Pancho Gonzales career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of former tennis player Pancho Gonzales.

Major titles

Performance timeline

Gonzales started playing professional tennis in 1950 and was unable to compete in the Grand Slam tournaments until the start of the Open Era at the 1968 French Open. (NH = Not Held).

																			Titles / Played	Career W-L	Career Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments	Amateur			Professional									Open Era						2 / 17	44–15	74.58
Grand Slam Tournaments	1947	1948	1949	1950 - 1967									1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	2 / 17	44–15	74.58
Australian	A	A	A	Unable to compete										3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	66.67
French	A	A	SF	Unable to compete									SF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	9–2	81.82
Wimbledon	A	A	4R	Unable to compete									3R	4R	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 5	10–5	66.67
U.S.	2R	W	W	Unable to compete									QF	4R	3R	3R	1R	1R	2 / 9	23–7	76.67
Pro Slam Tournaments	Professional																		15 / 31	78–16	82.98
Pro Slam Tournaments	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	15 / 31	78–16	82.98
French Pro	NH						F	NH	SF	A	A	F	A	A	SF	A	A	A	0 / 4	7–4	63.64
Wembley Pro	W	W	W	F	NH		W	SF	SF	A	A	SF	A	A	SF	A	A	A	4 / 9	22–5	81.48
U.S. Pro	A	2nd	F	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	A	W	A	QF	F	SF	A	A	8 / 13	31–5	86.11
Total:																			17 / 48	122–31	79.74

Grand Slam and Pro Slam finals

Grand Slam finals (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1948	US Championships	Grass	Eric Sturgess	6–2, 6–3, 14–12
Winner	1949	US Championships	Grass	Ted Schroeder	16–18, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4

Pro Slam finals (15–7)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1950	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Welby Van Horn	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	1951	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	6–2, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1951	US Pro	Grass	Pancho Segura	0–6, 6–8, 1–6
Winner	1952	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Jack Kramer	3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1952	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	1953	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	1953	US Pro	Indoor	Don Budge	4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	1954	US Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	6–3, 9–7, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	1955	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	21–16, 19–21, 21–8, 20–22, 21–19
Runner-up	1956	French Pro	Clay	Tony Trabert	3–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–8, 2–6
Winner	1956	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	4–6, 11–9, 11–9, 9–7
Winner	1956	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	21–15, 13–21, 21–14, 22–20
Winner	1957	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	1958	US Pro	Indoor	Lew Hoad	3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	1959	US Pro	Indoor	Lew Hoad	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1961	French Pro	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–8
Winner	1961	US Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1964	US Pro	Grass	Rod Laver	6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 4–6

Career titles

Amateur			Professional																		Open Era						Total
1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	Total
0	8	9	2	1	4	3	5	4	6	5	8	5	1	5	0	0	5	4	4	1	2	2	1	3	3	0	113

Amateur era

Singles (1948–1949) : 17 titles

Date		Event	Surface	Runner up	Score
1948	January 11	Tampa Dixie Championships (United States)	?	Gardner Larned	2–6 3–6 6–2 7–5 6–2
	January 25	Orlando Florida Championships (United States)	?	Enrique Buse	6–2 3–6 6–3 6–3
	June 12	Berkeley California Championships (United States)	?	Earl Cochell	1–6 10–8 6–3 6–4
	June 27	Maplewood N.J. Championships (United States)	?	Don McNeil	6–3 4–6 2–6 6–4 6–0
	July 11	Indianapolis Western Championships (United States)	Clay	Jack Tuero	6–3 6–1 6–3
	July 18	River Forest U.S. Clay Court (United States)	Clay	Clarence Carter	7–5 6–2 6–3
	August 7	Southampton Meadow Club (United States)	Grass	Budge Patty	6–3 6–0 6–3
	September 19	U.S. National Champ., Forest Hills (United States)	Grass	Eric Sturgess	6–2 6–3 14–12
1949	February 12	La Jolla Beach Classic (United States)	?	Ted Schroeder	6–2 6–8 9–7
	February 20	Los Angeles Metropolitan (United States)	?	Seymour Greenberg	6–1 8–6
	March 26	New York U.S. Indoor (United States)	Wood ?	Bill Talbert	10–8 6–0 4–6 9–7
	April 30	Ojai Valley California Championships (United States)	?	Bob Falkenburg	7–5 6–3
	July 18	River Forest U.S. Clay Court (United States)	Clay	Frank Parker	6–1 3–6 8–6 6–3
	July 23	Haverford Pennsylvania Grass Court (United States)	Grass	Vic Seixas	6–4 6–1 6–0
	August 22	Newport Casino Invitational (United States)	Grass	Gardnar Mulloy	10–8 9–11 6–3 6–4
	September 15	U.S. National Champ., Forest Hills (United States)	Grass	Ted Schroeder	16–18 2–6 6–1 6–2 6–4
	September 18	Los Angeles Pacific Southwest (United States)	Hard ?	Ted Schroeder	6–3 9–11 8–6 6–4

