Scandinavian Indoor Championships Explained

Scandinavian Indoor Championships
Event Name:	Scandinavian Championships (1936-51) Scandinavian Covered Court Championships (1952-67) Scandinavian Open Indoor (1968-69) Scandinavian Indoor Tennis Championships (1970-73) Scandinavian Indoor Championships (1974-79)
Type:	defunct
Founded:	1936
Ended:	1979
Location:	Copenhagen Helsinki Stockholm Oslo
Surface:	Wood (indoor)^[1] 1936-69 Carpet (indoor) 1970-79

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.

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 Lesueur	Hilde Sperling Else Hollis	Gudrun Roberg Jean Borotra
1937		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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

Event names

• Scandinavian Championships (1936–51)^[20]
• Scandinavian Covered Court Championships (1952–67, 77)^[21]
• Scandinavian Open Indoor (1968–69)^[22]
• Scandinavian Indoor Tennis Championships (1970–73)^[23]
• Scandinavian Indoor Championships (1974–76, 78-79)

See also

• History of tennis

External links

• tennisarchives.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beecham. William. Sports Brief. Southern Argus. 3 December 1953 . Southern Argus, 3 Dec 1953, p.5. 5 October 2016.
2. Web site: Tony Trabert To Compete In National Indoor Meet. news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Feb 14, 1954. 5 October 2016.
3. Web site: Three Titles for Mrs Jones. news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, Feb 6, 1967. 5 October 2016.
4. Web site: Open Tennis Tournaments Get Approval. news.google.com. The Pittsburgh Press, Mar 31, 1968. 5 October 2016.
5. Book: Robertson, Max. The Encyclopedia of Tennis. 1974. Allen & Unwin. London. 9780047960420. 311–312.
6. Web site: Turns Professional. news.google.com. Berkeley Daily Gazette, Nov 20, 1940. 5 October 2016.
7. Web site: Swedish King Gives Parker Some Pointers. news.google.com. The Spokesman Review, Feb 1, 1949. 5 October 2016.
8. Web site: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Inductees. tennisfame.com. International Tennis Hall of Fame. 5 October 2016.
9. Web site: Beecham. William. Sports Brief. Southern Argus. 3 December 1953 . Southern Argus, 3 Dec 1953, p.5. 5 October 2016.
10. Web site: Three Titles for Mrs Jones. news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, Feb 6, 1967. 5 October 2016.
11. Web site: Three Titles for Mrs Jones. news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, Feb 6, 1967. 5 October 2016.
12. Web site: Three Titles for Mrs Jones. news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, Feb 6, 1967. 5 October 2016.
13. Web site: On court, off records. torbenulrich.com. Torben Ulrich, 2009. 5 October 2016.
14. Web site: On court, off records. torbenulrich.com. Torben Ulrich, 2009. 5 October 2016.
15. Web site: Three Titles for Mrs Jones. news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, Feb 6, 1967. 5 October 2016.
16. Web site: Three Titles for Mrs Jones. news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, Feb 6, 1967. 5 October 2016.
17. Web site: Three Titles for Mrs Jones. news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, Feb 6, 1967. 5 October 2016.
18. Web site: Bjorn Borg captured the singles title for the second straight year. newspapers.com. 3 February 1974 . The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky, 3 Feb, 1974 p. 49. 5 October 2016.
19. Web site: Bjorn Borg captured the singles title for the second straight year. newspapers.com. 3 February 1974 . The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky, 3 Feb, 1974 p. 49. 5 October 2016.
20. News: LAWN TENNIS:The following players will be playing in the Scandinavian Championships which will be played in Copenhagen on 12 to 19 January, J. Borotra, Paul J. A, Feret, C. Malfroy S Nystrom and A. Steadman.. Nottingham Journal . British Newspaper Archives . 19 December 1935 . Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England . 12.
21. News: Tennis: British Davis Cup player and top seed. meets Torben Ulrich, of Denmark, in the men's singles final of the Scandinavian Covered Court Championships at Oslo today.. Coventry Evening Telegraph . British Newspaper Archives . 12 February 1966 . Coventry, England . 20.
22. News: TENNIS RESULTS & SPORTS FIXTURES: Scandinavian Open Indoor (Helsinki) Victoria Open Championships (Helsinki) New South Wales Open (Sydney).. Daily Mirror . British Newspaper Archives . 29 January 1969 . London, England. . 27.
23. News: John Clifton winner the West German indoor title at the week-end was beaten in the first round of the Scandinavian Indoor Tennis Championships in Oslo last night.. Bristol Evening Post . British Newspaper Archives . 28 January 1970 . Bristol, England . 35.