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U.S. Women's Indoor Championships

Field	Value
name	U.S. Women's Indoor Tennis Championships
type	defunct
founded	1907
ended	2001
editions	78
city	various
country	United States
surface	Wood / indoor
Hard / 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. 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. 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.

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.

Locations

1907–20: New York
1921–1933: Chestnut Hill
1934–41: New York
1942–1966: Chestnut Hill
1967–71: Winchester
1973: Hingham
1974: New York
1975: Boston
1976: Atlanta
1978–81: Minneapolis
1982: Philadelphia
1983: Hartford, Connecticut
1984: East Hanover
1985-86: Princeton
1987: Piscataway Township
2001: Oklahoma City

Finals

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

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1907	USA Elisabeth Moore	USA Marie Wagner	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1908	USA Marie Wagner 1/6	UK Nora Meyer Schmitz	6–3, 6–2
1909	USA Marie Wagner 2/6	USA Elisabeth Moore	6–0, 12–14, 6–0
1910	UK Nora Meyer Schmitz	USA Erna Marcus	3–6, 8–6, 6–3
1911	USA Marie Wagner 3/6	UK Nora Meyer Schmitz	6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1912	Not held
1913	USA Marie Wagner 4/6	USA Alice Day Beard	6–1, 6–1
1914	USA Marie Wagner 5/6	USA Alice Day Beard	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1915	NOR Molla Bjurstedt 1/5	USA Marie Wagner	6–4, 6–4
1916	NOR Molla Bjurstedt2/5	UK Nora Meyer Schmitz	6–2, 6–1
1917	USA Marie Wagner 6/6	USA Eleanor Goss	6–3, 6–1
1918	NOR Molla Bjurstedt 3/5	USA Eleanor Goss	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1919	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/2	USA Marion Zinderstein	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1920	USA Helene Pollak Falk	USA Edith Sigourney	8–6, 6–2
1921	USA Molla Mallory 4/5	USA Ann Sheafe Cole	6–0, 6–2
1922	USA Molla Mallory 5/5	USA Leslie Bancroft	7–5, 6–1
1923	USA Ann Sheafe Cole	USA Leslie Bancroft	8–6, 6–2
1924	USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/2	USA Lillian Scharman Hester	6–2, 6–3
1925	USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/2	USA Anna Fuller Hubbard	6–3, 7–5
1926	USA Elizabeth Ryan	USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1927	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 2/2	USA Margaret Blake	6–0, 2–6, 6–3
1928	USA Edith Sigourney	USA Anna Fuller Hubbard	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1929	USA Margaret Blake	USA Anna Fuller Hubbard	6–3, 6–3
1930	USA Mianne Palfrey	USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup	7–5, 6–2
1931	USA Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt	USA Sarah Palfrey Cooke	6–3, 9–7
1932	USA Marjorie Morrill	USA Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1933	USA Dorrance Chase Deston	USA Helen Germaine	6–3, 6–2
1934	USA Norma Taubele Barber	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany	6–4, 6–1
1935	USA Jane Sharp	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany	11–9, 6–1
1936	USA Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn	USA Norma Taubele Barber	6–4, 6–3
1937	FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin	USA Millicent Hirsch Lang	10–8, 0–6, 6–2
