahony | Ernest Wool Lewis | w.o. |
| 1894 | Harry S. Barlow | Harold Mahony | 3-6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–1. |
| 1895 | Harry S. Barlow (2) | George Greville | 6-4, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2. |
| 1896 | Harold Mahony | Harry S. Barlow | w.o. |
| 1897 | George Greville | Harold Mahony | 6-4, 10–8, 5–7, 1–6, 6–1. |
| 1898 | Harold Mahony (2) | George Greville | 4-6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–2. |
| 1899 | Harold Mahony (3) | George Greville | 5-7, 2–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4. |
| 1900 | Harold Mahony (4) | Arthur Gore | 6-2, 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1901 | George Greville (2) | Harold Mahony | 7-5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3. |
| 1902 | George Greville (3) | Roderick McNair | 6-2, 6–0, 6–2. |
| 1903 | Harold Mahony (5) | Brame Hillyard | 3-6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3. |
| 1904 | Harold Mahony (6) | Frederick William Payn | 3-6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4. |
| 1905 | George Miéville Simond | Henry Pollard | 9-7, 3–6, 10–8. |
| 1906 | Major Ritchie | George Miéville Simond | 6-1, 6–2, 6–4. |
| 1907 | Major Ritchie (2) | Granville Gilbert Sharp | 6-3, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1. |
| 1908 | Major Ritchie (3) | Sydney Harman Adams | 6-4, 6–1, 6–1. |
| 1909 | Charles P. Dixon | Percival Davson | 6-4, 7–5, 6–3. |
| 1910 | Major Ritchie (4) | George Alan Thomas | 7-5, 6–0, 6–0. |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1919 | Louis Bosman Raymond | Brian Norton | 6-2, 6–1, 6–2. |
| edition 1920 | Randolph Lycett | Major Ritchie | 6-1, 9–7, 6–8, 6–3. |
| 1921 | Athar-Ali Fyzee | Frank Hunter | 4-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–4. |
| 1922 | Randolph Lycett (2) | Brian Gilbert | 6-2, 6–2, 6–2. |
| 1923 | Brian Norton | Donald Greig | 8-6, 6–2. |
| 1924 | Pat Spence | Louis Raymond | 6-2, 6–3. |
| 1925 | Noel Turnbull | Teddy Higgs | 6-1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4. |
| 1926 | Henry Mayes | Pat Hughes | 8-6, 10–8, 6–1. |
| 1927 | Jack Hillyard | Frank Crosbie | 6-3, 6–3. |
| 1928 | Randolph Lycett (2) | Pat Spence | 2-6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–4. |
| 1929 | William Powell | Ryuki Miki | 6-1, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1. |
| 1930 | Fred Perry | Atri Madan Mohan | 7-5, 6–0. |
| 1931 | Ted Avory | William Powell | 6-4, 6–3. |
| 1932 | Kenneth Dower | David H. Williams | 6-3, 6–8, 6–2. |
| 1933 | Iwao Aoki | Pat Spence | 3-6, 7–5, 6–2. |
| 1934 | Frank Wilde | Colin Ritchie | 6-4, 6–3. |
| 1935 | Daniel Prenn | George Lyttleton-Rogers | 6-4, 6–3. |
| 1936 | David Jones | Jimmy Jones | 6-4, 6–2. |
| 1937 | Jimmy Jones | Murray Deloford | 6-1, 6–1. |
| 1938 | Choy Wai-Chuen | Eric Filby | 6-2, 6–4. |
| 1939 | Choy Wai-Chuen (2) | Eric Filby | 6-4, 6–4. |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) |
| 1946 | Czeslaw Spychala | Choy Wai-Chuen | 6-8, 6–2, 6–4. |
| 1947 | Ghaus Mohammed Khan | Howard Walton | 6-2, 6–2. |
| 1948 | Tim Lewis | Bernard Crouch | 6-1, 6–3. |
| 1949 | Headley Baxter | Cliff Hovell | 6-1, 7–5. |

