# Mid-Kent Open Championships

The Mid-Kent Open Championships 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. 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.

## 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. The championship and ran until 1927.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| Maidstone Tournament ||||
| 1881 | Richard Mercer | Mr. Stited | w.o. |
| 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 |
| 1900 | Roy Allen | Reginald Arthur Gamble | 6-4, 6–2, 6-1 |
| 1904 | Roy Allen (2) | George Lawrence Orme | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1905 | Harry Alabaster Parker | Charles Gladstone Allen | w.o. |
| 1906 | Edward Lyell Bristow | Ernest Taylor Annett | 6-4, 6–0, 7-5 |
| 1907 | Alfred Ernest Beamish | Roy Allen | 6-3, 4–6, 8-6 |
| 1908 | Otto Froitzheim | Robert Powell | 4-6, 6–1, 6-4 |
| 1909 | Alfred Ernest Beamish (2) | Ernest Taylor Annett | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1910 | Alfred Ernest Beamish (3) | Allan Campbell Pearson | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) |
| Mid-Kent Open Championships ||||
| 1919 | John Cecil Masterman | G.N. Thompson | 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 |
| 1920 | Lawrence Francis Davin | John Cecil Masterman | 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 |
| 1925. | Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken | ? | ? |
| 1926. | Wilfrid Hay MacDowall Aitken (2) | Guy Oscar Jameson | 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. |

### Womens 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) | Not held (due to world war one) | 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 |