1938	USA Virginia Hollinger	USA Katherine Winthrop	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1939	USA Pauline Betz 1/4	USA Helen Bernhard	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1940	USA Sarah Palfrey Cooke	USA Pauline Betz	6–4, 1–6, 7–5
1941	USA Pauline Betz 2/4	USA Dorothy Bundy Cheney	6–1, 10–12, 6–2
1942	USA Patricia Canning Todd 1/2	USA Hope Knowles Rawls	8–6, 1–6, 6–2
1943	USA Pauline Betz 3/4	USA Katherine Winthrop	6–4, 6–1
1944	USA Katherine Winthrop McKean	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany	6–0, 7–5
1945	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/2	USA Katherine Winthrop	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1946	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/2	USA Katharine Hubbell	7–5, 6–4
1947	USA Pauline Betz 4/4	USA Doris Hart	6–2, 7–5
1948	USA Patricia Canning Todd 2/2	USA Doris Hart	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1949	USA Gussie Moran	USA Nancy Chaffee	6–2, 6–3
1950	USA Nancy Chaffee 1/3	USA Althea Gibson	6–0, 6–2
1951	USA Nancy Chaffee Kiner 2/3	USA Beverly Baker Fleitz	6–4, 6–4
1952	USA Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3	USA Patricia Canning Todd	6–1, 6–0
1953	AUS Thelma Coyne Long	USA Barbara Scofield Davidson	5–7, 6–0, 9–7
1954	USA Dorothy Watman Levine 1/2	USA Lois Felix	6–1, 6–1
1955	USA Katharine Hubbell	USA Mildred Thornton	8–6, 9–7
1956	USA Lois Felix 1/2	USA June Stack	9–7, 9–7
1957	USA Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2	USA Lois Felix	6–1, 6–1
1958	USA Nancy O'Connell	USA Bonnie Mencher	6–8, 6–3, 6–1
1959	USA Lois Felix 2/2	USA Carole Wright	6–2, 8–6
1960	USA Carole Wright 1/2	USA Lois Felix	6–1, 6–2
1961	USA Janet Hopps	USA Katharine Hubbell	6–0, 7–5
1962	USA Carole Wright 2/2	USA Lois Felix	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1963	USA Carol Hanks Aucamp	USA Mary-Ann Eisel	6–2, 6–2
1964	USA Mary-Ann Eisel 1/3	USA Carole Wright	6–3, 6–4
1965	USA Nancy Richey	USA Carol Hanks Aucamp	6–3, 6–2
1966	USA Billie Jean King 1/5	USA Mary-Ann Eisel	6–0, 6–2
1967	USA Billie Jean King 2/5	Netherlands Trudy Groenman	6–1, 6–0
1968	USA Billie Jean King 3/5	USA Rosemary Casals	6–3, 9–7
1969	USA Mary-Ann Eisel 2/3	USA Stephanie DeFina	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1970	USA Mary-Ann Eisel Curtis 3/3	USA Patti Hogan	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971	USA Billie Jean King 4/5	USA Rosemary Casals	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1972	Not held
1973	AUS Evonne Goolagong 1/2	GBR Virginia Wade	6–4, 6–4
1974	USA Billie Jean King 5/5	USA Chris Evert	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1975	TCH Martina Navratilova 1/4	AUS Evonne Goolagong	6–2, 4-6, 6-3
1976	GBR Virginia Wade	NED Betty Stöve	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1977	Not held
1978	USA Chris Evert	GBR Virginia Wade	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1979	AUS Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2/2	AUS Dianne Fromholtz	6–3, 6–4
1980	USA Tracy Austin	AUS Dianne Fromholtz	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1981	USA Martina Navratilova 2/4	USA Tracy Austin	6–0, 6–2
1982	USA Barbara Potter	USA Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–2
1983	USA Kim Shaefer	FRG Sylvia Hanika	6–4, 6–3
1984	USA Martina Navratilova 3/4	USA Chris Evert	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1985	TCH Hana Mandlíková	SWE Catarina Lindqvist	6–3, 7–5
