U.S. Women's Indoor Championships

The U.S. Women's Indoor Championships, was a national tennis championship for women that was sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and held 79 times from 1907 through 2001 at various locations and on various surfaces. The event was affiliated with the WTA Tour from 1971 through 2001 (excluding 1977).

U.S. Women's Indoor Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1907
Abolished2001
Locationvarious
United States
SurfaceHard / indoor

Marie Wagner won more singles titles (6) and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman won more doubles titles (10) at this tournament than any other woman. Lois Felix holds the record for runners-up in singles (4) while Wightman and Norma Taubele Barber hold the record for runners-up in doubles (5).

The women's tournament started in 1907 when they joined the men at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York to form a combined tournament. Elisabeth Moore won the first title. The women's doubles event was added in 1908.[1] The women played periods in New York (1907–1920, 1934–1940, and 1947–1953) and Longwood Courts at Chestnut Hill (1921–1933, 1941–1946, 1954–1966). From 1967 to 1972 the women played in Winchester. In 2002 the women rejoined the men in Memphis and in 2012 Memphis announced that it was renaming (restoring) the tournament to U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships.[2][3]

In 2002, a women's WTA Tour event in Oklahoma City was purchased and moved to Memphis; this event was renamed The Cellular South Cup. As Cellular South ended sponsoring the tournament after 2011, the event was renamed Memphis International.[4]


Locations

Results

Molla Bjurstedt at the 1915 National Indoor Tennis Tournament at the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City.

