1969 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships

1969 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Date	July 9–15
Edition	42nd
Category	NTL / WCT
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$33,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor (Uniturf)
Location	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
Venue	Longwood Cricket Club
Champions
Singles
Rod Laver[1]
Doubles
Pancho Gonzales / Rod Laver

The 1969 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States. The existing grass courts at Longwood were replaced for the tournament with a slower and higher bouncing green synthetic hardcourt (Uniturf)).[2] It was the 42nd edition of the tournament, the second edition of the Open Era, and was held from July 9 through July 15, 1969. First-seeded Rod Laver won the singles title, his fourth consecutive title at the event and fifth in total, and earned $8,000 first-prize money.[3][4][5]

Finals

Singles

Main article: 1969 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles

Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles

Pancho Gonzales / Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe / Tony Roche 6–4, 5–7, 6–4

See also

• Laver–Rosewall rivalry

References

1. "1969 Boston 1 – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. Bud Collins (July 9, 1969). "Tennis pros bow today at Longwood". The Boston Globe. pp. 41, 44 – via Newspapers.com. Groundsman Walter Chambers performed the operation, stripping the grass and laying the Uniturf on an asphalt base.
3. Bud Collins (July 16, 1969). "Laver collects another pro title". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 30 – via Newspapers.com.
4. John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper Press. p. 133. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
5. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 752–753. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

• ITF tournament edition details
• Longwood Cricket Club – list of U.S. Pro Champions