1986	USA Martina Navratilova 4/4	TCH Helena Suková	3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
1987	TCH Helena Suková	USA Lori McNeil	6–0, 6–3
1988–2000	Not held
2001	USA Monica Seles	USA Jennifer Capriati	6–3, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1908	USA Helen Pouch
USA Elisabeth Moore 1/2	Mrs. A.H. McCarty
M. Johnson	13–11, 6–3
1909	USA Erna Marcus
USA Elisabeth Moore 2/2	USA Marie Wagner
USA Louise Hammond Raymond	3–6, 6–4, 12–10
1910	USA Marie Wagner 1/4
USA Clara Kutroff Cassebeer 1/2	USA Erna Marcus
USA Elisabeth Moore	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1911	Elizabeth Bunce
USA Barbara Fleming	UK Nora Meyer Schmitz
Erna Marcus	6–4, 8–6
1912	Not held
1913	USA Marie Wagner 2/4
USA Clara Kutroff Cassebeer 2/2	May Fish
Alice Fish	10–8, 6–2
1914	Emily Stokes Weaver 1/3
USA Clare Cassel	UK Nora Meyer Schmitz
USA Helen Homans McLean	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1915	Emily Stokes Weaver 2/3
USA Helen Homans McLean	NOR Molla Bjurstedt
USA Florence Ballin	3–6, 8–6, 6–2
1916	USA Marie Wagner 3/4
NOR Molla Bjurstedt	GBR Nora Meyer Schmitz
Emily Stokes Weaver	6–2, 6–3
1917	USA Marie Wagner 4/4
USA Margaret Taylor	USA Mrs. John Anderson
USA Edith Howe	6–4, 6–4
1918	Emily Stokes Weaver 3/3
USA Eleanor Goss Lanning	Mrs. Homer Stuart Green
USA Caroma Winn	6–3, 11–9
1919	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/10
USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/5	USA Mrs. Albert Humphreys
USA Bessie Holden	6–1, 6–1
1920	USA Mrs. Louis G. Morris
USA Helene Pollak Falk	USA Gertrude Della Torre
USA Caroma Winn	6–3, 6–4
1921	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2)
USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/5	USA Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
USA Mrs. Louis G. Morris	6–2, 7–5
1922	USA Mrs. Frank Godfrey
USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup 3/5	USA Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
USA Mrs. Louis G. Morris	6–4, 6–3
1923	USA Mrs. Frank Godfrey (2)
USA Ann Sheafe Cole	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
USA Leslie Bancroft	6–4, 6–2
1924	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3)
USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup 4/5	USA Lilian Scharman Hester
USA Mrs. Louis G. Morris	6–1, 6–1
1925	USA Mrs. Ellis Endicott
USA Betty Corbiere	USA Katherine Gardner
USA Martha Bayard	8–6, 6–4
1926	USA Elizabeth Ryan
USA Mary Browne	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup	6–1, 6–3
1927	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (4)
USA Marion Zinderstein Jessup 5/5	USA Margaret Blake
USA Edith Sigourney	8–6, 1–6, 6–3
1928	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (5)
USA Sarah Palfrey	USA Mrs. J.L. Bremer
USA Ruth Shedden	6–2, 6–0
1929	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (6)
USA Sarah Palfrey	USA Margaret Blake
USA Anna Fuller Hubbard	6–2, 6–2
1930	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (7)
USA Sarah Palfrey	USA Edith Sigourney
USA Marjorie Morrill	6–3, 6–2
1931	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (8)
USA Sarah Palfrey	USA Margaret Blake
USA Anna Fuller Hubbard	9–7, 6–0
1932	USA Marjorie Morrill
USA Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
USA Sarah Palfrey	6–3, 6–0
1933	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (9)
