Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships[1] also known as the Los Angeles Municipal Tournament[2] or Los Angeles Metropolitan Tournament[3] was an international men's and women's hard court tennis tournament founded in 1913 as the Los Angeles City Championships.[1] It was first played at the public Griffith Riverside Tennis Facility at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States.[1] This international tournament was part of the ILTF World Circuit until 1973 when it was discontinued from that tour.[1]

Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSNLTA Circuit
(1913–1924)
ILTF World Circuit
(1925–69, 70–72)
ILTF Independent Tour
(1970–72) men
Founded1915 (1915)
Abolished1973 (1973)
LocationGriffith Park, Los Angeles, United States
VenueGriffith Riverside Tennis Facility
SurfaceHard outdoors

The event however still exists today as Los Angeles Metro Tennis Championships.[4]

History

In 1913 the Los Angeles City Championships were first established.[5] In 1933 the tournament was renamed as the Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships.[6][1] The tournament was organized by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and the Southern California Tennis Association and was played on outdoor public hard courts at the Griffith Riverside Tennis Facility, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States.[1] The combined tournament was played until 1973 as part of the ILTF World Circuit from 1925. In 1970 the men's event became part of ILTF Independent Tour,[1] the women's event joined the same tour in 1974 following the creation of the WTA Tour. The women's event was held for one season on the ILTF tour before it too was discontinued. Today the tournament is still operating as a local event with multiple age group divisions.[7]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Los Angeles City Championships
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922United States Elmer Griffin [8]United States Harvey Burton Snodgrass[9]4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1932United States Lester StoefenUnited States Ellsworth Vines6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships
1933[10]United States Frank WestsmithUnited States Gene Mako6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1934[11]United States Elbert LewisUnited States Phil Castlen6–3, 4–6, 7–5.[1]
1935[12]United States Gene MakoUnited States Elbert Lewis6–3, 2–6, 6–3.[1]
1936United States Bobby RiggsUnited States Orville Scholtz6–0, 7–5, 7–5.[1]
1937United States Bobby Riggs (2)United States Jack Kramer6–2, 7–5, 6–4.[1]
1938United States Jack KramerUnited States Myron McNamara[13]6–2, 7–5, 6–4.[1]
1939United States Jack Kramer (2)United States Bobby Riggs6–4, 8–6.[1]
1947United States Herb FlamUnited States Nolan McQuown6–1, 4–6, 6–3.[1]
1949[14]United States Pancho GonzalesUnited States Seymour Greenberg6–1, 8–6.[1]
1951[15]United States Hugh StewartUnited States Earl Cochell6–2, 3–6, 6–4.[1]
1954United States William C. Crosby[16]United States Clyde Hippenstiel6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1956United States Clyde Hippenstiel[17]United States Fred Hagist6–2, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1957United States Noel BrownUnited States Glenn Bassett4–6, 7–5, 6–2 6–2.[1]
1958United States Noel Brown (2)United States Glenn Bassett10-8, 6–4, 6–0.[1]
1960United States Glenn BassettUnited States Robert (Bob) Sherman[18]4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 8–6, 6–1.[1]
1961United States Dale RohlandSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Petrović6–4, 6–4, 2–1 ret.[1]
1962United States Dale Rohland (2)United States Lawrence (Larry) Greene6–2, 6–1.[1]
1963United States Gil RodriguezUnited States Dale Rohland7–5, 6–3.[1]
1964United States Bert BrownUnited States Ed Grubb6–4, 6–4.[1]
1965Australia Roy EmersonMexico Rafael Osuna6–3, 6–2.[1]
1966United States Ed Grubb[19]United States Gary Johnson[20]6–2, 6–2.[1]
1967United States Ed Grubb (2)United States Robert (Bob) Greene[21]6–1, 6–0.[1]
1968United States Ed Grubb (3)United States Gary Johnson?
↓  Open era  ↓
1969United States Jeff AustinUnited States Ed Grubb6–3, 1–6, 6–3.[1]
↓  ITF Independent Tour  ↓
1970United States Samuel MatchUnited States Jerry Van Linge8–6, 6–3.[1]
1972United States Bob PerryUnited States Gene Malin6–4, 6–2.[1]
1973United States John Norgauer[22]United States Bruce Manson6–2, 6–3.[1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Los Angeles City Championships
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1915United States Jessie GrieveUnited States Nellita Schlotte6–2, 6–2
1918United States Gladys Archer WiddowsonUnited States Adelaide Taylor Rameson6–0, 7–5
1920United States Jessie Grieve (2)United States Caroline Bryant7–5, 6–3
1922United States Marion WilliamsUnited States Corinne Stanton Henry6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1923United States Corinne Stanton HenryUnited States Jessie Grieve6–1, 6–2
1929United States Gladys PatzUnited States Virginia Platt6–4, 8–6
1930United States Gladys Patz (2)United States Gertrude Hauswald6–0, 6–2
1931United States Gladys Patz (3)United States Esther Hare Bartosh6–1, 6–2
1932United States Ethel Burkhardt ArnoldUnited States Elizabeth Deike6–4, 6–2
Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships
1933[6]United States Ethel Burkhardt Arnold (2)United States May Doeg6–2, 6–1
1934[23]United States Gracyn WheelerUnited States Beatrice Lidell6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1936United States Louise MartinUnited States Elizabeth Deike2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1937United States Helen GermaineUnited States Louise Martin2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1938United States Mary ArnoldUnited States Josephine Cruickshank6–2, 1–0 retd.
1939United States Mary Arnold (2)United States Eleanor Purdy6–3, 7–5
1940United States Mary Arnold (3)United States Catherine Malcolm6–8, 6–3, 6–3
1942United States Mary Arnold (4)United States Gertrude H. Dockstader6–4, 6–0
1947United States Beverly BakerUnited States Mary Arnold Prentiss7–5, 1–0, retd.
1948United States Mary Arnold Prentiss (5)United States Beverly Baker6–2, 10–8
1949[24]United States Beverly BakerUnited States Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher6–4, 6–3
1951United States Mary Arnold Prentiss (6)United States Julia Sampson6–1, 6–2
1954United States Mary Arnold Prentiss (7)United States Darlene Hard9–7, 1–6, 6–2
1955United States Barbara GreenUnited States Darlene Hard6–3, 8–6
1956United States Darlene HardUnited States Joan Johnson6–2, 6–2
1957United States Joan JohnsonUnited States Marilyn Joseph3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1958United States Diane WoottonUnited States Marilyn Joseph6–2, 6–1
1960United States Barbara BrowningUnited States Winnie McCoy8–6, 6–4
1961United States Joan Johnson (2)United States Pat Cody6–3, 10–8
1962United States Barbara Green Weigandt (2)United States Barbara Browning Rohland8–6, 4–6, 6–4
1963United States Kathy HarterUnited States Pat Cody6–2, 6–1
1964United States Joan Johnson (3)United States Patti Hogan6–3, 6–3
1966United States Pat CodyUnited States Pam Teeguarden1–6, 6–2, 6–4
1968United States Betty Ann GrubbUnited States Pam Teeguarden7–5, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969Canada Faye UrbanUnited States Betty Ann Grubb8–6, 6–3
1970United States Pam TeeguardenUnited States Winnie McCoy6–0, 6–1

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