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1969 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1969 Pacific Southwest Open
Final
ChampionUnited States Pancho Gonzales
United States Ron Holmberg
Runner-upUnited States Jim McManus
United States 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.[1][2][3][4]

Seeds

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

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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

Top half

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

Bottom half

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

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. ^ "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).
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