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.
History
The spring Championship of the Middle States were first staged at the St George's Cricket Club, Hoboken, New Jersey on 10âÂÂ12 June 1885. The first winner of the men's singles event was Richard D. Sears. 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.
Finals
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Incomplete Roll
References
Sources
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