Bavarian Indoor Championships

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Bavarian Indoor Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF World Circuit
Founded1953;71 years ago (1953)
Abolished1971;53 years ago (1971)
Location Marktredwitz
Munich
Surface Carpet / indoor
Wood / indoor

The Bavarian Indoor Championships was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1953 as the Bavarian International Covered Court Championships. [1]

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Also known as the Bavarian International Indoor Championships it was mainly held in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany until 1971 when it was discontinued. [1]

History

The tournament was established in 1953 and was originally played on indoor wood courts, [1] in 1970 the surface switched to carpet courts. The event was mainly held in Munich with the exception of 1971 the final edition which was played in Marktredwitz when it was discontinued. [1] This tournament was the men's precursor event to the Munich WCT event founded in 1973 that was also played on indoor carpet courts until 1975 before it was discontinued. In 1980 a men's Munich Indoor Invitation tournament was revived for one season under the sponsorship name the Braun 1980 Tennis Cup, [2] only that was won by Jimmy Connors. In 1983 the WCT was revived for two editions only till 1984.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1953Munich Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Milan Branović Flag of Germany.svg Rupert Huber6-4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2. [1]
1954Munich Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Milan Branović Flag of Germany.svg Rupert Huber6-2, 6–2, 2–6, 8–6. [1]
1955Munich Flag of Germany.svg Rupert Huber [3] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Milan Branović 6-2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2. [1]
1966 [4] Munich Flag of Germany.svg Wilhelm Bungert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jaroslav Drobný 6-3, 6–2, 6–2. [1]
1967Munich Flag of Germany.svg Wilhelm Bungert Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Holeček 7-5, 4–6, 6–4. [1]
1968Munich Flag of Denmark.svg Jorgen Ulrich Flag of Germany.svg Karl Meiler 7-5, 4–6, 6–4. [1]
1969Munich Flag of Germany.svg Jurgen Fassbender Flag of Germany.svg Karl Meiler 6-4, 8–6, 7–5. [1]
1970 [lower-alpha 1] Munich Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Clifton Flag of Sweden.svg Håkan Zahr 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1971Marktredwitz Flag of Germany.svg Jurgen Fassbender Flag of Germany.svg Helmut Fickentscher6-8, 6–3, 6–4. [1]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1966Munich Flag of Germany.svg Helga Niessen Flag of Austria.svg Sonja Pachta 6-1, 7–5.
1967Munich Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vlasta Vopickova Flag of Germany.svg Kerstin Seelbach [5] 3-6, 7–5, 6–2
1968 [6] Munich Flag of Germany.svg Edda Buding Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Frances MacLennan 6-3, 2–6, 6–1
1969Munich Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve Flag of Germany.svg Katja Ebbinghaus 6-4, 6–4
1970 [lower-alpha 2] Munich Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joyce Williams 6–2, 6–4

Notes

  1. The 1970 edition of the Championships were also valid as the German Indoor Championships.
  2. The 1970 edition of the Championships were also valid as the German Indoor Championships.

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