1969 Pacific Southwest Open

1969 Pacific Southwest Open
Date September 22 – September 28
Edition 43rd
Draw 64S / 32D
Prize money $30,000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Los Angeles, USA
Venue Los Angeles Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Pancho Gonzales [1]
Women's Singles
United States Billie Jean King
Men's Doubles
United States Pancho Gonzales / United States Ron Holmberg [2]
Women's Doubles
United States Billie Jean King / United States Rosie Casals

The 1969 Pacific Southwest Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The men's tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the 43rd edition of the tournament, the second in the open era, and ran from September 22 through September 28, 1969. Pancho Gonzales, aged 41, won the men's singles title, 20 years after winning it for the first time, and collected $4,000 first-prize money while Billie Jean King earned $1,500 for her singles title.[3][4][5]


Winners

Men's Singles

United States Pancho Gonzales defeated United States Cliff Richey 6–0, 7–5

Women's Singles

United States Billie Jean King defeated United Kingdom Ann Jones 6–2, 6–3

Men's Doubles

United States Pancho Gonzales / United States Ron Holmberg defeated United States Jim McManus / United States Jim Osborne 6–3, 6–4

Women's Doubles

United States Billie Jean King / United States Rosie Casals defeated France Françoise Dürr / United Kingdom Ann Jones 6–8, 8–6, 11–9


References

  1. "ATP – 1969 Los Angeles Men's Singles draw". ATP.
  2. "ATP – 1969 Los Angeles Men's Doubles draw". ATP.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper P. p. 239. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
  4. "Gonzals 'Going' -- Again". The Evening Independent. AP. Sep 29, 1969.
  5. "Gonzales Wins Title in Pacific Net Meet". The Milwaukee Journal. Sep 29, 1969.


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