Pancho Gonzalez career stats

krosero · May 13, 2016

krosero · May 13, 2016

These are, to start with, the win/loss records in all matches:

Year...Won...Lost..Played....%

1947.....48.....16.....64.....75.00%

1948.....83.....10.....95.....89.25%

1949.....80.....8.....84.....90.91%

1950.....46.....103.....149.....30.87%

1951.....62.....20.....82.....75.61%

1952.....30.....6.....36.....83.33%

1953.....14.....4.....18.....77.78%

1954.....128.....59.....187.....68.45%

1955.....39.....9.....48.....81.25%

1956.....133.....46.....179.....74.30%

1957.....69.....33.....102.....67.65%

1958.....93.....53.....146.....63.70%

1959.....84.....33.....115.....71.79%

1960.....51.....9.....60.....85.00%

1961.....87.....33.....120.....72.50%

1962....................

1963.....0.....1.....1.....0.00%

1964.....43.....30.....73.....58.90%

1965.....39.....18.....57.....68.42%

1966.....30.....8.....36.....78.95%

1967.....21.....17.....38.....55.26%

1968.....33.....32.....65.....50.77%

1969.....42.....33.....73.....56.00%

1970.....31.....17.....48.....64.58%

1971.....23.....8.....31.....74.19%

1972.....35.....13.....48.....72.92%

1973.....8.....8.....16.....50.00%

krosero · May 13, 2016

And the tournament record:

Year..Won..Lost..Played....%

1947.....2.....16.....18.....11.11%

1948.....9.....10.....19.....47.37%

1949.....9.....9.....18.....50.00%

1950.....2.....1.....3.....66.67%

1951.....2.....7.....9.....22.22%

1952.....7.....3.....10.....70.00%

1953.....3.....4.....7.....42.86%

1954.....31.....43.....74.....41.89%

1955.....4.....1.....5.....80.00%

1956.....7.....4.....11.....63.64%

1957.....5.....3.....8.....62.50%

1958.....8.....8.....16.....50.00%

1959.....5.....9.....14.....35.71%

1960.....1.....0.....1.....100.00%

1961.....5.....3.....8.....62.50%

1962....................

1963.....0.....1.....1.....0.00%

1964.....5.....14.....19.....26.32%

1965.....4.....15.....19.....21.05%

1966.....7.....2.....9.....77.78%

1967.....1.....9.....10.....10.00%

1968.....2.....21.....23.....8.70%

1969.....2.....23.....25.....8.00%

1970.....1.....15.....16.....6.25%

1971.....3.....7.....10.....30.00%

1972.....3.....13.....16.....18.75%

1973.....0.....8.....8.....0.00%

krosero · May 13, 2016

1946

I have read that he ended the year unranked by the USLTA. I've also read in early '47 that he was playing tennis again, just having gotten out of the Navy. Not sure whether he played any tennis in '46, but I haven't found anything.

pc1 · May 13, 2016

From my quick calculations Gonzalez won over 50% of his tournaments played in the Pros because he retired the first time.

krosero · May 13, 2016

1947

He ended this year ranked #17 by the USLTA.

LA Metropolitan at Rancho Playground in Griffith Park, starting Jan. 19
1R lost to ___________

Southern California Championships, starting May 4
1R defeated Perez, R. 6-3, 8-6
2R defeated Richards, George 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
R16 defeated Flam, Herbert 8-10, 8-6, 6-4 (saved 6 match points in second set, 5 with aces, another with BH pass, his fifth victory in six meetings; this was Pancho’s return to tournament play following a ban by the SCTA “because he wouldn’t attend school”)
QF lost to Kramer, Jack 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Berkeley California State Championships, May 25 final
R128 ?
R64 defeated Kern, Spencer 6-4, 6-0
R32 defeated Gilmore, Bud 6-3, 6-2
R16 defeated Catton, Conway 6-2, 6-4
QF defeated Carter, Clarence 6-3, 8-6
SF lost to Schroeder, Ted 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Heart of America in Kansas City, June 3-8
1R bye
2R defeated Moseley, Frank 6-1, 6-2
3R defeated O’Maley, Bob 6-4, 7-5
QF lost to Segura, Pancho 6-2, 6-2

Seattle City Championship, June 9-15
R32 defeated Nicolai, Max 6-0, 6-2
R16 defeated Duex, Henry 6-0, 7-5
QF defeated Dranga, Mel
SF defeated
MF defeated Brink, Jim 1-6, 8-6, 6-1, 8-6

