US Indoors

The US Indoors, known formally as the U.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 runner-ups in singles (4) while Wightman and Norma Taubele Barber hold the record for runner-ups in doubles (5).

Contents

Location

Results

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1907 Elisabeth Moore Marie Wagner 1/2 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1908 Marie Wagner 1/6 Mrs. Frederick G. Schmitz 1/3 6–3, 6–2
1909 Marie Wagner 2/6 Elisabeth Moore 6–0, 12–14, 6–0
1910 Mrs. Frederick G. Schmitz Erna Marcus 3–6, 8–6, 6–3
1911 Marie Wagner 3/6 Mrs. Frederick G. Schmitz 2/3 6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1912 Not held
1913 Marie Wagner 4/6 Mrs. Charles N. Beard 1/2 6–1, 6–1
1914 Marie Wagner 5/6 Mrs. Charles N. Beard 2/2 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1915 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1/5 Marie Wagner 2/2 6–4, 6–4
1916 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 2/5 Mrs. Frederick G. Schmitz 3/3 6–2, 6–1
1917 Marie Wagner 6/6 Eleanor Goss 1/2 6–3, 6–1
1918 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 3/5 Eleanor Goss 2/2 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1919 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/2 Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/3 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1920 Helena Pollak Falk Edith Sigourney 8–6, 6–2
1921 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 4/5 Mrs. B.E. Cole, 2nd 6–0, 6–2
1922 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 5/5 Leslie Bancroft 1/2 7–5, 6–1
1923 Mrs. B.E. Cole, 2nd Leslie Bancroft 2/2 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 1/3 6–3, 7–5
1926 Elizabeth Ryan Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/3 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 2/3 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1929 Margaret Blake Anna Fuller Hubbard 3/3 6–3, 6–3
1930 Mianne Palfrey Hill Marion Zinderstein Jessup 3/3 7–5, 6–2
1931 Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt Wilson Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6–3, 9–7
1932 Marjorie Morrill Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt Wilson 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1933 Dorrance Chase Helen Germaine 6–3, 6–2
1934 Norma Taubele Barber Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/3 6–4, 6–1
1935 Jane Sharp Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/3 11–9, 6–1
1936 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn Norma Taubele Barber 6–4, 6–3
1937 Sylvia Henrotin Millicent Hirsch Lang 10–8, 0–6, 6–2
1938 Virginia Hollinger Katherine Winthrop McKean 1/3 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1939 Pauline Betz Addie 1/4 Helen Bernhard 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1940 Sarah Palfrey Cooke Pauline Betz Addie 6–4, 1–6, 7–5
1941 Pauline Betz Addie 2/4 Dorothy Bundy Cheney 6–1, 10–12, 6–2
1942 Patricia Canning Todd 1/2 Hope Knowles 8–6, 1–6, 6–2
1943 Pauline Betz Addie 3/4 Katherine Winthrop McKean 2/3 6–4, 6–1
1944 Katherine Winthrop McKean Helen Pedersen Rihbany 3/3 6–0, 7–5
1945 Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/2 Katherine Winthrop McKean 3/3 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1946 Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/2 Katharine Hubbell 1/2 7–5, 6–4
1947 Pauline Betz Addie 4/4 Doris Hart 1/2 6–2, 7–5
1948 Patricia Canning Todd 2/2 Doris Hart 2/2 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1949 Gertrude Moran Nancy Chaffee Kiner 6–2, 6–3
1950 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 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 1/4 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 2/4 6–1, 6–1
1958 Nancy O'Connell Bonnie Mencher 6–8, 6–3, 6–1
1959 Lois Felix 2/2 Carole Wright 1/2 6–2, 8–6
1960 Carole Wright 1/2 Lois Felix 3/4 6–1, 6–2
1961 Janet Hopps Adkisson Katharine Hubbell 2/2 6–0, 7–5
1962 Carole Wright 2/2 Lois Felix 4/4 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1963 Carol Hanks Aucamp Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 1/2 6–2, 6–2
1964 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 1/3 Carole Wright 2/2 6–3, 6–4
1965 Nancy Richey Gunter Carol Hanks Aucamp 6–3, 6–2
1966 Billie Jean King 1/5 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 2/2 6–0, 6–2
1967 Billie Jean King 2/5 Trudy Groenman Walhof 6–1, 6–0
1968 Billie Jean King 3/5 Rosemary Casals 1/2 6–3, 9–7
1969 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 2/3 Stephanie DeFina 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1970 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 3/3 Patti Hogan Fordyce 0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971 Billie Jean King 4/5 Rosemary Casals 2/2 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1972 Not held
1973 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1/2 Virginia Wade 1/2 6–4, 6–4
1974 Billie Jean King 5/5 Chris Evert 1/2 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1975 Martina Navrátilová 1/4 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1976 Virginia Wade Betty Stöve 5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1977 Not held
1978 Chris Evert Virginia Wade 2/2 6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1979 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2/2 Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 1/2 6–3, 6–4
1980 Tracy Austin Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 2/2 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1981 Martina Navrátilová 2/4 Tracy Austin 6–0, 6–2
1982 Barbara Potter Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–2
1983 Kim Jones Shaefer Sylvia Hanika 6–4, 6–3
1984 Martina Navrátilová 3/4 Chris Evert 2/2 6–2, 7–6(4)
1985 Hana Mandlíková Catarina Lindqvist 6–3, 7–5
1986 Martina Navrátilová 4/4 Helena Suková 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(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

