German National Indoor Championships (tennis)

The German National Indoor Championships also called the German Closed Indoor Championships was a men's and women's closed indoor tennis tournament founded in 1961 as the West German National Indoor Championships or West German Closed Indoor Championships.[1] The tournament was organised by the German Tennis Federation and was played on indoor wood courts, then later carpet courts at various locations in Germany until 1996

German National Indoor Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1961–72)
ILTF Independent Tour
(1973–75)
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Abolished1996; 28 years ago (1996)
LocationVarious
VenueVarious
SurfaceWood (indoors)
Carpet (indoors)

The championships were part ILTF European Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1972 it then became part of the ILTF Independent Tour from 1973 until it was discontinued.[1]

History

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In 1897 an unofficial German National Outdoor Championships (German players only) were established.[2] In 1902 following the creation the German Lawn Tennis Association they became official.[3][2] Following World War II when Germany was divided into East and West this tournament was then re branded as the West German National Outdoor Championships for West Germany and the East German National Outdoor Championships for East Germany.[2]

In 1961 the West German National Indoor Championships were established.[1] The first championships were played in Dortmund, and the first winners of the singles events were Peter Scholl (men's),[1] and Edda Buding (women's). The championships were not held in 1964 and 1968.[1] In 1990 following the reunification of Germany both the east and west events were merged into a single German Closed Indoor Championships, with the same for the outdoor championships.[1] In 1980 two editions of tournament was held this year the first in January, and the second in December due to the German Tennis Federation moving the event till the latter date and continued to stage them at the end of the year.[1] In 1996 six years after unification both the German Closed Outdoor Championships and German Closed Indoor Championships ended and were merged into a single German National Championships to be played either indoors or outdoors.[4]

Finals

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Notes: In 1980 the championships had up to that point been held in either January or February, the scheduled was changed to now stage them in December (*) denotes January edition (**) denotes December edition. Official sources list only the winners of this event where a runner up is not shown or the score sections have been blanked.

Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1961[4] Dortmund   Peter Scholl   Wolfgang Stuck 11–9, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1962[4] Dortmund   Adolf Kreinberg   Wolfgang Stuck 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1963[4] Dortmund   Wolfgang Stuck   Peter Scholl 6–1, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[4] Hanover   Hans-Jürgen Pohmann   Jürgen Fassbender 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2.[1]
1970[4] Hanover   Uwe Gottschalk   Karl Meiler 6–4, 6–4, 6–0.[1]
1971[4] Hanover   Karl Meiler   Jürgen Fassbender 6–2, 7–5, 9–7.[1]
1972[4] Hanover   Jürgen Fassbender   Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1973[4] Hanover   Frank Gebert   Attila Korpás w.o.[1]
1976[4] Hamburg   Werner Zirngibl   Jürgen Fassbender 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5 6–3.[1]
1977[4] Hamburg   Ulrich Marten   Klaus Eberhard 6–4, 6–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–0.[1]
1978[4] Hamburg   Ulrich Pinner   Peter Elter 7–6, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1979[4] Hamburg   Ulrich Marten (2)   Klaus Eberhard 6–7, 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5.[1]
1980 *[4] Hamburg   Ulrich Marten (3)   Werner Zirngibl 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1980 **[4] Hamburg   Klaus Eberhard   Reinhart Probst 6–4, 6–3, 6–0.[1]
1981[4] Hamburg   Karl Meiler (2)   Frank Gebert 7–6, 6–2.[1]
1982[4] Neumünster   Hans-Dieter Beutel   Wolfgang Popp 6–7, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1983[4] Landshut   Wolfgang Popp   Karl Meiler 7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6
1984 Mainz   Peter Pfannkoch
1985[4] Mainz   Eric Jelen
1986[4] Mainz   Patrik Kühnen
1987[4] Mainz   Eric Jelen (2)
1988[4] Mainz   Markus Zoecke
1990[4] Mainz   Michael Stich
1992[4] Bremen   Alexander Mronz
1996[4] Mainz   Nicolas Kiefer
For the successor event see German National Championships

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1961[4] Dortmund   Edda Buding   Brigitte Forstendorf 6–3, 6–2
1962[4] Dortmund   Edda Buding (2)
1963[4] Dortmund   Almut Sturm
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[4] Hanover   Heide Orth
1970[4] Hanover   Edith Winkens   Kerstin Seelbach 6–4, 6–2
1971[4] Hanover   Heide Orth (2)
1972[4] Hanover   Heide Orth (3)
1973[4] Hanover   Heide Orth (4)
1976[4] Hamburg   Helga Masthoff
1977[4] Hamburg   Heidi Eisterlehner
1978[4] Hamburg   Sylvia Hanika
1979[4] Hamburg   Katja Ebbinghaus
1980 *[4] Hamburg   Eva Pfaff
1980 **[4] Hamburg   Heidi Eisterlehner (2)
1981[4] Neumünster   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
1982[4] Landshut   Eva Pfaff (2)
1983[4] Mainz   Eva Pfaff (3)
1984[4] Mainz   Steffi Graf   Isabel Cueto 6–2, 6–0
1985[4] Mainz   Steffi Graf (2)
1986[4] Mainz   Steffi Graf (3)
1987[4] Mainz   Christina Singer   Silke Meier 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1988[4] Mainz   Steffi Menning
1990[4] Mainz   Claudia Porwik
1992[4] Bremen   Claudia Porwik (2)
1996[4] Mainz   Christina Singer (3)
For the successor event see German National Championships

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Tournaments: German National Indoor Championships (closed)". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Tournaments: German National Outdoor Championships (closed)". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Geschichte". www.tennis.de (in German). Deutscher Tennis Bund. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax Kruse, Christian. "German Championships: Ladies and Gentleman". www.tennis.de (in German). Deutscher Tennis Bund. Retrieved 14 October 2023.