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Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships

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The Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships, also known as the Pennsylvania State Lawn Tennis Championships[1] and the Pennsylvania Grass Court Open Championships,[2] was a tennis tournament played at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania from 1894 to 1974.[1]

Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourGrand Prix circuit (1970–1974)
Founded1894
Abolished1974
LocationHaverford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
VenueMerion Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass (1894–1969)
Hard (1970–1972)
Grass (1973–1974)

History

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The first edition was held in 1894.[3] The women's championships event began in 1901 the women's tournament was known as the Pennsylvania and Eastern States Championships. It was part of the Eastern Grass Court Circuit,[4] a series of grass court tournaments on the American Eastern Seaboard in the lead up to the U. S. National Championships which also included Rye/South Orange, Meadow Club, Newport Casino, and others.

The men's events were part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1970–1974[1] They were held on outdoor hard courts from 1970–72 and grass courts from 1973–1974.[1]

Finals

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Men's singles

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Pennsylvania Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1894   Marmaduke Smith   Charles Tete 6–3, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1895   Robert N. Wilson   S.W.B. Moorhead III 7–9, 6–1, 6–4, 6–0.[1]
1896   Marmaduke Smith (2)   Robert N. Wilson w.o.[1]
1897   Marmaduke Smith (3)   Charles Tete 6–4, 2–6, 8–6, 7–5.[1]
1898   James A. Hill   Marmaduke Smith w.o.[1]
1899   Robert N. Wilson (2)   James A. Hill 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1900   William Clothier   James A. Hill w.o.[1]
1901   William Clothier (2)   Robert N. Wilson 6–1, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1902   William Clothier (3)   Harry F. Allen 6–1, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1903   William Clothier (4)   Lyle Evans Mahan 6–4, 8–6, 6–2.[1]
1904   Edward Dewhurst   William Clothier w.o.[1]
1905   Edward Dewhurst (2)   Joseph Roberts Carpenter 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1906   William Clothier (5)   Edward Dewhurst 6–3, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1907   Joseph Roberts Carpenter   William Clothier w.o.[1]
1908   Edward Dewhurst (3)   Joseph Roberts Carpenter 6–0, 6–0, 9–7.[1]
1909   Wallace F. Johnson   Edward Dewhurst w.o.[1]
1910   Wallace F. Johnson (2)   Percy Dwight Siverd 6–2, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1911   Percy Dwight Siverd   Wallace F. Johnson 8–6, 9–7, 6–1.[1]
1912   R. Norris Williams   Percy Dwight Siverd 6–1, 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1913   Wallace F. Johnson (3)   Bill Tilden II 7–5, 6–1, 6–0.[1]
1914   R. Norris Williams (2)   Bill Tilden II 6–4, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2.[1]
1915   Joseph J. Armstrong   R. Norris Williams w.o.[1]
1916   Willis E. Davis   Craig Biddle 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1917   E.B. Mosier   C. Rogers 8–6, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1918   Bill Tilden II   Philip B. Hawk 6–2, 6–0, 6–0.[1]
1919   Bill Tilden II (2)   Wallace F. Johnson 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2.[1]
1920   Wallace F. Johnson (4)   Carl Fischer 6-0 6-3 6-2.[1]
1921   Wallace F. Johnson (5)   Stanley W. Pearson 9–7, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1922   Wallace F. Johnson (6)   Stanley W. Pearson 6–1, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1923   Wallace F. Johnson (7)   Carl Fischer 6–3, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1924   Wallace F. Johnson (8)   Fritz Mercur 7–5, 6–8, 6–4, 7–5.[1]
1925   Bill Tilden II (3)   R. Norris Williams 0–6, 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4.[1]
1926   Manuel Alonso Areizaga   Stanley W. Pearson 6–3, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7.[1]
1927   R. Norris Williams (3)   Manuel Alonso Areizaga 6–3, 6–3, 8–10, 6–2.[1]
1928   John Van Ryn   Frank Shields 10–8, 7–5, 6–1.[1]
1929   Fritz Mercur   J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 6–3, 11–9, 8–6.[1]
1930   Fritz Mercur (2)   Dolf Edward Muehleisen 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1931   Samuel Bellows Gilpin III   Gabriel Lavine 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1932   Eugene McCauliff   Carl Fischer 6–0, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1933   Martin Buxby   Samuel Bellows Gilpin III 6–4, 6–3, 6–8, 1–6, 6–2.[1]
1934   Wilmer Allison   John Van Ryn 6–0, 6–2, 6–0.[1]
1935   Barnie Welsh   William Tilden III 6–3, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1936   Gabriel Lavine   Gilbert Hunt 3–6, 12–10, 6–2 6–2.[1]
1937   Robert Leland Harman   Gilbert Hunt 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1940   Gilbert Hunt   Isadore Bellis 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1941   Isadore Bellis   Gilbert Hunt 9–7, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1942–45 No competition (due to WWII)
1946   Vic Seixas   Norman Brooks 4–6, 6–4, 9–7, 6–8, 6–2.[1]
1947   Vic Seixas (2)   Sidney Wood 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4.[1]
1948   Samuel Match   Harry Likas 6–1, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1949   Pancho Gonzales   Vic Seixas 6–4, 6–1, 6–0.[1]
1950   Richard Savitt   Edward Moylan 3–6, 9–11, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1951   Vic Seixas (3)   Straight Clark 8–6, 8–6, 6–3.[1]
1952   Vic Seixas (4)   Straight Clark 8–6, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1953   Vic Seixas (5)   Tony Trabert 6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1954   Vic Seixas (6)   Art Larsen 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6-4.[1]
1955   Tony Trabert   Vic Seixas 6–1, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1956   Vic Seixas (7)   Arthur Larsen 7–5, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1957   Ashley Cooper   Vic Seixas 6–3, 7–9, 6–4, 7–5.[1]
1958   Barry MacKay   Alex Olmedo 6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 14–12.[1]
1959   Barry MacKay (2)   Ian Vermaak 9–7, 10–8, 6–0.[1]
1960   Rod Laver   Ronald Holmberg 9–7, 8–6, 6–3.[1]
1961   Jon Douglas   Frank Froehling 6–2, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1962   Bill Bond   Ronald Holmberg 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6, 6–3.[1]
1963   Chuck McKinley   Dennis Ralston 6–2, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1964   Dennis Ralston   Chuck McKinley 6–1, 7–5, 6–3
1965   Charles Pasarell   Roy Emerson 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1966   Clark Graebner   Stan Smith 6–3, 6–4, 6–3.[1]
1967   Cliff Drysdale   Clark Graebner 3–6, 3–6, 11–9, 6–2, 7–5.[1]
1968   Arthur Ashe   Marty Riessen 6–2, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Cliff Richey   Robert Carmichael 6–4, 7–9, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
19701   Ray Ruffels   Jaime Fillol 6–2, 7–6, 6–3.[1]
1971   Clark Graebner (2)   Dick Stockton 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5.[1]
1972   Roger Taylor   Malcolm Anderson 6–4, 6–0, 6–4.[1]
1973   Mike Estep   Gene Scott 7–5, 3–6, 7–6, 3–6, 7–5.[1]
1974   John Lloyd   John Whitlinger 6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5.[1]

