U.S. National Indoor Championships

U.S. National Indoor Championships

Company type	Tennis tournament
Industry	Sports
Founded	1898
Defunct	2014
Headquarters	Memphis, Tennessee , United States
Area served	United States
Products	Tennis competition (men's and women's)

The U.S. National Indoor Championships was a tennis competition last hosted at the Racquet Club of Memphis located in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Often referred to as the U.S. International Indoor Championships, this event took place on indoor hard court surfaces, usually during February. Throughout most of its existence, it featured both men's and women's draws; however, in its final edition in 2014, only the men's tournament was conducted. The championship was known under several sponsored titles such as the Memphis Open, Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Kroger St. Jude Championship, and Volvo Championships, but it was primarily recognized as the National Indoor Championships.

History

The inaugural tournament occurred in March 1898 at the Newton Winter Tennis Club in Newton Center. Initially, it included only the men's singles competition, which was claimed by Leo Ware against Holcombe Ward. There was no event held in 1899.

In 1900, men's doubles were introduced and the venue shifted to the Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan, New York. Matches were played on wood courts there through 1963, except for 1941 when it took place at Oklahoma City Coliseum and a suspension from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II.

Following renovations at the Armory, the USLTA moved the tournament to Salisbury, Maryland in 1964. Bill Riordan, who managed Jimmy Connors, oversaw its organization.

After the 1976 edition, Memphis became the permanent host city until the competition ended in 2014. The men's event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1976 until 1989 before transitioning into the ATP Tour framework.

The last combined men’s and women’s championship was staged from February 16–24, 2013 at The Racquet Club of Memphis; Marina Erakovic secured the final women's singles title. In 2014, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) event relocated to Rio de Janeiro. Simultaneously, the men's tournament lost its ATP World Tour 500 classification—which also moved to Rio—but persisted as an ATP 250 event under the name Memphis Open, inheriting the ATP 250 license from the discontinued SAP Open held in San Jose.

Singles

... [Entries continue similarly with key champions and locations] ... 1998|||Mark Philippoussis|||64-62 1999|||61 2000|||62-16-63 2001|||63-67-63 2002|||64-36-75 2003|||61-64 2004|||76-63 2005|||75-75 2006|||63-62 2007|||63-62 2008|||63-76 2009|||75-75 2010|||67-77-63 2011|||79-67-75 2012|||75-76 2013|||62-63 2014|||64-76 2015 colspan="3" align="center" | see Memphis Open

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Final Score
Newton Center	1898	Leo Ware	Holcombe Ward	7–5, 7–5, 6–1
	1899	Not conducted
New York	1900	John A. Allen	Calhoun Cragin	6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
	1901	Holcombe Ward	Calhoun Cragin	11–9, 6–2, 6–3
	1902	J. Parmly Paret	Wylie Grant	4–6, 9–7, 1–6, 8–6, 6–4
	1903	Wylie Grant	Calhoun Cragin	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
	1904	Wylie Grant	C. Carleton Kelly	8–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–8, 7–5
	1905	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Edward Dewhurst	Wylie Grant	6–3, 8–6, 6–4
	1906	Wylie Grant	Edwin Fischer	6–4, 6–2, 8–6
	1907	Theodore Pell	Wylie Grant	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–0
	1908	Wylie Grant	Gustave Touchard	6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
	1909	Theodore Pell	George C Shafer	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
	1910	Gustave Touchard	Reuben A. Holden III	6–1, 3–6, 7–9, 6–1, 6–4
	1911	Theodore Pell	William Cragin	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
	1912	Wylie Grant	William Cragin	6–1, 6–3, 6–3.
	1913	Gustave Touchard	George C Shafer	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1914	Gustave Touchard	William Rosenbaum	6-2 ,  62 ,  46 ,  62
	Memphis	1977 ||Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showallBjörn Borg ||Brian Gottfried ||64 , 63 ,46 ,75	1978 ||Jimmy Connors ||Tim Gullikson ||76 ,63	1979||Jimmy Connors ||Arthur Ashe ||64 ,57 ,63	1980 ||John McEnroe ||Jimmy Connors ||76 ,76	1981||Gene Mayer ||Roscoe Tanner ||62 ,64	1982||Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showallJohan Kriek ||John McEnroe ||63 ,36 ,64	1983||Jimmy Connors ||Gene Mayer ||75 ,60	1984||Jimmy Connors ||Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallHenri Leconte ||63 ,46 ,75	1985 ||Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showallStefan Edberg ||Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallYannick Noah ||61 ,60	1986||Brad Gilbert ||Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showallStefan Edberg ||75 ,76	1987||Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showallStefan Edberg ||Jimmy Connors ||63 ,21 (retired)	1988||Andre Agassi ||Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showallMikael Pernfors ||64 ,64 ,75	1989||Brad Gilbert ||Johan Kriek ||62 ,62 (retired)	1990||Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showallMichael Stich ||Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showallWally Masur ||67 ,64 ,76	1991||Template:Country data CSKTemplate:Namespace detect showallIvan Lendl ||Michael Stich ||75 ,63	1992 ||MaliVai Washington ||Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showallWayne Ferreira ||63 ,62	1993||Jim Courier ||Todd Martin ||57 ,76 ,76	1994 ||Todd Martin ||Brad Gilbert ||64 ,75	1995 ||Todd Martin ||Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showallPaul Haarhuis ||76 ,64	1996 ||Pete Sampras ||Todd Martin ||64 ,76	1997||Michael Chang ||Template:FlagikonTodd Woodbridge |||63-64

