US Indoor Championships

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 runners-up in singles (4) while Wightman and Norma Taubele Barber hold the record for runners-up in doubles (5).

Location

• 1971: Detroit
• 1973: Boston
• 1974: New York City
• 1975: Boston
• 1976: Atlanta
• 1978-81: Minneapolis
• 1982: Philadelphia
• 1983: Hartford, Connecticut
• 1984: East Hanover, New Jersey
• 1985-86: Princeton, New Jersey
• 1987: Piscataway Township, New Jersey
• 2001: Oklahoma City

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	Nora Meyer Schmitz 1/3	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 2/3	6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1912	Not held
1913	Marie Wagner 4/6	Alice Day Beard 1/2	6–1, 6–1
1914	Marie Wagner 5/6	Alice Day Beard 2/2	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1915	Molla Bjurstedt 1/5	Marie Wagner 2/2	6–4, 6–4
1916	Molla Bjurstedt2/5	Nora Meyer Schmitz 3/3	6–2, 6–1
1917	Marie Wagner 6/6	Eleanor Goss Lanning 1/2	6–3, 6–1
1918	Molla Bjurstedt 3/5	Eleanor Goss Lanning 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	Helen 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 Aeschlimann 1/2	7–5, 6–1
1923	Ann Sheafe Cole	Leslie Bancroft Aeschlimann 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	MMarion Zinderstein Jessup 3/3	7–5, 6–2
1931	Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt Wilson	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	6–3, 9–7
1932	Marjorie Morrill Painter Whiting	Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt Wilson	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1933	Dorrance Chase Deston	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	Sylvie Jung 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 Rawls	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	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 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 1/2	6–2, 6–2
1964	Mary-Ann Eisel-Curtis-Beattie 1/3	Carole Wright 2/2	6–3, 6–4
1965	Nancy Richey	Carol Hanks Aucamp	6–3, 6–2
1966	Billie Jean King 1/5	Mary-Ann Eisel 2/2	6–0, 6–2
1967	Billie Jean King 2/5	Trudy Groenman	6–1, 6–0
1968	Billie Jean King 3/5	Rosemary Casals 1/2	6–3, 9–7
1969	Mary-Ann Eisel 2/3	Stephanie DeFina	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1970	Mary-Ann Eisel 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 Navratilova 1/4	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	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 2/2	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1979	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2/2	Dianne Fromholtz 1/2	6–3, 6–4
1980	Tracy Austin	Dianne Fromholtz 2/2	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 2/2	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

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 Raymond	3–6, 6–4, 12–10
1910	Marie Wagner 1/4 Clara Kutroff Cassebeer 1/2	Erna Marcus 1/2 Elisabeth Moore	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1911	Elizabeth Bunce Barbara Fleming	Nora Meyer Schmitz 1/3 Erna Marcus 2/2	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 2/3 Helen Homans McLean	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1915	Emily Stokes 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	Nora Meyer Schmitz 3/3 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 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 Ann Sheafe Cole	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 1/5	Mrs. J.L. Bremer Ruth Shedden	6–2, 6–0
1929	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6/10 Sarah Palfrey 2/5	Margaret Blake 2/3 Anna Fuller Hubbard 1/2	6–2, 6–2
1930	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 7/10 Sarah Palfrey 3/5	Edith Sigourney 2/3 Marjorie Morrill Painter Whiting	6–3, 6–2
1931	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 8/10 Sarah Palfrey 4/5	Margaret Blake 3/3 Anna Fuller Hubbard 2/2	9–7, 6–0
1932	Marjorie Morrill Painter Whiting Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 3/5 Sarah Palfrey	6–3, 6–0
1933	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 9/10 Sarah Palfrey 5/5	Mianne Palfrey Hill Virginia Rice Johnson	6–0, 6–3
1934	Norma Taubele Barber 1/3 Jane Sharp	Anna Fuller Hubbard Brunie Lillian Scharman Hester 2/2	6–3, 6–2
1935	Dorothy Andrus 1/3 Sylvie Jung Henrotin 1/3	Norma Taubele Barber 1/5 Jane Sharp	7–5, 6–4
1936	Dorothy Andrus 2/3 Sylvie Jung Henrotin 2/3	Norma Taubele Barber 2/5 Florence Leboutillier 1/2	6–4, 9–7
1937	Dorothy Andrus 3/3 Sylvie Jung 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	Gussie Moran Marjorie Buck 1/4	Nancy Chaffee Kiner Whittaker Barbara Wilkins	6–4, 7–5
1950	Nancy Chaffee Kiner Whittaker 1/3 Marjorie Buck 2/4	Helen Pedersen Rihbany 4/4 Betty Rosenquest 1/2	6–0, 6–1
1951	Nancy Chaffee Kiner Whittaker 2/3 Marjorie Buck 3/4	Betty Rosenquest 2/2 Barbara Scofield Davidson	6–4, 6–2
1952	Nancy Chaffee Kiner Whittaker 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 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 1/5 Carol Hanks Aucamp 2/4	Carole Wright 2/2 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 1/2 Kathy Harter	6–2, 6–2
1969	Mary Ann Eisel 5/5 Valerie Ziegenfuss	Patti Hogan Fordyce Peggy Michel	6–1, 6–3
1970	Jane Bartkowicz Nancy Richey	Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie 2/2 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 Cawley 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 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 Navratilova 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 Navratilova 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 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 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

See also

• U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships

References

• WTA Tour history