Los Angeles Open (tennis)

"Farmers Classic" redirects here. For the ATP Challenger Tour tournament, see USTA LA Tennis Open.

The Los Angeles Open was a former tennis tournament held in Los Angeles, United States from 1927 until 2012. It included a women's draw until 1974 when Linda Lewis won the last ladies title. Subsequently, it became a men-only event and integrated into the ATP's professional tennis circuit. The inaugural edition of the event, known as the Pacific Southwest Championships, was organized by Perry T. Jones and held at the Los Angeles Tennis Club (LATC) starting in October 1927. Bill Tilden and Kea Bouman were the first singles champions.^[1] The tournament quickly became a prestigious event on the tennis calendar.^[2]

Los Angeles Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1927
Abolished	2012
Editions	86
Location	Los Angeles, California United States
Venue	Los Angeles Tennis Club (1927–1974, 1980–1983) Pauley Pavilion (1975–1979) Los Angeles Tennis Center (1984–2012)
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series / ATP International Series / ATP World Series (1990–2012) Grand Prix Tour (1970–1989)
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Draw	28S / 32Q / 16D (2012)
Prize money	$557,550 (2012)

History

The tournament was usually held in September and hosted the top men (and until 1975, women) in the world.^[3] Tournament winners from its beginning in 1927 until 1967 included most of the world's No. 1 tennis players: Bill Tilden, Ellsworth Vines, Don Budge, Fred Perry, Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzales and amateur champions Roy Emerson and Barry MacKay. In the open era the event was known by various (sponsored) names including Farmers Classic, Countrywide Classic, Los Angeles Tennis Open, Pacific South West Open and Jack Kramer Open. Jack Kramer became the tournament director in 1970 when Jones retired.^[2] In the open era, the tournament was won by Rod Laver twice, a second and third time by Gonzales, Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Richard Krajicek, and Andre Agassi. In doubles, Bob and Mike Bryan won a record six titles.^[4]

From 1975 to 1979 the tournament was played indoors at the Pauley Pavilion.^[5][6] Beginning in 1984, the tournament was held at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA, which was built to host the 1984 Summer Olympics tennis event. The matches were played on the Straus Stadium court with a capacity of 6,500 and the 1,500-seat capacity Grandstand court. In its last years it was an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the ATP Tour and had a 28-player singles draw and 16-team doubles draw. The tournament, with prize money of $557,550 in 2012, was one of the events included in the US Open Series. Special events during the tournament's run included Kids Day, Fashion Day, Valspar Performance Challenge, and a Legends Invitational Singles competition.

Colombian investors purchased the tournament's license for $1.5 million at the end of 2012 and moved the tournament to Bogotá where it was named the Claro Open Colombia.^[7][8][9]

 

Main Entrance to the Countrywide Classic at UCLA's L.A. Tennis Center.

 

Straus Stadium at the L.A. Tennis Center, on the UCLA campus.

 

Grandstand court at the LA Tennis Open.