Professional era

Singles (1950–1967) : 85 titles

Date		Event	Surface	Runner up	Score
1950	March 26	Philadelphia Pro Championships (United States)	Wood	Jack Kramer	7–5 6–3 6–4
1950	September 30	Wembley Pro, London Indoor (England)	Wood	Welby Van Horn	6–3 6–3 6–2
1951	September 28	Wembley Pro, London Indoor (England)	Wood	Pancho Segura	6–2 6–2 2–6 6–4
1952	March 29	Philadelphia Pro Championships (United States)	Wood	Pancho Segura	6–2 6–3
	August 2	Scarborough Slazenger Pro (England)	Grass	Pancho Segura	15–13 6–3 6–3
	August 31	Berlin Rot Weiss Club Pro (Germany)	Clay	Don Budge	8–6 7–5
	September 28	Wembley Pro, London Indoor (England)	Wood	Jack Kramer	3–6 3–6 6–2 6–4 7–5
1953	June 21	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Don Budge	4–6 6–4 7–5 6–2
	August 16	Los Angeles California State Pro (United States)	Hard	Don Budge	5–7 6–3 6–4
	September 20	Québec Canadian Pro (Canada)	Hard	Bobby Riggs	6–0 6–4 6–4
1954	January 4	New York (M.S.G.) Pro (United States)	Wood	Pancho Segura	7–9 6–4 6–4
	January 12	Norfolk Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–5 (pro set)
	January 13	Charlottesville Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura (2nd)	11–9 (pro set)
	January 15	New Haven Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	9–7 (pro set)
	January 17	Buffalo Pro Championships (United States)	?	Frank Sedgman	11–9 (pro set)
	January 19	Toronto Canadian Pro Championships (Canada)	?	Pancho Segura	8–5 (pro set)
	January 25	Saint-Louis Pro Championships (United States)	?	Frank Sedgman	10–8 (pro set)
	January 27	Cincinnati Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	9–7 (pro set)
	January 30	White Plains Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–2 (pro set)
	February 2	Rochester Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	10–8 (pro set)
	February 3	Albany Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	10–8 (pro set)
	February 4	Boston Pro Indoor Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	9–7 (pro set)
	February 8	Ottawa Pro Championships (Canada)	?	Pancho Segura	8–6 (pro set)
	February 9	Ithaca Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–4 (pro set)
	February 12	Fort Wayne Pro Championships (United States)	?	Frank Sedgman	28–26 (pro set)
	February 14	Kansas Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–4 (pro set)
	February 23	Sacramento Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–4 (pro set)
	March 3	San Antonio Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	?
	March 5	Dallas Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–3 (pro set)
	March 20	New York Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–5 (pro set)
	March 29	El Paso Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	10–8 (pro set)
	April 4	Mexico Pro Championships (Mexico)	?	Frank Sedgman	9–7 6–4
	April 7	Oklahoma City Pro Championships (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	8–6 (pro set)
	May 2	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Frank Sedgman	6–3 9–7 3–6 6–2
	May 25	Palo Alto Pro Championships (United States)	?	Frank Sedgman	8–4 (pro set)
	June 13	Los Angeles U.S. Pro Hardcourt (United States)	Hard	Pancho Segura	6–4 4–6 2–6 6–2 6–4
1955	March 8	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Pancho Segura	21–16 19–21 21–8 20–22 21–19
	July 30	Scarborough Slazenger Pro (England)	Grass	Pancho Segura	6–2 7–5 8–6
	August 23	Ostende Pro Championships R.R. (Belgium)	Clay	Pancho Segura	6–1 6–1
	November 14	Los Angeles U.S. Pro Hard Court (United States)	Hard	Pancho Segura	21–19 6–3 6–4
1956	April 6	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Pancho Segura	21–15 13–21 21–14 22–20
	July 3	Buenos Aires Argentina Pro R.R. (Argentine)	Clay	Frank Sedgman	7–9 6–2 6–1 7–9 10–8
	July 16	Chicago Pro Championships (United States)	?	Frank Sedgman	2 sets to zero
