Scandinavian Indoor Championships

The Scandinavian Indoor Championships [2] also known as the Scandinavian Covered Court Championships [3] and the Scandinavian Indoor Open [4] was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held from 1936 through 1979.

Scandinavian Indoor Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameScandinavian Championships (1936-51)
Scandinavian Covered Court Championships (1952-67)
Scandinavian Open Indoor (1968-69)
Scandinavian Indoor Tennis Championships (1970-73)
Scandinavian Indoor Championships (1974-79)
Founded1936
Abolished1979
LocationCopenhagen
Helsinki
Stockholm
Oslo
SurfaceWood (indoor)[1] 1936-69
Carpet (indoor) 1970-79

History

The tournament was created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Swedish Lawn Tennis Association and was first held on the indoor courts of the B-Hall in Stockholm. The location of the tournament alternated between the four Scandinavian capitals Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo and the event was usually held at the end of January or the beginning of February. The competitors were mainly European players. The tournament struggled in Open Era, the mixed doubles event was cancelled in 1971, and the championships were abolished in 1979.[5]

Champions

Year Location
Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1936 Stockholm Sweden Kalle Schröder Denmark Hilde Sperling France Paul Feret
France Jean Lesueur
Denmark Hilde Sperling
Denmark Else Hollis
Sweden Gudrun Roberg
France Jean Borotra
1937 Copenhagen Denmark Anker Jacobsen Denmark Hilde Sperling United Kingdom Charles Hare
United Kingdom Frank Wilde
Denmark Hilde Sperling
Denmark Else Hollis
United Kingdom Mary Hardwick
United Kingdom Charles Hare
1938 Helsinki Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec United Kingdom Mary Hardwick[6] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Pallada
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec
United Kingdom Mary Hardwick
United Kingdom Joan Saunders
United Kingdom Joan Saunders
United Kingdom Patrick Hughes
1939 Stockholm France Henri Bolelli Denmark Hilde Sperling France Henri Bolelli
France Pierre Pelizza
Denmark Hilde Sperling
Denmark Else Hollis
France Le Bailly
France Henri Bolelli
Not held in 1940–1947
1948 Copenhagen Sweden Börje Fornstedt France Nelly Landry Sweden Börje Fornstedt
Sweden Sven Davidson
France Nelly Landry
Finland Thelma Salo
France Nelly Landry
France Pierre Pelizza
1949 Stockholm Denmark Kurt Nielsen[7] Denmark Hilde Sperling Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Sweden Torsten Johansson
United Kingdom Betty Hilton
United Kingdom Jean Quertier
Denmark Hilde Sperling
Sweden Nils Rohlsson
1950 Copenhagen Sweden Sven Davidson Denmark Hilde Sperling[8] Sweden Torsten Johansson
Sweden Nils Rohlsson
Sweden Birgit Gullbrandsson
Denmark Hilde Sperling
Sweden Birgit Gullbrandsson
Sweden Sven Davidson
1951 Helsinki Sweden Torsten Johansson Sweden Birgit Sandén Sweden Torsten Johansson
Sweden Nils Rohlsson
United Kingdom Kay Tucky
United Kingdom Susan Partridge
Sweden Birgit Sandén
Sweden Torsten Johansson
1952 Stockholm Denmark Kurt Nielsen United Kingdom Jean Quertier Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Sweden Torsten Johansson
United Kingdom Jean Quertier
United Kingdom Susan Partridge
United Kingdom Jean Quertier
United Kingdom Gerald Oakley
1953 Copenhagen Denmark Kurt Nielsen [9] United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Denmark Torben Ulrich
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Jean Quertier
United Kingdom Jean Quertier
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
1954 Helsinki Sweden Sven Davidson United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Sweden Sven Davidson
Sweden Nils Rohlsson
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Gerald Oakley
1955 Oslo Denmark Kurt Nielsen United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Italy Giuseppe Merlo
Italy Giorgio Fachini
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Gerald Oakley
1956 Stockholm United States Budge Patty United Kingdom Angela Mortimer United States Budge Patty
United States Hugh Stewart
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
United States Althea Gibson
Sweden Sven Davidson
1957 Copenhagen Sweden Sven Davidson United Kingdom Anne Shilcock Sweden Sven Davidson
Sweden Ulf Schmidt
Australia Thelma Long
France Ginette Bucaille
Sweden Gudrun Rosin
Sweden Percy Rosberg
1958 Helsinki Denmark Kurt Nielsen West Germany Erika Vollmer Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Denmark Jørgen Ulrich
United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer
United Kingdom Ann Haydon
United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer
