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Ulster Grass Court Championships / North of Ireland Championships, Belfast
A North of Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships tournament was held as early as 1881, at the Cliftonville Cricket Club on Cliftonville Road in Belfast. At some point this club became known as the Cliftonville Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, an indication of the increasing importance of lawn tennis there. In the years 1889 to 1894, a popular North of Ireland Championships tournament was held in Cliftonville, but it was cancelled after 1894. A Challenge Cup was presented for the women’s singles event in 1890, so the holder, if taking part, did not have to play through in the years 1891-94.
After World War One, from 1919 onwards, an Ulster Championships tournament began to be held almost every year, usually in early June, at the Belfast Boat Club in the Stranmillis area of south Belfast. (On one occasion, in August 1935, it was held at the Newcastle Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Newcastle, County Down.) The tournament did not take place in the mainly war years of 1940-46, but resumed at the Belfast Boat Club in early June of 1947.
The Ulster Hard Court Championships tournament was held for the first time in 1928. It also became very popular but did not supersede the original Ulster Championships tournament, which was held on grass and, in order to distinguish it from the hard court tournament, often referred to as the Ulster Grass Court Championships. The quality of the entries was generally higher at the Ulster Grass Court Championships.
Various types of annual tennis championships are still held at the Belfast Boat Club today.
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From ‘Pastime’, June 13, 1894:
North of Ireland Championships
This tournament, which is now the only annual one in the North of Ireland, was brought to a conclusion on June 8th. Encouraged by the ever increasing entries the Cliftonville committee have greatly improved the grounds, and have also built a new pavilion. The club is to be congratulated on the success which has attended this year’s meeting, a success due in great measure to the efforts of the honorary secretary Mr A.H. Carr, who has proved himself a most capable successor to C.H. Oldham. The attendance was decidedly good.
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From ‘The Belfast Newsletter’, June 17, 1920:
Lawn Tennis – Tournament in Belfast
The second annual tournament of the Belfast Boat Club was commenced yesterday. The courts were in an admirable condition and several keenly-fought contests were witnessed. The entries, which include, many well-known exponents of the game, are exceedingly large; in fact, they are double those of last year.
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(incomplete roll)
1890 M.A. Kinahan d. Miss Newett 6-2 6-0
1891 Miss Hearn d. M.A. Kinahan 6-2 6-2
1892 R. Shaw d. Miss Hearn
1893 R. Shaw d. Jane Corder 3-6 6-0 9-7
1894 R. Shaw d. F. Carr 6-1 6-1
1919 Tournament held
1920 A.R. Taylor d. D. Pierce 6-1 6-1
1921 Joan Pedlow d. Mrs Trench 6-3 6-4
1922 Mrs Trench d. S. Macaulay 6-4 6-2
1923 Phoebe Newell Blair-White d. Miss Erskine 6-1 6-3
1924 Phoebe Newell Blair-White d. Hilda Wallis 6-4 6-1
1925 Phoebe Newell Blair-White d. Hilda Wallis 3-6 6-4 6-3
1926 Hilda Wallis d. Naomi Bannister Feilden 7-5 2-6 6-3
1927 Hilda Wallis d. Freda Pearson 6-2 6-0
1928 Hilda Wallis d. Betty Gardiner 2-6 6-3 6-4
1929 Phoebe Newell Blair-White d. Betty Gardiner 3-6 6-1 6-2
1930 Betty Gardiner d. Phyllis Wallis 8-6 3-6 6-4