1results included on ITF website, but not ATP website

Men's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1962[1]   Arthur Ashe
  Larry Nagler		   Bill Bond
  Ramsey Earnhart		 6–4, 15–13, 6–4
1963[1]   Clark Graebner
  Marty Riessen		   Chuck McKinley
  Dennis Ralston		 6–4, 0–6, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
1964[1]   Frank Froehling
  Charlie Pasarell		   Clark Graebner
  Marty Riessen		 6–3, 15–13, 6–3
1965-66 Not held
1967[1]   Clark Graebner
  Marty Riessen		   Owen Davidson
  Bill Bowrey		 6–2, 9–11, 7–5
1968   Arthur Ashe
  Marty Riessen vs.
  Charlie Pasarell
  Clark Graebner		 9–7, 10–8, 2–6, 28–30, SUS
1969   Bill Bowrey
  Jim Osborne		   Dick Crealy
  Allan Stone		 6–4, 6–3
1970   Bill Bowrey
  Ray Ruffels		   Jim McManus
  Jim Osborne		 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1971   Clark Graebner
  Jim Osborne		   Robert McKinley
  Dick Stockton		 7–6, 6–3
1972   Ross Case
  Geoff Masters		   Jeff Austin
  Mike Estep		 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1973   Colin Dibley
  Allan Stone		   John Austin
  Fred McNair		 7–6, 6–3
1974   Roy Barth
  Humphrey Hose		   Mike Machette
  Fred McNair		 7–6, 6–2