Hotel del Coronado Invitational in Coronado, June 28 final
R16 defeated
QF defeated
SF defeated
MF defeated Richards, George 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

U.S. Clay Court Championships in Salt Lake City, final around July 8
2R defeated Swenson, Vern 6-4, 12-10 (July 1)
3R defeated Bunis, Alvin 6-2, 6-4
R16 defeated Carter, Nick 6-3, 6-4
QF lost to Parker, Frank 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Pacific Northwest Open in Tacoma, final around July 15
R64 bye?
R32 defeated
R16 defeated Le Febvre, Doug 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
QF lost to Lewis, Bob 7-5, 5-7, 6-3

Washington State in Seattle, July 20 final
R32 w/o
R16 defeated Cope, Nevin 6-0, 6-1
QF defeated Green, Bill 6-2, 6-0
SF defeated Roche, Harry 6-0, 8-6, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
MF lost to Brink, Jim 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0

Seabright, July 27 final
1R lost to Greenberg, Seymour 6-8, 9-7, 6-4

Southampton, July 28 start
1R defeated Savitt, Dick 6-4, 6-4
2R lost to Larned, Gardner 3-6, 7-5, 6-4

Newport, Aug. 11 start
1R lost to Carter, Nick 4-6, 6-2, 15-13

U.S. Nationals at Forest Hills
R128 defeated Barton, Derrick 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
R64 lost to Mulloy, Gardnar 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 9-11, 6-4

Pacific Southwest in LA, Sept. 20-28
1R bye
2R defeated Robertson, W. 6-2, 6-2
3R defeated Drobny, Jaroslav 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
R16 defeated Falkenburg, Robert 6-4, 8-6
QF defeated Parker, Frank 2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
SF lost to Schroeder, Ted 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Pacific Coast in San Francisco, Oct. 5 final
R128 defeated
R64 defeated Slack, Dennis 6-1, 6-3
R32 defeated Chippendale, R. 6-2, 8-6
R16 defeated Heldman, Julius 6-3, 6-4
QF lost to Brown, Tom 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

Pan-American Championships in Mexico City, Oct. 11-19
1R Bye
2R defeated Daly 10-8, 6-3
3R defeated Cernik, Vladimir 8-6, 7-9, 6-2, 6-1
QF defeated Vega, Armando 6-4, 8-6, 2-6, 6-4
SF lost to Drobny, Jaroslav 6-8, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

Midwinter Championships (Nov. 15-29)
1R defeated Dunlap, Robert
2R defeated Wilkinson, Frank 6-1, 6-1
3R defeated
4R defeated Kerr, Jack 6-4, 8-6
QF defeated Moreno, Johnny 6-4, 6-4
SF lost to Flam, Herbert 3-6, 8-6, 6-4

Sugar Bowl (started Dec. 28)
1R defeated Curtis, Bob 6-3, 6-1
QF defeated Mulloy, Gardnar 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
SF defeated Behrens, Herbert 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
MF lost to Schroeder, Ted 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

krosero · May 13, 2016

pc1 said:
From my quick calculations Gonzalez won over 50% of his tournaments played in the Pros because he retired the first time.

Yes just over 50%, although what counts as a tournament wasn't always clear in the pro period. Sometimes 2-day stands in a single city, with 4 players participating, were called tournaments, sometimes not; and the press used the word "tournament" somewhat loosely at times to describe any tennis activity.

pc1 · May 13, 2016

krosero said:
Yes just over 50%, although what counts as a tournament wasn't always clear in the pro period. Sometimes 2-day stands in a single city, with 4 players participating, were called tournaments, sometimes not; and the press used the word "tournament" somewhat loosely at times to describe any tennis activity.

Always been fascinated by his story and his life. Truly an amazing athlete. It's too bad that never followed through with a movie on his life.

