Western Championships

Western States Championships
Western Sectional Championships
Western Championships
defunct
Founded	1887 (age 139)
Ended	1978 (age 48)
Location	Various
Tour	USTA Circuit (1887–1922) ILTF Circuit (1923–1969) ILTF Grand Prix Circuit (1970–78)
Surface	Clay/Grass/Hard

The Western Championships^[1] also known as the Western States Championships or Western Sectional Championships^[2] was a men's and women's open tennis tournament staged annually at various locations from 1887 until 1978.

History

On July 4, 1887, the first Championships of the Western States were inaugurated at the Scarlett Ribbon Club in Chicago, Illinois, United States,^[3] and the first men's champion was Charles Amherst Chase. In 1895 a women's championship event was added to the schedule which was won by Marion Capwell.

In 1973 the final ladies championship was held that was won by the Australian player Evonne Goolagong. The men's tournament continued to play until 1978 which was won by the American player Eddie Dibbs.

The championships were part of the USLTA Circuit from 1887 until 1923. It became of part of the ILTF Circuit following the United States joining the International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1925 until 1969 In 1970 the tournament became part of the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit. In 1955 and from 1969 until 1973 the women's event was also valid as the Tri-State Championships.

Locations

The championships have been played in the following cities; Chicago, Cincinnati, Harbor Springs, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Lake Forest, Minnetonka, Neenah, River Forest and Sharonville.^[4]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Location	Champion	Runner up	Score
Western States Championships
↓ USNLTA Circuit ↓
1887^[4]	Chicago	Charles A. Chase	B.F. Cummins	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
1888^[4]	Chicago	Charles A. Chase (2)	E.W. McClellan	6-4, 6-2, 6-1^[5]
1889 ^[4]	Chicago	Charles A. Chase (3)	Samuel T. Chase	6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1890^[4]	Chicago	Charles A. Chase (4)	John Ryerson	6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
1891^[4]	Chicago	Samuel T. Chase	B.F. Cummins	3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1892^[4]	Chicago	Samuel T. Chase (2)	John Ryerson	6-4, 6-3, 6-2 ^[6]
1893^[4]	Evanston	Samuel T. Chase (3)	Evarts Wrenn	6-3, 6-0, 6-4
1897^[4]	Chicago	Kreigh Collins	Carr Neel	6-3, 7-5, 7-9, 9-7
1899 ^[4]	Chicago	Carr Neel	Kreigh Collins	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1900^[4]	Chicago	Kreigh Collins (2)	Carr Neel	w.o.^[7]
1907^[4]	Lake Forest	Nat Emerson	Harry Waidner	6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1908 ^[4]	Chicago	Nat Emerson (2)	Harry Waidner	8-10, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Western Championships
1919^[4]	Kansas City	Willis E. Davis)	Ralph Burdick	10-8, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1921^[4]	Indianapolis	Vinnie Richards	Walter T. Hayes^[8]	6-1, 6-4, 6-2
1922^[4]	Chicago	John F. Hennessey	Walter Wesbrook	6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 11-9
↓ ILTF Circuit ↓
1923^[4]	Chicago	Walter Wesbrook	George Lott	?
1924^[4]	Indianapolis	Bill Tilden II	John F. Hennessey	6-2, 6-1, 6-2
1925^[4]	Detroit	Harvey Snodgrass	Walter Wesbrook	3-6, 8-6, 7-5, 8-6
1926^[4]	Indianapolis	Alfred H. Chapin	Brian Norton	6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
1927^[4]	Dayton	George Lott	John F. Hennessey	7-5, 7-5, 6-4
1928^[4]	Chicago	Emmett Pare	Stanley Gordon Lum	6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
1929^[4]	Skokie	Keith Gledhill	Ellsworth Vines	12-10, 0-6, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
1930^[4]	Chicago	Harris Coggeshall	Clifford Sutter	2-2 sets retd.
1931^[4]	Chicago	Harris Coggeshall (2)	Marcel Rainville	?
