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Middle States Championships

{{Infobox tennis tournament

|name =Middle States Championships

|type = defunct

|tour =

|founded =1885

|editions =93 (men)
121 (women)

|ended = 1977 (men)
2005 (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)

|website =

}}

The Middle States Championships, also known as the Middle States Sectional Championships or Championship of the Middle States, was a regional level tennis tournament held at various locations from 1885 to 1968.{{cite web |last1=Nieuwland |first1=Alex |title=Tournament – Middle States Championships |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=60&n=Middle%20States%20Championships |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=A. Nieuwland |access-date=11 July 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Paret |first1=Jahial Parmly |last2=Allen |first2=J. P. |last3=Alexander |first3=Frederick B. |last4=Hardy |first4=Samuel [from old catalog |title=Spalding's tennis annual .. |date=1918 |publisher=New York, American sports publishing company |location=New York |page=141 |url=https://archive.org/details/spaldingstennisa00pare/page/140/mode/2up?view=theater}}{{cite book |last1=Heathcote |first1=John Moyer |title=Tennis |date=1891 |publisher=Longmans, [Green,] |location=London |page=323 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XMYAAAAYAAJ&dq=Middle+States+Sectional+Championships+tennis+started+in+1885&pg=PA323 |language=en}}

History

The spring Championship of the Middle States were first staged at the St George's Cricket Club, Hoboken, New Jersey on 10–12 June 1885.{{cite news |date=9 June 1885 |title=Experts at Lawn Tennis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20364243/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |volume=34 |issue=10535 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |date=12 June 1885 |title=Lawn Tennis Champions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20364538/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |volume=34 |issue=10538 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} The first winner of the men's singles event was Richard D. Sears.{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Valentine Gill |title=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 |date=1889 |publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. |location=New York |page=9 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/lawntennisinamer00hall/page/8/mode/2up?view=theater |chapter=Tournaments of 1885: Summary}} 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.{{cite book |last1=Kimball |first1=Warren F. |title=The United States Tennis Association: Raising the Game |date=December 2017 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |isbn=978-1-4962-0462-2 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=egk7DwAAQBAJ&dq=middle+states+championships+tennis+first+female+winner&pg=PT39 |language=en |chapter=2: The Founding Gentlemen 1877-1913}}