He really did have any formal training in tennis yet he arguably is the GOAT. Just an incredible story.

krosero · May 13, 2016

1948

He ended this year ranked #1 by the USLTA

Tampa Dixie Championships (Jan. 11 final)
R64 w/o Parkhill, John
R32 defeated Lundgren, Charles 6-0, 8-6
R16 defeated Teagle, Jack 6-3, 6-3
QF defeated Bobbitt, Russel 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
SF defeated Behrens, Herbert 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
MF defeated Larned, Gardner 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2

LA Municipal starting Jan. 10, 1948 at Griffith Park but defaulted without appearing, to Bob Dukelow in the first round

Florida West Coast Championships (January 14-19)
R64 defeated Wilson, Ivey 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
R32 defeated Phillips, Travis 6-2, 6-4
R16 defeated Frick, Robert 6-3, 7-5
QF defeated Behrens, Herbert 6-4, 6-2
SF defeated Larned, Gardner 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 12-10
MF lost to Mulloy, Gardnar 4-6, 6-2, 9-11, 6-4, 6-2

Orlando Florida State Championships (Jan. 25 final)
R32 defeated Adel Sberger, Bud 6-0, 6-0
R16 defeated Windham, Jim 6-2, 9-7
QF defeated Balbiers, Ricardo 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
SF defeated Dorfman, Irvin 6-8, 10-8, 8-6, 6-4
MF defeated Buse, Enrique 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

La Jolla (started Feb. 13)
1R bye
2R defeated Rose 6-1, 6-3
3R defeated Falkenburg, T. 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
QF lost to Likas, Harry 6-3, 6-4 (third round)

Southern California Championships, on grass at Lakewood (May 16 final)
1R defeated Davis, J.
2R defeated Hickman, F. 6-3, 6-4
3R defeated Kerr, J. 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
R16 defeated Chambers, T. 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
QF defeated Brown, Tom 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6, 6-1
SF lost to Falkenburg, Robert 7-5, 6-3, 6-3

Berkeley California State Championships (June 13 final)
R128 bye
R64 defeated Culver, Bob 6-2, 6-3
R32 defeated Rasmussen, Ray 6-0, 6-3
R16 defeated Buttimer, Harry 6-3, 6-2
QF defeated Larsen, Art 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
SF defeated Moylan, Eddie 8-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
MF defeated Cochell, Earl 1-6, 10-8, 6-3, 6-4

New Jersey State Championships in Orange, NJ
R128 defeated Austin, William 6-2, 6-0
R64 defeated Tabor, Tom 6-0, 7-5
R32 defeated Bassford, Henry H. 6-0, 6-8, 6-2
R16 defeated Hall, J. Gilbert 6-3, 6-3
QF defeated Schwartz, Sidney 8-6, 6-0
SF defeated Savitt, Dick 7-5, 8-6, 6-3
MF defeated McNeil, Don 6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0

Tri-State Championships (I found this at Tennis Base) ending July 4, on clay
R16 defeated Roddey, Oliver 6-2, 4-6, 10-8
QF defeated Pero, George 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
SF lost to Behrens, Herbert 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2

Indianapolis Western Championships (July 11 final) on clay
R64 bye
R32 defeated Burns Jr., Ralph 7-5, 6-3
R16 defeated Molloy, Tom 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
QF defeated Herren, Wade 6-4, 6-3
SF defeated Flam, Herbert 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5
MF defeated Tuero, Jack 6-3, 6-1, 6-3

River Forest U.S. Clay Court
R64 defeated Burrows, Harold 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
R32 defeated Garrett, Gene 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
R16 defeated Saul, Arnold 6-2, 6-2
QF defeated Dorfman, Irvin 8-6, 6-1, 9-11, 9-7
SF defeated Flam, Herbert 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
MF defeated Carter, Clarence 7-5, 6-2, 6-3

Washington State (I found this at Tennis Base), July 25 final
R32 defeated Linden, Carl 6-1, 6-0
R16 defeated Ehmke, Merrill 6-2, 6-3
QF defeated Beisser, Arnold 6-3, 6-4
SF defeated Stewart, Hugh 6-3, 6-3, 7-5
MF defeated Neale, Emery 6-4, 6-4, 7-5

Seabright
R32 Lost to Dorfman, Irvin 2-6, 15-13, 7-5 (July 27)

Southampton Meadow Club (Aug. 8 final)
R64 defeated Clark, Straight 7-9, 6-3, 6-4
R32 defeated Hall, J. Gilbert 6-4, 6-2
R16 defeated Brink, James 6-3, 6-2
QF defeated Mulloy, Gardnar 6-2, 6-2
SF defeated Bartzen, Tut 1-6, 12-10, 6-4, 6-1
MF defeated Patty, Budge 6-3, 6-0, 6-3

Eastern Grasscourt
R64 defeated Hawley, Donald 6-3, 11-9 (Aug. 9)
R32 defeated Oliver, Charles 15-13, 6-2
R16 lost to Mulloy, Gardnar 8-6, 6-8, 6-0