### Women's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
| 1884 | Blanche Bingley | Miss Wing | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1885 | Edith Gurney | Blanche Bingley | 1-6, 7–5, 6–0, retd. |
| 1886 | Miss Douglas | May Jacks | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1887 | D. Patterson | Edith Gurney | 6-0, 4–6, 7-5 |
| 1888 | Blanche Hillyard (2) | D. Patterson | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1889 | Mary Steedman | Bertha Steedman | 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1890 | Mary Steedman (2) | May Jacks | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1891 | Maud Shackle | Edith Austin | 6-0, 6-1 |
| 1892 | Maud Shackle (2) | Edith Austin | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1893 | Maud Shackle (3) | Edith Austin | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1894 | Edith Austin | A. Brown | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1895 | Charlotte Cooper | Edith Austin | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1896 | Charlotte Cooper (2) | Edith Austin | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1897 | Charlotte Cooper (3) | Edith Austin | 1-6, 6–4, 6-4 |
| 1898 | Charlotte Cooper (4) | Edith Austin | 6-3, 3–6, 7-5 |
| 1899 | Edith Austin (2) | Charlotte Cooper | 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1900 | Charlotte Cooper (5) | Edith Austin Greville | 6-3, 9-7 |
| 1901 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (6) | Toupie Lowther | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1902 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (7) | Edith Bromfield | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1903 | Dorothea Douglass | Edith Bromfield | 6-4, 9-7 |
| 1904 | Dorothea Douglass (2) | Charlotte Cooper Sterry | 4-6, 6–1, 6-3 |
| 1905 | Edith Austin Greville (3) | Mabel Squire | 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1906 | Dorothea Douglass (3) | Charlotte Cooper Sterry | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1907 | Dorothea Chambers (4) | Maud Brown | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1908 | Dorothea Chambers (5) | Alice Greene | 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1909 | Beryl Tulloch | Agnes Daniell Tuckey | 6-3, 4–6, 7-5 |
| 1910 | Dorothea Chambers (6) | M. Messom | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1911 | Dorothea Chambers (7) | Mabel Parton | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1912 | Dorothy Holman | Mabel Squire Parton | 6-2, 4–6, 7-5 |
| 1913 | Dorothea Chambers (8) | Dora Boothby | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1914 | Dorothea Chambers (9) | Aurea Edgington | walkover |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1919 | Elizabeth Ryan | Geraldine Beamish | 6-2, 4–6, 6-4 |
| 1920 | Elizabeth Ryan (2) | Dorothea Chambers | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1921 | Elizabeth Ryan (3) | Geraldine Beamish | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1922 | Irene Bowder Peacock | Geraldine Beamish | 6-1, 1–6, 6-2 |
| 1923 | Kathleen McKane | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1924 | Kathleen McKane (2) | Elizabeth Ryan | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1925 | Elizabeth Ryan (4) | Geraldine Beamish | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1926 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | Gwen Sterry | 6-3, 1–6, 6-1 |
| 1927 | Elizabeth Ryan (5) | Joan Fry | 6-0, 4–6, 6-2 |
| 1928 | Ermyntrude Harvey | Madge Valantine List | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1929 | Peggy Saunders Michell | Margaret McKane Stocks | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1930 | Betty Nuthall | Jenny Sandison | 9-7, 6-3 |
| 1931 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Peggy Saunders Michell | 9-7, 6-2 |
| 1932 | Nancy Lyle | Irene Bowder Peacock | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1933 | Violet Chamberlain Owen | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1934 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2) | Joan Ridley | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1935 | Susan Noel | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 6-1, 8-6 |
| 1936 | Mary Hardwick | Nancy Lyle | 4-6, 7–5, 7-5 |
| 1937 | Anita Lizana | Alice Marble | 9-7, 9-7 |
| 1938 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | Dorothy Bundy | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1939 | Jean Saunders | A. Cardinall | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1946 | Women's event (discontinued) | Women's event (discontinued) | Women's event (discontinued) |

## Tournament records
### Men

Source:
* Most singles titles: Harold Mahony (6)
* Most singles finals: Harold Mahony (10)
* Most consecutive singles titles: Ernest Wool Lewis (4)

### Women

* Most singles titles: Dorothea Chambers (9)
* Most singles finals: Edith Austin Greville (11)
* Most consecutive singles titles: Charlotte Cooper (4)