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1908 Helen Pough
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
3–6, 6–4, 12–10
1910 Marie Wagner 1/4
Clara Kutroff 1/2
Erna Marcus 1/2
Elisabeth Moore
6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1911 Elizabeth Bunce
Barbara Fleming
Mrs. Frederick G. Schmitz 1/3
Erna Marcus 2/2
6–4, 8–6
1912 Not held
1913 Marie Wagner 2/4
Clara Kutroff 2/2
May Fish
Alice Fish
10–8, 6–2
1914 Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver 1/3
Clare Cassel
Mrs. Frederick G. Schmitz 2/3
Helen Homans McLean
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1915 Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver 2/3
Helen Homans McLean
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1/3
Florence Ballin
3–6, 8–6, 6–2
1916 Marie Wagner 3/4
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Mrs. Frederick G. Schmitz 3/3
Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver
6–2, 6–3
1917 Marie Wagner 4/4
Margaret Taylor
Mrs. John Anderson
Edith Howe
6–4, 6–4
1918 Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver 3/3
Eleanor Goss
Mrs. Homer Stuart Green
Caroma Winn 1/2
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 2/2
6–3, 6–4
1921 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 2/10
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/5
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 2/3
Mrs. Louis G. Morris 1/3
6–2, 7–5
1922 Mrs. Frank Godfrey 1/2
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 3/5
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 3/3
Mrs. Louis G. Morris 2/3
6–4, 6–3
1923 Mrs. Frank Godfrey 2/2
Mrs. B.E. Cole 2nd
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/5
Leslie Bancroft
6–4, 6–2
1924 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 3/10
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 4/5
Lillian Scharman Hester 1/2
Mrs. Louis G. Morris 3/3
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 2/5
Marion Zinderstein Jessup
6–1, 6–3
1927 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 4/10
Marion Zinderstein Jessup 5/5
Margaret Blake 1/3
Edith Sigourney 1/3
8–6, 1–6, 6–3
1928 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 5/10
Sarah Palfrey Cooke 1/5
Mrs. J.L. Bremer
Ruth Shedden
6–2, 6–0
1929 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6/10
Sarah Palfrey Cooke 2/5
Margaret Blake 2/3
Anna Fuller Hubbard 1/2
6–2, 6–2
1930 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 7/10
Sarah Palfrey Cooke 3/5
Edith Sigourney 2/3
Marjorie Morrill
6–3, 6–2
1931 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 8/10
Sarah Palfrey Cooke 4/5
Margaret Blake 3/3
Anna Fuller Hubbard 2/2
9–7, 6–0
1932 Marjorie Morrill
Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 3/5
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
6–3, 6–0
1933 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 9/10
Sarah Palfrey Cooke 5/5
Mianne Palfrey Hill
Virginia Rice Johnson
6–0, 6–3
1934 Norma Taubele Barber 1/3
Jane Sharp
Mrs. Henry Brunie
Lillian Scharman Hester 2/2
6–3, 6–2
1935 Dorothy Andrus Burke 1/3
Sylvia Henrotin 1/3
Norma Taubele Barber 1/5
Jane Sharp
7–5, 6–4
1936 Dorothy Andrus Burke 2/3
Sylvia Henrotin 2/3
Norma Taubele Barber 2/5
Florence Leboutillier 1/2
6–4, 9–7
1937 Dorothy Andrus Burke 3/3
Sylvia Henrotin 3/3
Norma Taubele Barber 3/5
Florence Leboutillier 2/2
6–4, 7–5
1938 Virginia Rice Johnson 1/4
Katherine Winthrop McKean 1/4
Norma Taubele Barber 4/5
Grace Surber
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939 Norma Taubele Barber 2/3
Grace Surber
Jean Wright
Josephine Sanfilippo
6–1, 6–2
1940 Norma Taubele Barber 3/3
Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher
Louise Raymond Ganzenmuller 1/2
Patricia Cumming Stuhler
7–5, 6–4
1941 Pauline Betz Addie 1/2
Dorothy Bundy Cheney
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 4/5
Katherine Winthrop McKean 1/2
6–4, 6–3
1942 Virginia Rice Johnson 2/4
Katherine Winthrop McKean 2/4
Mrs. Philip Theopold
Virginia Ellis
6–2, 6–0
