1969 Wills Open British Covered Court Championships
1969 British Indoor Championships | |
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Date | 17 – 22 November |
Edition | 2nd |
Draw | 32S/16D |
Prize money | £20,000 |
Surface | Carpet / Indoor |
Location | London, England |
Venue |
Queens Club Wembley Arena |
Champions | |
Men's Singles | |
Rod Laver [1] | |
Women's Singles | |
Ann Jones | |
Men's Doubles | |
Roy Emerson / Rod Laver | |
Women's Doubles | |
Ann Jones / Virginia Wade |
The 1969 Wills Open British Covered Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the second edition of the British Indoor Championships in the Open era. The tournament took place at the Queens Club and Wembley Arena in London, England and ran from 17 November through 22 November 1969.
The men's singles event and the £3,000 first prize was won by first seeded Rod Laver while Ann Jones, also seeded first, won the women's singles title and the accompanying £1,300 first-prize money.[2][3][4]
Champions
Men's Singles
Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
Women's Singles
Ann Jones defeated Billie Jean King 9–11, 6–2, 9–7
Men's Doubles
Roy Emerson / Rod Laver defeated Pancho Gonzales / Bob Hewitt 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Women's Doubles
Ann Jones / Virginia Wade defeated Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–4
References
- ↑ "ATP – 1969 Wembley Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper Press. pp. 170–171. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
- ↑ "Laver top title seed". The Age. 19 November 1969.
- ↑ "Laver's win praised.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 26 November 1969. p. 36.