Middle States Championships

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]

Middle States Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1885
Abolished1977 (men)
2005 (women)
Editions93 (men)
121 (women)
LocationHoboken (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)
Surfaceoutdoor (grass)

History

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]

Finals

Men's Singles
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1885HobokenUnited States Richard Dudley SearsUnited States Howard Taylor6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1886HobokenUnited States Robert Livingston BeeckmanUnited States William Edward Glyn1–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–8, 6–1
1887HobokenUnited States Robert Livingston Beeckman (2)United States Howard Taylor6–3, 8–6, 6–4
1888HobokenUnited States Edward Peale MacMullenUnited States Robert Livingston Beeckman6–0, 6–4, 0–6, 8–6
1889HobokenUnited States Howard TaylorUnited States Clarence Hobart5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1890RochesterUnited States Howard Taylor (2)United States Albert Empie Wright5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1891HobokenUnited States Charles Edward SandsUnited States Howard Taylorw.o.
1892South OrangeUnited States Richard W. StevensUnited States Charles Edward Sands6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1893Mountain StationUnited States Richard W. Stevens (2)United States Arthur Ellsworth Foote6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1894 [7]Mountain StationUnited States Bill LarnedUnited States Richard W. Stevens (3)6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1895[7]Mountain StationUnited States Bill Larned (2)United States John Howland15–13, 8–6, 6–4
1896South OrangeUnited States Clarence HobartUnited States Bill Larned?
1897[7]Mountain StationUnited States Bill Larned (3)United States Clarence Hobartw.o.
1899[7]South OrangeUnited States Bill Larned (4)United States Malcolm Whitman6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1900South OrangeUnited States Malcolm Whitman (2)United States Dwight F. Davis3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1906[7]South OrangeUnited States Bill Larned (5)??
1907[7]South OrangeUnited States Bill Larned (6)United States Raymond D. Little3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1908South OrangeUnited States Edward LarnedUnited States Bill Larnedw.o.
1909South OrangeUnited States Edward Larned (2)United States Wallace F. Johnson6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1918South OrangeUnited States Walter Merrill HallUnited States Roosevelt Pell6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1919South OrangeUnited States Walter Merrill Hall (2)United States Leonard A. Beekman4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1920PhiladelphiaUnited States Wallace F. JohnsonUnited States Kenneth D. Fisher6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1921PhiladelphiaUnited States Carl FischerUnited States Philip Bovier Hawk1–6, 6–4, 12–10, 0–6, 6–3
1922PhiladelphiaUnited States Carl Fischer (2)United States ??
1923PhiladelphiaUnited States Wallace F. Johnson (2)United States Carl Fischer3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1924PhiladelphiaUnited States Wallace F. Johnson (3)United States Wallace Wendell Scott?
1925PhiladelphiaUnited States Fritz MercurUnited States Edward M. Mann7–5, 3–6, 8–6
1926PhiladelphiaUnited States Bill Tilden Spain Manuel Alonso de Areyzaga6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1927PhiladelphiaSpain Manuel Alonso de AreyzagaUnited States Cranston William Holman7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1935PittsburghUnited States Gilbert A. HuntUnited States Guy Cheng6–8, 6–0, 7–5
1936PittsburghUnited States Barnie WalshUnited States Arthur Hendrix3–6, 4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–1
1937PhiladelphiaUnited States Julius HeldmanUnited States Robert Harman6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 6–2
1939BethesdaUnited States Barnie Walsh (2)United States Hugh J. Lynch1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1943PhiladelphiaUnited States James BrinkUnited States Gene Garrett6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1945RichmondUnited States Jimmy EvertUnited States Bren Macken6–1, 6–0, 6–1