	August 5	Los Angeles Tournament of Champions (United States)	Hard	Frank Sedgman	9–7 3–6 6–1
	September 20	Milan Trophy of Champions (Italy)	Clay	Frank Sedgman	6–4 6–4 6–3
	September 29	Wembley Pro, London Indoor (England)	Wood	Frank Sedgman	4–6 11–9 11–9 9–7
1957	April 12	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Pancho Segura	6–3 3–6 7–5 6–1
	April 21	Hamilton Bermuda Pro (Bermuda)	Clay	Pancho Segura	7–9 6–4 6–3
	May 24	San Francisco Cow-Palace Pro (United States)	?	Pancho Segura	6–4 6–4
	July 21	Forest Hills T.O.C. R.R. (United States)³	Grass	Frank Sedgman	5–7 7–5 3–6 6–3 6–3
	August 3	Los Angeles Pro Masters R.R. (United States)	Hard	Frank Sedgman	6–1 3–6 6–1
1958	May 5	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Pancho Segura	3–6 4–6 14–12 6–1 6–4
	May 26	Salt Lake City Pro Championships (United States)	?	Ken Rosewall	10–8 (pro set)
	May 27	Boise Pro Championships (United States)	?	Ken Rosewall	8–4 (pro set)
	May 28	Spokane Pro Championships (United States)	?	Tony Trabert	8–5 (pro set)
	May 30	Vancouver Pro Championships (Canada)	?	Tony Trabert	8–2 (pro set)
	June 2	Bakersfield Pro Championships (United States)	Hard	Pancho Segura	8–6 (pro set)
	June 3	Palo Alto Pro Championships (United States)	Hard	Frank Sedgman	8–6 (pro set)
	June 24	Forest Hills T.O.C. (United States)³	Grass	Ken Rosewall (2nd)	19–17 5–7 6–4
1959	February 8	Sydney New South Wales Pro Championships (Australia)	Grass	Frank Sedgman	7–5 6–4 0–6 6–4
	April 26	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Lew Hoad	6–4 6–2 6–4
	June 14	Los Angeles Masters Round Robin (United States)	Hard	Lew Hoad (2nd)	?
	June 21	Toronto O'Keefe Pro Championships (Canada)	Hard	Frank Sedgman	6–1 6–4 6–1
	December 13	Sydney N.S.W. Pro Championships (Australia)²	Grass	Lew Hoad	6–1 6–1
1960	May 16	Tuscaloosa Pro Championships (United States)	Clay ?	Sam Giammalva	6–1 6–4 6–4
1961	May 3	U.S. Pro Championships Cleveland (United States)	Indoors	Frank Sedgman	6–3 7–5
	August 20	Geneva Gold Trophy (Switzerland)	Clay	Ken Rosewall	8–6 6–0
	October 2	Copenhagen Scandinavian Pro (Denmark)	?	Alex Olmedo	4–6 7–5 8–6 7–5
	October 7	Milan Pro Championships (Italy)	Clay	Ashley Cooper	6–3 6–2
	October 20	Vienna Austrian Pro Indoor (Austria)	Wood	Barry MacKay	6–2 6–4 6–4
1962	First retirement of Pancho Gonzales in January 1962.
1963	Pancho Gonzales returned to competition in 1963 without winning a tournament.
1964	May 16	Cleveland Pepsi Cola World Pro (United States)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	6–2 15–13
	May 31	White Plains U.S. Pro indoor (United States)	Wood	Ken Rosewall	8–6 (pro set)
	July 21	Wembley Pro, London Golden Racket (England)¹	?	Lew Hoad	0–6 6–4 9–7
	July 24	Knokke-le-Zoute Pro (Belgium)¹	Clay	Rod Laver	6–3 8–6
	December 13	Hollywood Florida Pro (United States)	Clay	Bernard Bartzen	6–4 8–6
1965	January 23	Sydney N.S.W. Pro Championships (Australia)	Grass	Ken Rosewall	8–6 3–6 6–4
	April 11	Orlando Florida Pro (United States)	Clay	Pancho Segura	6–1 6–1
	May	Dallas CBS TV Pro Series (United States)	Clay	Ken Rosewall	8–10 7–5 12–10
	June 6	Seattle Seafirst Greater Pro (United States)	?	Rod Laver	6–3 6–4
1966	February 6	Hollywood Florida Pro (United States)	Clay	Warren Woodcock	6–2 6–0
	March 31	Wembley, London BBC-2 Trophy (England)	?	Rod Laver	6–3 5–7 12–10
	September 18	Birmingham Pro Classic (United States)	Clay	Crawford Grassnry	6–2 7–5
	December 4	Hollywood Pro Challenge Cup (United States)	Clay	Rod Laver	6–4 6–2
1967	May 7	Birmingham Pro Classic (United States)	Clay	Alan Mills	6–4 6–2

Notes:

All tournaments with a final pro set are basically 4-men tournaments.
¹ : 4-men tournaments
² : There were two editions of the tournament in 1959 New South Wales in Sydney Pro.
³ : T.O.C. = Tournament of Champions.

