# Scandinavian Indoor Championships

The Scandinavian Indoor Championships also known as the Scandinavian Covered Court Championships and the Scandinavian Indoor Open 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.

## Champions

| Year | Location |
| 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 | Copenhagen | Anker Jacobsen | Hilde Sperling | Charles Hare Frank Wilde | Hilde Sperling Else Hollis | Mary Hardwick Charles Hare |
| 1938 | Helsinki | Franjo Punčec | Mary Hardwick | 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 | Copenhagen | Börje Fornstedt | Nelly Landry | Börje Fornstedt Sven Davidson | Nelly Landry Thelma Salo | Nelly Landry Pierre Pelizza |
| 1949 | Stockholm | Kurt Nielsen | Hilde Sperling | Lennart Bergelin Torsten Johansson | Betty Hilton Jean Quertier | Hilde Sperling Nils Rohlsson |
| 1950 | Copenhagen | Sven Davidson | Hilde Sperling | 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 | 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 | Copenhagen | 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 | Copenhagen | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Ann Haydon | 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 | Bobby Wilson Alan Mills | Ann Haydon Deidre Catt | Ann Haydon Bobby Wilson |
| 1963 | Stockholm | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Ann Haydon-Jones | Jan Leschly Jørgen Ulrich | Ann Haydon-Jones Deidre Catt | Ann Haydon-Jones Mike Hann |
| 1964 | Copenhagen | Jørgen Ulrich | 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 | Helga Niessen | Daniel Contet Patrice Beust | Elisabeth Starkie Winnie Shaw | Winnie Shaw C.R. Stillwell |
| 1967 | Stockholm | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Ann Haydon-Jones | Vladirmir Korotkov Hans-Joachim Plötz | Ann Haydon-Jones Winnie Shaw | Ann Haydon-Jones Alex Metreveli |
| 1968 | Copenhagen | 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 | Copenhagen | Jan Leschly | Winnie Shaw | František Pála Jiří Hřebec | Joyce Williams Winnie Shaw | Not held |
| 1973 | Helsinki | Björn Borg | Ingrid Bentzer | Björn Borg Rolf Norberg | Ingrid Bentzer Mimmi Wikstedt | Not held |
| 1974 | Oslo | Björn Borg | Lesley Charles | Björn Borg Kjell Johansson | P. Peosachow Sue Mappin | Not held |
| 1975 | Stockholm | Jan Šimbera | Ellen Grindvold | Nowicki Jacek Niedźwiedzki | Helena Anliot Margareta Forsgårdh | Not held |
| 1976 | Copenhagen | Lars Elvstrøm | Linda Mottram | Jean-Francois Caujolle John Feaver | Dorte Ekner Mari-Ann Klougart | Not held |
| 1977 | Helsinki | Mark Cox | Jackie Fayter | Hans Kary Jiří Hřebec | Margareta Forsgårdh Elisabeth Ekblom | Not held |
| 1979 | Norway | Tenny Svensson | Lena Sandin | Tenny Svensson Douglas Palm | L. Jacobsen Lena Sandin | Not held |

## Past finals
### Men's singles

| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| 1936 | Kalle Schröder | Jean Borotra | 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1937 | Anker Jacobsen | Charles Hare | 7–5, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1938 | Franjo Punčec | Josip Palada | 7–5, 2–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1939 | Henri Bolelli | Henner Henkel | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1940-47 | No competition | | |
| 1948 | Borje Fornstedt | Kurt Nielsen | 1–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1949 | Kurt Nielsen | Budge Patty | 6–3, 5–7, 16–14, 6–3 |
| 1950 | Sven Davidson | Torsten Johansson | 14–12, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1951 | Torsten Johansson | Kurt Nielsen | 23–21, 6–3, 9–7 |
| 1952 | Kurt Nielsen | Torsten Johansson | 12–10, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1953 | Kurt Nielsen | Art Larsen | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1954 | Sven Davidson | Władysław Skonecki | 6–2, 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1955 | Kurt Nielsen | Ulf Schmidt | 14–12, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1956 | Budge Patty | Sven Davidson | 6–4, 13–11, 6–2 |
| 1957 | Sven Davidson | Budge Patty | 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1958 | Kurt Nielsen | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1959 | Sven Davidson | Kurt Nielsen | 6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1960 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Torben Ulrich | 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 7–5 |
| 1961 | Ulf Schmidt | Bobby Wilson | 6–4, 6–3, 7–9, 8–6 |
| 1962 | Ulf Schmidt | Jørgen Ulrich | 6–3, 6–4, 7–9, 6–4 |
| 1963 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Ulf Schmidt | 6–4, 8–6, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 1964 | Jørgen Ulrich | Torben Ulrich | 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1965 | Roger Taylor | Toomas Leius | 6–0, 11–13, 9–11, 16–14, 6–1 |
| 1966 | Bobby Wilson | Torben Ulrich | 12–10, 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 1967 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Bo Holmström | 6–2, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1968 | Jan Leschly | Alex Metreveli | 4–6, 12–10, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1969 | Ove Bengtson | Gerald Battrick | 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1970 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Bengt Aaberg | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1971 | Jiří Hřebec | Pekka Säilä | 11–9, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1972 | Jan Leschly | Raymond Moore | 6–1, 11–9, 6–3 |
| 1973 | Björn Borg | Jacek Niedźwiedzki | 8–6, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1974 | Björn Borg | Raymond Moore | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1975 | Jan Šimbera | Ove Bengtson | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1976 | Lars Elvstrøm | Jean-François Caujolle | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1977 | Mark Cox | Kjell Johansson | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1979 | Tenny Svensson | Stefan Simonsson | 6–2, 7–6 |

## Event names

* Scandinavian Championships (1936–51)
* Scandinavian Covered Court Championships (1952–67, 77)
* Scandinavian Open Indoor (1968–69)
* Scandinavian Indoor Tennis Championships (1970–73)
* Scandinavian Indoor Championships (1974–76, 78-79)