1931 Phyllis Wallis d. Hilda Corry 6-2 6-1
1932 Betty Gardiner Lee d. Phoebe Newell Blair-White 4-6 8-6 9-7
1933 Betty Gardiner Lee d. Nancy Mulliner Read 6-2 6-0
1934 Winnie Mason d. Betty Gardiner Lee 6-0 6-0
1935 [Newcastle, August] P.N. Morrison d. Josephine Creagh 6-1 7-5
1936 Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (Den) d. Effie Hemmant Peters 6-1 6-0
1937 Evelyn Dearman d. Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson 7-5 6-4
1938 Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson d. Betty Gardiner Lee 6-1 6-2
1939 Betty Gardiner Lee d. Mrs J.M. Atkinson 7-5 0-6 6-1
1940-46 not held due to World War Two
1947 Bea Watson Carris d. Helena Straubeova (Tch) 10-8 6-0
1948 Suzy Kormoczy (Hun) d. Alice Weiwers (Lux) 6-2 6-0
1949 Betty Lombard d. Annelies Ullstein Bossi (Ita) 6-4 6-2
1950 Maria Weiss (Arg) d. Mary Whitmarsh Halford 6-2 4-6 6-2
1951 Patricia Ward d. Gem Hoahing 6-3 5-7 8-6
1952 Elena Lehmann (Arg) d. Angela Clarke 6-4 6-4
1953 Eileen Kirkpatrick d. D. Willis 2-6 6-3 6-2
1954 Heather Nicholls Brewer d. Kay Hubbell 6-4 6-4
1955 Daphne Seeney (Aus) d. Joan Curry 9-7 7-5
1956 Mary O'Sullivan d. Angela Clarke 2-6 7-5 6-1
1957 Maria Teran de Weiss (Arg) d. Hannah Kozeluhova Sladek (Can) 6-3 6-4
1958 Marie Toomey Martin (Aus) d. Paule Courteix (Fra) 6-1 6-1
1959 Patricia Nettleton (Nzl) d. Mary Gibson (Aus) 6-0 6-1
1960 Sheila Armstrong d. Patricia Stewart (USA) 6-3 6-3
1961 Robin Blakelock d. Jenny Seven (Net) 6-4 7-5
1962 Jill Blackman (Aus) d. Carole Rosser 9-7 6-3
1963 Yolanda Ramirez Ochoa (Mex) d. Jill Rook Mills 6-3 6-4
1964 Pam Watermeyer (Rsa) vs Fay Toyne (Aus)
1965 Patricia Walkden (Rsa) d. Glenda Swan (Rsa) 6-4 6-3
1966 Greta Delport (Rsa) d. Laura Rossouw (Rsa) 6-3 6-2
1967 Alice Luthy Tym (USA) d. Maryna Godwin (Rsa) 4-6 7-5 7-5
1968 Faye Urban (Can) d. Elena Subirats (Mex) 6-1 3-6 7-5
1969 Maria Guzman (Ecu) d. Lesley Hunt (Aus) 4-6 6-1 8-6
1970 Lita Liem (Ina) d. Lany Kaligis (Ina) 6-0 4-6 6-3
1971 Lesley Turner Bowrey (Aus) d. Lesley Hunt (Aus) 0-6 6-4 8-6
1972 Dorothy Armstrong d. Jill Minford 6-2 6-4
1973 Dorothy Armstrong d. Nuala McMordie 6-3 6-3
1974
1975 Nuala McMordie d. Helen Deering 6-2 6-2
1976 Helen Deering d. Mrs Margaret Clements 6-2 7-5
1977 Helen Deering Pollock d. Gail Holland 6-2 6-3
1978 Jill Minford vs Charlene Murphy (USA)
1979 Margaret Redfearn (Rsa) vs Nina Bland (Can)
1980 Cathy Mantle (Aus) d. Brenda Catton (Aus) 6-4 7-6
1986 Lesley O'Halloran (Irl)
1992 Lesley O'Halloran (Irl)
1998 Lesley O'Halloran (Irl)
2004 Yvonne Doyle (Irl) d. Nicola Slater 6-2 6-1
2005 Yvonne Doyle (Irl) d. Galina Misiuriova (Lit) 6-1 6-7 6-3
2008 Lesley O'Halloran (Irl) d. Lynsey McCullough (Irl) 6-4 6-1
2009 Lynsey McCullough (Irl)
2014 Lucy Octave d. Karola Bejenaru (Rom) 7-5 6-4
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Ulster Hard Court Championships (Clay)
The Ulster Hard Court Championships tournament was first held in 1928, at the Royal Belfast Golf Club in Craigavad, Belfast. Up until World War Two the tournament was held in alternate years at this club and at the Windsor Lawn Tennis Club on Windsor Avenue in Belfast. No tournament was held during the war years 1940-45.
When the tournament resumed in 1946, it was held in alternate years at the Windsor Lawn Tennis Club and at a new venue, the Cavehill Lawn Tennis Club, also located in Belfast. The Ulster Hard Court Championships tournament was usually held in mid-May and preceded the Ulster Grass Court Championships, which was held at the Belfast Boat Club at the beginning of June. The latter tournament had the higher status and tended to attract more of the top players.