Doubles

Venue	Year	Winners	Finalists	Result
Salisbury	1971	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Gisbert, Sr. Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manuel Orantes	Clark Graebner Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Thomaz Koch	7–6, 6–2
	1972	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Andrés Gimeno Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manuel Orantes	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Gisbert, Sr. Template:Country data CSKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vladimir Zednik	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1973	Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jürgen Fassbender Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Clark Graebner Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ilie Năstase	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
	1974	Jimmy Connors Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Frew McMillan	Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Byron Bertram Template:Country data RhodesiaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Andrew Pattison	7–5, 6–2
	1975	Jimmy Connors Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ilie Năstase	Template:Country data CSKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jan Kodeš Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
	1976	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	Steve Krulevitz Trey Waltke	6–3, 6–2
Memphis	1977	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
	1978	Brian Gottfried Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Raúl Ramírez	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Phil Dent Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall John Newcombe	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
	1979	Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tom Okker Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Wojciech Fibak	Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
	1980	John McEnroe Brian Gottfried	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rod Frawley Template:Country data CSKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–7, 7–6

• (Additional Memphis doubles results are documented through the year 2014)

|- ! colspan="5" align="center" | For results from the year 2015 forward, please refer to the article on the Memphis Open |-

Singles

Venue	Year	Winner	Runner-up	Match Score
Oklahoma City	1986	Marcella Mesker	Lori McNeil	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
	1987	Elizabeth Smylie	Lori McNeil	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
	1988	Lori McNeil	Brenda Schultz	6–3, 6–2
	1989	Manon Bollegraf	Leila Meskhi	6–4, 6–4
	1990	Amy Frazier	Manon Bollegraf	6–4, 6–2
	1991	Jana Novotná	Anne Smith	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
	1992	Zina Garrison-Jackson	Lori McNeil	7–5, 3–6, 7–6
	1993	Zina Garrison-Jackson (2)	Patty Fendick	6–2, 6–2

|- ! rowspan="12" style="background:#ededed" | Memphis | 2002 ||Lisa Raymond ||Alexandra Stevenson ||4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(11–9) | 2003 ||Lisa Raymond (2)||Amanda Coetzer || 6–3, 6–2 | 2004 ||Vera Zvonareva ||Lisa Raymond || 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 | 2005 ||Vera Zvonareva (2)||Meghann Shaughnessy || 7–6^(7-3), 6-2 | 2006 ||Sofia Arvidsson ||Marta Domachowska || 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 | 2007 ||Venus Williams (3)||Shahar Pe'er || 6-1, 6-1 | 2008 ||Lindsay Davenport (2)||Olga Govortsova || 6-2, 6-1 | |getget2009]||Victoria Azarenka ||Caroline Wozniacki ||06-01-06-03 | |getget2010]||Maria Sharapova ||Sofia Arvidsson ||06-02-06-01 | |getget2011]||Magdaléna Rybáriková ||Rebecca Marino ||06-02-ret | |getget2012]||Sofia Arvidsson (2)||Marina Erakovic ||06-03-06-04 | |getget2013]||Marina Erakovic ||Sabine Lisicki ||06-01-ret |}

