German National Indoor Championships (tennis)

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German National Indoor Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF World Circuit
(1961–72)
ILTF Independent Tour
(1973–75)
Founded1961;62 years ago (1961)
Abolished1996;27 years ago (1996)
LocationVarious
VenueVarious
Surface Wood (indoors)
Carpet (indoors)

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

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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

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 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 the first in January, the second in December as the German Tennis Federation moved the event till the latter date and continued to stage them at the end of the year. [1] In 1996 six years after unification the German Closed Outdoor Championships and German Closed Indoor Championships ended and were merged into a single German National Championships to be played either indoor or outdoor. [4]

Finals

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

(incomplete roll)

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

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

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

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