Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors

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Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1935;89 years ago (1935)
Abolished1969;55 years ago (1969)
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
VenuePittsburgh Golf Club
Surface Hard (i) Carpet (i)

The Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors [1] was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1935. [2] also known as the Pittsburgh Indoor. [3] The tournament was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States and played at first on indoor cement courts then switched to carpet courts.

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History

In 1935 the Pittsburgh Golf Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States established a men's indoor tennis tournament to be played on hard cement courts. [2] [4] American player Richard Berkeley Bell won the first event. [2] The tournament lapsed until the 1955 when it was revived and re-branded as the Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors that event was won by Tony Trabert. [5] The final edition in 1969 was an invitation only tournament then it was discontinued. [2] The final winner of the singles Czech player Jan Kodes. [2]

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors
YearWinnersRunners UpScore
1935 Flag of the United States.svg Berkeley Bell Flag of the United States.svg Gregory Mangin 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3. [2]
1948 [6] Flag of the United States.svg Bill Talbert Flag of the United States.svg Irvin Dorfman 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2. [2]
1955 [7] Flag of the United States.svg Tony Trabert Flag of the United States.svg Vic Seixas 4–6, 9–7, 6–1. [2]
1958 Flag of the United States.svg Ham Richardson Flag of the United States.svg Barry MacKay 7–5, 6–1. [2]
1959 Flag of the United States.svg Dick Savitt Flag of the United States.svg Butch Buchholz 3–6, 6–2, 6–2. [2]
1960 [8] Flag of the United States.svg Chuck McKinley Flag of the United States.svg Barry MacKay 6–3, 6–2. [2]
1961 Flag of the United States.svg Ronald Holmberg Flag of the United States.svg Sidney Schwartz 6–4, 6–3. [2]
1962 Flag of the United States.svg Vic Seixas Flag of the United States.svg Sidney Schwartz 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. [2]
1963 Flag of the United States.svg Vic Seixas (2) Flag of the United States.svg Donald Dell 6–0, 7–9, 6–4. [2]
1964 [9] Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Richey Flag of the United States.svg Butch Newman [10] 6–3, 4–6, 7–5. [2]
1965 [11] Flag of the United States.svg Ronald Holmberg (2) Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Richey 4–6, 7–5, 6–1. [2]
1966 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Niki Pilic Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Cliff Drysdale 3–6, 7–5, 6–2. [2]
1967 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Niki Pilic (2) Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan Gulyas 12–10, 7–5. [2]
1968 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox Flag of the United States.svg Bob Lutz 6–4, 2–6, 7–5. [2]
1969 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kodeš Flag of the United States.svg Herb Fitzgibbon 8–6, 6–1. [2]

See also

For the women's event played later see;

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