Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships

Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	USNLTA Circuit (1913–1924) ILTF World Circuit (1925–69, 70–72) ILTF Independent Tour (1970–72) men
Founded	1915;110 years ago (1915)
Abolished	1973;52 years ago (1973)
Location	Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States
Venue	Griffith Riverside Tennis Facility
Surface	Hard outdoors

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]

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  ↓
1922	Elmer Griffin [8]	Harvey Burton Snodgrass [9]	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1. [1]
1932	Lester Stoefen	Ellsworth Vines	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4. [1]
Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships
1933 [10]	Frank Westsmith	Gene Mako	6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. [1]
1934 [11]	Elbert Lewis	Phil Castlen	6–3, 4–6, 7–5. [1]
1935 [12]	Gene Mako	Elbert Lewis	6–3, 2–6, 6–3. [1]
1936	Bobby Riggs	Orville Scholtz	6–0, 7–5, 7–5. [1]
1937	Bobby Riggs (2)	Jack Kramer	6–2, 7–5, 6–4. [1]
1938	Jack Kramer	Myron McNamara [13]	6–2, 7–5, 6–4. [1]
1939	Jack Kramer (2)	Bobby Riggs	6–4, 8–6. [1]
1947	Herb Flam	Nolan McQuown	6–1, 4–6, 6–3. [1]
1949 [14]	Pancho Gonzales	Seymour Greenberg	6–1, 8–6. [1]
1951 [15]	Hugh Stewart	Earl Cochell	6–2, 3–6, 6–4. [1]
1954	William C. Crosby [16]	Clyde Hippenstiel	6–4, 6–4, 6–4. [1]
1956	Clyde Hippenstiel [17]	Fred Hagist	6–2, 6–2, 6–3. [1]
1957	Noel Brown	Glenn Bassett	4–6, 7–5, 6–2 6–2. [1]
1958	Noel Brown (2)	Glenn Bassett	10-8, 6–4, 6–0. [1]
1960	Glenn Bassett	Robert (Bob) Sherman [18]	4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 8–6, 6–1. [1]
1961	Dale Rohland	Vladimir Petrović	6–4, 6–4, 2–1 ret. [1]
1962	Dale Rohland (2)	Lawrence (Larry) Greene	6–2, 6–1. [1]
1963	Gil Rodriguez	Dale Rohland	7–5, 6–3. [1]
1964	Bert Brown	Ed Grubb	6–4, 6–4. [1]
1965	Roy Emerson	Rafael Osuna	6–3, 6–2. [1]
1966	Ed Grubb [19]	Gary Johnson [20]	6–2, 6–2. [1]
1967	Ed Grubb (2)	Robert (Bob) Greene [21]	6–1, 6–0. [1]
1968	Ed Grubb (3)	Gary Johnson	?
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Jeff Austin	Ed Grubb	6–3, 1–6, 6–3. [1]
↓  ITF Independent Tour  ↓
1970	Samuel Match	Jerry Van Linge	8–6, 6–3. [1]
1972	Bob Perry	Gene Malin	6–4, 6–2. [1]
1973	John Norgauer [22]	Bruce Manson	6–2, 6–3. [1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Los Angeles City Championships
Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1915	Jessie Grieve	Nellita Schlotte	6–2, 6–2
1918	Gladys Archer Widdowson	Adelaide Taylor Rameson	6–0, 7–5
1920	Jessie Grieve (2)	Caroline Bryant	7–5, 6–3
1922	Marion Williams	Corinne Stanton Henry	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1923	Corinne Stanton Henry	Jessie Grieve	6–1, 6–2
1929	Gladys Patz	Virginia Platt	6–4, 8–6
1930	Gladys Patz (2)	Gertrude Hauswald	6–0, 6–2
1931	Gladys Patz (3)	Esther Hare Bartosh	6–1, 6–2
1932	Ethel Burkhardt Arnold	Elizabeth Deike	6–4, 6–2
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1933 [6]	Ethel Burkhardt Arnold (2)	May Doeg	6–2, 6–1
1934 [23]	Gracyn Wheeler	Beatrice Lidell	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1936	Louise Martin	Elizabeth Deike	2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1937	Helen Germaine	Louise Martin	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1938	Mary Arnold	Josephine Cruickshank	6–2, 1–0 retd.
1939	Mary Arnold (2)	Eleanor Purdy	6–3, 7–5
1940	Mary Arnold (3)	Catherine Malcolm	6–8, 6–3, 6–3
1942	Mary Arnold (4)	Gertrude H. Dockstader	6–4, 6–0
1947	Beverly Baker	Mary Arnold Prentiss	7–5, 1–0, retd.
1948	Mary Arnold Prentiss (5)	Beverly Baker	6–2, 10–8
1949 [24]	Beverly Baker	Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher	6–4, 6–3
1951	Mary Arnold Prentiss (6)	Julia Sampson	6–1, 6–2
1954	Mary Arnold Prentiss (7)	Darlene Hard	9–7, 1–6, 6–2
1955	Barbara Green	Darlene Hard	6–3, 8–6
1956	Darlene Hard	Joan Johnson	6–2, 6–2
1957	Joan Johnson	Marilyn Joseph	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1958	Diane Wootton	Marilyn Joseph	6–2, 6–1
1960	Barbara Browning	Winnie McCoy	8–6, 6–4
1961	Joan Johnson (2)	Pat Cody	6–3, 10–8
1962	Barbara Green Weigandt (2)	Barbara Browning Rohland	8–6, 4–6, 6–4
1963	Kathy Harter	Pat Cody	6–2, 6–1
1964	Joan Johnson (3)	Patti Hogan	6–3, 6–3
1966	Pat Cody	Pam Teeguarden	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
1968	Betty Ann Grubb	Pam Teeguarden	7–5, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Faye Urban	Betty Ann Grubb	8–6, 6–3
1970	Pam Teeguarden	Winnie McCoy	6–0, 6–1

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