The German Indoor Championships[1] or officially the West German Indoor Championships[2] was a men's and women's international open tennis tournament founded in 1911 as the German Covered Court Championships or German International Covered Court Championships[3] and first played on indoor wood courts at the Bremen Tennis Club.[4] The tournament was mainly held in Bremen, West Germany, but was also played at other locations for the duration of its run. In 1981 the championships were last held in Stuttgart then it was discontinued.[5]
In 1911 German indoor championships were established at the Bremen Tennis Club, Bremen, Germany.[6] In 1955 the tournament was rebranded as the West German Covered Court Championships.[7] or West German International Covered Court Championships In 1966 the tournaments name was changed again to the West German Indoor Championships.
The championships were mainly played Bremen Tennis Club (f.1896), Bremen, Germany which had built an indoor facility for staging this tournament.[8] The championships continued to be held in Bremen until 1939. In 1940 the event moved to Hamburg until 1941. From 1942 till tournament was not held due to World War Two and the rebuilding of Germany under the Marshall Plan.
In 1955 the tournament was revived under a new title as the West German Covered Court Championships and, moved to Cologne it remained there until 1961. In 1962 the championships were moved back to Bremen then they alternated between Cologne and the former until 1969. In 1970 the event moved to Munich for one edition only, before returning to Bremen till 1979. In 1980[9] the German Indoor Championships were moved to Stuttgart and remained there until 1981[10] when they were abolished.[11]
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The championships were played almost exclusively of indoor wood courts from inception until 1973 at all locations. The tournament then continued to played on indoor hard courts and indoor carpet courts until 1981.
^Tingay, Lance; Barrett, John (1982). "Volvo Grand Prix Results: $50,000 to $150,000 Tournaments.". Slazengers world of tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 119. ISBN978-0-356-08596-8.
^"BUDING ADVANCES TO FINAL IN TENNIS". The New York Times. New York City, NY, United States. 20 February 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. p. 254. ISBN978-0-670-29408-4.
^Rockstroh, Jörg (23 April 2021). "Geschichte des Bremer Tennis-Vereins von 1896". BTV (in German). Bremen Tennis Club. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^"GERMANY'S GROWING RECORD: Prominent Players Produced". Perth West Australian. Perth, West Australia, Australia: Newspaper Archives. 19 June 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^"TENNIS FINALS: Roger Taylor and Mrs. Ann Jones yesterday qualified for all three event finals in the West German Covered Court tennis championships here in Cologne". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, Lancashire: British Newspaper Archive. 28 January 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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The German Indoor Championships 1 or officially the West German Indoor Championships 2 was a men s and women s international open tennis tournament founded in 1911 as the German Covered Court Championships or German International Covered Court Championships 3 and first played on indoor wood courts at the Bremen Tennis Club 4 The tournament was mainly held in Bremen West Germany but was also played at other locations for the duration of its run In 1981 the championships were last held in Stuttgart then