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1907 Elisabeth Moore Marie Wagner6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1908 Marie Wagner 1/6 Nora Meyer Schmitz6–3, 6–2
1909 Marie Wagner 2/6 Elisabeth Moore6–0, 12–14, 6–0
1910 Nora Meyer Schmitz Erna Marcus3–6, 8–6, 6–3
1911 Marie Wagner 3/6 Nora Meyer Schmitz6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1912Not held
1913 Marie Wagner 4/6 Alice Day Beard6–1, 6–1
1914 Marie Wagner 5/6 Alice Day Beard6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1915 Molla Bjurstedt 1/5 Marie Wagner6–4, 6–4
1916 Molla Bjurstedt2/5 Nora Meyer Schmitz6–2, 6–1
1917 Marie Wagner 6/6 Eleanor Goss6–3, 6–1
1918 Molla Bjurstedt 3/5 Eleanor Goss3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1919 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/2 Marion Zinderstein2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1920 Helene Pollak Falk Edith Sigourney8–6, 6–2
1921 Molla Mallory 4/5 Ann Sheafe Cole6–0, 6–2
1922 Molla Mallory 5/5 Leslie Bancroft Aeschlimann7–5, 6–1
1923 Ann Sheafe Cole Leslie Bancroft Aeschlimann8–6, 6–2
1924 Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/2 Lillian Scharman Hester6–2, 6–3
1925 Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/2 Anna Fuller Hubbard6–3, 7–5
1926 Elizabeth Ryan Marion Zinderstein Jessup1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1927 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 2/2 Margaret Blake6–0, 2–6, 6–3
1928 Edith Sigourney Anna Fuller Hubbard4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1929 Margaret Blake Anna Fuller Hubbard6–3, 6–3
1930 Mianne Palfrey Hill Marion Zinderstein Jessup7–5, 6–2
1931 Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt Sarah Palfrey Cooke6–3, 9–7
1932 Marjorie Morrill Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1933 Dorrance Chase Deston Helen Germaine6–3, 6–2
1934 Norma Taubele Barber Helen Pedersen Rihbany6–4, 6–1
1935 Jane Sharp Helen Pedersen Rihbany11–9, 6–1
1936 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn Norma Taubele Barber6–4, 6–3
1937 Sylvie Jung Henrotin Millicent Hirsch Lang10–8, 0–6, 6–2
1938 Virginia Hollinger Katherine Winthrop6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1939 Pauline Betz 1/4 Helen Bernhard7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1940 Sarah Palfrey Cooke Pauline Betz6–4, 1–6, 7–5
1941 Pauline Betz 2/4 Dorothy Bundy Cheney6–1, 10–12, 6–2
1942 Patricia Canning Todd 1/2 Hope Knowles Rawls8–6, 1–6, 6–2
1943 Pauline Betz 3/4 Katherine Winthrop6–4, 6–1
1944 Katherine Winthrop McKean Helen Pedersen Rihbany6–0, 7–5
1945 Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/2 Katherine Winthrop4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1946 Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/2 Katharine Hubbell7–5, 6–4
1947 Pauline Betz 4/4 Doris Hart6–2, 7–5
1948 Patricia Canning Todd 2/2 Doris Hart3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1949 Gussie Moran Nancy Chaffee6–2, 6–3
1950 Nancy Chaffee 1/3 Althea Gibson6–0, 6–2
1951 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 2/3 Beverly Baker Fleitz6–4, 6–4
1952 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3 Patricia Canning Todd6–1, 6–0
1953 Thelma Coyne Long Barbara Scofield Davidson5–7, 6–0, 9–7
1954 Dorothy Watman Levine 1/2 Lois Felix6–1, 6–1
1955 Katharine Hubbell Mildred Thornton8–6, 9–7
1956 Lois Felix 1/2 June Stack9–7, 9–7
1957 Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2 Lois Felix6–1, 6–1
1958 Nancy O'Connell Bonnie Mencher6–8, 6–3, 6–1
1959 Lois Felix 2/2 Carole Wright6–2, 8–6
1960 Carole Wright 1/2 Lois Felix6–1, 6–2
1961 Janet Hopps Katharine Hubbell6–0, 7–5
1962 Carole Wright 2/2 Lois Felix6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1963 Carol Hanks Aucamp Mary-Ann Eisel6–2, 6–2
1964 Mary-Ann Eisel 1/3 Carole Wright6–3, 6–4
1965 Nancy Richey Carol Hanks Aucamp6–3, 6–2
1966 Billie Jean King 1/5 Mary-Ann Eisel6–0, 6–2
1967 Billie Jean King 2/5 Trudy Groenman6–1, 6–0
1968 Billie Jean King 3/5 Rosemary Casals6–3, 9–7
1969 Mary-Ann Eisel 2/3 Stephanie DeFina6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1970 Mary-Ann Eisel Curtis 3/3 Patti Hogan0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971 Billie Jean King 4/5 Rosemary Casals4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1972Not held
1973 Evonne Goolagong 1/2 Virginia Wade6–4, 6–4
1974 Billie Jean King 5/5 Chris Evert6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1975 Martina Navratilova 1/4 Evonne Goolagong6–2, 4-6, 6-3
1976 Virginia Wade Betty Stöve5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1977Not held
1978 Chris Evert Virginia Wade6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1979 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2/2 Dianne Fromholtz6–3, 6–4