United Kingdom Alan Mills
1959 Stockholm Sweden Sven Davidson United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Denmark Jørgen Ulrich
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Christine Truman
United Kingdom Christine Truman
United Kingdom Mike Hann
1960 Copenhagen Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist United Kingdom Ann Haydon [10] United Kingdom Billy Knight
United Kingdom Tony Pickard
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Ann Haydon
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Billy Knight
1961 Helsinki Sweden Ulf Schmidt United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Spain Manuel Santana
Spain E. Soriano
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Deidre Catt
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
1962 Oslo Sweden Ulf Schmidt United Kingdom Ann Haydon [11] United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
United Kingdom Alan Mills
United Kingdom Ann Haydon
United Kingdom Deidre Catt
United Kingdom Ann Haydon
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
1963 Stockholm Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones [12] Denmark Jan Leschly
Denmark Jørgen Ulrich
United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones
United Kingdom Deidre Catt
United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones
United Kingdom Mike Hann
1964 Copenhagen Denmark Jørgen Ulrich[13] United Kingdom Christine Truman Denmark Jan Leschly
Denmark Jørgen Ulrich
West Germany Helga Niessen
West Germany Heidi Schildknecht
Sweden Gudrun Rosin
Finland Raino Nyyssönen
1965 Helsinki United Kingdom Roger Taylor United Kingdom Elisabeth Starkie United Kingdom Roger Taylor
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
Soviet Union Anna Dmitrijeva
Sweden Gudrun Rosin
Soviet Union Anna Dmitrijeva
Soviet Union Toomas Leius
1966 Oslo United Kingdom Bobby Wilson[14] West Germany Helga Niessen France Daniel Contet
France Patrice Beust
United Kingdom Elisabeth Starkie
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom C.R. Stillwell
1967 Stockholm Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones [15] Soviet Union Vladirmir Korotkov
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz
United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw [16]
United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli [17]
1968 Copenhagen Denmark Jan Leschly United Kingdom Virginia Wade Sweden Ove Bengtson
Sweden Kenneth Andersson
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
Soviet Union Anna Dmitrijeva
Soviet Union Sergej Likhatjev
1969 Helsinki Sweden Ove Bengtson Sweden Christina Sandberg Denmark Carl-Edvard Hedelund
Sweden Martin Carlstein
United Kingdom Christine Janes
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
1970 Oslo Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist United Kingdom Joyce Williams United Kingdom John Clifton
United Kingdom Paul Hutchins
United Kingdom Christine Truman
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
Sweden Ingrid Bentzer
Sweden Håkan Zahr
1971 Stockholm Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec Sweden Christina Sandberg Sweden Ove Bengtson
Sweden Hans Nerell
Sweden Christina Sandberg
Sweden Ingrid Bentzer
Not held
1972 Copenhagen Denmark Jan Leschly United Kingdom Winnie Shaw Czechoslovakia František Pála
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
1973 Helsinki Sweden Björn Borg[18] Sweden Ingrid Bentzer Sweden Björn Borg
Sweden Rolf Norberg
Sweden Ingrid Bentzer
Sweden Mimmi Wikstedt
1974 Oslo Sweden Björn Borg[19] United Kingdom Lesley Charles Sweden Björn Borg
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Israel P. Peosachow
United Kingdom Sue Mappin
1975 Stockholm Czechoslovakia Jan Šimbera Norway Ellen Grindvold Poland Nowicki
Poland Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Sweden Helena Anliot
Sweden Margareta Forsgårdh
1976 Copenhagen Denmark Lars Elvstrøm United Kingdom Linda Mottram France Jean-Francois Caujolle
United Kingdom John Feaver
Denmark Dorte Ekner
Denmark Mari-Ann Klougart
1977 Helsinki United Kingdom Mark Cox United Kingdom Jackie Fayter Austria Hans Kary
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Sweden Margareta Forsgårdh
Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom
1979 Norway Sweden Tenny Svensson Sweden Lena Sandin Sweden Tenny Svensson
Sweden Douglas Palm
Sweden L. Jacobsen
Sweden Lena Sandin

Event names

  • Scandinavian Championships (1936–51)[20]
  • Scandinavian Covered Court Championships (1952–67)[21]
  • Scandinavian Open Indoor (1968–69)[22]
  • Scandinavian Indoor Tennis Championships (1970–73)[23]
  • Scandinavian Indoor Championships (1974–79)

See also

References

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