it was discontinued 5 German Indoor ChampionshipsDefunct tennis tournamentTourILTF CircuitGrand Prix CircuitFounded1911 112 years ago 1911 Abolished1981 42 years ago 1981 LocationBremenCologneHamburgMunichStuttgartSurfaceWood indoors Hard indoors Contents 1 History 2 Surface 3 Finals 3 1 Men s singles 3 2 Women singles 4 ReferencesHistory editIn 1911 German indoor championships were established at the Bremen Tennis Club Bremen Germany 6 In 1955 the tournament was rebranded as the West German Covered Court Championships 7 or West German International Covered Court Championships In 1966 the tournaments name was changed again to the West German Indoor Championships The championships were mainly played Bremen Tennis Club f 1896 Bremen Germany which had built an indoor facility for staging this tournament 8 The championships continued to be held in Bremen until 1939 In 1940 the event moved to Hamburg until 1941 From 1942 till tournament was not held due to World War Two and the rebuilding of Germany under the Marshall Plan In 1955 the tournament was revived under a new title as the West German Covered Court Championships and moved to Cologne it remained there until 1961 In 1962 the championships were moved back to Bremen then they alternated between Cologne and the former until 1969 In 1970 the event moved to Munich for one edition only before returning to Bremen till 1979 In 1980 9 the German Indoor Championships were moved to Stuttgart and remained there until 1981 10 when they were abolished 11 Surface editThe championships were played almost exclusively of indoor wood courts from inception until 1973 at all locations The tournament then continued to played on indoor hard courts and indoor carpet courts until 1981 Finals editMen s singles edit incomplete roll German Covered Court ChampionshipsYear Location Champions Runners up Score1911 5 Bremen nbsp Max Decugis nbsp Clarence Phelps Dodge 6 1 6 2 8 61912 5 Bremen nbsp Max Decugis 2 nbsp Robert Spiess 6 0 6 2 9 71913 5 Bremen nbsp Oscar Kreuzer nbsp Curt Bruno Bergmann 2 6 6 0 6 2 6 41914 5 Bremen nbsp Curt Bruno Bergmann nbsp Harald Waagepetersen 6 1 5 7 6 11915 1919 Not held due to World War I German International Covered Court Championships1920 5 Bremen nbsp Robert Cleon Spiess nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6 2 6 0 6 11921 5 Bremen nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe nbsp Robert Cleon Spiess 7 9 6 2 6 1 ret 1922 5 Bremen nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 2 nbsp Robert Cleon Spiess 6 3 6 4 5 7 6 21923 5 Bremen nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 3 nbsp Hans Moldenhauer 6 4 6 1 9 71924 5 Bremen nbsp Willi Hahnemann nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6 3 9 7 7 51925 5 Bremen nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 4 nbsp Robert Cleon Spiess 6 2 8 6 2 6 3 6 7 51926 5 Bremen nbsp Robert Cleon Spiess 2 nbsp Bela Von Kehrling 6 0 4 6 6 3 6 21927 5 Bremen nbsp Einer Ulrich nbsp Axel Petersen 4 6 6 4 9 7 6 41928 5 Bremen nbsp Axel Petersen nbsp Daniel Prenn 6 3 6 2 6 11929 5 Bremen nbsp Axel Petersen 2 nbsp Walter Dessart 7 5 5 7 6 01930 5 Bremen nbsp Curt Ostberg nbsp Einer Ulrich 6 3 2 6 6 31931 5 Bremen nbsp Pierre Henri Landry nbsp Einer Ulrich 6 3 2 6 6 31932 5 Bremen nbsp Pierre Henri Landry 2 nbsp Curt Ostberg 6 4 6 2 7 51933 5 Bremen nbsp Gottfied von Cramm nbsp Josef Hirtz 7 5 0 6 3 6 6 3 7 51934 5 Bremen nbsp Gottfied von Cramm 2 nbsp Pierre Henri Landry 6 1 2 6 4 6 6 4 6 21935 5 Bremen nbsp Gottfied von Cramm 3 nbsp Marcel Bernard 12 14 6 0 6 2 4 6 8 61936 5 Bremen nbsp Max Ellmer nbsp Josip Palada 2 6 6 4 2 6 6 