The Polish Indoor Championships is a Polish Tennis Association combined tennis tournament founded in 1950 as the Polish Winter Championships.
Also known as the Polish Nationals Indoor it was last played at Silesian Tennis Center in Pszczyna in Poland.
History On January 14, 1947, the board of the Gliwice club applied to the Polish Tennis Association for permission to hold the 1st Polish Indoor Championships. However, the tournament was not approved that year due to a lack of adequate facilities and spectators in the hall.PTA (2020)
On 11 December 1949, the General Assembly of PZT Delegates once again passed a resolution to organize the Polish Indoor Championships in 1950. However, just before the event, scheduled for March, the PZT board withdrew its consent, the event unofficial event still went ahead.PTA (2020)
The event had been known by various names: the Polish Indoor Tennis Tournament, the Polish Winter Tournament... The Polish Indoor Championships" first appears in the PTA calendar in the 1958 season.PTA (2020)
The first winners of the inaugural 1950 tournament held in Gliwice was won by Alfred Buchalik who defeated Tadeusz Kołcz, Włodzimierz Wojciechowski and Tadeusz Piotrrowski in the mens round robin event.
In 1953 the first womens singles event is staged won by Jadwiga Jędrzejowska who beat Maria Rudowska in the final.
Once a regular event on ILTF World Open Circuit the tournament is still being held today
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