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Pennsylvania and Eastern States Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1901   Jean B. Clark   Elizabeth Larned 6–1, 4–6, 6–8, 6–4, 6–3
1902   Helen Chapman   Dorothea Morris Baird 3–6, 6–3, 6–3,
1903   Marion Jones ? ?
1904   Dorothy Rastall Hibbs   Mira Rastall 6–0, 6–2,
1905   Elizabeth Moore   Dorothy Rastall Hibbs 6-1, 6-1
1906   Evelyn Sears   Phyllis Green 6–3, 6–3,
1907   Edith Rotch   Eleonora Sears 6–1, 6–4 ,
1908   Eleonora Sears ? ?
1909   Eleonora Sears (2)   Edith Rotch 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1910   Louise Hammond   Eleonora Sears 1–6, 7–5, 7–5
1911   Louise Hammond (2)   Florence Sutton 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1912   Maud Barger-Wallach   Edna Wildey 7–5, 6–4
1913   Mary Browne   Edna Wildey 6–2, 6–4
1914   Louise Hammond (3)   Marion Fenno 3–6, 9–7, 6–2
1915   Helen Homans McLean   Alice Day Beard 6–0, 6–2
1916   Molla Bjurstedt   Eleonora Sears 6–2, 6–3
1917   Flora Brown Harvey   Suzanne White w.o.
1918   Eleonora Sears (3)   Emma Gillig Betz 6–0, 6–1
1919   Clare Cassell   Anne Townsend 6–0, 6–3
1920   Molly Thayer   Anne Townsend 6–4, 6–4
1921   Anne Townsend   Phyllis Walsh 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1922   Florence Ballin   Anne Townsend 6–4, 6–3
1923   Anne Townsend (2)   Molly Thayer 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1924   Molly Thayer (2)   Barbara Huff 9–7, 5–7, 6–4
1925   Marion Zinderstein Jessup   Molly Thayer 6–4, 6–0
1926   Martha Bayard   Anne Townsend 6–2, 6–0
1927   Molly Thayer (3)   Ida Wilson Huff 6–1, 6–3
1928   Molly Thayer (4)   Anne Townsend 7–5, 7–5
1929   Marjorie Gladman   Anne Townsend 6–0, 6–2
1930   Virginia Hilleary   Dorothy Andrus 6–3, 6–2
1931   Marion Zinderstein Jessup (2)   Virginia Hilleary 6–1, 6–1
1932   Virginia Hilleary (2)   Marion Zinderstein Jessup 7–9, 6–4, 6–3
1933   Marion Zinderstein Jessup (3)   Anne Townsend 6–1, 6–1
1934   Marion Zinderstein Jessup (4)   Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn 6–4, 6–3
1935   Helen Pedersen   Anna Fuller Brunie 6–2, 6–1
1936   Dorothy Workman   Marion Zinderstein Jessup 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1937   Eunice Dean   Cecilia Riegel 6–3, 9–11, 6–4
1938   Eunice Dean (2)   Theodosia Smith 6–4, 6–1
1939   Anne Page   Barbara Strobhar 6–2, 11–9
1940   Helen Jacobs   Eunice Dean 6–1, 6–2
1941   Helen Jacobs (2)   Hope Knowles 6–0, 6–1
1942   Hope Knowles   Helen Pedersen Rihbany 3–6, 8–6, 6–0
1943   Barbara Strobhar Clement   Peggy Welsh 6–2, 10–8
1944   Pauline Betz   Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs 6–2, 6–3
1945   Dottie Head   Barbara Scofield 6–4, 6–4
1946   Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs   Dottie Head 6–1, 11–9
1947   Shirley Fry   Dottie Head 7–5 6–3
1948   Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs (2)   Madge Harshaw Vosters 6–2, 6–4
1949   Beverly Baker   Baba Madden Lewis 6–1, 6–2
1950   Maureen Connolly   Helen Pastall Perez 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1951   Maureen Connolly (2)   Betty Rosenquest 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
1952   Maureen Connolly (3)   Madge Harshaw Vosters 6–2, 6–0
1953   Louise Brough   Margaret Osborne duPont 8–6, 6–2
1954   Beverly Baker Fleitz (2)   Louise Brough 6–4, 2–6, 8–6
1955   Louise Brough (2)   Althea Gibson 1–6, 6–2, 6–1
1956   Althea Gibson   Margaret Osborne duPont 6–1, 6–4
1957   Dottie Head Knode (2)   Darlene Hard 6–4, 6–3
1958   Althea Gibson (2)   Sally Moore 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1959   Sandra Reynolds   Renee Schuurman 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1960   Mimi Arnold   Margaret Osborne duPont 6–1, 6–2
1961   Billie Jean Moffitt   Justina Bricka 6–3, 6–4
1962   Margaret Smith   Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 10–8
1963   Darlene Hard   Margaret Smith 6–2, 7–9, 6–3
1964   Justina Bricka   Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–4, 18–16
1965   Billie Jean Moffitt (2)   Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–1, 6–2
1966   Karen Krantzcke   Peaches Bartkowicz 6–1, 6–2
1967   Mary-Ann Eisel   Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–1, 6–3
1968   Kristy Pigeon   Vicky Rogers 9–7, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Margaret Smith Court (2)   Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–4
1970   Margaret Smith Court (3)   Pat Walkden 6–1, 6–0
1971   Eliza Pande   Lesley Turner Bowrey 0–6, 6–2, 6-3
1972   Virginia Wade   Laurie Fleming 6–4, 6–1
1974   Kathy May   Barbara Jordan 6–3, 7–5
1975   Sandy Stap   Sally Moore 6–3, 7–5

References

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