Open era

Singles (1968–1972) : 11

Date		Event	Surface	Runner up	Score
1968	July 21	NTL Los Angeles Pro Championships (United States)	?	Rod Laver	1–6 6–3 6–4
1968	October 1	Midland Pro Championships (United States)	?	Roy Emerson	7–5 6–3
1969	September 21	Los Angeles Pacific Southwest Open (United States)	?	Cliff Richey	6–0 7–5
1969	October 12	Las Vegas Howard Hughes Open (United States)	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–0 6–2 6–4
1970	May 17	Las Vegas Howard Hughes Open (United States)	Hard	Rod Laver	6–1 7–5 5–7 6–3
1971	May 9	Los Angeles Southern California (United States)	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–4 4–6 6–1
	September 26	Los Angeles Pacific Southwest Open (United States)	Hard	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
	December 16	Kingston Rothmans International (Jamaica)	Hard	Clark Graebner	6–4 4–6 6–3
1972	February 6	Des Moines Open (United States)	Carpet	Georges Goven	3–6 4–6 6–3 6–4 6–2
	September 26	Los Angeles Southern California (United States)	Hard	Alex Olmedo	6–3 6–2
	December 14	Kingston Rothmans International (Jamaica)	Hard	Clark Graebner	6–3 6–4

Professional tours

Singles (1950–1961) : 10 tours

Date	Tour	Standings
1949 October – 1950 June	World Pro Tour	1) Jack Kramer 96–27 2) Pancho Gonzales 27–96
1951 January – February	Australian Pro Tour	1) Pancho Gonzales 36–6 2) Dinny Pails 27–15 3) Frank Parker 14–28 4) Don Budge 9–33
1954 January 3 – May	World Pro Tour (1) Pancho Gonzales defeated to Pancho Segura 30–21 (or 20) Pancho Gonzales defeated to Frank Sedgman 30–21 (or 20) Pancho Gonzales defeated to Don Budge ?-1	1) Pancho Gonzales 2) Pancho Segura or Frank Sedgman or Don Budge
1954 November – December	Australian Pro Tour	1) Pancho Gonzales 2) Frank Sedgman or Pancho Segura 4) Ken McGregor
1955 December 9 – 1956 June 3	World Pro Tour (2) This was a head-to-head tour in the United States.	1) Pancho Gonzales 74–27 2) Tony Trabert 27–74
1956 November – December	South African Tour	1) Pancho Gonzales 9–4 2) Frank Sedgman 7–6 3) Tony Trabert 6–7 4) Rex Hartwig 4–9
1957 January 14 – May	World Pro Tour (3)	1) Pancho Gonzales 50–26 2) Ken Rosewall 26–50
1958 January – April (or May)	World Pro Tour (4)	1) Pancho Gonzales 51–36 2) Lew Hoad 36–51
1959 February – May	World Pro Tour (5)	1) Pancho Gonzales 47–15 2) Lew Hoad 42–20 3) Ashley Cooper 21–40 4) Mal Anderson 13–48
1960 January – May	World Pro Tour (6)	1) Pancho Gonzales 49–8 2) Ken Rosewall 32–25 3) Pancho Segura 22–28 4) Alex Olmedo 11–44
1960 December 30 – 1961 April	World Pro Tour (7) There were 47 World Series round robin matches for the world championship among 6 players, followed by 28 head-to-head matches between the top 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 to determine the final champion. Ken Rosewall, however, took several long vacations and played very little in the first half of the year; substitutions were permitted for injured players in the round robin: Pancho Gonzales by Pancho Segura Lew Hoad by Tony Trabert, Ashley Cooper and Frank Sedgman	Round Robin: 1) Pancho Gonzales 33–14 2) Andrés Gimeno 27–20 3) Lew Hoad 24–23 4) Barry MacKay 22–25 5) Alex Olmedo 18–29 6) Butch Buchholz 16–31 Finals: 1) Pancho Gonzales 21–7 2) Andrés Gimeno 7–21 3) Frank Sedgman 15–13 4) Barry MacKay 13–15

Sources

Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946–2003, Paris 2003.
World Tennis Magazines.
Joe McCauley, The History of Professional Tennis, London 2001.

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