1980 Tracy Austin Dianne Fromholtz6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1981 Martina Navratilova 2/4 Tracy Austin6–0, 6–2
1982 Barbara Potter Pam Shriver6–4, 6–2
1983 Kim Shaefer Sylvia Hanika6–4, 6–3
1984 Martina Navratilova 3/4 Chris Evert6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1985 Hana Mandlíková Catarina Lindqvist6–3, 7–5
1986 Martina Navratilova 4/4 Helena Suková3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
1987 Helena Suková Lori McNeil6–0, 6–3
1988–2000Not held
2001 Monica Seles Jennifer Capriati6–3, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1908 Helen Pouch
Elisabeth Moore 1/2
Mrs. A.H. McCarty
M. Johnson
13–11, 6–3
1909 Erna Marcus
Elisabeth Moore 2/2
Marie Wagner
Louise Hammond Raymond
3–6, 6–4, 12–10
1910 Marie Wagner 1/4
Clara Kutroff Cassebeer 1/2
Erna Marcus
Elisabeth Moore
6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1911 Elizabeth Bunce
Barbara Fleming
Nora Meyer Schmitz
Erna Marcus
6–4, 8–6
1912Not held
1913 Marie Wagner 2/4
Clara Kutroff Cassebeer 2/2
May Fish
Alice Fish
10–8, 6–2
1914 Emily Stokes Weaver 1/3
Clare Cassel
Nora Meyer Schmitz
Helen Homans McLean
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1915 Emily Stokes Weaver 2/3
Helen Homans McLean
Molla Bjurstedt
Florence Ballin
3–6, 8–6, 6–2
1916 Marie Wagner 3/4
Molla Bjurstedt
Nora Meyer Schmitz
Emily Stokes Weaver
6–2, 6–3
1917 Marie Wagner 4/4
Margaret Taylor
Mrs. John Anderson
Edith Howe
6–4, 6–4
1918 Emily Stokes Weaver 3/3
Eleanor Goss Lanning
Mrs. Homer Stuart Green
Caroma Winn
6–3, 11–9
1919 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/10
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/5
Mrs. Albert Humphreys
Bessie Holden
6–1, 6–1
1920 Mrs. Louis G. Morris
Helene Pollak Falk
Gertrude Della Torre
Caroma Winn
6–3, 6–4
1921 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2)
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/5
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Mrs. Louis G. Morris
6–2, 7–5
1922 Mrs. Frank Godfrey
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 3/5
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Mrs. Louis G. Morris
6–4, 6–3
1923 Mrs. Frank Godfrey (2)
Ann Sheafe Cole
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Leslie Bancroft
6–4, 6–2
1924 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3)
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 4/5
Lilian Scharman Hester
Mrs. Louis G. Morris
6–1, 6–1
1925 Mrs. Ellis Endicott
Betty Corbiere
Katherine Gardner
Martha Bayard
8–6, 6–4
1926 Elizabeth Ryan
Mary Browne
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Marion Zinderstein Jessup
6–1, 6–3
1927 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (4)
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 5/5
Margaret Blake
Edith Sigourney
8–6, 1–6, 6–3
1928 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (5)
Sarah Palfrey
Mrs. J.L. Bremer
Ruth Shedden
6–2, 6–0
1929 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (6)
Sarah Palfrey
Margaret Blake
Anna Fuller Hubbard
6–2, 6–2
1930 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (7)
Sarah Palfrey
Edith Sigourney
Marjorie Morrill
6–3, 6–2
1931 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (8)
Sarah Palfrey
Margaret Blake
Anna Fuller Hubbard
9–7, 6–0
1932 Marjorie Morrill
Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Sarah Palfrey
6–3, 6–0
1933 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (9)
Sarah Palfrey (5)
Mianne Palfrey Hill
Virginia Rice Johnson
6–0, 6–3
1934 Norma Taubele Barber
Jane Sharp
Anna Fuller Hubbard Brunie
Lilian Scharman Hester
6–3, 6–2
1935 Dorothy Andrus
Sylvie Jung Henrotin
Norma Taubele Barber
Jane Sharp
7–5, 6–4
1936 Dorothy Andrus (2)
Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2)
Norma Taubele Barber
Florence Leboutillier
6–4, 9–7
1937 Dorothy Andrus (3)
Sylvie Jung Henrotin (3)
Norma Taubele Barber
Florence Leboutillier
6–4, 7–5
1938 Virginia Rice Johnson
Katherine Winthrop McKean
Norma Taubele Barber 4/5
Grace Surber
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939 Norma Taubele Barber (2)
Grace Surber
Jean Wright
Josephine Sanfilippo
6–1, 6–2
1940 Norma Taubele Barber (3)
Gracyn Wheeler
Louise Raymond
Patricia Cumming Stuhler
7–5, 6–4
1941 Pauline Betz
Dorothy Bundy Cheney
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Katherine Winthrop McKean
6–4, 6–3
1942 Virginia Rice Johnson 2/4
Katherine Winthrop McKean
Mrs. Philip Theopold
Virginia Ellis
6–2, 6–0
1943 Pauline Betz 2/2
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 10/10
Judy Atterbury
Lillian Lopaus
7–5, 6–1
1944 Virginia Rice Johnson 3/4
Katherine Winthrop McKean 3/4
Norma Taubele Barber