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From ‘The Belfast Newsletter’, May 10, 1928:
Hard Court Championships of Ulster
Hard court lawn tennis in Ulster entered upon a new phase yesterday, when the first championship tournament opened on the courts of the Royal Belfast Golf Club at Craigavad. Similar tournaments have been held in other centres governed by the Irish Lawn Tennis Association, but up to the present Ulster has had to be content with the grass court championships, which are played on the Belfast Boat Club’s courts.
A large number of entries has been received, and in addition to the championships there are handicap classes for mixed doubles and ladies’ doubles.
1928 [Craigavad] Betty Gardiner d. W. Monypenny 6-3 5-7 6-2
1929 [Windsor] Betty Gardiner d. Patricia Corry 6-3 6-4
1930 Betty Gardiner d. Phyllis Wallis (Irl) 6-0 6-4
1931 Betty Gardiner d. Mrs O.M. Darling 6-4 7-5
1932 Hilda Corry d. Miss Dashwood 6-4 6-1
1933 Betty Gardiner Lee d. Hilda Corry 6-1 6-1
1934 Betty Gardiner Lee d. Hilda Corry 6-1 6-2
1935 Betty Gardiner Lee d. Hilda Corry 6-1 6-1
1936 Pam Reade d. Nancy Hadow 6-1 6-1
1937 Betty Gardiner Lee d. Rosemary Moutray 14-12 4-6 6-4
1938 [Craigavad] Betty Gardiner Lee d. Norah Daly Tottenham 6-2 6-1
1939 [Windsor] Mrs J.M. Atkinson d. Betty Gardiner Lee 6-4 4-6 6-3
1940-45 not held due to World War Two
1946 [Windsor] Mrs Mark d. Rosemary Moutray Bain 10-8 6-4
1947 [Cavehill] Rosemary Moutray Bain d. Mrs J. Bland 6-2 7-5
1948 Rosemary Moutray Bain d. D. McCoy 1-6 8-6 6-2
1949 Rosemary Moutray Bain d. D. McCoy 1-6 7-5 7-5
1950 Angela Clarke d. Mary Clarke 6-1 7-5
1951 Rosemary Moutray Bain d. D. McCoy 3-6 8-6 6-2
1952 Angela Clarke d. Dorothy Willis 6-3 6-4
1953 Dorothy Willis d. Mary Wilson 2-6 6-3 62
1954 Angela Clarke d. Mary Clarke 6-1 6-4
1955 Angela Clarke d. Hadassah Robinson 6-3 6-0
1956 Angela Clarke d. Eileen Kirkpatrick 6-2 6-4
1957 Ann Haydon d. Sheila Armstrong 6-1 5-7 8-6
1958 Rita Bentley d. Jill Rook 6-2 6-4
1959 Sheila Armstrong d. Hadassah Robinson 6-0 6-1
1960 Mrs Mary Lindsay d. Mrs Georgie Grier 6-4 6-3
1961 Mrs Mary Lindsay d. Mrs Eileen Logan 6-3 6-2
1962 Hadassah Robinson Lord d. Mrs Mary Lindsay 7-5 6-2
1963 Hadassah Robinson Lord d. Shirley Campbell 4-6 6-4 6-2
1964 Lorna Croskery d. Joan Wallace 7-5 6-8 6-1
1965 Lorna Croskery d. Joan Wallace 3-6 8-6 6-2
1966 Lorna Croskery d. Joan Wallace 6-2 7-5
1967 Lorna Croskery d. Wendy Hall 6-1 6-4
1968 Joan Wallace d. Julie Menzies 7-5 6-1
1969 Lorna Croskery Agnew d. Susan Minford 7-5 6-2
1970 Susan Minford d. Dorothy Armstrong 6-1 6-4
A contribution by Newmark401 (see post #388)
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United States Championships / Open
Until 1920 held in Philadelphia, from 1921 to 1977 in Forest Hills (New York), from 1978 in Flushing Meadows (New York).
Challenge Round until 1918. An asterisk (*) indicates that the defending champion did not take part in the tournament, the match in question therefore being an All-Comers’ Final.
Held on grass until 1974, on green clay from 1975 to 1977, on hard from 1978.
