1969 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1969 Pacific Southwest Open
Final
Champion Pancho Gonzales
Ron Holmberg
Runner-up Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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The 1969 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's doubles 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. Ken Rosewall and Fred Stolle were the defending Pacific Southwest Open doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. Unseeded Pancho Gonzales and Ron Holmberg won the title by defeating unseeded Jim McManus and Jim Osborne in the final, 6–3, 6–4.

Seeds

  1. John Newcombe / Tony Roche (second round)
  2. Roy Emerson / Rod Laver (second round)
  3. Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle (quarterfinals)
  4. Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (second round, withdrew)
  5. Bob Lutz / Stan Smith (first round)
  6. Charlie Pasarell / Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals)
  7. Arthur Ashe / Andrés Gimeno (semifinals)
  8. Butch Buchholz / Raymond Moore (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
6 6
7 Arthur Ashe
Andrés Gimeno
3 4
  Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
3 4
  Pancho Gonzales
Ronald Holmberg
6 6
  Dick Crealy
Thomaz Koch
2 4
  Pancho Gonzales
Ronald Holmberg
6 6

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 John Newcombe
Tony Roche
6 6
Felix Ponte
Steve Stefanki
3 4 1 John Newcombe
Tony Roche
4 4
Owen Davidson
Roger Taylor
Owen Davidson
Roger Taylor
6 6
Gene Stuart Malin
Unknown
Owen Davidson
Roger Taylor
4 5
8 Butch Buchholz
Raymond Moore
3 6 4 Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
6 7
Jaime Fillol
Heinz Gildemeister
6 2 6 Jaime Fillol
Heinz Gildemeister
9 8
Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
6 6 Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
7 10
Rauty Krog
Terry Ryan
4 2 Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
6 6
3 Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle
6 6 7 Arthur Ashe
Andrés Gimeno
3 4
Lito Álvarez
Jeff Austin
1 3 3 Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle
w/o
Cliff Richey
Pancho Segura
Cliff Richey
Pancho Segura
Steve Cornell
Ronald Cornell
3 Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle
6 2
7 Arthur Ashe
Andrés Gimeno
6 6 6 7 Arthur Ashe
Andrés Gimeno
8 6
Joaquín Loyo-Mayo
Richard Russell
3 8 4 7 Arthur Ashe
Andrés Gimeno
6 6
Pierre Barthès
Nikola Pilić
6 6 Pierre Barthès
Nikola Pilić
1 3
Pancho J. F. Guzman
Jaime Pinto Bravo
4 4

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
John Fort
Jerry Van Linge
1 4
Roy Barth
Steve Tidball
6 6 Roy Barth
Steve Tidball
Alex Olmedo
Ray Ruffels
7 6 7 Alex Olmedo
Ray Ruffels
w/o
5 Bob Lutz
Stan Smith
9 3 5 Alex Olmedo
Ray Ruffels
4 0
Dick Dell
Dick Leach
14 2 Dick Crealy
Thomaz Koch
6 6
Dick Crealy
Thomaz Koch
16 6 Dick Crealy
Thomaz Koch
w/o
Gerald Battrick
Peter Curtis
6 1 4 4 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
4 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
3 6 6 Dick Crealy
Thomaz Koch
2 4
Mike Franks
Allen Fox
6 2 Pancho Gonzales
Ronald Holmberg
6 6
Terry Addison
Ray Keldie
8 6 Terry Addison
Ray Keldie
11 4
Tom Edlefsen
Tom Gorman
9 4 6 Charlie Pasarell
Dennis Ralston
13 6
6 Charlie Pasarell
Dennis Ralston
11 6 6 Charlie Pasarell
Dennis Ralston
6 8
Unknown
Unknown
0 1 Pancho Gonzales
Ronald Holmberg
8 10
Pancho Gonzales
Ronald Holmberg
6 6 Pancho Gonzales
Ronald Holmberg
7 13
Fernando Gentil
George Taylor
2 Roy Emerson
Rod Laver
5 11
2 Roy Emerson
Rod Laver

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper Press. p. 239. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
  2. ^ "Gonzales '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 doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).