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.

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

Mens Singles

(incomplete roll)

Pittsburgh Golf Club Invitation Indoors
Year	Winners	Runners Up	Score
1935	Berkeley Bell	Gregory Mangin	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3.[2]
1948[6]	Bill Talbert	Irvin Dorfman	4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1955[7]	Tony Trabert	Vic Seixas	4–6, 9–7, 6–1.[2]
1958	Ham Richardson	Barry MacKay	7–5, 6–1.[2]
1959	Dick Savitt	Butch Buchholz	3–6, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1960[8]	Chuck McKinley	Barry MacKay	6–3, 6–2.[2]
1961	Ronald Holmberg	Sidney Schwartz	6–4, 6–3.[2]
1962	Vic Seixas	Sidney Schwartz	4–6, 7–5, 6–4.[2]
1963	Vic Seixas (2)	Donald Dell	6–0, 7–9, 6–4.[2]
1964[9]	Cliff Richey	Butch Newman[10]	6–3, 4–6, 7–5.[2]
1965[11]	Ronald Holmberg (2)	Cliff Richey	4–6, 7–5, 6–1.[2]
1966	Niki Pilic	Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 7–5, 6–2.[2]
1967	Niki Pilic (2)	Istvan Gulyas	12–10, 7–5.[2]
1968	Mark Cox	Bob Lutz	6–4, 2–6, 7–5.[2]
1969	Jan Kodeš	Herb Fitzgibbon	8–6, 6–1.[2]

See also

For the women's event played later see;

• Pittsburgh Open (1979-1984)

References