1887 Ellen Hansell d. Laura Knight 6-1 6-0
1888 Bertha Townsend d. Ellen Hansell 6-3 6-5
1889 Bertha Townsend d. Lida Voorhees 7-5 6-2
1890 Ellen Roosevelt d. Bertha Townsend 6-2 6-2
1891 Mabel Cahill (Irl) d. Ellen Roosevelt 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-3
1892 Mabel Cahill (Irl) d. Elizabeth Moore 5-7 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2
1893 Aline Terry d. Augusta Schultz 6-1 6-3 *
1894 Helen Hellwig d. Aline Terry 7-5 3-6 6-0 3-6 6-3
1895 Juliette Atkinson d. Helen Hellwig 6-4 6-2 6-1
1896 Elizabeth Moore d. Juliette Atkinson 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
1897 Juliette Atkinson d. Elizabeth Moore 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-3
1898 Juliette Atkinson d. Marion Jones 6-3 5-7 6-4 2-6 7-5
1899 Marion Jones d. Maud Banks 6-1 6-1 7-5 *
1900 Myrtle McAteer d. Edythe Parker 6-2 6-2 6-0 *
1901 Elizabeth Moore d. Myrtle McAteer 6-4 3-6 7-5 2-6 6-2
1902 Marion Jones d. Elizabeth Moore 6-1 1-0 ret.
1903 Elizabeth Moore d. Marion Jones 7-5 8-6
1904 May Sutton d. Elizabeth Moore 6-1 6-2
1905 Elizabeth Moore d. Helen Homans 6-4 5-7 6-1 *
1906 Helen Homans d. Maud Barger Wallach 6-4 6-3 *
1907 Evelyn Sears d. Carrie Neely 6-3 6-2 *
1908 Maud Barger Wallach d. Evelyn Sears 6-3 1-6 6-3
1909 Hazel Hotchkiss d. Maud Barger Wallach 6-0 6-1
1910 Hazel Hotchkiss d. Louise Hammond 6-4 6-2
1911 Hazel Hotchkiss d. Florence Sutton 8-10 6-1
1912 Mary K.Browne d. Eleanora Sears 6-4 6-2 *
1913 Mary K.Browne d. Dorothy Green 6-2 7-5
1914 Mary K.Browne d. Marie Wagner 6-2 1-6 6-1
1915 Molla Bjurstedt (Nor) d. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 4-6 6-2 6-0 *
1916 Molla Bjurstedt (Nor) d. Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0 6-1
1917 Molla Bjurstedt (Nor) d. Marion Vanderhoef 4-6 6-0 6-2 Patriotic Tournament
1918 Molla Bjurstedt (Nor) d. Eleanor Goss 6-4 6-3
1919 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman d. Marion Zinderstein 6-1 6-2
1920 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory d. Marion Zinderstein 6-3 6-1
1921 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory d. Mary K.Browne 4-6 6-4 6-2
1922 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory d. Helen Wills 6-3 6-1
1923 Helen Wills d. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-2 6-1
1924 Helen Wills d. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-1 6-3
1925 Helen Wills d. Kitty McKane (GB) 3-6 6-0 6-2
1926 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory d. Elizabeth Ryan 4-6 6-4 9-7