1932 ^[4]	River Forest	Frank Parker	Lester Stoefen	2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2
1933^[4]	Chicago	George Lott (2)	Frank Parker	0-6, 7-5, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
1934^[4]	River Forest	Bryan Grant	John McDiarmid	6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1935^[4]	Chicago	Wilbur Coen	John McDiarmid	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1936^[4]	Harbor Springs	Ernie Sutter	Julius Heldman	6-4, 6-0, 6-3
1937^[4]	Harbor Springs	Walter Senior	William Murphy	6-4, 6-2, 10-8
1939^[4]	Chicago	William Murphy	Jack Tidball	6-8, 6-1, 6-1, 9-7
1940^[4]	Indianapolis	Bobby Riggs	Welby Van Horn	6-3, 6-1, 6-2
1941^[4]	Indianapolis	Bobby Riggs (2)	Don McNeill	7-5, 3-6, 10-8, 6-4
1942^[4]	Chicago	Seymour Greenberg	Jimmy Evert	7-5, 6-0, 6-2
1944^[4]	Neenah	Pancho Segura	Bill Talbert	3-6, 6-1 4-6, 6-3, 11-9
1945^[4]	Neenah	Bill Talbert	Elwood Cooke	6-2, 6-8, 7-5
1946^[4]	Indianapolis	Bill Talbert (2)	Seymour Greenberg	6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1947^[4]	Chicago	Gardner Larned	Seymour Greenberg	6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1948^[4]	Indianapolis	Pancho Gonzales	Jack Tuero	6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1949^[4]	Chicago	James Brink	Herbert (Buddy) Behrens	7-5, 6-4, 6-3
1950^[4]	Indianapolis	Herb Flam	Tony Trabert	6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1951^[4]	Chicago	Bernard Bartzen	Seymour Greenberg	6-3, 6-1
1952^[4]	Indianapolis	Art Larsen	Dick Savitt	6-2, 1-6, 8-6, 6-4
1953^[4]	Milwaukee	Noel Brown	George Worthington	6-3, 6-1, 7-5
1954^[4]	Indianapolis	Vic Seixas	Ham Richardson	7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
1955^[4]	Cincinnati	Bernard Bartzen (2)	Tony Trabert	7-9, 11-9, 6-4
1956^[4]	Indianapolis	Vic Seixas	Edward Moylan	6-4, 6-,3 4-6, 6-2
1957^[4]	Milwaukee	Vic Seixas (2)	Bernard Bartzen	7-5, 6-2, 6-2
1958^[4]	Indianapolis	Alex Olmedo	Bernard Bartzen	1-6, 8-6, 6-0
1959^[4]	Milwaukee	Bernard Bartzen (3)	Warren Woodcock	6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
1960^[4]	Indianapolis	Whitney Reed	Reg Bennett	6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1961^[4]	Milwaukee	Donald Dell	Marty Riessen	2-6, 7-9, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3
1962^[4]	Indianapolis	Charlie Pasarell	Marty Riessen	2-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1963^[4]	Milwaukee	Billy Lenoir	Marty Riessen	8-10, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
1964^[4]	Indianapolis	Dennis Ralston	Marty Riessen	6-4, 6-1, 6-1
1965^[4]	Milwaukee	Cliff Richey	Marty Riessen	5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1966^[4]	Indianapolis	Cliff Richey (2)	Dennis Ralston	6-1, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
1967^[4]	Indianapolis	Mike Belkin	Pancho Guzmán	3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
1968^[4]	Indianapolis	Jaime Fillol	Cliff Richey	6-1, 7-5, 6-2
↓ Open era ↓
1969^[4]	Cincinnati	Cliff Richey (3)	Allan Stone	6–1, 6–2.^[9]
↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓
1970^[4]	Cincinnati	Ken Rosewall	Cliff Richey	7–9, 9–7, 8–6
1971^[4]	Cincinnati	Stan Smith	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	7–6, 6–3
1972^[4]	Cincinnati	Jimmy Connors	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–3
1973^[4]	Cincinnati	Ilie Năstase	Manuel Orantes	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
1974^[4]	Cincinnati	Marty Riessen	Robert Lutz	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)
1975^[4]	Cincinnati	Tom Gorman	Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1976^[4]	Cincinnati	Roscoe Tanner	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–3
1977^[4]	Cincinnati	Harold Solomon	Mark Cox	6–2, 6–3
1979^[4]	Cincinnati	Eddie Dibbs	Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 6–3, 6–2

