Middle States Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1885 |
Abolished | 1977 (men) 2005 (women) |
Editions | 93 (men) 121 (women) |
Location | Hoboken (1885-88, 91) Philadelphia (1920-50,53,58,60-68) Rochester (1890) South Orange (1892, 96,99, 1900-1916, 1918-19) Mountain Station (1893-95,97) Staten island (1917) |
Surface | outdoor (grass) |
The Middle States Championships also known as the Middle States Sectional Championships or Championship of the Middle States was regional level tournament held at various locations from 1885 to 1968. [1] [2] [3]
The spring Championship of the Middle States were first staged at the St George's Cricket Club, Hoboken, New Jersey on 9 June 1885. [4] The first winner of the men's singles event was Richard D. Sears. [5] The tournament was classified as a regional championship by the United States Lawn Tennis Association until 1900 when they started to be referred to as sectional championships (a geographic, competitive term, but nothing to do with how they are governed. [6]
Year | Location | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1885 | Hoboken | Richard Dudley Sears | Howard Taylor | 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 |
1886 | Hoboken | Robert Livingston Beeckman | William Edward Glyn | 1–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–8, 6–1 |
1887 | Hoboken | Robert Livingston Beeckman (2) | Howard Taylor | 6–3, 8–6, 6–4 |
1888 | Hoboken | Edward Peale MacMullen | Robert Livingston Beeckman | 6–0, 6–4, 0–6, 8–6 |
1889 | Hoboken | Howard Taylor | Clarence Hobart | 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |
1890 | Rochester | Howard Taylor (2) | Albert Empie Wright | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
1891 | Hoboken | Charles Edward Sands | Howard Taylor | w.o. |
1892 | South Orange | Richard W. Stevens | Charles Edward Sands | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 |
1893 | Mountain Station | Richard W. Stevens (2) | Arthur Ellsworth Foote | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 |
1894 [7] | Mountain Station | Bill Larned | Richard W. Stevens (3) | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
1895 [7] | Mountain Station | Bill Larned (2) | John Howland | 15–13, 8–6, 6–4 |
1896 | South Orange | Clarence Hobart | Bill Larned | ? |
1897 [7] | Mountain Station | Bill Larned (3) | Clarence Hobart | w.o. |
1899 [7] | South Orange | Bill Larned (4) | Malcolm Whitman | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
1900 | South Orange | Malcolm Whitman (2) | Dwight F. Davis | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
1906 [7] | South Orange | Bill Larned (5) | ? | ? |
1907 [7] | South Orange | Bill Larned (6) | Raymond D. Little | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
1908 | South Orange | Edward Larned | Bill Larned | w.o. |
1909 | South Orange | Edward Larned (2) | Wallace F. Johnson | 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 |
1918 | South Orange | Walter Merrill Hall | Roosevelt Pell | 6–3, 6–2, 6–0 |
1919 | South Orange | Walter Merrill Hall (2) | Leonard A. Beekman | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
1920 | Philadelphia | Wallace F. Johnson | Kenneth D. Fisher | 6–4, 6–3, 6–1 |
1921 | Philadelphia | Carl Fischer | Philip Bovier Hawk | 1–6, 6–4, 12–10, 0–6, 6–3 |
1922 | Philadelphia | Carl Fischer (2) | ? | ? |
1923 | Philadelphia | Wallace F. Johnson (2) | Carl Fischer | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
1924 | Philadelphia | Wallace F. Johnson (3) | Wallace Wendell Scott | ? |
1925 | Philadelphia | Fritz Mercur | Edward M. Mann | 7–5, 3–6, 8–6 |
1926 | Philadelphia | Bill Tilden | Manuel Alonso de Areyzaga | 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
1927 | Philadelphia | Manuel Alonso de Areyzaga | Cranston William Holman | 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
1935 | Pittsburgh | Gilbert A. Hunt | Guy Cheng | 6–8, 6–0, 7–5 |
1936 | Pittsburgh | Barnie Walsh | Arthur Hendrix | 3–6, 4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
