U.S. National Indoor Championships | |||||
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Defunct tennis tournament | |||||
Founded | 1898 | ||||
Abolished | 2014 | ||||
Location | 1898 Newton Center, MA 1900–1963 New York, NY 1964–1976 Salisbury, MD 1977–2014 Memphis, TN United States | ||||
Venue | 1898 Winter Lawn Tennis Club 1900–1963 Seventh Regiment Armory 1941 Oklahoma Coliseum 1964–1976 Wicomico Youth and Civic Center 1977–2014 Racquet Club of Memphis, | ||||
Surface | Hard / indoors | ||||
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The U.S. National Indoor Championships was a tennis tournament that was last held at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Also known as the U.S. International Indoor Championships. The event was played on indoor hard courts and usually took place in February. For much of its more than 100-year history it was a combined men's and women's tournament but in 2014, its final year, only a men's tournament was held. The event was previously known under various sponsored names including the Memphis Open, the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the Kroger St. Jude Championship, and the Volvo Championships. It was called throughout most of its history the National Indoor Championships.
The tournament began in March 1898 when the inaugural edition was played at the Newton Winter Tennis Club in Newton Center. The men's singles was the only event played and was won by Leo Ware who defeated Holcombe Ward in the final in straight sets. [1] There was no tournament held in 1899.
In 1900 a men's doubles event was added and the tournament moved to the Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan, New York, where it was played on a wood court until 1963 with the exception of 1941 (Coliseum in Oklahoma City) and from 1942 until 1945 when no tournament was held due to World War II.
When the Seventh Regiment Armory was closed for renovations a new venue for the tournament had to be selected by the USLTA. [2] In 1964 the tournament moved to Salisbury, Maryland, and was organized by Jimmy Connors' manager Bill Riordan. [3]
The last move occurred after the 1976 tournament, when Memphis became the host of the event and was the location of the tournament until its end in 2014. [4] [5] The men's tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1976 and 1989 before becoming an ATP Tour event.
The 2013 tournament was the last combined men's and women's tournament and was held February 16–24, 2013, at The Racquet Club of Memphis. Marina Erakovic was the last woman to win the title. [6] In 2014 the WTA event moved to Rio de Janeiro. The men's tournament lost its ATP World Tour 500 series certification, which also moved to Rio de Janeiro, but continued as an ATP 250 event known as the Memphis Open, taking over the ATP 250 sanction from the SAP Open in San Jose. [7] [8]
The Pacific Coast Championships were an annual men's tennis tournament founded as the Pacific States Championships or the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships also known as the Pacific Coast International Championships. It was the second-oldest ongoing tennis tournament in the United States and ran from 1889 until 2013. Its final edition, known by its sponsored name SAP Open, was an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour and played indoors on a hard court surface at the SAP Center at San Jose.
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The 2013 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships was an ATP World Tour and WTA Tour event held at the hardcourts of the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was the 38th edition of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships and the 28th edition of the Memphis WTA International Event. The U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships is part of the ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2013 ATP World Tour, and the Memphis International is an International-level tournament on the 2013 WTA Tour. The event took place from February 16 to February 24, 2013. Kei Nishikori and Marina Erakovic won the singles titles.
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The Rio Open, also known as the Rio Open presented by Claro for sponsorship reasons, is a tennis event on the ATP Tour and former WTA International Tournaments event. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the only ATP Tour 500 event in South America and the only ATP Tour event in Brazil.
The 1978 U.S. National Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the ninth edition of the tournament was held from February 27 through March 5, 1978. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title and $39,000 first-prize money. It was Connors' fourth title at the event after his three successive titles from 1973 to 1975, when the tournament was held in Salisbury, Maryland.
The 1980 U.S. National Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament in the open era and was held from February 25 through March 3, 1980. First-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title and $40,000 first-prize money. As a result of his title win McEnroe overtook Björn Borg as the ATP world No. 1 ranked player.
The 1998 Kroger St. Jude International was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, United States, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 28th edition of the tournament and was held from 16 February through 22 February 1998. Fourth-seeded Mark Philippoussis won the singles title.
The Memphis Open was a professional tennis tournament that ran from 1975 to 2017. From 1977 onwards, the event was held at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis Open was the only ATP event in the United States which was played on indoor hard courts; it usually took place in February. For part of its history it was a combined men's and women's tournament, but for its final four years it was solely a men's tournament.
The 2005 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 20th edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 14 through February 20, 2005.
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The 1979 U.S. National Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. The event was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the tenth edition of the tournament in the open era and was held from February 26 through March 4, 1979. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title and $40,000 first-prize money. It was his fifth singles title at the event after 1973–75 and 1978 which equaled the tournament record set by Wylie C. Grant.