USA Sarah Palfrey (5)	USA Mianne Palfrey Hill
USA Virginia Rice Johnson	6–0, 6–3
1934	USA Norma Taubele Barber
USA Jane Sharp	USA Anna Fuller Hubbard Brunie
USA Lilian Scharman Hester	6–3, 6–2
1935	USA Dorothy Andrus
FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin	USA Norma Taubele Barber
USA Jane Sharp	7–5, 6–4
1936	USA Dorothy Andrus (2)
FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2)	USA Norma Taubele Barber
USA Florence Leboutillier	6–4, 9–7
1937	USA Dorothy Andrus (3)
FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin (3)	USA Norma Taubele Barber
USA Florence Leboutillier	6–4, 7–5
1938	USA Virginia Rice Johnson
USA Katherine Winthrop McKean	USA Norma Taubele Barber 4/5
USA Grace Surber	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939	USA Norma Taubele Barber (2)
USA Grace Surber	USA Jean Wright
USA Josephine Sanfilippo	6–1, 6–2
1940	USA Norma Taubele Barber (3)
USA Gracyn Wheeler	USA Louise Raymond
USA Patricia Cumming Stuhler	7–5, 6–4
1941	USA Pauline Betz
USA Dorothy Bundy Cheney	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
USA Katherine Winthrop McKean	6–4, 6–3
1942	USA Virginia Rice Johnson 2/4
USA Katherine Winthrop McKean	USA Mrs. Philip Theopold
USA Virginia Ellis	6–2, 6–0
1943	USA Pauline Betz 2/2
USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 10/10	USA Judy Atterbury
USA Lillian Lopaus	7–5, 6–1
1944	USA Virginia Rice Johnson 3/4
USA Katherine Winthrop McKean 3/4	USA Norma Taubele Barber
USA Mary Jane Donnalley	3–6, 8–6, 6–0
1945	USA Virginia Rice Johnson 4/4
USA Katherine Winthrop McKean 4/4	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany
USA Betty Grimes Stokum	6–4, 7–5
1946	Ruth Carter
USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany	USA Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
USA Edith Sigourney	unknown
1947	USA Doris Hart 1/2
USA Barbara Scofield Davidson 1/3	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany
USA Katherine Winthrop McKean	6–1, 6–1
1948	USA Doris Hart 2/2
USA Barbara Scofield Davidson 2/3	USA Patricia Canning Todd
USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany	9–7, 6–4
1949	USA Gussie Moran
USA Marjorie Buck 1/4	USA Nancy Chaffee
USA Barbara Wilkins	6–4, 7–5
1950	USA Nancy Chaffee 1/3
USA Marjorie Buck 2/4	USA Helen Pedersen Rihbany
USA Betty Rosenquest	6–0, 6–1
1951	USA Nancy Chaffee 2/3
USA Marjorie Buck 3/4	USA Betty Rosenquest
USA Barbara Scofield Davidson	6–4, 6–2
1952	USA Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3
USA Patricia Canning Todd	UK Helen Fletcher Barker
UK Patricia Ward Hales	6–4, 6–4
1953	AUS Thelma Coyne Long
USA Barbara Scofield Davidson 3/3	USA Betty Coumbe
USA Joan Piken	6–0, 6–1
1954	USA Dorothy Watman Levine 1/2
USA Barbara Ward	USA Lois Felix
USA Katharine Hubbell	6–2, 6–0
1955	USA Katharine Hubbell 1/5
USA Ruth Jeffery Ryder 1/3	USA Millicent Hirsch Lang
USA Louise Raymond Ganzenmuller	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1956	USA Katharine Hubbell 2/5
USA Lois Felix 1/2	USA Ruth Jeffery Ryder
USA Marjorie Buck	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1957	USA Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2
USA Nancy O'Connell 1/2	USA Katharine Hubbell
USA Lois Felix	6–3, 6–4
1958	USA Carol Hanks Aucamp 1/4
USA Nancy O'Connell 2/2	USA Mildred Thornton
USA Katharine Hubbell	9–7, 4–6, 6–4