3 6 01937 5 Bremen nbsp Gottfied von Cramm 4 nbsp Henner Henkel 6 4 6 2 3 6 6 31938 5 Bremen nbsp Kalle Schroder nbsp Rolf Gopfert 6 1 6 1 5 7 5 7 7 51939 5 Bremen nbsp Roderich Menzel nbsp Henner Henkel 6 4 7 5 6 41940 5 Hamburg nbsp Henner Henkel nbsp Engelbert Koch 8 6 6 3 6 41941 5 Hamburg nbsp Rolf Gopfert nbsp Henner Henkel 6 0 6 2 7 51942 54 Not held due to World War II West German International Covered Court Championships1955 5 Cologne nbsp Giuseppe Merlo nbsp Orlando Sirola 8 6 4 6 6 3 1 6 6 31956 5 Cologne nbsp Torsten Johansson nbsp Orlando Sirola 6 1 6 2 6 31957 5 Cologne nbsp Pierre Darmon nbsp Torsten Johansson 10 8 6 0 9 71958 5 Cologne nbsp Jorgen Ulrich nbsp Jaroslav Drobny 6 4 7 5 2 6 6 8 6 31959 5 Cologne nbsp Jaroslav Drobny nbsp Jacques Brichant 6 2 6 4 6 41960 5 Cologne nbsp Jacques Brichant nbsp Nicola Pietrangeli 4 6 6 3 6 1 6 41961 5 Cologne nbsp Bobby Wilson nbsp Ulf Schmidt 2 6 3 6 8 6 6 4 7 51962 5 Bremen nbsp Bobby Wilson 2 nbsp Christian Kuhnke 6 4 6 3 7 51963 5 Cologne nbsp Wilhelm Bungert nbsp Adolf Kreinberg 6 4 6 3 9 71964 5 Bremen nbsp Bobby Wilson 3 nbsp Michel Leclercq 6 2 6 3 6 31965 5 Cologne nbsp Jan Erik Lundqvist nbsp Bobby Wilson 6 4 6 4 3 6 4 6 8 6West German Indoor Championships1966 5 Bremen nbsp Bob Carmichael nbsp Ingo Buding 6 4 6 1 8 10 6 31967 5 Cologne nbsp Roger Taylor nbsp Pierre Darmon 11 9 6 1 3 6 6 31968 5 Bremen nbsp Ismail El Shafei nbsp Daniel Contet 6 4 6 8 6 4 Open era 1969 5 Cologne nbsp Ove Nils Bengtson nbsp Christian Kuhnke 6 3 6 3 6 8 6 41970 5 Munich nbsp John Clifton nbsp Hakan Zahr 6 3 1 6 6 31971 5 Bremen nbsp Jorgen Ulrich nbsp David Lloyd 6 4 10 8 4 6 4 6 6 31972 5 Bremen nbsp Karl Meiler nbsp Attila Korpas 6 3 6 3 6 11973 5 Bremen nbsp Peter Pokorny nbsp Tadeusz Nowicki 7 6 6 1 3 6 4 6 6 31974 5 Bremen nbsp Frew McMillan nbsp Nikola Pilic 5 7 7 6 7 61975 5 Bremen nbsp Jurgen Fassbender nbsp Bernard Mignot 6 3 6 3 6 41976 5 Bremen nbsp Balazs Taroczy nbsp Norman Holmes 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 41977 5 Bremen nbsp Nikola Pilic nbsp David Lloyd 7 6 7 6 7 61978 5 Bremen nbsp Werner Zirngibl nbsp Peter Szoke 7 6 6 4 6 41979 5 Bremen nbsp Niki Pilic nbsp Klaus Eberhard 6 3 3 6 6 21980 5 Stuttgart nbsp Tomas Smid nbsp Mark Cox 6 1 6 3 5 7 1 6 6 41981 5 Stuttgart nbsp Ivan Lendl nbsp Chris Lewis 6 3 6 0 6 7 6 3Women singles edit incomplete roll German Covered Court ChampionshipsYear Location Champions Runners up Score1911 Bremen nbsp Mieken Rieck nbsp Doris Breyer 6 3 3 6 6 21912 Bremen nbsp Mieken Rieck 2 nbsp Frau Larida 6 3 8 61913 Bremen nbsp Mieken Rieck 3 nbsp Daisy Schultz 6 4 6 41914 Bremen nbsp Mieken Rieck 4 nbsp Else Koch 6 2 6 11915 19 Not held due to World War I German International Covered Court Championships1920 Bremen nbsp Mieken Rieck Galvao 5 nbsp Frau Gatjen 6 0 6 21921 Bremen nbsp Gertrud Hagelin1922 Bremen nbsp Mieken Rieck Galvao 6 nbsp Nelly Gassmann Stephanus 4 6 6 2 6 21923 Bremen nbsp Sigrid Frenckell Fick nbsp Mieken Rieck Galvao 6 1 4 6 7 51924 Bremen nbsp Nelly Neppach nbsp Else Klatte 6 3 6 41925 Bremen nbsp Nelly Neppach 2 nbsp Paula Heimann 6 1 6 41926 Bremen nbsp Ilse Friedleben nbsp Cilly Aussem 6 3 6 41927 Bremen nbsp Ilse Friedleben 2 nbsp Nelly Neppach 10 8 6 31928 Bremen nbsp Ilse Friedleben 3 nbsp Frl Frese 6 2 9 71929 Bremen nbsp Irmgard Rost nbsp Ilse Friedleben 11 9 2 6 7 51930 Bremen nbsp Hilde Krahwinkel nbsp Ellen Hoffmann 7 5 6 01931 Bremen nbsp Hilde Krahwinkel 2 nbsp Irmgard Rost 6 2 6 31932 Bremen nbsp Hilde Krahwinkel 3 nbsp Klara Hammer 6 0 6 21933 Bremen nbsp Lolette Payot nbsp Marie Louise Horn 6 3 2 6 6 21934 Bremen nbsp Hilde Sperling 