Women' singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Location	Champion	Runner up	Score
Western States Championships
↓ USNLTA Circuit ↓
1895	Chicago	Marion Capwell	Carrie Neely	6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5
1896	Chicago	Jennie Craven	Carrie Neely	8-6, 6-3, 6-0
1897	Chicago	Louise Pound	Jennie Craven	6-0, 6-3, 7-5
1898	Chicago	Juliette Atkinson	Louise Pound	6-4, 6-3, 7-5
1899	Chicago	Juliette Atkinson (2)	Myrtle McAteer	5-7, 10-8, 6-4, 6-2
1900	Chicago	Myrtle McAteer	Maud Banks	6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
1901	Chicago	Myrtle McAteer (2)	Winona Closterman	6-2, 6-1, 6-1
1902	Chicago	Myrtle McAteer (3)	Carrie Neely	9-7, 4-6, 6-0
1903	Chicago	Myrtle McAteer (4)	Winona Closterman	8-6, 6-1
1904	Chicago	May Sutton	Marie Wimer	6-2, 6-1
1905	Chicago	Myrtle McAteer (5)	Carrie Neely	6-4, 6-2
1906	Chicago	Winona Closterman Neff	Miriam Steever	5-7, 6-4, 6-2
1907	Lake Forest	Carrie Neely	Louise Riddell Williams	7-5, 6-4
1908	Chicago	Carrie Neely (2)	Miriam Steever	3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1909	Lake Forest	Carrie Neely (3)	Alice Day Beard	6-1, 7-5
1910	Lake Forest	Gwendolyn Rees	Carrie Neely	5-7, 6-2, 7-5
1911	Lake Forest	Hazel Hotchkiss	Carrie Neely	6-1, 6-1
1912	Lake Forest	May Sutton (2)	Mary Browne	6-0, 6-3
1913	Lake Forest	Gwendolyn Rees (2)	Carrie Neely	6-2, 6-4
1914	Lake Forest	Mary Browne	Louise Riddell Williams	6-4, 6-3
1915	Lake Forest	Carrie Neely (4)	Louise Pound	6-3, 6-4
1916	Lake Forest	Marguerite Davis	Carrie Neely	6-3, 6-3
1917	Chicago	Carrie Neely (5)	Mary K. Voorhees	6-0, 6-3
1918	Chicago	Carrie Neely (6)	Ethel Billings Northup	6-3, 6-4
Western Championships
1919	Kansas City	Corinne Gould	Marguerite Davis	4-6, 6-0, 6-1
1920	Cincinnati	Roberta Esch	Mildred Rask	8-6, 4-6 6-3
1921	Indianapolis	Mrs H.S. Adams	Ruth Wise	6-2, 6-3
1922	Chicago	Marion Leighton	Jessie Grieve	6-1, 6-1
↓ ILTF Circuit ↓
1923	Chicago	Ruth Smith Riese	Marion Leighton	6-1, 7-5
1924	Indianapolis	Marion Leighton (2)	Lillian Litt Alter	6-2, 6-4
1925	Detroit	Mrs J. Johnston	Marion Leighton	5-7, 7-5, 7-5
1926	Indianapolis	Charlotte Hosmer Chapin	Marion Leighton	6-2, 7-5
1927	Dayton	Marion Leighton (3)	Clara Zinke	2-6, 7-5, 6-4
1928	Dayton	Marjorie Gladman	Ruth Smith Riese	6-1, 6-3
1929	Glencoe	Ruth Bailey	Clara Zinke	6-2, 6-3
1930	Chicago	Catherine Wolf	Clara Zinke	3-6, 6-4, 6-1
1931	Chicago	Catherine Wolf (2)	Mae Ceurvorst	1-6, 6-0, 6-2
1932	River Forest	Dorothy Weisel Hack	Catherine Wolf	6-4, 4-6, 11-9
1933	Chicago	Catherine Wolf (3)	Helen Fulton	6-3, 6-3
1934	River Forest	Gracyn Wheeler	Esther Hare Bartosh	6-3, 6-1
1935	Chicago	Catherine Wolf (4)	Eunice Dean	6-0, 6-3
1936	Harbor Springs	Catherine Wolf (5)	Elizabeth Kesting	6-4, 6-4
