Tournament

Midland Counties Championships

The Midland Counties Championships 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 and was classified as an open tournament.

TypeAmateur
CountryEngland

Editions

edition 1977 - Grass -

edition 1976 - Unknown -

edition 1975 - Grass -

edition 1974 - Grass -

edition 1973 - Grass -

edition 1969 - Grass -

edition 1968 - Grass -

edition 1965 - Grass -

William Arthur (Billy) Knight

edition 1964 - Grass -

Frederick Sidney (Fred) Stolle

edition 1963 - Grass -

Roy Stanley Emerson

edition 1962 - Grass -

edition 1960 - Grass -

Robert Keith (Bobby) Wilson

edition 1959 - Grass -

edition 1957 - Grass -

Jesse Edward (Budge) Patty

edition 1956 - Grass -

Trevor Thomas Fancutt

edition 1955 - Grass -

Jaroslav Drobny

edition 1954 - Grass -

Jaroslav Drobny

edition 1953 - Grass -

William (Russell) Seymour

edition 1952 - Grass -

Owen Gordon Williams

edition 1951 - Grass -

Donald William (Don) Candy

edition 1950 - Grass -

Jaroslav Drobny

edition 1949 - Grass -

Anthony John (Tony) Mottram

edition 1948 - Grass -

Felicisimo Hermoso Ampon

edition 1947 - Grass -

Constantin Tanacescu (Tanasescu)

edition 1946 - Grass -

edition 1939 - Grass -

edition 1938 - Grass -

Franjo Puncec (Punčec)

edition 1937 - Grass -

edition 1936 - Grass -

edition 1935 - Grass -

Vivian Erzerum Bede (Viv) McGrath

edition 1934 - Grass -

Horace Keats Lester

edition 1933 - Grass -

Tatsuyoshi (Ryuki) Miki

edition 1932 - Grass -

John Sheldon Olliff

edition 1931 - Grass -

edition 1930 - Grass -

Horace Keats Lester

edition 1929 - Grass -

William Henry Powell

edition 1928 - Grass -

edition 1927 - Grass -

Henry William (Bunny) Austin

edition 1926 - Grass -

Hector Cosmo Fisher

edition 1925 - Grass -

John (Brian) Gilbert

edition 1924 - Grass -

Jack Montagu Hillyard

edition 1923 - Grass -

Athar Ali Fyzee

edition 1922 - Grass -

Francis Gordon Lowe

edition 1921 - Grass -

Brian Ivan Cobham Norton

edition 1920 - Grass -

William Tatem (Bill) Tilden II

edition 1919 - Grass -

Stanley Norwood Doust

edition 1910 - Grass -

James Cecil Parke

edition 1909 - Grass -

Stanley Norwood Doust

edition 1908 - Grass -

John Mycroft Boucher

edition 1907 - Grass -

John Mycroft Boucher

edition 1906 - Grass -

John Mycroft Boucher

edition 1905 - Grass -

Sidney Howard Smith

edition 1904 - Grass -

Sidney Howard Smith

edition 1903 - Grass -

Sidney Howard Smith

edition 1902 - Grass -

Sidney Howard Smith

edition 1901 - Grass -

Sidney Howard Smith

edition 1900 - Grass -

Sidney Howard Smith

edition 1899 - Grass -

Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves

edition 1898 - Grass -

Harold Segerson Mahony

edition 1897 - Grass -

Sidney Howard Smith

edition 1896 - Grass -

Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves

edition 1895 - Grass -

George Whiteside Hillyard

edition 1894 - Grass -

George Whiteside Hillyard

edition 1893 - Grass -

George Whiteside Hillyard

edition 1892 - Grass -

Henry Guy Nadin

edition 1891 - Grass -

edition 1890 - Grass -

John Redfern Deykin

edition 1889 - Grass -

John Redfern Deykin

edition 1888 - Grass -

Harry Stanley Scrivener

edition 1887 - Grass -

John Redfern Deykin

edition 1886 - Grass -

Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon

edition 1885 - Grass -

Conway John Morgan

edition 1884 - Grass -

Dr Walter William Chamberlain

edition 1883 - Grass -

Sidney Alfred Noon

edition 1882 - Grass -