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 1882 to 1977.
7-645: 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. The men' event
14-432: A tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. Included: (Incomplete roll) Notes: * This edition was part of the Edgbaston Open Tournament . (Incomplete roll) Edgbaston Open Tournament The Edgbaston Open Tournament
21-728: The Priory Club was destroyed by a fire, talks about merger took place of the coming months with the Edgbaston C.L.T.C. In December 1964 the new club was formed the Edgbaston Priory Club, which continued to host the Midland Counties event until 1977. The Edgbaston Open Tournament was established on 21 July 1881, and first staged at the ground of Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, in Hall Hill Road, Edgbaston. A description of
28-583: The event that concluded on 23 July 1881: On July 20th, 21st and 22nd, the Edgbaston Open Tournament was held with four competitions. Ladies' Singles went to Miss. M. Watson ; Doubles, Miss. Watson and Miss. M. Watson. Gentleman's singles was won by W.W. Chamberlain; Doubles, by J.G. and W.W. Chamberlain, beating F. Goodacre and F.W. Rawlinson. On 5 September 1882 the second edition of the Edgbaston Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
35-563: Was an early Victorian era men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first staged in June 1881, at the Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston , Warwickshire , England . This distinct tournament ran until 1908. Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club founded in 1878 and continued to stage both events the Edgbaston Open Tournament until 1908 and the Midland Counties until November 1964. Priory Lawn Tennis Club founded in 1865 and in May 1963
42-495: Was held, on the same dates and venue a dual tournament was staged called the Midland Counties Lawn Tennis Tournament (1882-1977), the men's singles was won by Mr. R.W. Smith, and the Edgbaston Open Tournament was won by George Reston Brewerton. This tournament continued to be held separately to that of the counties championship until 1908. Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club was in the early decades of
49-584: Was succeeded by the Birmingham Open in 1978 a $ 125k event as part of ITF Grand Prix Circuit that year, it was staged only once, it was later revived in 1991 as an indoor tournament for that season only. The women's was succeeded five years later by a new event called the Edgbaston Cup a Toyota International Series event on the Toyota Series Circuit. Notes: Challenge round : The final round of
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