1937	Harbor Springs	Catherine Wolf (6)	Elizabeth Kesting	7-5, 4-6, 6-4
1939	Chicago	Virginia Wolfenden	Patricia Canning	5-7, 6-1, 6-1
1940	Indianapolis	Alice Marble	Virginia Wolfenden	6-2, 8-6
1941	Indianapolis	Pauline Betz	Dorothy Bundy	9-7, 4-6, 6-3
1942	Chicago	Catherine Wolf (7)	Baba Lewis	6-3, 6-4
1944	Neenah	Pauline Betz (2)	Dorothy Bundy	6-1, 6-2
1945	Neenah	Doris Hart	Mary Arnold	6-3, 8-6
1946	Indianapolis	Mary Arnold Prentiss	Shirley Fry	3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1947	Chicago	Lucille Davidson	Doris Popple	6-4, 1-6, 6-4
1948	Indianapolis	Dorothy Head	Baba Lewis	6-3, 6-3
1949	Chicago	Magda Rurac	Beverly Baker	2-6, 6-3, 7-5
1950	Indianapolis	Beverly Baker	Melita Ramirez	6-1, 6-2
1951	Chicago	Toby Greenberg	Jeanne Arth	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
1952	Indianapolis	Anita Kanter	Karol Fageros	7-5, 6-4
1953	Milwaukee	Thelma Coyne Long	Althea Gibson	7-5, 6-3
1954	Indianapolis	Lois Felix	Ethel Norton	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1955	Cincinnati	Mimi Arnold	Barbara Breit	6-4, 6-3
1956	Indianapolis	Mary Ann Mitchell	Barbara Green	6-8, 6-2, 6-2
1957	Milwaukee	Karol Fageros	Lois Felix	6-3, 6-2
1958	Indianapolis	Susan Hodgeman	Marilyn Montgomery	6-3, 6-0
1959	Milwaukee	Karol Fageros (2)	Dottie Head Knode	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
1960	Indianapolis	Susan Hodgeman	Farel Footman	6-1, 6-2
1961	Milwaukee	Mary Habicht	Lynn Haines	1-6, 6-2, 6-0
1962	Indianapolis	Tory Ann Fretz	Julie Heldman	8-6, 6-3
1963	Milwaukee	Nancy Richey	Vicki Palmer	6-2, 7-5
1964	Indianapolis	Julie Heldman	Jean Danilovich	6-4, 0-6, 7-5
1965	Milwaukee	Nancy Richey (2)	Carole Caldwell Graebner	6-1, 6-0
1966	Indianapolis	Nancy Richey (3)	Peachy Kellmeyer	6-0, 6-1
1967	Indianapolis	Nancy Richey (4)	Kerry Melville	6-4, 6-0
1968	Indianapolis	Nancy Richey (5)	Stephanie DeFina	6-3, 6-2
↓ Open era ↓
1969	Cincinnati	Lesley Turner Bowrey	Gail Sherriff Chanfreau	1-6, 7-5, 10-10, ret.
↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓
1970	Cincinnati	Rosemary Casals	Nancy Richey	6-3, 6-3
1971	Cincinnati	Virginia Wade	Linda Tuero	6-3, 6-3
1972	Cincinnati	Margaret Smith Court	Evonne Goolagong	3-6, 6-2, 7-5
1973	Cincinnati	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	6-2, 7-5

Tournament statistics

Men

Most Singles Titles: Charles A. Chase (4)
Most Singles Finals: Marty Riessen (6)

Women

Most Singles Titles: Catherine Wolf (7)
Most Singles Finals: Carrie Neely (14)

References

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^ Chicago Tribune 8 Jul, 1888
^ Wright & Ditson's (1893) Lawn Tennis Guide for 1892. Boston. p. 53
^ Wright & Ditson's (1901) Lawn Tennis Guide for 1900 pp. 114-118
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