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.^[1] 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.^[1]

History

In 1897 an unofficial German National Outdoor Championships (German players only) were established.^[2] In 1902 following the creation the German Lawn Tennis Association they became official.^[3][2] 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.^[2]

In 1961 the West German National Indoor Championships were established.^[1] The first championships were played in Dortmund, and the first winners of the singles events were Peter Scholl (men's),^[1] and Edda Buding (women's). The championships were not held in 1964 and 1968.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[4]

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[4]	Dortmund	Peter Scholl	Wolfgang Stuck	11–9, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1962[4]	Dortmund	Adolf Kreinberg	Wolfgang Stuck	4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1963[4]	Dortmund	Wolfgang Stuck	Peter Scholl	6–1, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[4]	Hanover	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Jürgen Fassbender	3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2.[1]
1970[4]	Hanover	Uwe Gottschalk	Karl Meiler	6–4, 6–4, 6–0.[1]
1971[4]	Hanover	Karl Meiler	Jürgen Fassbender	6–2, 7–5, 9–7.[1]
1972[4]	Hanover	Jürgen Fassbender	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1973[4]	Hanover	Frank Gebert	Attila Korpás	w.o.[1]
1976[4]	Hamburg	Werner Zirngibl	Jürgen Fassbender	6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5 6–3.[1]
1977[4]	Hamburg	Ulrich Marten	Klaus Eberhard	6–4, 6–7, 6–3, 0–6, 6–0.[1]
1978[4]	Hamburg	Ulrich Pinner	Peter Elter	7–6, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1979[4]	Hamburg	Ulrich Marten (2)	Klaus Eberhard	6–7, 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5.[1]
1980 *[4]	Hamburg	Ulrich Marten (3)	Werner Zirngibl	3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1980 **[4]	Hamburg	Klaus Eberhard	Reinhart Probst	6–4, 6–3, 6–0.[1]
1981[4]	Hamburg	Karl Meiler (2)	Frank Gebert	7–6, 6–2.[1]
1982[4]	Neumünster	Hans-Dieter Beutel	Wolfgang Popp	6–7, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1983[4]	Landshut	Wolfgang Popp	Karl Meiler	7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6
1984	Mainz	Peter Pfannkoch
1985[4]	Mainz	Eric Jelen
1986[4]	Mainz	Patrik Kühnen
1987[4]	Mainz	Eric Jelen (2)
1988[4]	Mainz	Markus Zoecke
1990[4]	Mainz	Michael Stich
1992[4]	Bremen	Alexander Mronz
1996[4]	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[4]	Dortmund	Edda Buding	Brigitte Forstendorf	6–3, 6–2
1962[4]	Dortmund	Edda Buding (2)
1963[4]	Dortmund	Almut Sturm
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[4]	Hanover	Heide Orth
1970[4]	Hanover	Edith Winkens	Kerstin Seelbach	6–4, 6–2
1971[4]	Hanover	Heide Orth (2)
1972[4]	Hanover	Heide Orth (3)
1973[4]	Hanover	Heide Orth (4)
1976[4]	Hamburg	Helga Masthoff
1977[4]	Hamburg	Heidi Eisterlehner
1978[4]	Hamburg	Sylvia Hanika
1979[4]	Hamburg	Katja Ebbinghaus
1980 *[4]	Hamburg	Eva Pfaff
1980 **[4]	Hamburg	Heidi Eisterlehner (2)
1981[4]	Neumünster	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
1982[4]	Landshut	Eva Pfaff (2)
1983[4]	Mainz	Eva Pfaff (3)
1984[4]	Mainz	Steffi Graf	Isabel Cueto	6–2, 6–0
1985[4]	Mainz	Steffi Graf (2)
1986[4]	Mainz	Steffi Graf (3)
1987[4]	Mainz	Christina Singer	Silke Meier	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1988[4]	Mainz	Steffi Menning
1990[4]	Mainz	Claudia Porwik
1992[4]	Bremen	Claudia Porwik (2)
1996[4]	Mainz	Christina Singer (3)
For the successor event see German National Championships

References