1959	USA Katharine Hubbell 3/5
USA Lois Felix 2/2	USA Mrs. Arklay Richards
USA Mrs. Pepper Frey	6–2, 6–2
1960	USA Marjorie Buck 4/4
USA Ruth Jeffery Ryder 2/3	USA Katharine Hubbell
USA Lois Felix	9–7, 4–6, 6–2
1961	USA Katharine Hubbell 4/5
USA Janet Hopps Adkisson	USA Marjorie Buck
USA Ruth Jeffery Ryder	4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1962	USA Belmar Gunderson
USA Ruth Jeffery Ryder 3/3	USA Carole Wright
USA Mary Louise Christian	6–8, 6–4, 6–2
1963	USA Mary-Ann Eisel 1/5
USA Carol Hanks Aucamp 2/4	USA Carole Wright
USA Lena Greene	6–2, 6–2
1964	USA Mary Ann Eisel 2/5
USA Katharine Hubbell 5/5	USA Belmar Gunderson
USA Betty Swanson	6–3, 6–3
1965	USA Mary Ann Eisel 3/5
USA Carol Hanks Aucamp 3/4	USA Karen Hantze Susman
USA Nancy Richey	9–7, 4–6, 6–2
1966	USA Billie Jean King 1/6
USA Rosemary Casals 1/6	USA Carol Hanks Aucamp
USA Justina Bricka Horwitz	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1967	USA Mary Ann Eisel 4/5
USA Carol Hanks Aucamp 4/4	USA Billie Jean King
USA Judy Dixon	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1968	USA Billie Jean King 2/6
USA Rosemary Casals 2/6	USA Mary Ann Eisel
USA Kathy Harter	6–2, 6–2
1969	USA Mary Ann Eisel 5/5
USA Valerie Ziegenfuss	USA Patti Hogan
USA Peggy Michel	6–1, 6–3
1970	USA Jane Bartkowicz
USA Nancy Richey	USA Mary Ann Eisel Curtis
USA Valerie Ziegenfuss	8–6, 6–4
1971	USA Billie Jean King 3/6
USA Rosemary Casals 3/6	FRA Françoise Dürr
UK Ann Haydon-Jones	6–3, 7–5
1972	Not held
1973	URS Marina Kroschina
URS Olga Morozova	AUS Evonne Goolagong
AUS Janet Young-Langford	6–2, 6–4
1974	Not held
1975	USA Billie Jean King 4/6
USA Rosemary Casals 4/6	TCH Martina Navratilova
USA Chris Evert	6–3, 6–4
1976	USA Rosemary Casals 5/6
FRA Françoise Dürr	NED Betty Stöve
GBR Virginia Wade	6–0, 6–4
1977	Not held
1978	AUS Kerry Melville Reid
AUS Wendy Turnbull 1/2	RSA Ilana Kloss
AUS Lesley Hunt	6–3, 6–3
1979	USA Billie Jean King 5/6
TCH Martina Navratilova 1/4	NED Betty Stöve
AUS Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 7–6
1980	USA Ann Kiyomura
USA Candy Reynolds	USA Anne Smith
USA Paula Smith	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1981	USA Martina Navratilova 2/4
USA Pam Shriver 1/3	USA Rosemary Casals
AUS Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 7–5
1982	USA Rosemary Casals 6/6
AUS Wendy Turnbull 2/2	USA Barbara Potter
USA Sharon Walsh	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1983	USA Billie Jean King 6/6
USA Sharon Walsh	USA Kathy Jordan
USA Barbara Potter	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1984	USA Martina Navratilova 3/4
USA Pam Shriver 2/3	GBR Jo Durie
USA Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 6–3
1985	USA Martina Navratilova 4/4
USA Pam Shriver 3/3	NED Marcella Mesker
AUS Elizabeth Smylie	7–5, 6–2
1986	USA Kathy Jordan
AUS Elizabeth Smylie	TCH Hana Mandlíková
TCH Helena Suková	6–3, 7–5
1987	USA Gigi Fernández
USA Lori McNeil 1/2	USA Betsy Nagelsen
AUS Elizabeth Smylie	6–1, 6–4
1988–2000	Not held
2001	RSA Amanda Coetzer
USA Lori McNeil 2/2	TPE Janet Lee
INA Wynne Prakusya	6–3, 2–6, 6–0

References

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(2021). "Champions on Winchester courts made tennis history".
"The U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships Return to Memphis". Racquet Club of Memphis.
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