Newport
R128 defeated Crosby, Thomas 6-2, 6-3
R64 defeated Sorlein, Richard 6-2, 6-3
R32 defeated Shea, Gilbert 7-5, 6-4
R16 Lost to Match, Samuel 10-8, 6-3 (Aug. 19)

U.S. Nationals
R128 bye
R64 defeated Hecht, Ladislav 8-6, 6-3, 6-1
R32 defeated Ganzenmuller, August 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
R16 defeated Larsen, Art 6-2, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
QF defeated Parker, Frank 8-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
SF defeated Drobny, Jaroslav 8-10, 11-9, 6-0, 6-3
MF defeated Sturgess, Eric 6-2, 6-3, 14-12

Pacific Southwest (October)
R64 defeated Fleitz, John 6-1, 6-3
R32 defeated Kellogg, Gayle 6-4, 6-4
R16 defeated Mottram, Tony 6-2, 6-0
QF defeated Quist, Adrian 7-9, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
SF lost to Schroeder, Ted 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 10-8

National Hard Court (October 11 final)
R64 defeated Bakulich, Norman 6-1, 6-2
R32 defeated Beale, William 6-2, 8-6
R16 defeated Gossler, George 8-6, 6-1
QF defeated Likas, Harry 5-7, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6
SF defeated Larsen, Art 6-2, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
MF lost to Schroeder, Ted 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Pan-American in Mexico City (October 23 final)
R64 defeated Ramos, Alfredo 6-4, 6-2
R32 defeated Millet, Alfredo 8-6, 6-2
R16 defeated Macken, Brendan 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
QF defeated Seixas, Vic 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, 13-11
SF lost to Sturgess, Eric 11-9, 6-0, 6-4

Brentwood exo on Dec. 12
Lost to Stewart, Hugh 6-4

Gary Duane · May 13, 2016

I think these stats support the idea that winning on the pro tour was harder than it has ever been otherwise, and that's what gave the old pros such a huge advantage at the beginning of Open tennis.

I lot of it is like watching Fed, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray playing each other, week after week, when they were all close to their strongest. Just the idea is mind-boggling.

BobbyOne · May 13, 2016

krosero said:
And the tournament record:

Year Won Lost Played %

1947....2....16....18....11.11%

1948....9....10....19....47.37%

1949....9....9....18....50.00%

1950....2....1....3....66.67%

1951....1....4....5....20.00%

1952....6....3....9....66.67%

1953....3....3....6....50.00%

1954....33....43....76....43.42%

1955....4....0....4....100.00%

1956....8....2....10....80.00%

1957....5....2....7....71.43%

1958....8....6....14....57.14%

1959....5....9....14....35.71%

1960....1....0....1....100.00%

1961....5....3....8....62.50%

1962

1963....0....1....1....0.00%

1964....5....13....18....27.78%

1965....4....15....19....21.05%

1966....4....2....6....66.67%

1967....1....10....11....9.09%

1968....1....17....18....5.56%

1969....2....26....28....7.14%

1970....2....13....15....13.33%

1971....2....8....10....20.00%

1972....3....14....17....17.65%

1973....1....11....12....8.33%

1974

1975

1976....0....1....1....0.00%

krosero, Please can you tell us which tournament Pancho won in 1973. I did not know he did.

krosero · May 13, 2016

BobbyOne said:
krosero, Please can you tell us which tournament Pancho won in 1973. I did not know he did.

Bobby, thanks for asking (and sharp eye again). He didn't win any tournament in the calendar year '73. The event he won was the Rothman's International in Kingston, Jamaica in December '72 (it's listed at Wikipedia). The reason I have it in '73 is that I was working with tournament performance records given by World Tennis at the end of the season. They worked with an October-September calendar; as you know tennis publications back then often issued season-ending rankings and other such seasonal summaries shortly after the USO in September.

So when I layed out the numbers in Excel, I used that calendar, just so I could keep track of my numbers against World Tennis' numbers.

I hope all this will be clearer when I lay out the actual record.

This is one of the reasons I wanted to start posting this material -- for feedback of this kind. Thanks for spotting that!

krosero · May 13, 2016

1949

He ended this year again ranked #1 by the USLTA, and turned pro.