Finals

=Men's Singles=

class="wikitable"
style="width:60px;"|Year

! style="width:140px;"|Location

! style="width:230px;"|Winner

! style="width:230px;"|Runner-up

! style="width:170px;"|Score

colspan=5 align=center |↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
style="background:#ededed"|1885style="background:#ededed"|Hoboken{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Sears{{flagicon|USA}} Howard Taylor6–4, 6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1886style="background:#ededed"|Hoboken{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Livingston Beeckman{{flagicon|USA}} William Edward Glyn1–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–8, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1887style="background:#ededed"|Hoboken{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Livingston Beeckman (2){{flagicon|USA}} Howard Taylor6–3, 8–6, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1888style="background:#ededed"|Hoboken{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Peale MacMullen{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Livingston Beeckman6–0, 6–4, 0–6, 8–6
style="background:#ededed"|1889style="background:#ededed"|Hoboken{{flagicon|USA}} Howard Taylor{{flagicon|USA}} Clarence Hobart5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1890style="background:#ededed"|Rochester{{flagicon|USA}} Howard Taylor (2){{flagicon|USA}} Albert Empie Wright5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1891style="background:#ededed"|Hoboken{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Edward Sands{{flagicon|USA}} Howard Taylorw.o.
style="background:#ededed"|1892style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Richard W. Stevens{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Edward Sands6–3, 6–3, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1893style="background:#ededed"|Mountain Station{{flagicon|USA}} Richard W. Stevens (2){{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Ellsworth Foote6–3, 6–3, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1894 {{cite news |title=William A. Larned has a remarkable record |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19100725.2.99&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=18 April 2023 |work=Los Angeles Herald |publisher=California Digital Newspaper Collection |date=25 July 1910 |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |page=7}}style="background:#ededed"|Mountain Station{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larned{{flagicon|USA}} Richard W. Stevens (3)6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1895style="background:#ededed"|Mountain Station{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larned (2){{flagicon|USA}} John Howland15–13, 8–6, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1896{{cite news |date=14 June 1885 |title=Hobart Won the Tournament |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20382350/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |volume=45 |issue=13983 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Clarence Hobart{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larnedw.o.
style="background:#ededed"|1897style="background:#ededed"|Mountain Station{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larned (3){{flagicon|USA}} Clarence Hobartw.o.
style="background:#ededed"|1899style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larned (4){{flagicon|USA}} Malcolm Whitman6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1900style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Malcolm Whitman (2){{flagicon|USA}} Dwight F. Davis3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1901{{cite news |author= |date=July 7, 1901 |title=Larned Wins the Middle States Championship at Orange |newspaper=New-York Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/468675281/ |url-access=subscription |volume=61 |issue=19957 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larned (5){{flagicon|USA}} Malcolm Whitmanw.o.
style="background:#ededed"|1902style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Holcombe Ward{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Larned?
style="background:#ededed"|1903{{cite news |author= |date=July 5, 1903 |title=Tennis Championships |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20571579/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |volume=52 |issue=16691 |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com}}style="background:#ededed" | South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Stephen C. Millett{{flagicon|USA}} Holcombe Ward?
style="background:#ededed"|1904{{cite news |author= |date=July 3, 1904 |title=Hobart Tennis Champion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20343918/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |volume=53 |issue=17003 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}style="background:#ededed" | South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Clarence Hobart (2){{flagicon|USA}} Stephen C. Millett6-2, 0-4, 7-5, 7-9, 7-5
style="background:#ededed"|1905{{cite news |author= |date=July 2, 1905 |title=Alexander Is Champion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/25966995/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |volume=54 |issue=17326 |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}style="background:#ededed" | South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Alexander{{flagicon|USA}} Clarence Hobart2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 8-6
style="background:#ededed"|1906{{cite news |author= |date=July 4, 1906 |title=Larned Earns Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/469202160/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=New-York Tribune |volume=66 |issue=21780 |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larned (6)Fred Alexander8-6, 7-5, 6-3
style="background:#ededed"|1907style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larned (7){{flagicon|USA}} Raymond D. Little3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1908style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Larned{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Larnedw.o.
style="background:#ededed"|1909style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Larned (2){{flagicon|USA}} Wallace F. Johnson6–2, 6–4, 7–5
style="background:#ededed"|1911[https://archive.org/details/spaldingstennisa03pare/page/66/mode/2upSpalding's Tennis Annual]. New York: New York, 1912 p. 66.style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Merrill Hall{{flagicon|USA}} Nathaniel Niles6–8, 5–4, default
style="background:#ededed"|1918style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Merrill Hall (2){{flagicon|USA}} Roosevelt Pell6–3, 6–2, 6–0
style="background:#ededed"|1919style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Merrill Hall (3){{flagicon|USA}} Leonard A. Beekman4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1920style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Wallace F. Johnson{{flagicon|USA}} Kenneth D. Fisher6–4, 6–3, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1921style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Fischer{{flagicon|USA}} Philip Bovier Hawk1–6, 6–4, 12–10, 0–6, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1922style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Fischer (2){{flagicon|USA}} ??
style="background:#ededed"|1923style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Wallace F. Johnson (2){{flagicon|USA}} Carl Fischer3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
colspan=5 align=center |↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
style="background:#ededed"|1924style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Wallace F. Johnson (3){{flagicon|USA}} Wallace Wendell Scott?
style="background:#ededed"|1925style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Fritz Mercur{{flagicon|USA}} Edward M. Mann7–5, 3–6, 8–6
style="background:#ededed"|1926style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tilden {{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Alonso de Areyzaga6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1927style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Alonso de Areyzaga{{flagicon|USA}} Cranston William Holman7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1935style="background:#ededed"|Pittsburgh{{flagicon|USA}} Gilbert A. Hunt{{flagicon|USA}} Guy Cheng6–8, 6–0, 7–5
style="background:#ededed"|1936style="background:#ededed"|Pittsburgh{{flagicon|USA}} Barnie Walsh{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Hendrix3–6, 4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1937style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Julius Heldman{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Harman6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1939style="background:#ededed"|Bethesda{{flagicon|USA}} Barnie Walsh (2){{flagicon|USA}} Hugh J. Lynch1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1943style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} James Brink{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Garrett6–1, 6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1945style="background:#ededed"|Richmond{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Evert{{flagicon|USA}} Bren Macken6–1, 6–0, 6–1