Mary Jane Donnalley
3–6, 8–6, 6–0
1945 Virginia Rice Johnson 4/4
Katherine Winthrop McKean 4/4
Helen Pedersen Rihbany
Betty Grimes Stokum
6–4, 7–5
1946 Ruth Carter
Helen Pedersen Rihbany
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Edith Sigourney
unknown
1947 Doris Hart 1/2
Barbara Scofield Davidson 1/3
Helen Pedersen Rihbany
Katherine Winthrop McKean
6–1, 6–1
1948 Doris Hart 2/2
Barbara Scofield Davidson 2/3
Patricia Canning Todd
Helen Pedersen Rihbany
9–7, 6–4
1949 Gussie Moran
Marjorie Buck 1/4
Nancy Chaffee
Barbara Wilkins
6–4, 7–5
1950 Nancy Chaffee 1/3
Marjorie Buck 2/4
Helen Pedersen Rihbany
Betty Rosenquest
6–0, 6–1
1951 Nancy Chaffee 2/3
Marjorie Buck 3/4
Betty Rosenquest
Barbara Scofield Davidson
6–4, 6–2
1952 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3
Patricia Canning Todd
Helen Fletcher Barker
Patricia Ward Hales
6–4, 6–4
1953 Thelma Coyne Long
Barbara Scofield Davidson 3/3
Betty Coumbe
Joan Piken
6–0, 6–1
1954 Dorothy Watman Levine 1/2
Barbara Ward
Lois Felix
Katharine Hubbell
6–2, 6–0
1955 Katharine Hubbell 1/5
Ruth Jeffery Ryder 1/3
Millicent Hirsch Lang
Louise Raymond Ganzenmuller
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1956 Katharine Hubbell 2/5
Lois Felix 1/2
Ruth Jeffery Ryder
Marjorie Buck
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1957 Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2
Nancy O'Connell 1/2
Katharine Hubbell
Lois Felix
6–3, 6–4
1958 Carol Hanks Aucamp 1/4
Nancy O'Connell 2/2
Mildred Thornton
Katharine Hubbell
9–7, 4–6, 6–4
1959 Katharine Hubbell 3/5
Lois Felix 2/2
Mrs. Arklay Richards
Mrs. Pepper Frey
6–2, 6–2
1960 Marjorie Buck 4/4
Ruth Jeffery Ryder 2/3
Katharine Hubbell
Lois Felix
9–7, 4–6, 6–2
1961 Katharine Hubbell 4/5
Janet Hopps Adkisson
Marjorie Buck
Ruth Jeffery Ryder
4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1962 Belmar Gunderson
Ruth Jeffery Ryder 3/3
Carole Wright
Mary Louise Christian
6–8, 6–4, 6–2
1963 Mary-Ann Eisel 1/5
Carol Hanks Aucamp 2/4
Carole Wright
Lena Greene
6–2, 6–2
1964 Mary Ann Eisel 2/5
Katharine Hubbell 5/5
Belmar Gunderson
Betty Swanson
6–3, 6–3
1965 Mary Ann Eisel 3/5
Carol Hanks Aucamp 3/4
Karen Hantze Susman
Nancy Richey
9–7, 4–6, 6–2
1966 Billie Jean King 1/6
Rosemary Casals 1/6
Carol Hanks Aucamp
Justina Bricka Horwitz
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1967 Mary Ann Eisel 4/5
Carol Hanks Aucamp 4/4
Billie Jean King
Judy Dixon
6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1968 Billie Jean King 2/6
Rosemary Casals 2/6
Mary Ann Eisel
Kathy Harter
6–2, 6–2
1969 Mary Ann Eisel 5/5
Valerie Ziegenfuss
Patti Hogan
Peggy Michel
6–1, 6–3
1970 Jane Bartkowicz
Nancy Richey
Mary Ann Eisel Curtis
Valerie Ziegenfuss
8–6, 6–4
1971 Billie Jean King 3/6
Rosemary Casals 3/6
Françoise Dürr
Ann Haydon-Jones
6–3, 7–5
1972Not held
1973 Marina Kroschina
Olga Morozova
Evonne Goolagong
Janet Young-Langford
6–2, 6–4
1974Not held
1975 Billie Jean King 4/6
Rosemary Casals 4/6
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
6–3, 6–4
1976 Rosemary Casals 5/6
Françoise Dürr
Betty Stöve
Virginia Wade
6–0, 6–4
1977Not held
1978 Kerry Melville Reid
Wendy Turnbull 1/2
Ilana Kloss
Lesley Hunt
6–3, 6–3
1979 Billie Jean King 5/6
Martina Navratilova 1/4
Betty Stöve
Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 7–6
1980 Ann Kiyomura
Candy Reynolds
Anne Smith
Paula Smith
6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1981 Martina Navratilova 2/4
Pam Shriver 1/3
Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 7–5
1982 Rosemary Casals 6/6
Wendy Turnbull 2/2
Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1983 Billie Jean King 6/6
Sharon Walsh
Kathy Jordan
Barbara Potter
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1984 Martina Navratilova 3/4
Pam Shriver 2/3
Jo Durie
Ann Kiyomura
6–4, 6–3
1985 Martina Navratilova 4/4
Pam Shriver 3/3
Marcella Mesker
Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 6–2
1986 Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie
Hana Mandlíková
Helena Suková
6–3, 7–5
1987 Gigi Fernández
Lori McNeil 1/2
Betsy Nagelsen
Elizabeth Smylie
6–1, 6–4
1988–2000Not held
2001 Amanda Coetzer
Lori McNeil 2/2
Janet Lee
Wynne Prakusya
6–3, 2–6, 6–0

See also

References

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  2. "The U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships Return to Memphis". Racquet Club of Memphis.
  3. Kyle Veazey (November 21, 2012). "Memphis' pro tennis events getting new name, in 'active discussions' with sponsors". The Commercial Appeal. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014.
  4. Memphis Tennis preview: Future of women's tournament uncertain Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
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