1927 Helen Wills d. Betty Nuthall (GB) 6-1 6-4
1928 Helen Wills d. Helen Jacobs 6-2 6-1
1929 Helen Wills d. Phoebe Holcroft Watson (GB) 6-4 6-2
1930 Betty Nuthall (GB) d. Anna McCune Harper 6-1 6-4
1931 Helen Wills Moody d. Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (GB) 6-4 6-1
1932 Helen Jacobs d. Carolin Babcock 6-2 6-2
1933 Helen Jacobs d. Helen Wills Moody 8-6 3-6 3-0 ret.
1934 Helen Jacobs d. Sarah Palfrey 6-1 6-4
1935 Helen Jacobs d. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan 6-2 6-4
1936 Alice Marble d. Helen Jacobs 4-6 6-3 6-2
1937 Anita Lizana (Chi) d. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Pol) 6-4 6-2
1938 Alice Marble d. Nancye Wynne (Aus) 6-0 6-3
1939 Alice Marble d. Helen Jacobs 6-0 8-10 6-4
1940 Alice Marble d. Helen Jacobs 6-2 6-3
1941 Sarah Palfrey Cooke d. Pauline Betz 7-5 6-2
1942 Pauline Betz d. Louise Brough 4-6 6-1 6-4
1943 Pauline Betz d. Louise Brough 6-3 5-7 6-3
1944 Pauline Betz d. Margaret Osborne 6-3 8-6
1945 Sarah Palfrey Cooke d. Pauline Betz 3-6 8-6 6-4
1946 Pauline Betz d. Doris Hart 11-9 6-3
1947 Louise Brough d. Margaret Osborne 8-6 4-6 6-1
1948 Margaret Osborne duPont d. Louise Brough 4-6 6-4 15-13
1949 Margaret Osborne duPont d. Doris Hart 6-4 6-1
1950 Margaret Osborne duPont d. Doris Hart 6-3 6-3
1951 Maureen Connolly d. Shirley Fry 6-3 1-6 6-4
1952 Maureen Connolly d. Doris Hart 6-3 7-5
1953 Maureen Connolly d. Doris Hart 6-2 6-4
1954 Doris Hart d. Louise Brough 6-8 6-1 8-6
1955 Doris Hart d. Patricia Ward (GB) 6-4 6-2
1956 Shirley Fry d. Althea Gibson 6-3 6-4
1957 Althea Gibson d. Louise Brough 6-3 6-2
1958 Althea Gibson d. Darlene Hard 3-6 6-1 6-2
1959 Maria Bueno (Bra) d. Christine Truman (GB) 6-1 6-4
1960 Darlene Hard d. Maria Bueno (Bra) 6-4 10-12
1961 Darlene Hard d. Ann Haydon (GB) 6-3 6-4
1962 Margaret Smith (Aus) d. Darlene Hard 9-7 6-4
1963 Maria Bueno (Bra) d. Margaret Smith (Aus) 7-5 6-4
1964 Maria Bueno (Bra) d. Carole Caldwell Graebner 6-1 6-0
1965 Margaret Smith (Aus) d. Billie Jean Moffitt 8-6 7-5
1966 Maria Bueno (Bra) d. Nancy Richey 6-3 6-1
1967 Billie Jean Moffitt King d. Ann Haydon Jones (GB) 11-9 6-4
1968 Virginia Wade (GB) d. Billie Jean Moffitt King 6-4 6-4
1969 Margaret Smith Court (Aus) d. Nancy Richey 6-2 6-2
1970 Margaret Smith Court (Aus) d. Rosie Casals 6-2 2-6 6-1
1971 Billie Jean Moffitt King d. Rosie Casals 6-4 7-6
1972 Billie Jean Moffitt King d. Kerry Melville (Aus) 6-3 7-5
1973 Margaret Smith Court (Aus) d. Evonne Goolagong (Aus) 7-6 5-7 6-2
1974 Billie Jean Moffitt King d. Evonne Goolagong (Aus) 3-6 6-3 7-5
1975 Chris Evert d. Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Aus) 5-7 6-4 6-2
1976 Chris Evert d. Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Aus) 6-3 6-0
1977 Chris Evert d. Wendy Turnbull (Aus) 7-6 6-2
1978 Chris Evert d. Pam Shriver 7-5 6-4
1979 Tracy Austin d. Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4 6-3
1980 Chris Evert Lloyd d. Hana Mandlikova (Tch) 5-7 6-1 6-1
1981 Tracy Austin d. Martina Navratilova 1-6 7-6 7-6
1982 Chris Evert Lloyd d. Hana Mandlikova (Tch) 6-3 6-1
1983 Martina Navratilova d. Chris Evert Lloyd 6-1 6-3
1984 Martina Navratilova d. Chris Evert Lloyd 4-6 6-4 6-4
1985 Hana Mandlikova (Tch) d. Martina Navratilova 7-6 1-6 7-6
1986 Martina Navratilova d. Helena Sukova (Tch) 6-3 6-2
1987 Martina Navratilova d. Steffi Graf (Frg) 7-6 6-1
1988 Steffi Graf (Frg) d. Gabriela Sabatini (Arg) 6-3 3-6 6-1
