# German National Indoor Championships (tennis)

The German National Indoor Championships also called the German Closed Indoor Championships was a men's and women's closed indoor tennis tournament founded in 1961 as the West German National Indoor Championships or West German Closed Indoor Championships. The tournament was organised by the German Tennis Federation and was played on indoor wood courts, then later carpet courts at various locations in Germany until 1996
The championships were part ILTF European Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1972 it then became part of the ILTF Independent Tour from 1973 until it was discontinued.

## History

In 1897 an unofficial German National Outdoor Championships (German players only) were established. In 1902 following the creation the German Lawn Tennis Association they became official. Following World War II when Germany was divided into East and West this tournament was then re branded as the West German National Outdoor Championships for West Germany and the East German National Outdoor Championships for East Germany.
In 1961 the West German National Indoor Championships were established. The first championships were played in Dortmund, and the first winners of the singles events were Peter Scholl (men's), and Edda Buding (women's). The championships were not held in 1964 and 1968. In 1990 following the reunification of Germany both the east and west events were merged into a single German Closed Indoor Championships, with the same for the outdoor championships. In 1980 two editions of tournament was held this year the first in January, and the second in December due to the German Tennis Federation moving the event till the latter date and continued to stage them at the end of the year. In 1996 six years after unification both the German Closed Outdoor Championships and German Closed Indoor Championships ended and were merged into a single German National Championships to be played either indoors or outdoors.

## Finals

Notes: In 1980 the championships had up to that point been held in either January or February, the scheduled was changed to now stage them in December (*) denotes January edition (**) denotes December edition. Official sources list only the winners of this event where a runner up is not shown or the score sections have been blanked.

### Men's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Location | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ |||||
| 1961 | Dortmund | Peter Scholl | Wolfgang Stuck | 11–9, 6–1, 6–3. |
| 1962 | Dortmund | Adolf Kreinberg | Wolfgang Stuck | 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4. |
| 1963 | Dortmund | Wolfgang Stuck | Peter Scholl | 6–1, 6–3, 6–2. |
| ↓ Open era ↓ |||||
| 1969 | Hanover | Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | Jürgen Fassbender | 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2. |
| 1970 | Hanover | Uwe Gottschalk | Karl Meiler | 6–4, 6–4, 6–0. |
| 1971 | Hanover | Karl Meiler | Jürgen Fassbender | 6–2, 7–5, 9–7. |
| 1972 | Hanover | Jürgen Fassbender | Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4. |
| 1973 | Hanover | Frank Gebert | Attila Korpás | w.o. |
| 1976 | Hamburg | Werner Zirngibl | Jürgen Fassbender | 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5 6–3. |
| 1977 | Hamburg | Ulrich Marten | Klaus Eberhard | 6–4, 6–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–0. |
| 1978 | Hamburg | Ulrich Pinner | Peter Elter | 7–6, 6–3, 6–2. |
| 1979 | Hamburg | Ulrich Marten (2) | Klaus Eberhard | 6–7, 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5. |
| 1980 * | Hamburg | Ulrich Marten (3) | Werner Zirngibl | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2. |
| 1980 ** | Hamburg | Klaus Eberhard | Reinhart Probst | 6–4, 6–3, 6–0. |
| 1981 | Hamburg | Karl Meiler (2) | Frank Gebert | 7–6, 6–2. |
| 1982 | Neumünster | Hans-Dieter Beutel | Wolfgang Popp | 6–7, 6–3, 6–2. |
| 1983 | Landshut | Wolfgang Popp | Karl Meiler | 7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6 |
| 1984 | Mainz | Peter Pfannkoch | | |
| 1985 | Mainz | Eric Jelen | | |
| 1986 | Mainz | Patrik Kühnen | | |
| 1987 | Mainz | Eric Jelen (2) | | |
| 1988 | Mainz | Markus Zoecke | | |
| 1990 | Mainz | Michael Stich | | |
| 1992 | Bremen | Alexander Mronz | | |
| 1996 | Mainz | Nicolas Kiefer | | |
| For the successor event see German National Championships |||||

### Women's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Location | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1961 | Dortmund | Edda Buding | Brigitte Forstendorf | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1962 | Dortmund | Edda Buding (2) | | |
| 1963 | Dortmund | Almut Sturm | | |
| ↓ Open era ↓ |||||
| 1969 | Hanover | Heide Orth | | |
| 1970 | Hanover | Edith Winkens | Kerstin Seelbach | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1971 | Hanover | Heide Orth (2) | | |
| 1972 | Hanover | Heide Orth (3) | | |
| 1973 | Hanover | Heide Orth (4) | | |
| 1976 | Hamburg | Helga Masthoff | | |
| 1977 | Hamburg | Heidi Eisterlehner | | |
| 1978 | Hamburg | Sylvia Hanika | | |
| 1979 | Hamburg | Katja Ebbinghaus | | |
| 1980 * | Hamburg | Eva Pfaff | | |
| 1980 ** | Hamburg | Heidi Eisterlehner (2) | | |
| 1981 | Neumünster | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | | |
| 1982 | Landshut | Eva Pfaff (2) | | |
| 1983 | Mainz | Eva Pfaff (3) | | |
| 1984 | Mainz | Steffi Graf | Isabel Cueto | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1985 | Mainz | Steffi Graf (2) | | |
| 1986 | Mainz | Steffi Graf (3) | | |
| 1987 | Mainz | Christina Singer | Silke Meier | 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| 1988 | Mainz | Steffi Menning | | |
| 1990 | Mainz | Claudia Porwik | | |
| 1992 | Bremen | Claudia Porwik (2) | | |
| 1996 | Mainz | Christina Singer (3) | | |
| For the successor event see German National Championships |||||