Past winners

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1927	Bill Tilden	Francis Hunter	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1928	Henri Cochet	Christian Boussus	2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1929	John Doeg	John Van Ryn	8–10, 7–5, 9–7, 8–6
1930	Ellsworth Vines	Gregory Mangin	14–12, 6–3, 6–4
1931	Ellsworth Vines (2)	Fred Perry	8–10, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1932	Fred Perry	Jiro Satoh	6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1933	Fred Perry (2)	Jiro Satoh	6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
1934	Fred Perry (3)	Lester Stoefen	10–8, 6–4, 6–3
1935	Don Budge	Roderich Menzel	1–6, 11–9, 6–3, retired
1936	Don Budge (2)	Fred Perry	6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1937	Don Budge (3)	Gottfried von Cramm	2–6, 7–5, 6–4, 7–5
1938	Adrian Quist	Harry Hopman	6–3, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939	John Bromwich	Franjo Punčec	4–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4
1940	Bobby Riggs	Don McNeill	5–7, 2–6, 6–0, 12–10, 6–3
1941	Frank Parker	Frank Kovacs	7–5, 6–0, 6–1
1942	Frank Parker (2)	Pancho Segura	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1943	Jack Kramer	Pancho Segura	0–6, 6–1, 6–2
1944	Frank Parker (3)	William Talbert	6–4, 6–8, 8–6
1945	Frank Parker (4)	Herbert Flam	6–2, 6–4
1946	Jack Kramer (2)	Ted Schroeder	6–2, 6–8, 6–2, 8–6
1947	Jack Kramer (3)	Ted Schroeder	10–8, 6–4, 6–4
1948	Ted Schroeder	Frank Parker	4–6, 7–9, 7–5, retired
1949	Pancho Gonzalez	Ted Schroeder	6–3, 9–11, 8–6, 6–4
1950	Frank Sedgman	Ted Schroeder	9–7, 6–3, 6–2
1951	Frank Sedgman (2)	Tony Trabert	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1952	Vic Seixas	Frank Sedgman	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1953	Ken Rosewall	Vic Seixas	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1954	Vic Seixas (2)	Tony Trabert	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
1955	Tony Trabert	Herbert Flam	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1956	Herbert Flam	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1957	Vic Seixas (3)	Gilbert Shea	9–7, 6–3, 6–4
1958	Ham Richardson	Alex Olmedo	7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 9–7
1959	Roy Emerson	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
1960	Barry MacKay	Earl Buchholz	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1961	Jon Douglas	Roy Emerson	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1962	Roy Emerson (2)	Rod Laver	16–14, 6–3
1963	Arthur Ashe	Whitney Reed	2–6, 9–7, 6–2
1964	Roy Emerson (3)	Dennis Ralston	6–3, 6–3
1965	Dennis Ralston	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 6–3
1966	Allen Fox	Roy Emerson	6–3, 6–3
1967	Roy Emerson (4)	Marty Riessen	12–14, 6–3, 6–4
↓ Open Era ↓
1968	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–0, 6–0
1969	Pancho Gonzalez (2)	Cliff Richey	6–0, 7–5
1970	Rod Laver (2)	John Newcombe	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
1971	Pancho Gonzalez (3)	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1972	Stan Smith	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
1973	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker	7–5, 7–6
1974	Jimmy Connors (2)	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–1
1975	Arthur Ashe (2)	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1976	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–2
1977	Stan Smith (2)	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1978	Arthur Ashe (3)	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–4
1979	Peter Fleming	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4
1980	Gene Mayer	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–2
1981	John McEnroe	Sandy Mayer	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1982	Jimmy Connors (3)	Mel Purcell	6–2, 6–1
1983	Gene Mayer (2)	Johan Kriek	7–6, 6–1
1984	Jimmy Connors (4)	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1985	Paul Annacone	Stefan Edberg	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(7–4)
1986	John McEnroe (2)	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–3
1987	David Pate	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–4
1988	Mikael Pernfors	Andre Agassi	6–2, 7–5
1989	Aaron Krickstein	Michael Chang	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1990	Stefan Edberg	Michael Chang	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
1991	Pete Sampras	Brad Gilbert	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
1992	Richard Krajicek	Mark Woodforde	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1993	Richard Krajicek (2)	Michael Chang	0–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)
1994	Boris Becker	Mark Woodforde	6–2, 6–2
1995	Michael Stich	Thomas Enqvist	6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
1996	Michael Chang	Richard Krajicek	6–4, 6–3
1997	Jim Courier	Thomas Enqvist	6–4, 6–4
1998	Andre Agassi	Tim Henman	6–4, 6–4
1999	Pete Sampras (2)	Andre Agassi	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–1)
2000	Michael Chang (2)	Jan-Michael Gambill	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, retired
2001	Andre Agassi (2)	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
2002	Andre Agassi (3)	Jan-Michael Gambill	6–2, 6–4
2003	Wayne Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
2004	Tommy Haas	Nicolas Kiefer	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2005	Andre Agassi (4)	Gilles Müller	6–4, 7–5
2006	Tommy Haas (2)	Dmitry Tursunov	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2007	Radek Štěpánek	James Blake	7–6^(9–7), 5–7, 6–2
2008	Juan Martín del Potro	Andy Roddick	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
2009	Sam Querrey	Carsten Ball	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2010	Sam Querrey (2)	Andy Murray	5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3
2011	Ernests Gulbis	Mardy Fish	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2012	Sam Querrey (3)	Ričardas Berankis	6–0, 6–2
2013	succeeded by Claro Open Colombia

