1968 Pacific Southwest Open

1968 Pacific Southwest Open
Date September 14 – September 22
Edition 42nd
Category NTL tour
Draw 64S / 32D
Prize money $30,000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Los Angeles, CA, USA
Venue Los Angeles Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Australia Rod Laver [1]
Women's Singles
United States Rosie Casals
Men's Doubles
Australia Ken Rosewall / Australia Fred Stolle [2]
Women's Doubles
United Kingdom Ann Jones / France Françoise Dürr
Pacific Southwest Open
 < 1967 1969 > 

The 1968 Pacific Southwest Open was a combined men's and women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States. It was the 42nd edition of the tournament, the first of the Open Era, and ran from September 14 through September 22, 1968.[3] Rod Laver won the singles title and the $3,800 first prize.[4][5][6]


Winners

Men's Singles

Australia Rod Laver defeated Australia Ken Rosewall 4–6, 6–0, 6–0 [1]

Women's Singles

United States Rosie Casals defeated Brazil Maria Bueno 6–3, 6–1

Men's Doubles

Australia Ken Rosewall / Australia Fred Stolle defeated South Africa Cliff Drysdale / United Kingdom Roger Taylor 7–5, 6–1 [2]

Women's Doubles

United Kingdom Ann Jones / France Françoise Dürr defeated Australia Margaret Court / Brazil Maria Bueno 6–3, 6–2

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ATP – 1968 Los Angeles Men's Singles Draw". ATP.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ATP – 1968 Los Angeles Men's Doubles Draw". ATP.
  3. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1969). BP Yearbook of World Tennis. London: Ward Lock. p. 187. ISBN 978-0706318241. OCLC 502175694.
  4. ↑ "Laver Defeats Rosewall in Final". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Rod Laver Captures Singles". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Sep 23, 1968.
  6. ↑ "Laver Wins On Comeback". The Evening Independent. Sep 23, 1968.