1989 Steffi Graf (Frg) d. Martina Navratilova 3-6 7-5 6-1
1990 Gabriela Sabatini (Arg) d. Steffi Graf (Frg) 6-2 7-6
1991 Monica Seles (Yug) d. Martina Navratilova 7-6 6-1
1992 Monica Seles (Yug) d. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Esp) 6-3 6-3
1993 Steffi Graf (Ger) d. Helena Sukova (Cze) 6-3 6-3
1994 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Esp) d. Steffi Graf (Ger) 1-6 7-6 6-4
1995 Steffi Graf (Ger) d. Monica Seles 7-6 0-6 6-3
1996 Steffi Graf (Ger) d. Monica Seles 7-5 6-4
1997 Martina Hingis (Sui) d. Venus Williams 6-0 6-4
1998 Lindsay Davenport d. Martina Hingis (Sui) 6-3 7-5
1999 Serena Williams d. Martina Hingis (Sui) 6-3 7-6
2000 Venus Williams d. Lindsay Davenport 6-4 7-5
2001 Venus Williams d. Serena Williams 6-2 6-4
2002 Serena Williams d. Venus Williams 6-4 6-3
2003 Justine Henin Hardenne (Bel) d. Kim Clijsters (Bel) 7-5 6-1
2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) d. Elena Dementieva (Rus) 6-3 7-5
2005 Kim Clijsters (Bel) d. Mary Pierce (Fra) 6-3 6-1
2006 Maria Sharapova (Rus) d. Justine Henin Hardenne (Bel) 6-4 6-4
2007 Justine Henin (Bel) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-1 6-3
2008 Serena Williams d. Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 6-4 7-5
2009 Kim Clijsters (Bel) d. Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 7-5 6-3
2010 Kim Clijsters (Bel) d. Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-2 6-1
2011 Samantha Stosur (Aus) d. Serena Williams 6-2 6-3
2012 Serena Williams d. Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-2 2-6 7-5
2013 Serena Williams d. Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 7-5 6-7 6-1
2014 Serena Williams d. Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-3 6-3
2015 Flavia Pennetta (Ita) d. Roberta Vinci (Ita) 7-6 6-2
2016 Angelique Kerber (Ger) d. Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 6-3 4-6 6-4
2017 Sloane Stephens d. Madison Keys 6-3 6-0
2018 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) d. Serena Williams 6-2 6-4
2019 Bianca Andreescu (Can) d. Serena Williams 6-3 7-5
2020 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) d. Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 1-6 6-3 6-3
2021 Emma Raducanu (GB) d. Leylah Fernandez (Can) 6-4 6-3
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United States Clay Court Championships
1912 [Pittsburgh] May Sutton d. Mary K. Browne 6-4 6-2
1913 Women's singles event not held
1914 [Cincinnati] Mary K. Browne d. Louise Riddell Williams 6-1 3-6 6-2
1915 [Pittsburgh] Molla Bjurstedt (Nor) d. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 3-6 6-1 6-3
1916 [Cleveland] Molla Bjurstedt (Nor) d. Martha Guthrie 8-6 6-3
1917 [Cincinnati] Ruth Sanders d. Mrs W. Ellis 6-1 6-3 Patriotic Tournament
1918 [Chicago] Carrie Neely d. Adelaide Yager 6-4 6-2
1919 [Chicago] Corinne Gould d. Carrie Neely 6-4 6-2
1920 [Detroit] Marion Zinderstein d. Corinne Gould 6-0 6-1
1921 [Buffalo] Ann Sheafe Cole d. Anna Townsend Godfrey 6-0 6-3
1922 [Buffalo] Lois Moyes Bickle (Can) d. Leslie Bancroft 3-6 6-1 7-5
1923 [Buffalo] Mayme McDonald d. Lilian Scharman 7-5 1-6 6-4
1924-39 not held
1940 [River Forest] Alice Marble d. Gracyn Wheeler 7-5 6-0
1941 [River Forest] Pauline Betz d. Mary Arnold 6-3 6-1
1942 not held
1943 [Detroit] Pauline Betz d. Nancy Corbett 6-1 6-0
1944 [Detroit] Dorothy Bundy d. Mary Arnold 7-5 6-4
