New England Indoor Championships

New England Indoor Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1932–69) men (1932-72) women ILTF Independent Circuit (1970–72) men (1973) women
Founded	1932 (1932)
Abolished	1973 (1973)
Location	Agawam Brookline Longwood Randolph Salem Westport
Venue	Various
Surface	Wood Carpet

The New England Indoor Championships was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1932. Also known in its early years as the New England Covered Court Championships, it was first organised by the New England Lawn Tennis Association and played at the Longwood Covered Courts, Longwood Cricket Club, Longwood, Massachusetts, United States and plaued on wood courts then later switching to carpet courts. The event was held in different locations until 1973 as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit when it was discontinued.

History

The tournament was founded in 1932. The championships were organised by the New England Lawn Tennis Association (f.1927). The tournament was usually played in February for men and sometimes in March annually for women until the early 1950s it was played at the Longwood Covered Courts, at the Longwood Cricket Club, Longwood, Massachusetts, United States.

The men's tournament continued to be held in February and moved location to Westport, Massachusetts till 1966, the women's event continued be held in March and moved location to Salem, Massachusetts until 1968. The men's championships were also staged in Randolph, Massachusetts and finally Pembroke, Massachusetts. The women's event also moved location again this time to Agawam, Massachusetts. In 1973 it was downgraded from the worldwide ILTF independent circuit becoming a USTA circuit event only.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

New England Men's Indoor Championships
Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1941	Longwood	Bill Talbert	Sidney Schwartz	6–3, 4–6, 6–3.
1959	Westport	Jan Leschly	Frank Froehling	4–6, 7–5, 6–2.
1961	Westport	Frank Froehling	Tony Vincent	7–5, 6–4.
1963	Westport	Rafael Osuna	Tony Vincent	3–6, 6–4 6–3.
1964	Westport	Tony Vincent	Bob Barker	6–4, 6–2.
1965	Westport	Tony Vincent (2)	Bob Barker	6–3, 8–6.
1966	Westport	Eugene Scott	Bob Barker	6–3, 5–7, 9–7.
1967	Randolph	Tony Vincent (3)	Chauncey Steele III	6–2, 6–4.
1968	Randolph	Bill Tym	Chauncey Steele III	2–6, 6–3, 8–6.
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Randolph	Ted Hoehn	Chauncey Steele III	3–6, 8–6, 16–14.
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970	Pembroke	Ted Hoehn (2)	John Ingard	6–2, 7–5.
1971	Pembroke	Vitas Gerulaitis	Ted Hoehn	6–2, 7–5.
1972	Pembroke	Bob Kulig	Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 7–6.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

New England Women's Indoor Championships
Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1935	Longwood	Kay Winthrop	Dorrance Chase	10–8, 7–5
1936	Longwood	Kay Winthrop (2)	Virginia Rice Johnson	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1938	Longwood	Pauline Betz	Kay Winthrop	6–2, 6–4
1939	Longwood	Pauline Betz (2)	Virginia Rice Johnson	6–3, 6–0
1940	Longwood	Kay Winthrop (3)	Marjorie Sachs Pickhardt	6–4, 6–3
1947	Brookline	Kay Winthrop (4)	Helen Pedersen Rihbany	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1950	Longwood	Midge Gladman Buck	Baba Lewis	6–1, 6–2
1953	Longwood	Thelma Coyne Long	Patricia Canning Todd	6–4, 6–4
1965	Salem	Trudy Groenman	Mary-Ann Eisel	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1966	Salem	Tory Ann Fretz	Mary-Ann Eisel	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1967	Salem	Mary-Ann Eisel	Billie Jean Moffitt King	6–4 5–7 11–9
1968	Salem	Billie Jean King	Mary-Ann Eisel	6–3, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Agawam	Mary-Ann Eisel (2)	Esmé Emmanuel	7–5, 6–2
1970	Agawam	Mary Ann Curtis (3)	Pam Teeguarden	4–6, 6–2, 7–5