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1927	Kea Bouman	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
1928	May Sutton Bundy	Marjorie Gladman	6–1, 6–2
1929	Betty Nuthall	Anna McCune Harper	8–6, 7–5
1930	Ethel Burkhardt	Marjorie Gladstone	8–6, 6–0
1931	Anna McCune Harper	Josephine Cruickshank	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1932	Anna McCune Harper	Alice Marble	10–8, 6–3
1933	Dorothy Round	Alice Marble	6–2, 6–2
1934	Ethel Burkhardt	Kay Stammers	10–8, 1–6, 6–4
1935	Ethel Burkhardt	Kay Stammers	6–1, 6–4
1936	Gracyn Wheeler	Alice Marble	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1937	Alice Marble	Gracyn Wheeler	6–1, 6–0
1938	Dorothy Bundy	Sarah Palfrey Fabyan	6–4, 6–4
1939	Alice Marble	Dorothy Bundy	9–7, 6–1
1940	Dorothy Bundy	Valerie Scott	6–3, 6–3
1941	Sarah Palfrey Cooke	Dorothy Bundy	6–3, 7–5
1942	Pauline Betz	Louise Brough	6–2, 6–2
1943	Louise Brough	Mary Arnold	6–3, 6–3
1944	Pauline Betz	Margaret Osborne	6–4, 6–3
1945	Margaret Osborne	Louise Brough	11–9, 6–2
1946	Pauline Betz	Dorothy Bundy	6–2, 6–2
1947	Beverly Baker	Patricia Canning Todd	6–3, 6–2
1948	Louise Brough	Beverly Baker	6–2, 6–3
1949	Helen Perez	Beverly Baker	7–5, 5–7, 4–1 ret.
1950	Helen Perez	Dorothy Bundy Cheney	6–2, 6–2
1951	Maureen Connolly	Beverly Baker	9–7, 6–4
1952	Maureen Connolly	Doris Hart	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1953	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1954	Louise Brough	Barbara Breit	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1955	Beverly Baker Fleitz	Barbara Breit	6–1, 6–4
1956	Althea Gibson	Nancy Chaffee	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1957	Althea Gibson	Louise Brough	6–3, 6–1
1958	Beverly Baker Fleitz	Darlene Hard	6–3, 9–7
1959	Beverly Baker Fleitz	Maria Bueno	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1960	Ann Haydon	Darlene Hard	6–4, 6–3
1961	Darlene Hard	Karen Hantze Susman	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
1962	Carole Caldwell	Darlene Hard	6–8, 11–9, 2–4 ret.
1963	Darlene Hard	Billie Jean Moffitt	6–3, 6–3
1964	Maria Bueno	Billie Jean Moffitt	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1965	Carole Caldwell Graebner	Tory Fretz	6–4, 6–4
1966	Maria Bueno	Patti Hogan	6–2, 6–2
1967	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals	6–0, 6–4
1968	Rosemary Casals	Maria Bueno	6–3, 6–1
1969	Billie Jean King	Ann Haydon Jones	6–2, 6–3
1970	Sharon Walsh	Lesley Hunt	6–3, 6–2
1971	Rosemary Casals &   Billie Jean King		6–6 joint default
1972	Marita Redondo	Janice Metcalf	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
1973	Kathy May	Lea Antonoplis	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1974	Linda Lewis	Susan Hagey	6–2, 6–2
1974	women's events discontinued

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1968	Ken Rosewall   Fred Stolle	Cliff Drysdale   Roger Taylor	7–5, 6–1
1969	Pancho Gonzales   Ron Holmberg	Jim McManus   Jim Osborne	6–3, 6–4
1970	Tom Okker   Marty Riessen	Stan Smith   Bob Lutz	7–6, 6–2
1971	John Alexander   Phil Dent	Frank Froehling   Clark Graebner	7–6, 6–4
1972	Jimmy Connors   Pancho Gonzales (2)	Ismail El Shafei   Brian Fairlie	6–3, 7–6
1973	Jan Kodeš   Vladimír Zedník	Jimmy Connors   Ilie Nastase	6–2, 6–4
1974	Ross Case   Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried   Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–2
1975	Anand Amritraj   Vijay Amritraj	Cliff Drysdale   Marty Riessen	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
1976	Robert Lutz   Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe   Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1977	Bob Hewitt   Frew McMillan	Robert Lutz   Stan Smith	6–3, 6–4
1978	John Alexander (2)   Phil Dent (2)	Fred McNair   Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–3
1979	Marty Riessen (2)   Sherwood Stewart	Wojciech Fibak   Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–4
1980	Brian Teacher   Butch Walts	Anand Amritraj   John Austin	6–2, 6–4
1981	Tom Gullikson   Butch Walts	John McEnroe   Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–4
1982	Sherwood Stewart (2)   Ferdi Taygan	Bruce Manson   Brian Teacher	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1983	Peter Fleming   John McEnroe (2)	Sandy Mayer   Ferdi Taygan	6–1, 6–2
1984	Ken Flach   Robert Seguso	Wojtek Fibak   Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1985	Scott Davis   Robert Van't Hof	Paul Annacone   Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6
1986	Stefan Edberg   Anders Järryd	Peter Fleming   John McEnroe	3–6, 7–5, 7–6
1987	Kevin Curren   David Pate	Brad Gilbert   Tim Wilkison	6–3, 6–4
1988	John McEnroe (3)   Mark Woodforde	Peter Doohan   Jim Grabb	6–4, 6–4
1989	Martin Davis   Tim Pawsat	John Fitzgerald   Anders Järryd	7–5, 7–6
1990	Scott Davis (2)   David Pate (2)	Peter Lundgren   Paul Wekesa	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1991	Javier Frana   Jim Pugh	Glenn Michibata   Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1992	Patrick Galbraith   Jim Pugh (2)	Francisco Montana   David Wheaton	7–6, 7–6
1993	Wayne Ferreira   Michael Stich	Grant Connell   Scott Davis	7–6, 7–6
1994	John Fitzgerald   Mark Woodforde (2)	Scott Davis   Brian MacPhie	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1995	Brent Haygarth   Kent Kinnear	Scott Davis   Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 7–6
1996	Marius Barnard   Piet Norval	Jonas Björkman   Nicklas Kulti	7–5, 6–2
1997	Sébastien Lareau   Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi   Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
1998	Patrick Rafter   Sandon Stolle	Jeff Tarango   Daniel Vacek	6–4, 6–4
1999	Byron Black   Wayne Ferreira (2)	Goran Ivanišević   Brian MacPhie	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2000	Paul Kilderry   Sandon Stolle	Jan-Michael Gambill   Scott Humphries	walkover
2001	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	Jan-Michael Gambill   Andy Roddick	7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
2002	Sébastien Grosjean   Nicolas Kiefer	Justin Gimelstob   Michaël Llodra	6–4, 6–4
2003	Jan-Michael Gambill   Travis Parrott	Joshua Eagle   Sjeng Schalken	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2004	Bob Bryan (2)   Mike Bryan (2)	Wayne Arthurs   Paul Hanley	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
2005	Rick Leach   Brian MacPhie	Jonathan Erlich   Andy Ram	6–3, 6–4
2006	Bob Bryan (3)   Mike Bryan (3)	Eric Butorac   Jamie Murray	6–2, 6–4
2007	Bob Bryan (4)   Mike Bryan (4)	Scott Lipsky   David Martin	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
2008	Rohan Bopanna   Eric Butorac	Travis Parrott   Dušan Vemić	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
2009	Bob Bryan (5)   Mike Bryan (5)	Benjamin Becker   Frank Moser	6–4, 7–6(2)
2010	Bob Bryan (6)   Mike Bryan (6)	Eric Butorac   Jean-Julien Rojer	6–7^(6–8), 6–2, [10–7]
2011	Mark Knowles   Xavier Malisse	Somdev Devvarman   Treat Conrad Huey	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(12–10)
2012	Ruben Bemelmans   Xavier Malisse (2)	Jamie Delgado   Ken Skupski	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–7]

