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U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships

FieldValue
nameU.S. Women's Clay Court Championships
typedefunct
founded1912
ended1986
editions55
event nameU.S. Open Clay Courts
tourGrand Prix (1971–1972)
WTA Tour (1973–1986)
locationVarious
United States
surfaceClay

WTA Tour (1973–1986) United States

Nancy Richey and Chris Evert won more singles titles (6) at this tournament than any other woman. Linda Tuero holds the record for runners-up in singles (3).

Locations

  • 1912: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1913: Not held
  • 1914: Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati Tennis Club)
  • 1915: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Athletic Association)
  • 1916: Cleveland, Ohio (Lakewood Tennis Club)
  • 1917: Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati Tennis Club)
  • 1918–19: Chicago, Illinois (South Side Tennis Club)
  • 1920: Detroit, Michigan (Detroit Tennis Club)
  • 1921–23: Buffalo, New York (Park Club)
  • 1924–39: Not held
  • 1940–41: River Forest, Illinois (River Forest Tennis Club)
  • 1942: Not held
  • 1943–44: Detroit, Michigan (Detroit Tennis Club)
  • 1947: Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake Tennis Club)
  • 1948–54: River Forest, Illinois (River Forest Tennis Club)
  • 1955: Atlanta, Georgia (Bryan M. Grant, Jr. Tennis Center)
  • 1956–65: River Forest, Illinois (River Forest Tennis Club)
  • 1966–68: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Town Club)
  • 1969–86: Indianapolis, Indiana (Indianapolis Racquet Club)

Finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1912USA May SuttonUSA Mary Browne6–4, 6–2
1913Not held
1914USA Mary BrowneUSA Louise Riddell Williams6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1915NOR Molla BjurstedtUSA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1916NOR Molla BjurstedtUSA Martha Guthrie8–6, 6–3
1917USA Ruth SandersUSA W. E. Ellis6–1, 6–3
1918USA Carrie NeelyUSA Adelaide Yager6–4, 6–2
1919USA Corinne GouldUSA Carrie Neely6–4, 6–2
1920USA Marion ZindersteinUSA Corinne Gould6–0, 6–1
1921USA Ann Sheafe ColeUSA Anna Godfrey6–0, 6–3
1922CAN Lois Moyes BickleUSA Leslie Bancroft3–6, 6–1, 7–5
1923USA Mayme McDonaldUSA Lilian Scharman7–5, 1–6, 6–4
1924 –
1939Not held
1940USA Alice MarbleUSA Gracyn Wheeler7–5, 6–0
1941USA Pauline BetzUSA Mary Arnold6–3, 6–1
1942Not held
1943USA Pauline BetzUSA Nancy Corbett6–1, 6–0
1944USA Dorothy BundyUSA Mary Arnold7–5, 6–4
1945USA Sarah Palfrey CookeUSA Pauline Betz6–3, 7–5
1946USA Barbara KraseUSA Virginia Kovacs10–8, 6–4
1947USA Mary Arnold PrentissUSA Dorothy Head6–1, 6–1
1948ROU Magda RuracUSA Dorothy Head6–2, 6–0
1949ROU Magda RuracUSA Beverly Baker2–6, 9–7, 6–3
1950USA Doris HartUSA Shirley Fry6–1, 6–3
1951USA Dorothy HeadUSA Patricia Canning Todd4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1952USA Anita KanterUSA Lucille Davidson6–4, 6–3
1953USA Maureen ConnollyUSA Althea Gibson6–4, 6–4
1954USA Maureen ConnollyUSA Doris Hart6–3, 6–1
1955USA Dorothy Head KnodeUSA Barbara Breit6–4, 6–3
1956USA Shirley FryUSA Althea Gibson7–5, 6–1
1957USA Althea GibsonUSA Darlene Hard6–2, 6–3
1958USA Dorothy Head KnodeUSA Karol Fageros6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1959USA Sally MooreRSA Sandra Reynolds6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1960USA Dorothy Head KnodeUSA Gwyneth Thomas6–3, 6–4
1961FRG Edda BudingUSA Karen Hantze6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1962USA Donna FloydUSA Carole Caldwell6–3, 6–1
1963USA Nancy RicheyUSA Victoria Palmer6–1, 6–1
1964USA Nancy RicheyUSA Carole Caldwell Graebner6–2, 6–1
1965USA Nancy RicheyUSA Julie Heldman5–7, 6–3, 9–7
1966USA Nancy RicheyUSA Stephanie DeFina6–2, 6–2
1967USA Nancy RicheyUSA Rosemary Casals6–2, 6–3
1968USA Nancy RicheyUSA Linda Tuero6–3, 6–3
1969FRA Gail Sherriff ChanfreauUSA Linda Tuero6–2, 6–2
1970USA Linda TueroFRA Gail Sherriff Chanfreau7–5, 6–1
1971USA Billie Jean KingUSA Linda Tuero6–4, 7–5
1972USA Chris EvertAUS Evonne Goolagong7–6(5–2), 6–1
1973USA Chris EvertGBR Veronica Burton6–4, 6–3
1974USA Chris EvertFRA Gail Sherriff Chanfreau6–0, 6–0
1975USA Chris EvertAUS Dianne Fromholtz6–3, 6–4
1976USA Kathy MayRSA Brigitte Cuypers6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1977USA Laura DuPontUSA Nancy Richey6–4, 6–3
1978USA Dana GilbertARG Viviana González6–2, 6–3
1979USA Chris EvertAUS Evonne Goolagong Cawley6–4, 6–3
1980USA Chris EvertUSA Andrea Jaeger6–4, 6–3
1981USA Andrea JaegerROM Virginia Ruzici6–1, 6–0
1982ROM Virginia RuziciTCH Helena Suková6–2, 6–0
1983HUN Andrea TemesváriUSA Zina Garrison6–2, 6–2
1984BUL Manuela MaleevaUSA Lisa Bonder6–4, 6–3
1985HUN Andrea TemesváriUSA Zina Garrison7–6, 6–3
1986FRG Steffi GrafARG Gabriela Sabatini2–6, 7–6, 6–4