Palm Springs
QF defeated Kelleher, Bob 6-2, 6-0
SF lost to Flam, Herbert 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 (Jan. 8)

LA Metropolitan at Griffith Park (over multiple weekends, starting Jan. 15)
1R bye
2R defeated Johnson, Hugh 6-2, 6-4(Jan. 23; match was replayed from the beginning, following a 6-3, 9-11 start on Jan. 16, disrupted by high winds)
3R defeated Bassett, Glenn 6-2, 6-2 (Jan. 23)
QF defeated Stewart, Hugh 6-3, 6-0 (Jan. 30)
SF defeated McNamara, Myron 6-0, 6-8, 6-3 (Feb. 19)
MF defeated Greenberg 6-1, 8-6 (Feb. 20)

La Jolla (Feb. 4-13, played over two weekends)
1R defeated Mosler, Harold 6-1, 6-2
2R defeated Hill, Robert 6-1, 6-0
R16 defeated Rurac 6-1, 6-2
QF defeated Larsen, Arthur 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
SF defeated Cochell, Earl 6-3, 6-2
MF defeated Schroeder, Ted (reported as first win in their rivalry, following 7 losses)

U.S. Indoor in New York (March 26 final)
R64 defeated Schnaars, Jim 6-3, 6-2
R32 defeated Lurie, Bill 6-2, 6-2
R16 defeated Weir, Dr. Reginald S. 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
QF defeated Hirschfold, Lester 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
SF defeated McNeill, Don 4-6, 6-4, 9-7, 6-3
MF defeated Talbert, Bill 10-8, 6-0, 4-6, 9-7

River Oaks
R32 defeated Laborde, Leo 6-0, 7-5
R16 defeated Curtis, Robert 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
QF Lost to Match, Samuel 6-2, 6-1

Ojai
SF defeated Shea, Gilbert 7-5, 6-2 (second day of tournament; on the first day he’d received a walkover)
MF defeated Falkenburg, Robert 7-5, 6-3

Southern California vs. Northern California, in LA (team competition)
Defeated Match, Samuel 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 (reported as first ever victory over Match)

Southern California Championships (May 7-15)
2R defeated Tong, Allen 6-1, 6-3
3R defeated Counts, George 10-8, 6-1
4R defeated Fleitz, John 6-2, 6-3
R16 defeated Moreno, J. 6-2, 6-4
QF defeated Larsen, Art 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
SF defeated Falkenburg, Robert 2-6, 4-6, 6-0, 10-8, 11-9
MF lost to Schroeder, Ted 6-1, 6-0, 6-2

French Championships
R128 bye
R64 defeated Gentien, Antoine 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
R32 defeated Dubuc, Roger 8-6, 6-2, 9-7
R16 defeated Johansson, Torsten 15-13, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
QF defeated Bernard, Marcel 6-1, 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
SF lost to Patty, Budge 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Dutch Championships at Noordwijk
Starting May 30
1R defeated Dehnert, Fred of Holland 6-2, 6-4
2R defeated Devrow, J. of Belgium, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
3R defeated Wilton, Huub of Holland 6-3, 6-4
QF defeated Puncec, Franjo 6-4, 2-6, 5-4 ret.
SF defeated Harper, Jack 3-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
MF lost to Sturgess, Eric 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2

Wimbledon
R128 defeated Brichant, Jacques 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
R64 defeated Grandet, Christian 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
R32 defeated Coen, Marcel 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
R16 lost to Brown, Geoff 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Spring Lake (July 10 final)
R32 defeated Du Manoir, George 6-2, 6-1
R16 defeated Martin, Alastair
QF defeated Shields, Frank 6-4, 6-2
SF lost to Talbert, Bill 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

River Forest U.S. Clay Court (July 17 final)
R64 defeated Anger, Herbert 6-0, 6-2
R32 defeated Hetzeck, Alexander 6-3, 6-2
R16 defeated Deimling, Keston 6-1, 6-0, 6-2
QF defeated Larsen, Art 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
SF defeated Seixas, Vic 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
MF defeated Parker, Frank 6-1, 3-6, 8-6, 6-3

Haverford Pennsylvania Grass Court (July)
R64 defeated Perchonock, Dave 6-3, 6-4
R32 defeated Geller, Jack 6-4, 6-4
R16 defeated Trabert, Tony 7-5, 11-9
QF defeated Stewart, Hugh 6-3, 7-5
SF defeated Flam, Herbert 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 9-11, 8-6
MF defeated Seixas, Vic 6-4, 6-1, 6-0