1945 [River Forest] Sarah Palfrey Cooke d. Pauline Betz 6-3 7-5
1946 [River Forest] Barbara Krase d. Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs 10-8 6-4
1947 [Salt Lake City] Mary Arnold Prentiss d. Dorothy Head 6-1 6-1
1948 [River Forest] Magda Berescu Rurac (Rou) d. Dorothy Head 1-6 7-5 6-3
1949 [River Forest] Magda Berescu Rurac (Rou) d. Beverly Baker 2-6 9-7 6-3
1950 [River Forest] Doris Hart d. Shirley Fry 6-1 6-3
1951 [River Forest] Dorothy Head d. Patricia Canning Todd 4-6 6-2 6-2
1952 [River Forest] Anita Kanter d. Mrs L. Davidson 6-4 6-3
1953 [River Forest] Maureen Connolly d. Althea Gibson 6-4 6-4
1954 [River Forest] Maureen Connolly d. Doris Hart 6-3 6-1
1955 [Atlanta] Dorothy Head Knode d. Barbara Breit 6-4 6-3
1956 [River Forest] Shirley Fry d. Althea Gibson 7-5 6-1
1957 [River Forest] Althea Gibson d. Darlene Hard 6-2 6-3
1958 [River Forest] Dorothy Head Knode d. Karol Fageros 6-3 6-8 6-2
1959 [River Forest] Sally Moore d. Sandra Reynolds (RSA) 6-2 2-6 6-3
1960 [River Forest] Dorothy Head Knode d. Gwyneth Thomas 6-3 6-4
1961 [River Forest] Edda Buding (Frg) d. Karen Hantze 6-4 2-6 6-4
1962 [River Forest] Donna Floyd d. Carol Caldwell 6-3 6-1
1963 [River Forest] Nancy Richey d. Vicky Palmer 6-1 6-1
1964 [River Forest] Nancy Richey d. Carol Caldwell Graebner 6-2 6-1
1965 [River Forest] Nancy Richey d. Julie Heldman 5-7 6-3 9-7
1966 [Milwaukee] Nancy Richey d. Stephanie DeFina 6-2 6-2
1967 [Milwaukee] Nancy Richey d. Rosie Casals 6-2 6-3
1968 [Milwaukee] Nancy Richey d. Linda Tuero 6-3 6-3
1969 [Indianapolis] Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (Fra) d. Linda Tuero 6-2 6-2
1970 [Indianapolis] Linda Tuero d. Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (Fra) 7-5 6-1
1971 [Indianapolis] Billie Jean King d. Linda Tuero 6-4 7-5
1972 [Indianapolis] Chris Evert d. Evonne Goolagong (Aus) 7-6 6-1
1973 [Indianapolis] Chris Evert d. Veronica Burton 6-4 6-3
1974 [Indianapolis] Chris Evert d. Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (Aus) 6-0 6-0
1975 [Indianapolis] Chris Evert d. Dianne Fromholtz (Aus) 6-3 6-4
1976 [Indianapolis] Kathy May d. Brigitte Cuypers (RSA) 6-4 4-6 6-2
1977 [Indianapolis] Laura DuPont d. Nancy Richey 6-4 6-3
1978 [Indianapolis] Dana Gilbert d. Viviana Gonzalez-Locicero (Arg) 6-2 6-3
1979 [Indianapolis] Chris Evert d. Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Aus) 6-4 6-3
1980 [Indianapolis] Chris Evert Lloyd d. Andrea Jaeger 6-4 6-3
1981 [Indianapolis] Andrea Jaeger d. Virginia Ruzici (Rou) 6-1 6-0
1982 [Indianapolis] Virginia Ruzici (Rou) d. Helena Sukova (Tch) 6-2 6-0
1983 [Indianapolis] Andrea Temesvari (Hun) d. Zina Garrison 6-2 6-2
1984 [Indianapolis] Manuela Maleeva (Bul) d. Lisa Bonder 6-4 6-3
1985 [Indianapolis] Andrea Temesvari (Hun) d. Zina Garrison 7-6 6-3
1986 [Indianapolis] Steffi Graf (Frg) d. Gabriela Sabatini (Arg) 2-6 7-6 6-4
Posted by Newmark
It's likely that the editions in Chicago were in fact held in River Forest, that is a suburb of Chicago.
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United States Hard Court Championships
http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Orga...TA/Organization/Yearbook/22984_2008_USTA_Yearbook__US_HARD_COURT_CHAMPIONSHIPS/
From 1948 to 1950 it was valid as "Pacific Coast Championships" too.
From 1997 to 2010 it was "Pilot Pen Classic" too.
From 2011 to 2013 it was "New Haven Open" too.
From 2014 it's "Connecticut Open" too.