Most titles

# of titles	Name	Years
Singles
4	Andre Agassi   Jimmy Connors   Roy Emerson   Frank Parker	2005, 2002, 2001, 1998 1984, 1982, 1974, 1973 1967, 1964, 1962, 1959 1945, 1944, 1942, 1941
3	Sam Querrey   Arthur Ashe   Pancho Gonzalez   Vic Seixas   Jack Kramer   Donald Budge   Fred Perry	2012, 2010, 2009 1978, 1975, 1963 1971, 1969, 1949 1957, 1954, 1952 1947, 1946, 1943 1937, 1936, 1935 1934, 1933, 1932
2	Tommy Haas   Michael Chang   Pete Sampras   Richard Krajicek   John McEnroe   Gene Mayer   Stan Smith   Rod Laver   Frank Sedgman   Ellsworth Vines	2006, 2004 2000, 1996 1999, 1991 1993, 1992 1986, 1981 1983, 1980 1977, 1972 1970, 1968 1951, 1950 1931, 1930
Doubles
6	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2001 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2001

Previous names

Years	Name	Sponsor
2010–2012	Farmers Classic	Farmers Insurance Group
2009	LA Tennis Open	None
2006–2008	Countrywide Classic	Countrywide Bank
1998–2005	Mercedes-Benz Cup	Mercedes-Benz
1995–1997	Infiniti Open	Infiniti
1979–1981	Jack Kramer Open	None
	Los Angeles Open	Volvo
1927–1975	Pacific Southwest Championships

See also

• Pacific Coast Championships – tournament held in various locations in Northern California (1889–2013)
• LA Women's Tennis Championships – women's tournament (1971–2009)

References

1. Wright, Irvine C., ed. (1928). Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1928. Boston: Wright & Ditson. pp. 133–134.
2. Baltzell, E. Digby (1995). Sporting Gentlemen : Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. New York [u.a.]: Free Press. pp. 233–241. ISBN 9780029013151.
3. Farmers Insurance Group Increases Role at LA Tennis Open With Title Sponsorship 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Farmersclassic.com
4. Diane Pucin, Bryan twins set tennis record in doubles, Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2010
5. John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 100–101. ISBN 9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.
6. Adam Karon (July 23, 2000). "L.A. brings a little bit of tinseltown to tournament". Daily Bruin.
7. Farmers Classic: L.A. To Lose Its Big Tennis Tourney, Insidetennis.com
8. "ATP approves event in Bogotá from 2013". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP. December 12, 2012.
9. Claro Open Colombia, ATP World Tour, 2013

External links

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