Southampton (July 31 final) (50-man field)
R64 bye
R32 defeated Tully, William 6-2, 9-7
R16 defeated Shields, Frank
QF defeated Dorfman, Irvin 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
SF defeated Mulloy, Gardnar 12-14, 10-8, 6-4, 6-0
MF lost to Talbert, Bill 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Newport Casino Invitational (Aug. 22)
R128 bye
R64 defeated Mouledous, Richard 13-11, 6-4
R32 defeated Molloy, Tom 7-5, 6-4
R16 defeated Brink, James 6-2, 6-3
QF defeated Flam, Herbert 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
SF defeated Ampon, Felicisimo 8-6, 6-4, 6-3
MF defeated Mulloy, Gardnar 10-8, 9-11, 6-3, 6-4

Davis Cup World Group final
USA d. AUS 4-1 at Forest Hills
Aug. 26-28
R2 defeated Sedgman, Frank 8-6, 6-4, 9-7
R5 defeated Sidwell, Bill 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

U.S. Nationals
R128 ?
R64 defeated Geller, Jack 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
R32 defeated Clark, Straight 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
R16 defeated Brink, James 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
QF defeated Larsen, Art 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
SF defeated Parker, Frank 3-6, 9-7, 6-3, 6-2
MF defeated Schroeder, Ted 16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

LA Pacific Southwest (Sept.)
R64 defeated Johnson, Hugh 6-1, 6-0
R32 defeated Garrett, Gene 6-2, 7-5
R16 defeated Saul, Arnold 9-7, 9-7
QF defeated Ampon, Felicisimo 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
SF defeated Sturgess, Eric 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
MF defeated Schroeder, Ted 6-3, 9-11, 8-6, 6-4

urban · May 13, 2016

That are really fine stats and results. I hadn't know those results of Gonzalez before. The amateurs had some really good, yet forgotten players like Patty, Drobny or Sturgess. One note: The name Al Bunis triggers a ring in my ear. Wasn't he a promoter later, who wrote a book on the old champs?

BobbyOne · May 14, 2016

krosero said:
Bobby, thanks for asking (and sharp eye again). He didn't win any tournament in the calendar year '73. The event he won was the Rothman's International in Kingston, Jamaica in December '72 (it's listed at Wikipedia). The reason I have it in '73 is that I was working with tournament performance records given by World Tennis at the end of the season. They worked with an October-September calendar; as you know tennis publications back then often issued season-ending rankings and other such seasonal summaries shortly after the USO in September.

So when I layed out the numbers in Excel, I used that calendar, just so I could keep track of my numbers against World Tennis' numbers.

I hope all this will be clearer when I lay out the actual record.

This is one of the reasons I wanted to start posting this material -- for feedback of this kind. Thanks for spotting that!

krosero, Thanks for the explanation. I guess the same "problem" is correct also for the late 1971 Kingston win that you maybe transfered to 1972 because, as far as I know, Gonzalez won "only" three tournaments in 1972, not four if we re-transfer the second Kingston event back to 1972 instead of 1973. Both events were held in December, the first in 1971 , the second in 1972.

BobbyOne · May 14, 2016

urban said:
That are really fine stats and results. I hadn't know those results of Gonzalez before. The amateurs had some really good, yet forgotten players like Patty, Drobny or Sturgess. One note: The name Al Bunis triggers a ring in my ear. Wasn't he a promoter later, who wrote a book on the old champs?

urban, Bunis ran the Grand Masters series (Laver, Rosewall, Emerson, Santana etc. in the 1980's. Don't know if he wrote such a book.

Limpinhitter · May 14, 2016

Great work, Kros. Greatly appreciated by everyone, I'm sure.

I want to point out that I notice in some cases you use first names and in others, not. For example, I see Mulloy and Falkenburg listed several times. But, I also see Tom Mulloy, Tom Molloy and Tom Falkenburg listed. Is this due to lack of complete records, a possible transcription error? I am not familiar with any of the Toms listed, only Gardnar and Bob. Are the last names only intended to be Gardnar and Bob?

BobbyOne · May 14, 2016

krosero said:
1949

He ended this year again ranked #1 by the USLTA, and turned pro.

