Eastern Indoor Championships

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Eastern Indoor Championships
Eastern States Indoor Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF World Circuit (1944–77)
Founded1944;79 years ago (1944)
Abolished1977;46 years ago (1977)
Location Bergen
Hackensack
New York City
Waldwick
Severodonetsk
VenueVarious
Surface Wood (indoors)
Carpet (indoors)

The Eastern Indoor Championships [1] also known as the Eastern States Indoor Championships was a men's and women's indoor tennis tournament founded in 1944. [2] It was organized by the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association (today known as USTA Eastern) and was It was originally played on wood courts, then switching later carpet courts later until 1977 when it was discontinued. [2]

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History

In February 1944 the Eastern Indoor Championships were established. [2] The first two editions were played at the Bassford-Wood Courts, Lexington Avenue, New York City. [3] [2] This tournament is particular notable for allowing Althea Gibson the tennis player and black woman to play in a major United States Lawn Tennis Association tournament, [4] where she advanced to the quarter finals in the singles but was beaten nationally ranked Betty Rosenquest [5] won the event that year. The tournament was mainly played in New York City in particular in Manhattan and the Bronx elsewhere it was also held in Bergen, New York, Hackensack, New Jersey and Waldwick, New Jersey. [2] The tournament was discontinued in 1977 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour and became a regional USTA circuit event. [2]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) In 1967 two editions of the men's championships were held one in January denoted as (*) and the other in March as (**).

YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1944NYC Flag of the United States.svg Theodore Schein Flag of the United States.svg Edward McGrath [6] 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3. [2]
1945 [7] NYC Flag of the United States.svg Bill Talbert Flag of the United States.svg Herbert Bowman 6–2, 6–1, 6–0. [2]
1950NYC Flag of the United States.svg Charles Masterson Flag of the United States.svg R. Philip Hanna [8] [9] 12–10, 7–5, 6–2. [2]
1964NYC Flag of the United States.svg Donald Rubell [10] Flag of the United States.svg John Mangan7–9, 6–4, 8–6, 6–4. [2]
1965Bergen Flag of the United States.svg Herb Fitzgibbon Flag of the United States.svg Ned Weld 3–6, 8–10, 6–4, 7–5, 3–1, ret. [2]
1966Waldwick Flag of the United States.svg Eugene Scott Flag of the United States.svg Robert Barker6–1, 6–4, 6–1. [2]
1967*Waldwick Flag of the United States.svg Eugene Scott (2) Flag of the United States.svg Frank Froehling III 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. [2]
1967**Waldwick Flag of the United States.svg Donald Rubell (2) Flag of the United States.svg Tony Vincent 6–3, 6–2, 6–4. [2]
1968NYC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Callaghan Flag of Mexico.svg Gabino Palafox6–8, 5–7, 6–3, 9–7. [2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969Hackensack Flag of the United States.svg Butch Seewagen Flag of Mexico.svg Jaime Subirats 6–2, 13–11, 6–3. [2]
1970Hackensack Flag of the United States.svg Herb Fitzgibbon (2) Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fishbach 13–11, 7–5, 6–0. [2]
1971NYC Flag of the United States.svg Herb Fitzgibbon (3) Flag of the United States.svg John Adams6–3, 6–2, 6–0. [2]
1972NYC Flag of the United States.svg Vitas Gerulaitis Flag of the United States.svg King Van Nostrand6–2, 6–2, 6–1. [2]
1973NYC Flag of the United States.svg Mike Grant Flag of the United States.svg King Van Nostrand6–2, 6–2, 6–1. [2]
1974NYC Flag of the United States.svg King Van Nostrand Flag of the United States.svg Warren Lucas6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3. [2]
1975NYC Flag of the United States.svg Jon Molin Flag of the United States.svg Art Carrington 4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4. [2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1944NYC Flag of the United States.svg Norma Taubele Barber Flag of the United States.svg Mary J. M. Donnalley [11] 6–2, 6–2
1945NYC Flag of the United States.svg Norma Taubele Barber (2) Flag of the United States.svg Helen Germaine1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1946NYC Flag of the United States.svg Norma Taubele Barber (3) Flag of the United States.svg Edna Steinbach6–2, 6–2
1947NYC Flag of the United States.svg Nina Irwin Flag of the United States.svg Sylvia Knowles7–5, 4–6, 7–5
1948NYC Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Wilkins Flag of the United States.svg Nina Irwin6–4, 4–6, 64
1949NYC Flag of the United States.svg Betty Rosenquest Flag of the United States.svg Helen Germaine6–4, 6–0
1950NYC Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson Flag of the United States.svg Millicent Hirsch Lang6–3, 6–1
1953NYC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thelma Coyne Long Flag of the United States.svg Lois Felix 6–0, 6–2
1964NYC Flag of the United States.svg Pat Stewart Flag of the United States.svg Mimi Kanarek 6–2, 8–6
1966Waldwick Flag of the United States.svg Marilyn Aschner Flag of the United States.svg Mimi Kanarek 6–3, 8–10, 7–5
1968NYC Flag of Brazil.svg Maria-Cristina Dias Flag of the United States.svg Marilyn Aschner 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1970Hackensack Flag of the United States.svg Marilyn Aschner (2) Flag of the United States.svg Louise Gonnerman 6–0, 7–5
1977NYC Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Potter Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Mueller 6–3, 6–2

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