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1969 Pacific Southwest Open

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Edition
  
43rd

Prize money
  
$30,000

Location
  
Los Angeles, USA

Draw
  
64S / 32D

Surface
  
Hard / Outdoor

Date
  
September 22 – September 28

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.

Contents

Men's Singles

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

Women's Singles

Billie Jean King defeated Ann Jones 6–2, 6–3

Men's Doubles

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

Women's Doubles

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

References

1969 Pacific Southwest Open Wikipedia