The Mid-Kent Open Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881, as a men only event called the Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament. The first staging of this event was at the Maidstone Athletic Ground, Sandling Place, Maidstone, Kent, England before it was discontinued after only one season. In 1894 a new Maidstone Open lawn tennis tournament was revived that featured the Mid-Kent Championships, this event ran until 1927.
History
In 1881 a Maidstone Lawn Tennis Tournament was first staged at the Maidstone, Athletic Ground, Maidstone, Kent, England. The first winner of the men's singles was Britain's Richard Mercer. In 1894 a Maidstone Open tournament was revived, that featured the Mid-Kent Championships that was sanctioned by the Lawn Tennis Association. The championship and ran until 1927.
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