Doubles

Venue	Year	Winners	Finalists	Result
Oklahoma City	1986	Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marcella Mesker Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pascale Paradis	Lori McNeil Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Catherine Suire	2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
	1987	Template:Country data URSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Svetlana Parkhomenko Template:Country data URSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Kim Sands	6–4, 6–4
	1988	Template:Country data CSKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jana Novotná Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Catherine Suire	Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall Catarina Lindqvist Template:Country data DENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6–4, 6–4
	1989	Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen	Elise Burgin Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Elizabeth Smylie	W/O
	1990	Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White	Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manon Bollegraf Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Lise Gregory	7–5, 6–2
	1991	Meredith McGrath Anne Smith	Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington	6–2, 6–4
	1992	Lori McNeil (2) Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicole Provis	Katrina Adams Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manon Bollegraf	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
	1993	Patty Fendick Zina Garrison-Jackson	Katrina Adams Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–2
	1994	Patty Fendick (2) Meredith McGrath (2)	Katrina Adams Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manon Bollegraf	7–6(7–3), 6–2
	1995	Nicole Arendt Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Laura Golarsa	Katrina Adams Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Brenda Schultz	6–4, 6–3
	1996	Chanda Rubin Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Katrina Adams Debbie Graham	6–4, 6–3
	1997	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rika Hiraki Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nana Miyagi	Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Tami Whitlinger-Jones	6–4, 6–1
	1998	Serena Williams Venus Williams	Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Cătălina Cristea Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kristine Kunce	7–5, 6–2
	1999	Lisa Raymond Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rennae Stubbs	Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Amanda Coetzer Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jessica Steck	6–3, 6–4
	2000	Kimberly Po Corina Morariu	Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tamarine Tanasugarn Template:Country data UKRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 4–6, 6–2	- 2001 | Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showallAmanda Coetzer Template:FlagIconLori McNeil (3) |Template:FlagIconJanet Lee Template:FlagIconWynne Prakusya	6-3,2-6,6-0		Memphis	2002 |Template:FlagIconAi Sugiyama Template:FlagIconElena Tatarkova	Template:FlagIconMelissa Middleton Template:FlagIconBrie Rippner	6-4,2-6,6-0		2003 |Template:FlagIconAkiko Morigami Template:FlagIconSaori Obata	Template:FlagIconAlina Jidkova Template:FlagIconBryanne Stewart	6-1,6-1		2004 |Template:FlagIconÅsa Svensson Template:FlagIconMeilen Tu	Template:FlagIconMaria Sharapova Template:FlagIconVera Zvonareva	6-4,7-6^(7-0)		2005 |Template:FlagIconMiho Saeki Template:FlagIconYuka Yoshida	Template:FlagIconLaura Granville Template:FlagIconAbigail Spears	6-3,6-4		2006 |Template:FlagIconLisa Raymond (2) Template:FlagIconSamantha Stosur	Template:FlagIconVictoria Azarenka Template:FlagIconCaroline Wozniacki	7-6^(7-2),6-3		2007 |Template:FlagIconNicole Pratt Template:FlagIconBryanne Stewart	Template:FlagIconJarmila Groth Template:FlagIconAkiko Morigami	7-5,4-6,[10-5]		2008 |Template:FlagIconLindsay Davenport Template:FlagIconLisa Raymond (3)	Template:FlagIconAngela Haynes Template:FlagIconMashona Washington	6-3,6-1		2009||Template:FlagIcon BLRTemplate:Victoria Azarenka      Template:FlagIcon DENTemplate:Caroline Wozniacki  ||Template:FlagIcon UKRTemplate:Yuliana Fedak     Template:FlagIcon NEDTemplate:Michaëlla Krajicek	6-1,7-6^(7-2)		2010||Template:FlagIcon USATemplate:Vania King   Template:FlagIcon NEDTemplate:Michaëlla Krajicek	Template:FlagIcon USATemplate:Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Template:FlagIcon USATemplate:Meghann Shaughnessy	7-5,6-2		2011||Template:FlagIcon BLRTemplate:Olga Govortsova   Template:FlagIcon RUSTemplate:Alla Kudryavtseva	Template:FlagIcon CZETemplate:Andrea Hlaváčková   Template:FlagIcon CZETemplate:Lucie Hradecká	6-3,4-6,[10-8]		2012||Template:FlagIcon CZETemplate:Andrea Hlaváčková   Template:FlagIcon CZETemplate:Lucie Hradecká	Template:FlagIcon RUSTemplate:Vera Dushevina   Template:FlagIcon BLRTemplate:Olga Govortsova	6-3,6-4		2013||Template:FlagIcon KAZTemplate:Galina Voskoboeva   Template:FlagIcon FRATemplate:Kristina Mladenovic	Template:FlagIcon SWETemplate:Sofia Arvidsson   Template:FlagIcon SWETemplate:Johanna Larsson	7-6^(7-5),6-3

See also

• U.S. Women's Indoor Championships
• U.S. Pro Indoor
• Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

External links

• Official site