1937 | Philadelphia | Julius Heldman | Robert Harman | 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 6–2 |
1939 | Bethesda | Barnie Walsh (2) | Hugh J. Lynch | 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 |
1943 | Philadelphia | James Brink | Gene Garrett | 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 |
1945 | Richmond | Jimmy Evert | Bren Macken | 6–1, 6–0, 6–1 |
Year | Location | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1890 | Rochester | Mabel Cahill | ? | ? |
1891 | Hoboken | Mabel Cahill (2) | Emma Leavitt-Morgan | 7–5, 7–5 |
1892 | South Orange | Mabel Cahill (3) | Augusta Schultz | 6–1, 6–1 |
1893 | Mountain Station | Mabel Cahill (4) | Helena Hellwig | 6–1, 6–1 |
1894 | Mountain Station | Juliette Atkinson | Helena Hellwig | 6–8, 6–4, 7–5, 8–10, 6–3 |
1896 | South Orange | Elisabeth Moore | Juliette Atkinson | 6–4, 4–6, 2–1, retired |
1901 | South Orange | Juliette Atkinson (2) | Margaret Johnson | 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 7–5, 6–3 |
1902 | South Orange | Maud Banks | Marion Jones | 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
1903 | South Orange | Carrie Neely | Marion Jones | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
1904 | South Orange | May Sutton | Carrie Neely | 6–1, 6–1 |
1905 | South Orange | Carrie Neely (2) | Alice Day | 6–1, 6–2 |
1906 | South Orange | Helen Homans | Alice Day | 6–0, 6–2 |
1907 | South Orange | Carrie Neely (3) | Marie Wagner | 6–4, 6–3 |
1908 | South Orange | Carrie Neely (4) | Marie Wagner | w.o. |
1909 | South Orange | Louise Hammond | Augusta Bradley Chapman | 6–3, 6–4 |
1910 | South Orange | Louise Hammond (2) | Carrie Neely | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
1911 | South Orange | Hazel Hotchkiss | Louise Hammond Raymond | 6–2, 6–2 |
1912 | South Orange | Edythe Parker Beard | Polly Sheldon | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
1913 | South Orange | Edith Rotch | Alice Day Beard | 7–5, 6–1 |
1914 | South Orange | Louise Hammond Raymond (3) | Edith Rotch | 6–2 6–3 |
1915 | South Orange | Molla Bjurstedt | Ina Kissel | 6–1, 6–3 |
1916 | South Orange | Ina Kissel | Grace Moore LeRoy | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
1917 | Staten Island | Patricia Butlin Hitchins | Helen Gilleaudeau | 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
1918 | South Orange | Adelaide Browning Green | Natalie Browning | 6–2, 4–6, 6–0 |
1919 | South Orange | Helene Pollak | Florence Ballin | 6–1. 7–5 |
1920 | Philadelphia | Ida Wilson Huff | Edith Kurtz Newhall | 6–2, 6–3 |
1921 | Philadelphia | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2) | Edith Sigourney | 6–0, 6–3 |
1922 | Philadelphia | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) | Marion Zinderstein Jessup | 6–1, 6–1 |
1923 | Philadelphia | Eleanor Goss | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | 7–5 4–6 6–3 |
1924 | Philadelphia | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4) | Anne Townsend | 6–1 6–0 |
1925 | Philadelphia | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (5) | Marion Zinderstein Jessup | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
1926 | Philadelphia | Elizabeth Ryan | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | 6–3, 6–2 |
1927 | Philadelphia | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6) | Kea Bouman | 6–4, 6–4 |
1928 | Philadelphia | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (7) | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | 6–3, 11–9 |
1929 | Philadelphia | Virginia Hilleary | Sarah Neilson Madeira | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
1930 | Philadelphia | Virginia Hilleary (2) | Dorothy Andrus | 6–1, 6–4 |
1931 | Philadelphia | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Joan Ridley | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
1932 | Philadelphia | Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2) | Joan Ridley | 6–1, 6–2 |
1933 | Philadelphia | Joan Ridley | Alice Francis | 6–1, 6–2 |
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