=Women's Singles=

:Incomplete Roll

class="wikitable"
style="width:40px;"|Year

! style="width:140px;"|Location

! style="width:230px;"|Winner

! style="width:230px;"|Runner-up

! style="width:170px;"|Score

colspan=5 align=center |↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
style="background:#ededed"|1890style="background:#ededed"|Rochester{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Mabel Cahill{{flagicon|USA}} ??
style="background:#ededed"|1891style="background:#ededed"|Hoboken{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Mabel Cahill (2){{flagicon|USA}} Emma Leavitt-Morgan7–5, 7–5
style="background:#ededed"|1892style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Mabel Cahill (3){{flagicon|USA}} Augusta Schultz6–1, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1893style="background:#ededed"|Mountain Station{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} Mabel Cahill (4){{flagicon|USA}} Helena Hellwig6–1, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1894style="background:#ededed"|Mountain Station{{flagicon|USA}} Juliette Atkinson{{flagicon|USA}} Helena Hellwig6–8, 6–4, 7–5, 8–10, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1896style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Elisabeth Moore{{flagicon|USA}} Juliette Atkinson6–4, 4–6, 2–1, retired
style="background:#ededed"|1901style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Juliette Atkinson (2){{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Johnson6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 7–5, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1902style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Maud Banks{{flagicon|USA}} Marion Jones6–2, 5–7, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1903style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Carrie Neely{{flagicon|USA}} Marion Jones6–4, 2–6, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1904style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} May Sutton{{flagicon|USA}} Carrie Neely6–1, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1905style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Carrie Neely (2){{flagicon|USA}} Alice Day6–1, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1906style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Helen Homans{{flagicon|USA}} Alice Day6–0, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1907style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Carrie Neely (3){{flagicon|USA}} Marie Wagner6–4, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1908style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Carrie Neely (4){{flagicon|USA}} Marie Wagnerw.o.
style="background:#ededed"|1909style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Louise Hammond{{flagicon|USA}} Augusta Bradley Chapman6–3, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1910style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Louise Hammond (2){{flagicon|USA}}Carrie Neely3–6, 6–1, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1911style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Hazel Hotchkiss{{flagicon|USA}} Louise Hammond Raymond6–2, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1912style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Edythe Parker Beard{{flagicon|USA}} Polly Sheldon5–7, 6–4, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1913style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Edith Rotch{{flagicon|USA}} Alice Day Beard7–5, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1914style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Louise Hammond Raymond (3){{flagicon|USA}} Edith Rotch6–2 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1915style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|NOR}} Molla Bjurstedt{{flagicon|USA}} Ina Kissel6–1, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1916style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Ina Kissel{{flagicon|USA}} Grace Moore LeRoy4–6, 6–2, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1917style="background:#ededed"|Staten Island{{flagicon|USA}} Patricia Butlin Hitchins{{flagicon|USA}} Helen Gilleaudeau5–7, 6–4, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1918style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Adelaide Browning Green{{flagicon|USA}} Natalie Browning6–2, 4–6, 6–0
style="background:#ededed"|1919style="background:#ededed"|South Orange{{flagicon|USA}} Helene Pollak{{flagicon|USA}} Florence Ballin6–1. 7–5
style="background:#ededed"|1920style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Ida Wilson Huff{{flagicon|USA}} Edith Kurtz Newhall6–2, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1921style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2){{flagicon|USA}} Edith Sigourney6–0, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1922style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3){{flagicon|USA}} Marion Zinderstein Jessup6–1, 6–1
style="background:#ededed"|1923style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Eleanor Goss{{flagicon|USA}} Molla Bjurstedt Mallory7–5 4–6 6–3
colspan=5 align=center |↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
style="background:#ededed"|1924style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4){{flagicon|USA}} Anne Townsend6–1 6–0
style="background:#ededed"|1925style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (5){{flagicon|USA}} Marion Zinderstein Jessup6–3, 4–6, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1926style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Elizabeth Ryan{{flagicon|USA}} Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman6–3, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1927style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6){{flagicon|NED}} Kea Bouman6–4, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1928style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (7){{flagicon|USA}} Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman6–3, 11–9
style="background:#ededed"|1929style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Virginia Hilleary{{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Neilson Madeira3–6, 6–3, 6–3
style="background:#ededed"|1930style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|USA}} Virginia Hilleary (2){{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Andrus6–1, 6–4
style="background:#ededed"|1931style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|GBR}} Elsie Goldsack Pittman{{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Ridley6–4, 4–6, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1932style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|GBR}} Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Ridley6–1, 6–2
style="background:#ededed"|1933style="background:#ededed"|Philadelphia{{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Ridley{{flagicon|USA}} Alice Francis6–1, 6–2

References

{{Reflist|2}}

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.
  • Heathcote, John Moyer (1891). Tennis. London: Longmans, [Green,].
  • Kimball, Warren F. (2017). "2: The Founding Gentlemen 1877-1913". The United States Tennis Association: Raising the Game. Lincoln, Nebraska: U of Nebraska Press.
  • 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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