Middlesex Championships

[4] In 1883 William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire decided to lease some of his land, with a low annual ground rent for the residents Chiswick who wanted to establish a sports club.

The Chiswick Park Lawn Tennis Club continued to stage the annual Championship of Middlesex,[5] making the venue second only to Wimbledon in importance.

In 1946 the tournaments grounds were issued with a compulsory purchase by Brentford and Chiswick Urban District Council.

Notable winners of the men's singles included Charles Walder Grinstead (1884), Ernest Wool Lewis (1886–1890, 1892),[6] Athar-Ali Fyzee, (1921), Henry Mayes (1926) Daniel Prenn (1935), Czeslaw Spychala (1946) and Ghaus Mohammad (1947).

Previous women's singles champions included Maud Shackle (1891–1893), Edith Austin Greville (1894, 1905), Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (1926) and Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1938).

Chiswick Park, House and gardens from the air (2016) the location of this tournament.
Harold Mahony won 6 singles titles.
Ernest Wool Lewis won 4 consecutive singles titles.
Dorothea Douglass-Chambers won 9 singles titles.
Charlotte Cooper won 4 consecutive singles titles.