4 nbsp Toni Schomburgk 2 6 6 1 6 21935 Bremen nbsp Hilde Sperling 5 nbsp Lolette Payot 6 4 6 11936 Bremen nbsp Hilde Sperling 6 nbsp Marie Louise Horn 6 0 6 31937 Bremen nbsp Hilde Sperling 7 nbsp Totta Zehden 6 1 6 21938 Bremen nbsp Totta Zehden nbsp Trude Wolf 8 6 6 31939 Bremen nbsp Gracyn Wheeler nbsp Klara Somogyi 6 4 6 41940 Hamburg nbsp Ursula Heidtmann nbsp Tilde Hamel Dietz 6 1 10 12 6 41941 Hamburg nbsp Ursula Heidtmann 2 nbsp Lotte Tegtmeyer 6 4 4 6 6 41942 54 Not held due to World War II West German International Covered Court Championships1955 Cologne nbsp Bibi Gullbrandsson nbsp Shirley Bloomer 6 1 1 6 6 31956 Cologne nbsp Althea Gibson nbsp Christiane Mercelis 4 6 6 3 6 21957 Cologne nbsp Anne Shilcock nbsp Christiane Mercelis 6 3 11 91958 Cologne nbsp Anne Shilcock 2 nbsp Edda Buding default1959 Cologne nbsp Christiane Mercelis nbsp Renate Ostermann 6 3 6 41960 Cologne nbsp Ann Haydon nbsp Sheila Armstrong 6 3 6 01961 Cologne nbsp Angela Mortimer nbsp Ann Haydon 6 2 4 6 6 41962 Bremen nbsp Elizabeth Starkie nbsp Renate Ostermann 6 4 2 6 6 11963 Cologne nbsp Ann Haydon Jones 2 nbsp Christiane Mercelis 6 1 4 6 8 61964 Bremen nbsp Christine Truman nbsp Carole Rosser 6 4 5 7 6 11965 Cologne nbsp Elizabeth Starkie 2 nbsp Ann Haydon Jones 6 3 6 4West German Indoor Championships1966 Bremen nbsp Ann Haydon Jones 3 nbsp Helga Niessen 7 9 7 5 6 31967 Cologne nbsp Ann Haydon Jones 4 nbsp Ingrid Loeys 6 1 6 11968 Bremen nbsp Joyce Barclay Williams nbsp Helga Niessen 6 2 6 1 Open era 1969 Cologne nbsp Christina Sandberg nbsp Christine Truman Janes 6 3 2 6 8 61970 Munich nbsp Virginia Wade nbsp Joyce Barclay Williams 6 2 6 41971 Bremen nbsp Nell Truman nbsp Heide Orth 6 3 6 31973 Bremen nbsp Ingrid Lofdahl Bentzer nbsp Heide Orth 6 2 1 6 6 31976 Bremen nbsp Linda Mottram nbsp Edith Winkens 6 0 6 11977 Bremen nbsp Helga Niessen Masthoff nbsp Sylvia Hanika 6 4 6 21978 Bremen nbsp Sylvia Hanika nbsp Heidi Eisterlehner 1979 Bremen nbsp Sylvia Hanika 2 nbsp Heidi Eisterlehner 6 1 6 01980 Stuttgart nbsp Heidi Eisterlehner nbsp Claudia Pasquale 6 2 6 3References edit Tingay Lance Barrett John 1982 Volvo Grand Prix Results 50 000 to 150 000 Tournaments Slazengers world of tennis 1982 the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation London Queen Anne Press p 119 ISBN 978 0 356 08596 8 BUDING ADVANCES TO FINAL IN TENNIS The New York Times New York City NY United States 20 February 1966 p 22 Retrieved 11 March 2023 Robertson Max 1974 The Encyclopedia of Tennis New York City Viking Press p 254 ISBN 978 0 670 29408 4 Rockstroh Jorg 23 April 2021 Geschichte des Bremer Tennis Vereins von 1896 BTV in German Bremen Tennis Club Retrieved 11 March 2023 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 ay az ba bb Tournaments German Indoor Championships The Tennis Base Tennismem SL Retrieved 22 August 2023 GERMANY S GROWING RECORD Prominent Players Produced Perth West Australian Perth West Australia Australia Newspaper Archives 19 June 1935 p 9 Retrieved 11 March 2023 TENNIS FINALS Roger Taylor and Mrs Ann Jones yesterday qualified for all three event finals in the West German Covered Court tennis championships here in Cologne Liverpool Echo Liverpool Lancashire British Newspaper Archive 28 January 1967 p 14 Retrieved 11 March 2023 History Bremen Tennis Club Results Archive 1980 Stuttgart I ATP Tour ATP Retrieved 11 March 2023 Results Archive 1981 Stuttgart I ATP Tour ATP Retrieved 11 March 2023 Barrett and Tingay 1982 p 119 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title German Indoor Championships amp oldid 1180049546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