1948 [San Francisco] Gussie Moran d. Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs 2-6 6-1 6-2
1949 [Berkeley] Doris Hart d. Dorothy Head 6-3 6-4
1950 [Berkeley] Pat Canning Todd d. Magda Berescu Rurac 6-2 6-1
1951 [Salt Lake City] Pat Canning Todd d. Anita Kanter 6-1 6-4
1952 [Seattle] Mary Arnold Prentiss d. Anita Kanter 6-1 8-6
1953 [Salt Lake City] Anita Kanter d. Joan Merciadis 6-0 6-4
1954 [La Jolla] Beverly Baker Fleitz d. Barbara Green 6-1 6-3
1955 [La Jolla] Mimi Arnold d. Pat Canning Todd 6-0 6-0
1956 [La Jolla] Nancy Chaffee Kiner d. Pat Canning Todd 6-4 5-7 7-5
1957 [La Jolla] Beverly Baker Fleitz d. Mimi Arnold 6-1 6-1
1958 [La Jolla] Beverly Baker Fleitz d. Karen Hantze 6-1 8-6
1959 [Denver] Sandra Reynolds (SA) d. Beverly Baker Fleitz 6-3 6-2
1960 [La Jolla] Kathy Chabot d. Karen Hantze 4-6 7-5 7-5
1961 [La Jolla] Nancy Richey d. Dorothy Head Knode 6-1 6-1
1962 [Seattle] Carol Hanks d. Marilyn Montgomery 7-5 6-3
1963 [La Jolla] Darlene Hard d. Tory Ann Fretz 6-1 8-6
1964 [Sacramento] Kathy Harter d. Kathy Blake 6-1 6-0
1965 [Sacramento] Rosie Casals d. Kathy Harter 6-4 4-6 6-2
1966 [La Jolla] Billie-Jean Moffitt King d. Patti Hogan 7-5 6-0
1967 [Sacramento] Peaches Bartkowicz d. Valerie Ziegenfuss 6-4 6-4
1968 [La Jolla] Maryna Godwin d. Janet Newberry 6-3 8-6
1969 [Sacramento] Eliza Pande d. Kristien Kemmer 7-5 6-4
1970-1987 not held
1988 [San Antonio] Steffi Graf (Frg) d. Katerina Maleeva (Bul) 6-4 6-1
1989 [San Antonio] Steffi Graf (Frg) d. Ann Henricksson 6-1 6-4
1990 [San Antonio] Monica Seles (You) d. Manuela Maleeva Fragnière (Sui) 6-4 6-3
1991 [San Antonio] Steffi Graf (Ger) d. Monica Seles (You) 6-4 6-3
1992 [San Antonio] Martina Navratilova d. Nathalie Tauziat (Fra) 6-2 6-1
1993 [Stratton Mountain] Conchita Martinez (Esp) d. Zina Garrison Jackson 6-3 6-2
1994 [Stratton Mountain] Conchita Martinez (Esp) d. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Esp) 4-6 6-3 6-4
1995-1996 not held
1997 [Atlanta] Lindsay Davenport d. Sandrine Testud (Fra) 6-4 6-1
1998 [New Haven] Steffi Graf (Ger) d. Jana Novotna (Cze) 6-4 6-1
1999 [New Haven] Venus Williams d. Lindsay Davenport 6-2 7-5
2000 [New Haven] Venus Williams d. Monica Seles 6-2 6-4
2001 [New Haven] Venus Williams d. Lindsay Davenport 7-6 6-4
2002 [New Haven] Venus Williams d. Lindsay Davenport 7-5 6-0
2003 [New Haven] Jennifer Capriati d. Lindsay Davenport 6-2 4-0 ret.
2004 [New Haven] Elena Bovina (Rus) d. Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 6-2 2-6 7-5
2005 [New Haven] Lindsay Davenport d. Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 6-4 6-4
2006 [New Haven] Justine Henin Hardenne (Bel) d. Lindsay Davenport 6-0 1-0 ret.
2007 [New Haven] Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) d. Agnes Szavay (Hun) 4-6 3-0 ret.
2008 [New Haven] Caroline Wozniacki (Den) d. Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 3-6 6-4 6-1
2009 [New Haven] Caroline Wozniacki (Den) d. Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-2 6-4
2010 [New Haven] Caroline Wozniacki (Den) d. Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-3 3-6 6-3
2011 [New Haven] Caroline Wozniacki (Den) d. Petra Cetkovska (Cze) 6-4 6-1
2012 [New Haven] Petra Kvitova (Cze) d. Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 7-6 7-5
2013 [New Haven] Simona Halep (Rom) d. Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-2 6-2
2014 [New Haven] Petra Kvitova (Cze) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-4 6-2
2015 [New Haven] Petra Kvitova (Cze) d. Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-7 6-2 6-2
2016 [New Haven] Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) d. Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 6-1 7-6
2017 [New Haven] Daria Gavrilova (Aus) d. Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 4-6 6-3 6-4
2018 [New Haven] Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) d. Carla Suarez-Navarro (Esp) 6-1 6-4
From a starting contribution of Samn