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

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).

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
1907United States Elisabeth MooreUnited States Marie Wagner6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1908United States Marie Wagner 1/6United Kingdom Nora Meyer Schmitz6–3, 6–2
1909United States Marie Wagner 2/6United States Elisabeth Moore6–0, 12–14, 6–0
1910United Kingdom Nora Meyer SchmitzUnited States Erna Marcus3–6, 8–6, 6–3
1911United States Marie Wagner 3/6United Kingdom Nora Meyer Schmitz6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1912Not held
1913United States Marie Wagner 4/6United States Alice Day Beard6–1, 6–1
1914United States Marie Wagner 5/6United States Alice Day Beard6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1915Norway Molla Bjurstedt 1/5United States Marie Wagner6–4, 6–4
1916Norway Molla Bjurstedt2/5United Kingdom Nora Meyer Schmitz6–2, 6–1
1917United States Marie Wagner 6/6United States Eleanor Goss6–3, 6–1
1918Norway Molla Bjurstedt 3/5United States Eleanor Goss3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1919United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/2United States Marion Zinderstein2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1920United States Helene Pollak FalkUnited States Edith Sigourney8–6, 6–2
1921United States Molla Mallory 4/5United States Ann Sheafe Cole6–0, 6–2
1922United States Molla Mallory 5/5United States Leslie Bancroft7–5, 6–1
1923United States Ann Sheafe ColeUnited States Leslie Bancroft8–6, 6–2
1924United States Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/2United States Lillian Scharman Hester6–2, 6–3
1925United States Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/2United States Anna Fuller Hubbard6–3, 7–5
1926United States Elizabeth RyanUnited States Marion Zinderstein Jessup1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1927United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 2/2United States Margaret Blake6–0, 2–6, 6–3
1928United States Edith SigourneyUnited States Anna Fuller Hubbard4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1929United States Margaret BlakeUnited States Anna Fuller Hubbard6–3, 6–3
1930United States Mianne Palfrey HillUnited States Marion Zinderstein Jessup7–5, 6–2
1931United States Marjorie Sachs PickhardtUnited States Sarah Palfrey Cooke6–3, 9–7
1932United States Marjorie MorrillUnited States Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1933United States Dorrance Chase DestonUnited States Helen Germaine6–3, 6–2
1934United States Norma Taubele BarberUnited States Helen Pedersen Rihbany6–4, 6–1
1935United States Jane SharpUnited States Helen Pedersen Rihbany11–9, 6–1
1936United States Marjorie Gladman Van RynUnited States Norma Taubele Barber6–4, 6–3
1937France Sylvie Jung HenrotinUnited States Millicent Hirsch Lang10–8, 0–6, 6–2
1938United States Virginia HollingerUnited States Katherine Winthrop6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1939United States Pauline Betz 1/4United States Helen Bernhard7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1940United States Sarah Palfrey CookeUnited States Pauline Betz6–4, 1–6, 7–5
1941United States Pauline Betz 2/4United States Dorothy Bundy Cheney6–1, 10–12, 6–2
1942United States Patricia Canning Todd 1/2United States Hope Knowles Rawls8–6, 1–6, 6–2
1943United States Pauline Betz 3/4United States Katherine Winthrop6–4, 6–1
1944United States Katherine Winthrop McKeanUnited States Helen Pedersen Rihbany6–0, 7–5
1945United States Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/2United States Katherine Winthrop4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1946United States Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/2United States Katharine Hubbell7–5, 6–4
1947United States Pauline Betz 4/4United States Doris Hart6–2, 7–5
1948United States Patricia Canning Todd 2/2United States Doris Hart3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1949United States Gussie MoranUnited States Nancy Chaffee6–2, 6–3
1950United States Nancy Chaffee 1/3United States Althea Gibson6–0, 6–2
1951United States Nancy Chaffee Kiner 2/3United States Beverly Baker Fleitz6–4, 6–4
1952United States Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3United States Patricia Canning Todd6–1, 6–0
1953Australia Thelma Coyne LongUnited States Barbara Scofield Davidson5–7, 6–0, 9–7
1954United States Dorothy Watman Levine 1/2United States Lois Felix6–1, 6–1
1955United States Katharine HubbellUnited States Mildred Thornton8–6, 9–7
1956United States Lois Felix 1/2United States June Stack9–7, 9–7
1957United States Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2United States Lois Felix6–1, 6–1
1958United States Nancy O'ConnellUnited States Bonnie Mencher6–8, 6–3, 6–1
1959United States Lois Felix 2/2United States Carole Wright6–2, 8–6
1960United States Carole Wright 1/2United States Lois Felix6–1, 6–2
1961United States Janet HoppsUnited States Katharine Hubbell6–0, 7–5
1962United States Carole Wright 2/2United States Lois Felix6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1963United States Carol Hanks AucampUnited States Mary-Ann Eisel6–2, 6–2
1964United States Mary-Ann Eisel 1/3United States Carole Wright6–3, 6–4
1965United States Nancy RicheyUnited States Carol Hanks Aucamp6–3, 6–2
1966United States Billie Jean King 1/5United States Mary-Ann Eisel6–0, 6–2
1967United States Billie Jean King 2/5Netherlands Trudy Groenman6–1, 6–0
1968United States Billie Jean King 3/5United States Rosemary Casals6–3, 9–7
1969United States Mary-Ann Eisel 2/3United States Stephanie DeFina6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1970United States Mary-Ann Eisel Curtis 3/3United States Patti Hogan0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971United States Billie Jean King 4/5United States Rosemary Casals4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1972Not held
1973Australia Evonne Goolagong 1/2United Kingdom Virginia Wade6–4, 6–4
1974United States Billie Jean King 5/5United States Chris Evert6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1975Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova 1/4Australia Evonne Goolagong6–2, 4-6, 6-3
1976United Kingdom Virginia WadeNetherlands Betty Stöve5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1977Not held
1978United States Chris EvertUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1979Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2/2Australia Dianne Fromholtz6–3, 6–4
1980United States Tracy AustinAustralia Dianne Fromholtz6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1981United States Martina Navratilova 2/4United States Tracy Austin6–0, 6–2
1982United States Barbara PotterUnited States Pam Shriver6–4, 6–2
1983United States Kim ShaeferWest Germany Sylvia Hanika6–4, 6–3
1984United States Martina Navratilova 3/4United States Chris Evert6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1985Czechoslovakia Hana MandlíkováSweden Catarina Lindqvist6–3, 7–5
1986United States Martina Navratilova 4/4Czechoslovakia Helena Suková3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
1987Czechoslovakia Helena SukováUnited States Lori McNeil6–0, 6–3
1988–2000Not held
2001United States Monica SelesUnited States Jennifer Capriati6–3, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles

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