[2] The tournament ran annually through till 1981 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour until it was discontinued.
[3] In September 1889 the first Tennis Championship of Western Pennsylvania was held with the men's singles event won by a Mr.
Following the creation of the Grand Prix circuit in 1970 this event became part of the ILTF Independent Tour until 1981.
[3] Previous winners of the men's title has included Bill Tilden II,[3] David O'Loughlin,[5][3] Larry Dee,[6] George Pryor,[7] Eddie Dibbs and Vitas Gerulaitis.
[3] Former winners of the women's singles title included; Hazel Hotchkiss, Mary Browne, Molla Bjurstedt, Martha Guthrie, Shirley Fry, and JoAnne Russell