Scandinavian Indoor Championships

The Scandinavian Indoor Championships [2] also known as the Scandinavian Covered Court Championships [3] and the Scandinavian Indoor Open [4] was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held from 1936 through 1979.

Scandinavian Indoor Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1936
Abolished1979
LocationCopenhagen
Helsinki
Stockholm
Oslo
SurfaceIndoor (Wood) [1] 1936-69
Indoor (Carpet) 1970-79

History

The tournament was created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Swedish Lawn Tennis Association and was first held on the indoor courts of the B-Hall in Stockholm. The location of the tournament alternated between the four Scandinavian capitals Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo and the event was usually held at the end of January or the beginning of February. The competitors were mainly European players. The tournament struggled in Open Era, the mixed doubles event was cancelled in 1971, and the championships were abolished in 1979.[5]

Champions
Year Location
Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1936 Stockholm Kalle Schröder Hilde Sperling Paul Feret
Jean Le Sueur		 Hilde Sperling
Else Hollis		 Gudrun Roberg
Jean Borotra
1937 Copenhagen Anker Jacobsen Hilde Sperling Charles Hare
Frank Wilde		 Hilde Sperling
Else Hollis		 Mary Hardwick
Charles Hare
1938 Helsinki Franjo Punčec Mary Hardwick [6] Josip Pallada
Franjo Punčec		 Mary Hardwick
Joan Saunders		 Joan Saunders
Patrick Hughes
1939 Stockholm Henri Bolelli Hilde Sperling Henri Bolelli
Pierre Pelizza		 Hilde Sperling
Else Hollis		 Le Bailly
Henri Bolelli
Not held in 1940–1947
1948 Copenhagen Börje Fornstedt Nelly Landry Börje Fornstedt
Sven Davidson		 Nelly Landry
Thelma Salo		 Nelly Landry
Pierre Pelizza
1949 Stockholm Kurt Nielsen [7] Hilde Sperling Lennart Bergelin
Torsten Johansson		 Betty Hilton
Jean Quertier		 Hilde Sperling
Nils Rohlsson
1950 Copenhagen Sven Davidson Hilde Sperling [8] Torsten Johansson
Nils Rohlsson		 Birgit Gullbrandsson
Hilde Sperling		 Birgit Gullbrandsson
Sven Davidson
1951 Helsinki Torsten Johansson Birgit Sandén Torsten Johansson
Nils Rohlsson		 Kay Tucky
Susan Partridge		 Birgit Sandén
Torsten Johansson
1952 Stockholm Kurt Nielsen Jean Quertier Kurt Nielsen
Torsten Johansson		 Jean Quertier
Susan Partridge		 Jean Quertier
Gerald Oakley
1953 Copenhagen Kurt Nielsen [9] Angela Mortimer Kurt Nielsen
Torben Ulrich		 Angela Mortimer
Jean Quertier		 Jean Quertier
Geoffrey Paish
1954 Helsinki Sven Davidson Angela Mortimer Sven Davidson
Nils Rohlsson		 Angela Mortimer
Anne Shilcock		 Angela Mortimer
Gerald Oakley
1955 Oslo Kurt Nielsen Angela Mortimer Giuseppe Merlo
Giorgio Fachini		 Angela Mortimer
Anne Shilcock		 Angela Mortimer
Gerald Oakley
1956 Stockholm Budge Patty Angela Mortimer Budge Patty
Hugh Stewart		 Angela Mortimer
Anne Shilcock		 Althea Gibson
Sven Davidson
1957 Copenhagen Sven Davidson Anne Shilcock Sven Davidson
Ulf Schmidt		 Thelma Long
Ginette Bucaille		 Gudrun Rosin
Percy Rosberg
1958 Helsinki Kurt Nielsen Erika Vollmer Kurt Nielsen
Jørgen Ulrich		 Shirley Bloomer
Ann Haydon		 Shirley Bloomer
Alan Mills
1959 Stockholm Sven Davidson Angela Mortimer Kurt Nielsen
Jørgen Ulrich		 Angela Mortimer
Christine Truman		 Christine Truman
Mike Hann
1960 Copenhagen Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ann Haydon [10] Billy Knight
Tony Pickard		 Angela Mortimer
Ann Haydon		 Angela Mortimer
Billy Knight
1961 Helsinki Ulf Schmidt Angela Mortimer Manuel Santana
E. Soriano		 Angela Mortimer
Deidre Catt		 Angela Mortimer
Bobby Wilson
1962 Oslo Ulf Schmidt Ann Haydon [11] Bobby Wilson
Alan Mills		 Ann Haydon
Deidre Catt		 Ann Haydon
Bobby Wilson
1963 Stockholm Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ann Haydon-Jones [12] Jan Leschly
Jørgen Ulrich		 Ann Haydon-Jones
Deidre Catt		 Ann Haydon-Jones
Mike Hann
1964 Copenhagen Jørgen Ulrich [13] Christine Truman Jan Leschly
Jørgen Ulrich		 Helga Niessen
Heidi Schildknecht		 Gudrun Rosin
Raino Nyyssönen
1965 Helsinki Roger Taylor Elisabeth Starkie Roger Taylor
Bobby Wilson		 Anna Dmitrijeva
Gudrun Rosin		 Anna Dmitrijeva
Toomas Leius
1966 Oslo Bobby Wilson [14] Helga Niessen Daniel Contet
Patrice Beust		 Elisabeth Starkie
Winnie Shaw		 Winnie Shaw
C.R. Stillwell
1967 Stockholm Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ann Haydon-Jones [15] Vladirmir Korotkov
Hans-Joachim Plötz		 Ann Haydon-Jones
Winnie Shaw [16]		 Ann Haydon-Jones
Alex Metreveli [17]
1968 Copenhagen Jan Leschly Virginia Wade Ove Bengtson
Kenneth Andersson		 Virginia Wade
Joyce Williams		 Anna Dmitrijeva
Sergej Likhatjev
1969 Helsinki Ove Bengtson Christina Sandberg Carl-Edvard Hedelund
Martin Carlstein		 Christine Janes
Joyce Williams		 Joyce Williams
Graham Stilwell
1970 Oslo Jan-Erik Lundqvist Joyce Williams John Clifton
Paul Hutchins		 Christine Truman
Joyce Williams		 Ingrid Bentzer
Håkan Zahr
1971 Stockholm Jiří Hřebec Christina Sandberg Ove Bengtson
Hans Nerell		 Christina Sandberg
Ingrid Bentzer		 Not held
1972 Copenhagen Jan Leschly Winnie Shaw František Pála
Jiří Hřebec		 Joyce Williams
Winnie Shaw
1973 Helsinki Björn Borg [18] Ingrid Bentzer Björn Borg
Rolf Norberg		 Ingrid Bentzer
Mimmi Wikstedt
1974 Oslo Björn Borg [19] Lesley Charles Björn Borg
Kjell Johansson		 P. Peosachow
Sue Mappin
1975 Stockholm Jan Šimbera Ellen Grindvold Nowicki
Jacek Niedźwiedzki		 Helena Anliot
Margareta Forsgårdh
1976 Copenhagen Lars Elvstrøm Linda Mottram Jean-Francois Caujolle
John Feaver		 Dorte Ekner
Mari-Ann Klougart
1977 Helsinki Mark Cox Jackie Fayter Hans Kary
Jiří Hřebec		 Margareta Forsgårdh
Elisabeth Ekblom
1979 Norway Tenny Svensson Lena Sandin Tenny Svensson
Douglas Palm		 L. Jacobsen
Lena Sandin

See also

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