The Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1935. also known as the Pittsburgh Indoor. The tournament was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States and played at first on indoor cement courts then switched to carpet courts.
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.La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press American player Richard Berkeley Bell won the first event. 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.Gazette And Bulletin The final edition in 1969 was an invitation only tournament then it was discontinued. The final winner of the singles Czech player Jan Kodes.
Finals Men's Singles (incomplete roll) Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors Year Winners Runners up Score1935 Berkeley Bell Gregory Mangin6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3. 1948 Bill Talbert Irvin Dorfman4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2. 1955 Tony Trabert Vic Seixas4–6, 9–7, 6–1. 1958 Ham Richardson Barry MacKay7–5, 6–1. 1959 Dick Savitt Butch Buchholz3–6, 6–2, 6–2. 1960 Chuck McKinley Barry MacKay6–3, 6–2. 1961 Ronald Holmberg Sidney Schwartz6–4, 6–3. 1962 Vic Seixas Sidney Schwartz4–6, 7–5, 6–4. 1963 Vic Seixas (2) Donald Dell6–0, 7–9, 6–4. 1964Freeport Journal Standard Cliff Richey Butch Newman6–3, 4–6, 7–5. 1965 Ronald Holmberg (2) Cliff Richey4–6, 7–5, 6–1. 1966 Niki Pilic Cliff Drysdale3–6, 7–5, 6–2. 1967 Niki Pilic (2) Istvan Gulyas12–10, 7–5. 1968 Mark Cox Bob Lutz6–4, 2–6, 7–5. 1969 Jan Kodeš Herb Fitzgibbon8–6, 6–1.
See also For the women's event played later see; Pittsburgh Open (1979-1984)
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