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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 | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1907 |
Abolished | 2001 |
Editions | 78 |
Location | various United States |
Surface | Wood / indoor Hard / 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 in Massachusetts (1921–1933, 1941–1946, 1954–1966). From 1967 to 1972 the women played in Winchester. In 1969 and 1970 the tournament remained an amateur event, meaning that players who had turned professional during these years were not allowed to compete.[2] 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.[3][4]
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.[5]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1907 | Elisabeth Moore | Marie Wagner | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
1908 | Marie Wagner 1/6 | Nora Meyer Schmitz | 6–3, 6–2 |
1909 | Marie Wagner 2/6 | Elisabeth Moore | 6–0, 12–14, 6–0 |
1910 | Nora Meyer Schmitz | Erna Marcus | 3–6, 8–6, 6–3 |
1911 | Marie Wagner 3/6 | Nora Meyer Schmitz | 6–4, 7–9, 6–4 |
1912 | Not held | ||
1913 | Marie Wagner 4/6 | Alice Day Beard | 6–1, 6–1 |
1914 | Marie Wagner 5/6 | Alice Day Beard | 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 |
1915 | Molla Bjurstedt 1/5 | Marie Wagner | 6–4, 6–4 |
1916 | Molla Bjurstedt2/5 | Nora Meyer Schmitz | 6–2, 6–1 |
1917 | Marie Wagner 6/6 | Eleanor Goss | 6–3, 6–1 |
1918 | Molla Bjurstedt 3/5 | Eleanor Goss | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
1919 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/2 | Marion Zinderstein | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
1920 | Helene Pollak Falk | Edith Sigourney | 8–6, 6–2 |
1921 | Molla Mallory 4/5 | Ann Sheafe Cole | 6–0, 6–2 |
1922 | Molla Mallory 5/5 | Leslie Bancroft | 7–5, 6–1 |
1923 | Ann Sheafe Cole | Leslie Bancroft | 8–6, 6–2 |
1924 | Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/2 | Lillian Scharman Hester | 6–2, 6–3 |
1925 | Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/2 | Anna Fuller Hubbard | 6–3, 7–5 |
1926 | Elizabeth Ryan | Marion Zinderstein Jessup | 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
1927 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 2/2 | Margaret Blake | 6–0, 2–6, 6–3 |
1928 | Edith Sigourney | Anna Fuller Hubbard | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
1929 | Margaret Blake | Anna Fuller Hubbard | 6–3, 6–3 |
1930 | Mianne Palfrey | Marion Zinderstein Jessup | 7–5, 6–2 |
1931 | Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6–3, 9–7 |
1932 | Marjorie Morrill | Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
1933 | Dorrance Chase Deston | Helen Germaine | 6–3, 6–2 |
1934 | Norma Taubele Barber | Helen Pedersen Rihbany | 6–4, 6–1 |
1935 | Jane Sharp | Helen Pedersen Rihbany | 11–9, 6–1 |
1936 | Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn | Norma Taubele Barber | 6–4, 6–3 |
1937 | Sylvie Jung Henrotin | Millicent Hirsch Lang | 10–8, 0–6, 6–2 |
1938 | Virginia Hollinger | Katherine Winthrop | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |
1939 | Pauline Betz 1/4 | Helen Bernhard | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
1940 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | Pauline Betz | 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 |
1941 | Pauline Betz 2/4 | Dorothy Bundy Cheney | 6–1, 10–12, 6–2 |
1942 | Patricia Canning Todd 1/2 | Hope Knowles Rawls | 8–6, 1–6, 6–2 |
1943 | Pauline Betz 3/4 | Katherine Winthrop | 6–4, 6–1 |
1944 | Katherine Winthrop McKean | Helen Pedersen Rihbany | 6–0, 7–5 |
1945 | Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/2 | Katherine Winthrop | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