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1944USA Pauline Betz
USA Doris Hart
1945USA Pauline Betz
USA Doris Hart
1946USA Shirley Fry
USA Mary Arnold PrentissUSA Virginia Kovacs
USA Barbara Scofield6–4, 6–1
1947USA Gussie Moran
USA Mary Arnold PrentissUSA Shirley Fry
USA Barbara Krase6–4, 6–4
1948Not held
1949Not held
1950USA Shirley Fry
USA Doris HartUSA Beverly Baker
ROU Magda Rurac2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1951ROU Magda Rurac
USA Patricia Canning ToddUSA Dorothy Head
USA Anita Kanter
1952USA Lucille Davidson
USA Doris PoppleUSA Anita Kanter
USA Joan Merciadas7–5, 6–4
1953USA Anita Kanter
AUS Thelma Coyne LongUSA Maureen Connolly
USA Julia Sampson6–3, 6–0
1954USA Maureen Connolly
USA Doris HartUSA Althea Gibson
USA Ethel Norton6–3, 6–2
1955USA Dorothy Head Knode
USA Janet HoppsUSA Pat Shaffer
USA Barbara Breit6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1956USA Shirley Fry
USA Dorothy Head KnodeMEX Martha Hernández
MEX Yola Ramírez6–2, 6–2
1957USA Althea Gibson
USA Darlene HardUSA Karol Fageros
USA Jeanne Arth6–3, 6–0
1958USA Karol Fageros
USA Dorothy Head Knode
1959RSA Sandra Reynolds
RSA Renée SchuurmanUSA Jeanne Arth
USA Janet Hopps
1960USA Darlene Hard
USA Billie Jean MoffittUSA Justina Bricka
USA Carol Hanks6–3, 6–4
1961USA Justina Bricka
USA Carol Hanks
1962USA Darlene Hard
USA Susan Behlmar
1963BRA Maria Bueno
USA Darlene Hard
1964USA Carole Graebner
USA Nancy Richey
1965USA Carole Graebner
USA Nancy Richey
1966AUS Karen Krantzcke
AUS Kerry MelvilleRSA Esmé Emmanuel
RSA Maryna Godwin1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1967AUS Karen Krantzcke
AUS Kerry Melville
1968USA Nancy Richey
USA Valerie Ziegenfuss
1969AUS Lesley Turner Bowrey
FRA Gail Sherriff ChanfreauUSA Emilie Burrer
USA Linda Tuero6–0, 10–8
1970USA Rosemary Casals
FRA Gail Sherriff ChanfreauAUS Helen Gourlay
RSA Patricia Walkden6–2, 6–2
1971AUS Judy Tegart Dalton
USA Billie Jean KingUSA Julie Heldman
USA Linda Tuero6–1, 6–2
1972AUS Evonne Goolagong
AUS Lesley HuntAUS Margaret Smith Court
USA Pam Teeguarden6–2, 6–1
1973USA Patti Hogan
USA Sharon WalshURU Fiorella Bonicelli
COL María-Isabel Fernández6–4, 6–4
1974FRA Gail Sherriff Chanfreau
USA Julie HeldmanUSA Chris Evert
USA Jeanne Evert6–3, 6–1
1975URU Fiorella Bonicelli
COL María-Isabel FernándezFRA Gail Sherriff Chanfreau
USA Julie Heldman3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1976RSA Linky Boshoff
RSA Ilana KlossUSA Laura DuPont
AUS Wendy Turnbull6–2, 6–3
1977RSA Linky Boshoff
RSA Ilana KlossUSA Mary Carillo
USA Wendy Overton5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1978SWE Helena Anliot
DEN Helle Sparre-ViraghUSA Barbara Hallquist
USA Sheila McInerney6–3, 6–1
1979USA Kathy Jordan
USA Anne SmithUSA Penny Johnson
USA Paula Smith6–1, 6–0
1980USA Anne Smith
USA Paula SmithROM Virginia Ruzici
TCH Renáta Tomanová6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1981USA JoAnne Russell
ROM Virginia RuziciGBR Sue Barker
USA Paula Smith6–2, 6–2
1982ARG Ivanna Madruga
FRA Catherine TanvierUSA JoAnne Russell
ROM Virginia Ruzici7–5, 7–6
1983USA Kathleen Horvath
ROM Virginia RuziciUSA Gigi Fernández
USA Beth Herr4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1984RSA Beverly Mould
USA Paula SmithUSA Elise Burgin
USA JoAnne Russell6–2, 7–5
1985BUL Katerina Maleeva
BUL Manuela MaleevaUSA Penny Barg
USA Paula Smith3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1986FRG Steffi Graf
ARG Gabriela SabatiniUSA Gigi Fernández
USA Robin White6–2, 6–0

References

References

  1. (Jul 2, 1912). "Norris Williams New Tennis Champ". The Pittsburgh Press.
  2. Robertson, Max. (1974). "The Encyclopedia of Tennis". Allen & Unwin.
  3. (Jul 20, 1958}}{{Dead link). "Knode, Tut Give Foes Lessons". The Miami News.
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