New England Indoor Championships
{{Infobox tennis tournament
|name =New England Indoor Championships
|type = defunct
|tour =ILTF World Circuit
(1932–69) men
(1932-72) women
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970–72) men
(1973) women
|event name =
|founded ={{start date and age|1932}}
|editions =
|ended = {{end date and age|1973}}
|location =Agawam
Brookline
Longwood
Randolph
Salem
Westport
|venue =Various
|website =
}}
The New England Indoor Championships{{cite news |title=Play Begins Tonight in N.E. Indoor Tennis |url=https://newspapers.com/image/32334092/?terms=New%20England%20indoor%20championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=20 October 2023 |work=The Bridgeport Telegram |publisher=The Wikipedia Library - newspapers.com |date=3 Mar 1966 |location=Bridgeport, Connecticut |page=29 |language=en}} was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1932.{{cite web|title=Tournaments: New England Indoor Championships|url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ |website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |location=Madrid, Spain |access-date=20 October 2023|url-access=subscription}} 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).{{cite web |title=USTA New England |url=https://business.merpa.org/list/member/usta-new-england-westborough-163 |website=MRPA |publisher=Maine Recreation and Park Association |access-date=20 October 2023 |language=en |date=28 February 2019}} 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,{{cite news |title=Women's Indoor Tennis to Start on March 24 |url=https://newspapers.com/image/431695545/?terms=New%20England%20indoor%20championships%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=20 October 2023 |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=The Wikipedia Library - newspapers.com |date=12 Mar 1941 |location=Boston, MASS |page=21 |language=en}} 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)
class="wikitable" | ||||
colspan=5 align=center |New England Men's Indoor Championships | ||||
style="width:60px;"|Year
! style="width:70px;"|Location ! style="width:200px;"|Champion ! style="width:200px;"|Runner-up ! style="width:140px;"|Score | ||||
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colspan=5 align=center |↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ | ||||
1941 | style="background:#ededed"|Longwood | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Talbert | {{flagicon|USA}} Sidney Schwartz | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. |
1959 | style="background:#ededed"|Westport | {{flagicon|DEN}} Jan Leschly | {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Froehling | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2. |
1961 | style="background:#ededed"|Westport | {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Froehling | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent | 7–5, 6–4. |
1963 | style="background:#ededed"|Westport | {{flagicon|MEX}} Rafael Osuna | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent | 3–6, 6–4 6–3. |
1964 | style="background:#ededed"|Westport | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent | {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Barker | 6–4, 6–2. |
1965 | style="background:#ededed"|Westport | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Barker | 6–3, 8–6. |
1966 | style="background:#ededed"|Westport | {{flagicon|USA}} Eugene Scott | {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Barker | 6–3, 5–7, 9–7. |
1967 | style="background:#ededed"|Randolph | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Chauncey Steele III | 6–2, 6–4. |
1968 | style="background:#ededed"|Randolph | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tym | {{flagicon|USA}} Chauncey Steele III | 2–6, 6–3, 8–6. |
colspan=5 align=center |↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1969 | style="background:#ededed"|Randolph | {{flagicon|USA}} Ted Hoehn | {{flagicon|USA}} Chauncey Steele III | 3–6, 8–6, 16–14. |
colspan=4 align=center |↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ | ||||
1970 | style="background:#ededed"|Pembroke | {{flagicon|USA}} Ted Hoehn (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} John Ingard | 6–2, 7–5. |
1971 | style="background:#ededed"|Pembroke | {{flagicon|USA}} Vitas Gerulaitis | {{flagicon|USA}} Ted Hoehn | 6–2, 7–5. |
1972 | style="background:#ededed"|Pembroke | {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Kulig | {{flagicon|USA}} Ferdi Taygan | 7–6, 7–6. |
=Women's singles=
(incomplete roll)