1946 | Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/2 | Katharine Hubbell | 7–5, 6–4 |
1947 | Pauline Betz 4/4 | Doris Hart | 6–2, 7–5 |
1948 | Patricia Canning Todd 2/2 | Doris Hart | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
1949 | Gussie Moran | Nancy Chaffee | 6–2, 6–3 |
1950 | Nancy Chaffee 1/3 | Althea Gibson | 6–0, 6–2 |
1951 | Nancy Chaffee Kiner 2/3 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 6–4, 6–4 |
1952 | Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3 | Patricia Canning Todd | 6–1, 6–0 |
1953 | Thelma Coyne Long | Barbara Scofield Davidson | 5–7, 6–0, 9–7 |
1954 | Dorothy Watman Levine 1/2 | Lois Felix | 6–1, 6–1 |
1955 | Katharine Hubbell | Mildred Thornton | 8–6, 9–7 |
1956 | Lois Felix 1/2 | June Stack | 9–7, 9–7 |
1957 | Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2 | Lois Felix | 6–1, 6–1 |
1958 | Nancy O'Connell | Bonnie Mencher | 6–8, 6–3, 6–1 |
1959 | Lois Felix 2/2 | Carole Wright | 6–2, 8–6 |
1960 | Carole Wright 1/2 | Lois Felix | 6–1, 6–2 |
1961 | Janet Hopps | Katharine Hubbell | 6–0, 7–5 |
1962 | Carole Wright 2/2 | Lois Felix | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
1963 | Carol Hanks Aucamp | Mary-Ann Eisel | 6–2, 6–2 |
1964 | Mary-Ann Eisel 1/3 | Carole Wright | 6–3, 6–4 |
1965 | Nancy Richey | Carol Hanks Aucamp | 6–3, 6–2 |
1966 | Billie Jean King 1/5 | Mary-Ann Eisel | 6–0, 6–2 |
1967 | Billie Jean King 2/5 | Trudy Groenman | 6–1, 6–0 |
1968 | Billie Jean King 3/5 | Rosemary Casals | 6–3, 9–7 |
1969 | Mary-Ann Eisel 2/3 | Stephanie DeFina | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
1970 | Mary-Ann Eisel Curtis 3/3 | Patti Hogan | 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
1971 | Billie Jean King 4/5 | Rosemary Casals | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
1972 | Not held | ||
1973 | Evonne Goolagong 1/2 | Virginia Wade | 6–4, 6–4 |
1974 | Billie Jean King 5/5 | Chris Evert | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
1975 | Martina Navratilova 1/4 | Evonne Goolagong | 6–2, 4-6, 6-3 |
1976 | Virginia Wade | Betty Stöve | 5–7, 7–5, 7–5 |
1977 | Not held | ||
1978 | Chris Evert | Virginia Wade | 6–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
1979 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2/2 | Dianne Fromholtz | 6–3, 6–4 |
1980 | Tracy Austin | Dianne Fromholtz | 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 |
1981 | Martina Navratilova 2/4 | Tracy Austin | 6–0, 6–2 |
1982 | Barbara Potter | Pam Shriver | 6–4, 6–2 |
1983 | Kim Shaefer | Sylvia Hanika | 6–4, 6–3 |
1984 | Martina Navratilova 3/4 | Chris Evert | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
1985 | Hana Mandlíková | Catarina Lindqvist | 6–3, 7–5 |
1986 | Martina Navratilova 4/4 | Helena Suková | 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–5) |
1987 | Helena Suková | Lori McNeil | 6–0, 6–3 |
1988–2000 | Not held | ||
2001 | Monica Seles | Jennifer Capriati | 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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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 |
1912 | Not 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 |
1972 | Not held | ||
1973 | Marina Kroschina Olga Morozova | Evonne Goolagong Janet Young-Langford | 6–2, 6–4 |
1974 | Not 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 |
1977 | Not 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 |
1988–2000 | Not held | ||
2001 | Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil 2/2 | Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya | 6–3, 2–6, 6–0 |
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