1943 Pauline Betz Addie 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 5/5
Mary Jane Donnalley
3–6, 8–6, 6–0
1945 Virginia Rice Johnson 4/4
Katherine Winthrop McKean 4/4
Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/4
Betty Grimes Stokum
6–4, 7–5
1946 Ruth Carter
Helen Pedersen Rihbany
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 5/5
Edith Sigourney 3/3
unknown
1947 Doris Hart 1/2
Barbara Scofield Davidson 1/3
Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/4
Katherine Winthrop McKean 2/2
6–1, 6–1
1948 Doris Hart 2/2
Barbara Scofield Davidson 2/3
Patricia Canning Todd
Helen Pedersen Rihbany 3/4
9–7, 6–4
1949 Gertrude Moran
Marjorie Buck 1/4
Nancy Chaffee Kiner
Barbara Wilkins
6–4, 7–5
1950 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 1/3
Marjorie Buck 2/4
Helen Pedersen Rihbany 4/4
Betty Rosenquest 1/2
6–0, 6–1
1951 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 2/3
Marjorie Buck 3/4
Betty Rosenquest 2/2
Barbara Scofield Davidson
6–4, 6–2
1952 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3
Patricia Canning Todd
Helen Fletcher
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 1/3
Katharine Hubbell 1/4
6–2, 6–0
1955 Katharine Hubbell 1/5
Ruth Jeffery Ryder 1/3
Millicent Hirsch Lang
Louise Raymond Ganzenmuller 2/2
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1956 Katharine Hubbell 2/5
Lois Felix 1/2
Ruth Jeffery Ryder 1/2
Marjorie Buck 1/2
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1957 Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2
Nancy O'Connell 1/2
Katharine Hubbell 2/4
Lois Felix 2/3
6–3, 6–4
1958 Carol Hanks Aucamp 1/4
Nancy O'Connell 2/2
Mildred Thornton
Katharine Hubbell 3/4
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 4/4
Lois Felix 3/3
9–7, 4–6, 6–2
1961 Katharine Hubbell 4/5
Janet Hopps Adkisson
Marjorie Buck 2/2
Ruth Jeffery Ryder 2/2
4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1962 Belmar Gunderson
Ruth Jeffery Ryder 3/3
Carole Wright 1/2
Mary Louise Christian
6–8, 6–4, 6–2
1963 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 1/5
Carol Hanks Aucamp 2/4
Carole Wright 2/2
Lena Greene
6–2, 6–2
1964 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 2/5
Katharine Hubbell 5/5
Belmar Gunderson
Betty Swanson
6–3, 6–3
1965 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 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 Curtis 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 Curtis 1/2
Kathy Harter
6–2, 6–2
1969 Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 5/5
Valerie Ziegenfuss
Patti Hogan Fordyce
Peggy Michel
6–1, 6–3
1970 Jane Bartkowicz
Nancy Richey
Mary Ann Eisel Curtis 2/2
Valerie Ziegenfuss
8–6, 6–4
1971 Billie Jean King 3/6
Rosemary Casals 3/6
Françoise Durr
Ann Haydon Jones
6–3, 7–5
1972 Not held
1973 Marina Kroschina
Olga Morozova
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Janet Young-Langford
6–2, 6–4
1974 Not held
1975 Billie Jean King 4/6
Rosemary Casals 4/6
Martina Navrátilová
Chris Evert
6–3, 6–4
1976 Rosemary Casals 5/6
Françoise Durr
Betty Stöve 1/2
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 Navrátilová 1/4
Betty Stöve 2/2
Wendy Turnbull 1/2
6–4, 7–6
1980 Ann Kiyomura
Candy Reynolds
Anne Smith
Paula Smith
6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1981 Martina Navrátilová 2/4
Pam Shriver 1/3
Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull 2/2
6–4, 7–5
1982 Rosemary Casals 6/6
Wendy Turnbull 2/2
Barbara Potter 1/2
Sharon Walsh
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1983 Billie Jean King 6/6
Sharon Walsh
Kathy Jordan
Barbara Potter 2/2
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1984 Martina Navrátilová 3/4
Pam Shriver 2/3
Jo Durie
Ann Kiyomura
6–4, 6–3
1985 Martina Navrátilová 4/4
Pam Shriver 3/3
Marcella Mesker
Elizabeth Smylie 1/2
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 2/2
6–1, 6–4
1988–2000 Not held
2001 Amanda Coetzer
Lori McNeil 2/2
Janet Lei
Wynne Prakusya
6–3, 2–6, 6–0

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