The Pennsylvania State Clay Court Open Championships ^[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1932 as the Pennsylvania Clay Court Championships.^[2] It was staged annually Allentown then Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1972 it ceased to part of the official worldwide ILTF Circuit.

History

On 12 September 1932 the first Pennsylvania Clay Court Championships were held at the Oakmont Tennis Club, Allentown, Pennsylvania.^[1] They remained in that location until 1943 when they were moved to the Country Club of Harrisburg.^[3] In 1972 it ceased to part of the official senior worldwide ILTF Circuit. However the tournament continued as part of the USTA Circuit until 1993 when the tournament was re branded as the Metzger Open.^[4] That tournament is still being held today as an official tournament of the Middle States Tennis Association.^[4]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete list)

Pennsylvania Clay Court Championships
Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1932[1]	George Lott	Berkeley Bell	6–0, 6–0, 6–3
1933[1]	Gilbert Hall[5]	Samuel Gilpin	8–6 6–3, 6–3
1934[1]	Gilbert Hall	Fritz Mercur	6–2, 6–4, 6–0
1936[1]	Bobby Riggs	Gilbert Hall	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1937[1]	Bernie Coghlan[6]	Martin Buxby	6–4, 6–4, 6–8, 6–4
1938[1]	Frank Guernsey	Don McNeill	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1946[1]	Felicisimo Ampon	Alejo Russell	1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1958[1]	Howe Atwater[7]	Jack Calkins	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1965[1]	Howe Atwater	Leif Beck	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1968[1]	John Adams[8]	Bob Hetherington	2–6, 6–1, 7–5
↓  Open era  ↓
Pennsylvania State Clay Court Open Championships
1970[1]	Bell Loercher	Ed Dailey	6–1, 6–4
1971[1]	Brian Marcus	Jim Maldeis	6–2, 6–1

Women's singles

(Incomplete list)

Pennsylvania Clay Court Championships
Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1953	Betty Moyer Smith	June Knox	8–6, 6–1
1958	Tory Fretz	Barbara Karlheim	6–1, 6–2
1962	Alice Fehrenbach	Betty Woll	6–2, 6–0
1965	Christine Safford Beck[9]	Vija Vuskalns[10]	6–3, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
Pennsylvania State Clay Court Open Championships
1969	Joyce Davenport	Patti Hogan	7–5, 7–5