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1969 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's singles

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Men's singles
1969 Pacific Southwest Open
Final
ChampionUnited States Pancho Gonzales
Runner-upUnited States Cliff Richey
Score6–0, 7–5
Details
Draw64
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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The 1969 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's singles was an event of the 1969 Pacific Southwest Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States between September 22 and September 28, 1969. Rod Laver was the defending Pacific Southwest Open champion and was the top-seed but lost in the second round. Tenth-seeded Pancho Gonzales won the singles title by defeating 16th-seeded Cliff Richey in the final 6–0, 7–5.[1][2][3][4]

Seeds

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01.  Australia Rod Laver (second round)
02.  Australia John Newcombe (third round)
03.  Australia Tony Roche (second round)
04.  United States Arthur Ashe (quarterfinals)
05.  Netherlands Tom Okker (second round)
06.  Australia Ken Rosewall (third round)
07.  Australia Roy Emerson (second round)
08.  Australia Fred Stolle (third round)
09.  Spain Andrés Gimeno (second round)
10.  United States Pancho Gonzales (champion)
11.  United States Stan Smith (quarterfinals)
12.  United States Dennis Ralston (third round)
13.  United States Marty Riessen (third round)
14.  United States Butch Buchholz (semifinals)
15.  United States Bob Lutz (quarterfinals)
16.  United States Cliff Richey (final)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
15 United States Bob Lutz 4 5
14 United States Butch Buchholz 6 7
14 United States Butch Buchholz 4 2
16 United States Cliff Richey 6 6
Brazil Thomaz Koch 6 7 4
16 United States Cliff Richey 8 5 6
16 United States Cliff Richey 0 5
10 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 7
United States Jim Osborne 8 5 6
4 United States Arthur Ashe 6 7 3
United States Jim Osborne 2 9 5
10 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 7 7
10 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 9
11 United States Stan Smith 2 7

Top half

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Section 1

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
Q United States Erik van Dillen 4 4 1 Australia Rod Laver 5 6 2
South Africa Raymond Moore 8 6 South Africa Raymond Moore 7 3 6
United States Allen Fox 6 3 South Africa Raymond Moore 2 6 3
15 United States Bob Lutz 6 6 15 United States Bob Lutz 6 3 6
Q Chile Armando Cornejo 3 4 15 United States Bob Lutz 7 6
United States Ronald Holmberg 6 6 United States Ronald Holmberg 5 3
Q United States Robert Kreiss 2 1 15 United States Bob Lutz 4 5
8 Australia Fred Stolle 6 7 14 United States Butch Buchholz 6 7
United States Tom Gorman 2 5 8 Australia Fred Stolle 10 6
Australia Terry Addison 3 3 Jamaica Richard Russell 8 4
Jamaica Richard Russell 6 6 8 Australia Fred Stolle 4 6 7
14 United States Butch Buchholz 6 6 14 United States Butch Buchholz 6 3 9
United States Tom Edlefsen 2 4 14 United States Butch Buchholz 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 5 2 Q United States John Yeomans 3 0
Q United States John Yeomans 7 6

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 Australia Tony Roche 6 6
Q United States Mike Machette 1 4 3 Australia Tony Roche 6 5 3
Brazil Thomaz Koch 6 6 Brazil Thomaz Koch 3 7 6
France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 3 3 Brazil Thomaz Koch 6 8 6
12 United States Dennis Ralston 4 6 7 12 United States Dennis Ralston 1 10 1
Q South Africa Rauty Krog 6 3 5 12 United States Dennis Ralston 6 3 8
United States Charlie Pasarell 1 2 United States Jim McManus 2 6 6
United States Jim McManus 6 6 Brazil Thomaz Koch 6 7 4
7 Australia Roy Emerson 7 6 6 16 United States Cliff Richey 8 5 6
United States Alex Olmedo 9 3 2 7 Australia Roy Emerson 6 3 3
United Kingdom Roger Taylor 4 6 6 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 3 6 6
South Africa Terry Ryan 6 2 3 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 7 2 1
16 United States Cliff Richey 6 6 16 United States Cliff Richey 5 6 6
Q France Wanaro N'Godrella 4 3 16 United States Cliff Richey 6 6
France Pierre Barthès 10 4 Mexico Marcello Lara 2 4
Mexico Marcello Lara 12 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United States Dick Dell 3 4
United States Jim Osborne 6 6 United States Jim Osborne 1 7 6
Q United States Dick Leach 2 0 9 Spain Andrés Gimeno 6 5 4
9 Spain Andrés Gimeno 6 6 United States Jim Osborne 6 5 11
United States William Higgins 5 2 United States Roy Barth 4 7 9
United States Roy Barth 7 6 United States Roy Barth 6 6
United Kingdom Peter Curtis 1 2 5 Netherlands Tom Okker 4 1
5 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6 United States Jim Osborne 8 5 6
Q Chile Jaime Pinto Bravo 2 5 4 United States Arthur Ashe 6 7 3
Ecuador Pancho Segura 6 7 Ecuador Pancho Segura 1 1
Q United States Steve Cornell 4 3 13 United States Marty Riessen 6 6
13 United States Marty Riessen 6 6 13 United States Marty Riessen 6 3 4
Q United States Mike Kreiss 5 3 4 United States Arthur Ashe 4 6 6
Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo 7 6 Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo 0 0
Q United States Ken Stuart 3 3 4 United States Arthur Ashe 6 6
4 United States Arthur Ashe 6 6

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Q United States Tom Karp 3 3
Australia Bob Carmichael 6 6 Australia Bob Carmichael 3 3
New Zealand Onny Parun 0 1 10 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 6
10 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 6 10 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 11 6
Australia Dick Crealy 1 3 6 Australia Ken Rosewall 4 13 4
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 6 6 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 4 1
Q United States Steve Tidball 2 1 6 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6
6 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6 10 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 9
Chile Jaime Fillol 6 6 11 United States Stan Smith 2 7
Australia Owen Davidson 1 4 Chile Jaime Fillol 7 4
Q United States Jerry De Witts 2 5 11 United States Stan Smith 9 6
11 United States Stan Smith 6 7 11 United States Stan Smith 3 8 6
Australia Ray Keldie 3 3 2 Australia John Newcombe 6 6 2
Australia Ray Ruffels 6 6 Australia Ray Ruffels 1 1
Ecuador Pancho Guzman 1 2 2 Australia John Newcombe 6 6
2 Australia John Newcombe 6 6

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper Press. p. 239. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
  2. ^ "Gonzals 'going' -- again". The Evening Independent. AP. September 29, 1969.
  3. ^ "Gonzales wins title in Pacific net meet". The Milwaukee Journal. September 29, 1969.
  4. ^ "1969 Los Angeles – Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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