Women's Singles
Incomplete Roll
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1890RochesterIreland Mabel CahillUnited States ??
1891HobokenIreland Mabel Cahill (2)United States Emma Leavitt-Morgan7–5, 7–5
1892South OrangeIreland Mabel Cahill (3)United States Augusta Schultz6–1, 6–1
1893Mountain StationIreland Mabel Cahill (4)United States Helena Hellwig6–1, 6–1
1894Mountain StationUnited States Juliette AtkinsonUnited States Helena Hellwig6–8, 6–4, 7–5, 8–10, 6–3
1896South OrangeUnited States Elisabeth MooreUnited States Juliette Atkinson6–4, 4–6, 2–1, retired
1901South OrangeUnited States Juliette Atkinson (2)United States Margaret Johnson6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 7–5, 6–3
1902South OrangeUnited States Maud BanksUnited States Marion Jones6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1903South OrangeUnited States Carrie NeelyUnited States Marion Jones6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1904South OrangeUnited States May SuttonUnited States Carrie Neely6–1, 6–1
1905South OrangeUnited States Carrie Neely (2)United States Alice Day6–1, 6–2
1906South OrangeUnited States Helen HomansUnited States Alice Day6–0, 6–2
1907South OrangeUnited States Carrie Neely (3)United States Marie Wagner6–4, 6–3
1908South OrangeUnited States Carrie Neely (4)United States Marie Wagnerw.o.
1909South OrangeUnited States Louise HammondUnited States Augusta Bradley Chapman6–3, 6–4
1910South OrangeUnited States Louise Hammond (2)United StatesCarrie Neely3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1911South OrangeUnited States Hazel HotchkissUnited States Louise Hammond Raymond6–2, 6–2
1912South OrangeUnited States Edythe Parker BeardUnited States Polly Sheldon5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1913South OrangeUnited States Edith RotchUnited States Alice Day Beard7–5, 6–1
1914South OrangeUnited States Louise Hammond Raymond (3)United States Edith Rotch6–2 6–3
1915South OrangeNorway Molla BjurstedtUnited States Ina Kissel6–1, 6–3
1916South OrangeUnited States Ina KisselUnited States Grace Moore LeRoy4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1917Staten IslandUnited States Patricia Butlin HitchinsUnited States Helen Gilleaudeau5–7, 6–4, 6–1
1918South OrangeUnited States Adelaide Browning GreenUnited States Natalie Browning6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1919South OrangeUnited States Helene PollakUnited States Florence Ballin6–1. 7–5
1920PhiladelphiaUnited States Ida Wilson HuffUnited States Edith Kurtz Newhall6–2, 6–3
1921PhiladelphiaUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2)United States Edith Sigourney6–0, 6–3
1922PhiladelphiaUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3)United States Marion Zinderstein Jessup6–1, 6–1
1923PhiladelphiaUnited States Eleanor GossUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory7–5 4–6 6–3
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1924PhiladelphiaUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4)United States Anne Townsend6–1 6–0
1925PhiladelphiaUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (5)United States Marion Zinderstein Jessup6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1926PhiladelphiaUnited States Elizabeth RyanUnited States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman6–3, 6–2
1927PhiladelphiaUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6)Netherlands Kea Bouman6–4, 6–4
1928PhiladelphiaUnited States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (7)United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman6–3, 11–9
1929PhiladelphiaUnited States Virginia HillearyUnited States Sarah Neilson Madeira3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1930PhiladelphiaUnited States Virginia Hilleary (2)United States Dorothy Andrus6–1, 6–4
1931PhiladelphiaUnited Kingdom Elsie Goldsack PittmanUnited Kingdom Joan Ridley6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1932PhiladelphiaUnited Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2)United Kingdom Joan Ridley6–1, 6–2
1933PhiladelphiaUnited Kingdom Joan RidleyUnited States Alice Francis6–1, 6–2

References
  1. Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Middle States Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. A. Nieuwland. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York: New York, American sports publishing company. p. 141.
  3. Heathcote, John Moyer (1891). Tennis. London: Longmans, [Green,]. p. 323.
  4. "Experts at Lawn Tennis". New York Times. New York, United States. 9 June 1885. p. 8.
  5. Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). "Tournaments of 1885: Summary". Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing. New York: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 9.
  6. Kimball, Warren F. (December 2017). "2: The Founding Gentlemen 1877-1913". The United States Tennis Association: Raising the Game. Lincoln, Nebraska: U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-0462-2.
  7. "William A. Larned has a remarkable record". Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles, California, United States: California Digital Newspaper Collection. 25 July 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

Sources
  • Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). "Tournaments of 1885: Summary". Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing. New York: New York, D. W. Granbery & co.
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  • Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Middle States Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. A. Nieuwland.
  • Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog (1918). Spalding's tennis annual . New York: New York, American sports publishing company
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