{{Infobox tennis tournament | name =Kings County Championships | type = defunct | founded ={{start date and age|df=yes|1892}} | ended ={{end date and age|df=yes|1942}} | editions = | location =Brooklyn, United States | venue =Various | event name = | tour =USLTA Circuit<br/>(1890–22)<br/>ILTF World Circuit<br/>(1923–72) | surface = Clay / outdoor<br/>Grass / outdoor | website = }} The '''Kings County Championships''' was an open international tennis tournament was founded in 1890 as the '''Kings County Inter-Club Association Annual Tournament in 1892'''.<ref name="bde">{{cite book |last1=Howard |first1=Henry Ward Beecher |last2=Jervis |first2=Arthur N. |title=The Eagle and Brooklyn: The Record of the Progress of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=1893 |publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |location=Brooklyn |page=1031 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SUsMAQAAMAAJ&dq=Kings+County+Tennis+Association+Brooklyn&pg=PA1031 |language=en |chapter=Lawn Tennis and Handball}}</ref> The tournament was first played at the Knickerbocker Field Club, Brooklyn, United States.<ref name="tb">{{cite web|title=Tournaments: Kings County Championships|url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ |website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |location= Madrid, Spain |access-date=11 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It was played annually until 1942 when it was discontinued due to World War II.<ref name="tb"/>
==History== In August 1891 the Kings County Inter-Club Association was formed,<ref name="bde"/> it later became known as the Terrace-Kings County Tennis Association.<ref>{{cite book |title=Wright and Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide |date=1921 |publisher=Wright & Ditson |location=Boston |page=193 |url= |language=en}}</ref> The Kings County Inter-Club Association originally consisted of the Alitora Club, Brooklyn Tennis Club, Crescent Athletic Club, Kings County Tennis Club (founded 1886) and the Knickerbocker Field Club.<ref name="bde"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Future of Tennis in Brooklyn Demands attention to Juniors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/685126216/?terms=Kings%20County%20Championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |publisher=newspapers.com |date=9 Oct 1921 |page=51 |language=en}}</ref> In 1917 the event was moved to a permanent home at the Terrace Club, Flatbush, Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kurzurok Displays Displays Rare Form in Tennis Tourney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/545453532/?terms=Kings%20County%20Championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=The Standard Union |publisher=newspapers.com |date=30 May 1929 |location=Brooklyn, New York |page=61 |language=en}}</ref> The tournament was staged annually usually in June until the early 1940s when it was discontinued due to World War II.<ref name="tb"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Terrace Tennis Plays Title Play June 9 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52682798/?terms=Kings%20County%20Championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |publisher=newspapers.com |date=14 Mar 1940 |location=Brooklyn, New York |page=21 |language=en}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Men's singles=== (incomplete roll) {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%;" |- ! style="width:60px;"|Year ! style="width:230px;"|Champions ! style="width:230px;"|Runners-up ! style="width:165px;"|Score |- |1902||{{flagicon|CAN|1868}} Frederick G. Anderson||{{Flagicon|USA}} Lyle Evans Mahan||10–8, 9–7, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1923<ref>{{cite news |title=Percy Kynaston Wins at Ridge Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/687135578/?terms=Kings%20County%20Championship%20%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |publisher=newspapers.com |date=25 Jun 1929 |location=Brooklyn, New York |page=24 |language=en}}</ref>||{{Flagicon|USA}} Percy Lloyd Kynaston||{{Flagicon|USA}} Isador Biltchik||3–6, 8–6, 6–3, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/> |- ||1924<ref>The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1929)</ref>||{{Flagicon|USA}} Percy Lloyd Kynaston <small>(2)</small>||{{Flagicon|USA}} Alfred J. Cawse||6–4, 6–3, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1925<ref>The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1929)</ref>||{{Flagicon|USA}} Percy Lloyd Kynaston <small>(3)</small>||{{Flagicon|USA}} Allen Behr||6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1926||{{flagicon|Germany|1919}} Louis Maria Heyden||{{Flagicon|USA}} Allen Behr||11–9, 6–3, 8–6.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1927||{{Flagicon|USA}} Julius Seligson||{{Flagicon|USA}} Allen Behr||9–7, 6–3, 6–4.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1928||{{Flagicon|JPN}} Sadakazu Onda||{{Flagicon|USA}} Don Lewis||6–2, 6–2, 6–0.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1929||{{Flagicon|USA}} Percy Lloyd Kynaston <small>(4)</small>||{{Flagicon|JPN}} Sadakazu Onda||3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1940||{{Flagicon|USA}} Frank Joseph Bowden||{{Flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Hecht||1–6, 6–3, 6–8, 6–0, 6–3.<ref name="tb"/> |- |1942||{{Flagicon|ECU}} Pancho Segura||{{Flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Hecht||6–4, 8–10, 6–4, 7–5.<ref name="tb"/> |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
Category:Clay court tennis tournaments Category:Grass court tennis tournaments Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States