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Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships[1] also known as the Los Angeles Municipal Tournament[2] or Los Angeles Metropolitan Tournament[3] was an international men's and women's hard court tennis tournament founded in 1913 as the Los Angeles City Championships.[1] It was first played at the public Griffith Riverside Tennis Facility at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States.[1] This international tournament was part of the ILTF World Circuit until 1973 when it was discontinued from that tour.[1]

Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSNLTA Circuit
(1913–1924)
ILTF World Circuit
(1925–69, 70–72)
ILTF Independent Tour
(1970–72) men
Founded1915; 109 years ago (1915)
Abolished1973; 51 years ago (1973)
LocationGriffith Park, Los Angeles, United States
VenueGriffith Riverside Tennis Facility
SurfaceHard outdoors

The event however still exists today as Los Angeles Metro Tennis Championships.[4]

History

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In 1913 the Los Angeles City Championships were first established.[5] In 1933 the tournament was renamed as the Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships.[6][1] The tournament was organized by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and the Southern California Tennis Association and was played on outdoor public hard courts at the Griffith Riverside Tennis Facility, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States.[1] The combined tournament was played until 1973 as part of the ILTF World Circuit from 1925. In 1970 the men's event became part of ILTF Independent Tour,[1] the women's event joined the same tour in 1974 following the creation of the WTA Tour. The women's event was held for one season on the ILTF tour before it too was discontinued. Today the tournament is still operating as a local event with multiple age group divisions.[7]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Los Angeles City Championships
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922   Elmer Griffin[8]   Harvey Burton Snodgrass[9] 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1932   Lester Stoefen   Ellsworth Vines 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
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1933[10]   Frank Westsmith   Gene Mako 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1934[11]   Elbert Lewis   Phil Castlen 6–3, 4–6, 7–5.[1]
1935[12]   Gene Mako   Elbert Lewis 6–3, 2–6, 6–3.[1]
1936   Bobby Riggs   Orville Scholtz 6–0, 7–5, 7–5.[1]
1937   Bobby Riggs (2)   Jack Kramer 6–2, 7–5, 6–4.[1]
1938   Jack Kramer   Myron McNamara[13] 6–2, 7–5, 6–4.[1]
1939   Jack Kramer (2)   Bobby Riggs 6–4, 8–6.[1]
1947   Herb Flam   Nolan McQuown 6–1, 4–6, 6–3.[1]
1949[14]   Pancho Gonzales   Seymour Greenberg 6–1, 8–6.[1]
1951[15]   Hugh Stewart   Earl Cochell 6–2, 3–6, 6–4.[1]
1954   William C. Crosby[16]   Clyde Hippenstiel 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1956   Clyde Hippenstiel[17]   Fred Hagist 6–2, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1957   Noel Brown   Glenn Bassett 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 6–2.[1]
1958   Noel Brown (2)   Glenn Bassett 10-8, 6–4, 6–0.[1]
1960   Glenn Bassett   Robert (Bob) Sherman[18] 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 8–6, 6–1.[1]
1961   Dale Rohland   Vladimir Petrović 6–4, 6–4, 2–1 ret.[1]
1962   Dale Rohland (2)   Lawrence (Larry) Greene 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1963   Gil Rodriguez   Dale Rohland 7–5, 6–3.[1]
1964   Bert Brown   Ed Grubb 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1965   Roy Emerson   Rafael Osuna 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1966   Ed Grubb[19]   Gary Johnson[20] 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1967   Ed Grubb (2)   Robert (Bob) Greene[21] 6–1, 6–0.[1]
1968   Ed Grubb (3)   Gary Johnson ?
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Jeff Austin   Ed Grubb 6–3, 1–6, 6–3.[1]
↓  ITF Independent Tour  ↓
1970   Samuel Match   Jerry Van Linge 8–6, 6–3.[1]
1972   Bob Perry   Gene Malin 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1973   John Norgauer[22]   Bruce Manson 6–2, 6–3.[1]

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Los Angeles City Championships
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1915   Jessie Grieve   Nellita Schlotte 6–2, 6–2
1918   Gladys Archer Widdowson   Adelaide Taylor Rameson 6–0, 7–5
1920   Jessie Grieve (2)   Caroline Bryant 7–5, 6–3
1922   Marion Williams   Corinne Stanton Henry 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1923   Corinne Stanton Henry   Jessie Grieve 6–1, 6–2
1929   Gladys Patz   Virginia Platt 6–4, 8–6
1930   Gladys Patz (2)   Gertrude Hauswald 6–0, 6–2
1931   Gladys Patz (3)   Esther Hare Bartosh 6–1, 6–2
1932   Ethel Burkhardt Arnold   Elizabeth Deike 6–4, 6–2
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1933[6]   Ethel Burkhardt Arnold (2)   May Doeg 6–2, 6–1
1934[23]   Gracyn Wheeler   Beatrice Lidell 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1936   Louise Martin   Elizabeth Deike 2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1937   Helen Germaine   Louise Martin 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1938   Mary Arnold   Josephine Cruickshank 6–2, 1–0 retd.
1939   Mary Arnold (2)   Eleanor Purdy 6–3, 7–5
1940   Mary Arnold (3)   Catherine Malcolm 6–8, 6–3, 6–3
1942   Mary Arnold (4)   Gertrude H. Dockstader 6–4, 6–0
1947   Beverly Baker   Mary Arnold Prentiss 7–5, 1–0, retd.
1948   Mary Arnold Prentiss (5)   Beverly Baker 6–2, 10–8
1949[24]   Beverly Baker   Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher 6–4, 6–3
1951   Mary Arnold Prentiss (6)   Julia Sampson 6–1, 6–2
1954   Mary Arnold Prentiss (7)   Darlene Hard 9–7, 1–6, 6–2
1955   Barbara Green   Darlene Hard 6–3, 8–6
1956   Darlene Hard   Joan Johnson 6–2, 6–2
1957   Joan Johnson   Marilyn Joseph 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1958   Diane Wootton   Marilyn Joseph 6–2, 6–1
1960   Barbara Browning   Winnie McCoy 8–6, 6–4
1961   Joan Johnson (2)   Pat Cody 6–3, 10–8
1962   Barbara Green Weigandt (2)   Barbara Browning Rohland 8–6, 4–6, 6–4
1963   Kathy Harter   Pat Cody 6–2, 6–1
1964   Joan Johnson (3)   Patti Hogan 6–3, 6–3
1966   Pat Cody   Pam Teeguarden 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
1968   Betty Ann Grubb   Pam Teeguarden 7–5, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Faye Urban   Betty Ann Grubb 8–6, 6–3
1970   Pam Teeguarden   Winnie McCoy 6–0, 6–1

References

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