1969 World Championship Tennis circuit

The 1969 World Championship Tennis circuit was the second edition [1] of the (WCT) one of the two rival professional male tennis tours of 1969 the other being the 1969 Men's National Tennis League. The tour began on 3 February in Philadelphia, United States and ended on 29 April in Midland, Texas, United States.

1969 WCT circuit
Rosewall in 1970 one of the three title winners this year
Details
Duration3 February 1969 – 29 April 1969
Edition2nd
Tournaments4
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesTwo players (1)
1968
1970

Calendar

Legend

Regular series

January

No events

February

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
3-9 February [2] Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships[3]
Philadelphia, United States
Carpet (i)
SinglesDoubles
Rod Laver
7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Tony Roche Ken Rosewall
Tom Okker
Charlie Pasarell
Andrés Gimeno
Pancho Gonzales
Jan Kodeš
Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
8–6, 6–4
John Newcombe
Tony Roche

March

No events

April

No events

May

Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
29 April-5 May [4] 1969 WCT Midland
Midland, United States
Singles – Doubles
Ken Rosewall
5-7 6-1 7-5
Pancho Gonzales Andrés Gimeno
Fred Stolle

June

No events

July

No events

August

No events

September

No events

October

Date Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Oct Tucson (WCT)
Tucson, United States
Hard
Tony Roche
9–7, 6–1
Tom Okker
3rd Place
Marty Riessen
4th Place
Butch Buchholz
Raymond Moore
Pierre Barthès
Nikola Pilić
Roger Taylor
3 Oct Midland Pro (WCT)[5]
Midland, United States
Hard
Ken Rosewall
5–7, 6–1, 7–5
Pancho Gonzales
3rd Place
Andrés Gimeno
4th Place
Fred Stolle

November

No events

December

No events

See also

References

  1. ^ Gitlin, Marty (2011). Billie Jean King: Tennis Star & Social Activist: Tennis Star & Social Activist. ABDO. p. 47. ISBN 9781617149467. 1969 WCT tour.
  2. ^ Archives, Tennis. "Philadelphia Open 1969". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Philadelphia 1969". thetennisbase. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ "MIDLAND WCT Tournament Draw". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Midland Pro Championships 1969". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-07-28.

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