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.Memphis Tennis preview: Future of women's tournament uncertain
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
Singles YearChampionRunner-up Score1907 Elisabeth Moore Marie Wagner 6–2, 4–6, 6–21908 Marie Wagner 1/6 Nora Meyer Schmitz 6–3, 6–21909 Marie Wagner 2/6 Elisabeth Moore 6–0, 12–14, 6–01910 Nora Meyer Schmitz Erna Marcus 3–6, 8–6, 6–31911 Marie Wagner 3/6 Nora Meyer Schmitz 6–4, 7–9, 6–41912Not held 1913 Marie Wagner 4/6 Alice Day Beard 6–1, 6–11914 Marie Wagner 5/6 Alice Day Beard 6–1, 2–6, 6–21915 Molla Bjurstedt 1/5 Marie Wagner 6–4, 6–41916 Molla Bjurstedt2/5 Nora Meyer Schmitz 6–2, 6–11917 Marie Wagner 6/6 Eleanor Goss 6–3, 6–11918 Molla Bjurstedt 3/5 Eleanor Goss 3–6, 6–1, 6–41919 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1/2 Marion Zinderstein 2–6, 6–1, 6–41920 Helene Pollak Falk Edith Sigourney 8–6, 6–21921 Molla Mallory 4/5 Ann Sheafe Cole 6–0, 6–21922 Molla Mallory 5/5 Leslie Bancroft 7–5, 6–11923 Ann Sheafe Cole Leslie Bancroft 8–6, 6–21924 Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1/2 Lillian Scharman Hester 6–2, 6–31925 Marion Zinderstein Jessup 2/2 Anna Fuller Hubbard 6–3, 7–51926 Elizabeth Ryan Marion Zinderstein Jessup 1–6, 6–2, 6–31927 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 2/2 Margaret Blake 6–0, 2–6, 6–31928 Edith Sigourney Anna Fuller Hubbard 4–6, 6–3, 6–11929 Margaret Blake Anna Fuller Hubbard 6–3, 6–31930 Mianne Palfrey Marion Zinderstein Jessup 7–5, 6–21931 Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6–3, 9–71932 Marjorie Morrill Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt 3–6, 6–2, 6–21933 Dorrance Chase Deston Helen Germaine 6–3, 6–21934 Norma Taubele Barber Helen Pedersen Rihbany 6–4, 6–11935 Jane Sharp Helen Pedersen Rihbany 11–9, 6–11936 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn Norma Taubele Barber 6–4, 6–31937 Sylvie Jung Henrotin Millicent Hirsch Lang 10–8, 0–6, 6–21938 Virginia Hollinger Katherine Winthrop 6–1, 2–6, 6–31939 Pauline Betz 1/4 Helen Bernhard 7–5, 4–6, 6–11940 Sarah Palfrey Cooke Pauline Betz 6–4, 1–6, 7–51941 Pauline Betz 2/4 Dorothy Bundy Cheney 6–1, 10–12, 6–21942 Patricia Canning Todd 1/2 Hope Knowles Rawls 8–6, 1–6, 6–21943 Pauline Betz 3/4 Katherine Winthrop 6–4, 6–11944 Katherine Winthrop McKean Helen Pedersen Rihbany 6–0, 7–51945 Helen Pedersen Rihbany 1/2 Katherine Winthrop 4–6, 6–2, 6–31946 Helen Pedersen Rihbany 2/2 Katharine Hubbell 7–5, 6–41947 Pauline Betz 4/4 Doris Hart 6–2, 7–51948 Patricia Canning Todd 2/2 Doris Hart 3–6, 6–3, 6–21949 Gussie Moran Nancy Chaffee 6–2, 6–31950 Nancy Chaffee 1/3 Althea Gibson 6–0, 6–21951 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 2/3 Beverly Baker Fleitz 6–4, 6–41952 Nancy Chaffee Kiner 3/3 Patricia Canning Todd 6–1, 6–01953 Thelma Coyne Long Barbara Scofield Davidson 5–7, 6–0, 9–71954 Dorothy Watman Levine 1/2 Lois Felix 6–1, 6–11955 Katharine Hubbell Mildred Thornton 8–6, 9–71956 Lois Felix 1/2 June Stack 9–7, 9–71957 Dorothy Watman Levine 2/2 Lois Felix 6–1, 6–11958 Nancy O'Connell Bonnie Mencher 6–8, 6–3, 6–11959 Lois Felix 2/2 Carole Wright 6–2, 8–61960 Carole Wright 1/2 Lois Felix 6–1, 6–21961 Janet Hopps Katharine Hubbell 6–0, 7–51962 Carole Wright 2/2 Lois Felix 6–4, 3–6, 6–31963 Carol Hanks Aucamp Mary-Ann Eisel 6–2, 6–21964 Mary-Ann Eisel 1/3 Carole Wright 6–3, 6–41965 Nancy Richey Carol Hanks Aucamp 6–3, 6–21966 Billie Jean King 1/5 Mary-Ann Eisel 6–0, 6–21967 Billie Jean King 2/5 Trudy Groenman 6–1, 6–01968 Billie Jean King 3/5 Rosemary Casals 6–3, 9–71969 Mary-Ann Eisel 2/3 Stephanie DeFina 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 1970 Mary-Ann Eisel Curtis 3/3 Patti Hogan 0–6, 6–3, 6–41971 Billie Jean King 4/5 Rosemary Casals 4–6, 6–2, 6–31972Not held 1973 Evonne Goolagong 1/2 Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–41974 Billie Jean King 5/5 Chris Evert 6–3, 3–6, 6–21975 Martina Navratilova 1/4 Evonne Goolagong 6–2, 4–6, 6–31976 Virginia Wade Betty Stöve 5–7, 7–5, 7–51977Not held 1978 Chris Evert Virginia Wade 6–7, 6–2, 6–41979 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2/2 Dianne Fromholtz 6–3, 6–41980 Tracy Austin Dianne Fromholtz 6–1, 2–6, 6–21981 Martina Navratilova 2/4 Tracy Austin 6–0, 6–21982 Barbara Potter Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–21983 Kim Shaefer Sylvia Hanika 6–4, 6–31984 Martina Navratilova 3/4 Chris Evert 6–2, 7–6(7–4)1985 Hana Mandlíková Catarina Lindqvist 6–3, 7–51986 Martina Navratilova 4/4 Helena Suková 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–5)1987 Helena Suková Lori McNeil 6–0, 6–31988–2000 Not held 2001 Monica Seles Jennifer Capriati 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Doubles