Palm Springs
QF defeated
SF lost to Flam 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

LA Metropolitan
QF defeated
SF defeated
MF defeated Greenberg, Seymour 6-1, 8-6

La Jolla
R16 defeated
QF defeated Larsen, Arthur 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
SF defeated Cochell, Earl 6-3, 6-2
MF defeated Schroeder (reported as first win in their rivalry, following 7 losses)

U.S. Indoor in New York (March 26 final)
R64 defeated Schnaars, Jim 6-3, 6-2
R32 defeated Lurie, Bill 6-2, 6-2
R16 defeated Weir, Dr. Reginald S. 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
QF defeated Hirschfold, Lester 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
SF defeated McNeill 4-6, 6-4, 9-7, 6-3
MF defeated Talbert 10-8, 6-0, 4-6, 9-7

River Oaks
R32 defeated Laborde, Leo 6-0, 7-5
R16 defeated Curtis, Robert 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
QF Lost to Match, Samuel 6-2, 6-1

Ojai
SF defeated Gilbert Shea 7-5, 6-2 (second day of tournament; on the first day he’d received a walkover)
MF defeated Falkenburg 7-5, 6-3

Southern California vs. Northern California, in LA
Defeated Match, Samuel 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 (reported as first ever victory over Match)

Southern California Championships (May 7-15)
2R defeated Tong, Allen 6-1, 6-3
3R defeated Counts, George 10-8, 6-1
4R defeated Fleitz, John 6-2, 6-3
R16 defeated Moreno, J. 6-2, 6-4
QF defeated Larsen 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
SF defeated Falkenburg 2-6, 4-6, 6-0, 10-8, 11-9
MF lost to Schroeder 6-1, 6-0, 6-2

French Championships
R128 bye
R64 defeated Gentien 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
R32 defeated Dubuc 8-6, 6-2, 9-7
R16 defeated Johansson 15-13, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
QF defeated Bernard 6-1, 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
SF lost to Patty 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Dutch Championships at Noordijk
Starting May 30
1R defeated Dehnert, Fred of Holland 6-2, 6-4
2R defeated Devrow, J. of Belgium, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
3R defeated Wilton, Huub of Holland 6-3, 6-4
QF defeated Puncec 6-4, 2-6, 5-4 ret.
SF defeated Harper, Jack 3-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
MF lost to Sturgess 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2

Wimbledon
R128 defeated Brichant 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
R64 defeated Grandet 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
R32 defeated Coen 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
R16 lost to Brown 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Spring Lake (July 10 final)
R32 defeated Du Manoir, George 6-2, 6-1
R16 defeated Martin, Alastair
QF defeated Shields, Frank 6-4, 6-2
SF lost to Talbert 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

River Forest U.S. Clay Court (July 17 final)
R64 defeated Anger, Herbert 6-0, 6-2
R32 defeated Hetzeck, Alexander 6-3, 6-2
R16 defeated Deimling 6-1, 6-0, 6-2
QF defeated Larsen 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
SF defeated Seixas 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
MF defeated Parker 6-1, 3-6, 8-6, 6-3

Haverford Pennsylvania Grass Court (July)
R64 defeated Perchonock, Dave 6-3, 6-4
R32 defeated Geller, Jack 6-4, 6-4
R16 defeated Trabert, Tony 7-5, 11-9
QF defeated Stewart, Hugh 6-3, 7-5
SF defeated Flam 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 9-11, 8-6
MF defeated Seixas 6-4, 6-1, 6-0

Southampton (July 31 final) (50-man field)
R64 bye
R32 defeated Tully, William 6-2, 9-7
R16 defeated Shields, Frank
QF defeated Dorfman, Irvin 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
SF defeated Mulloy 12-14, 10-8, 6-4, 6-0
MF lost to Talbert 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Newport Casino Invitational (Aug. 22)
R128 bye
R64 defeated Mouledous, Richard 13-11, 6-4
R32 defeated Molloy, Tom 7-5, 6-4
R16 defeated Brink, James 6-2, 6-3
QF defeated Flam 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
SF defeated Ampon 8-6, 6-4, 6-3
MF defeated Mulloy 10-8, 9-11, 6-3, 6-4

Davis Cup World Group final
USA d. AUS 4-1 at Forest Hills
Aug. 26-28
R2 defeated Sedgman 8-6, 6-4, 9-7
R5 defeated Sidwell 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

U.S. Nationals
R128 ?
R64 defeated Geller 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
R32 defeated Clark 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
R16 defeated Brink 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
QF defeated Larsen 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
SF defeated Parker 3-6, 9-7, 6-3, 6-2
MF defeated Schroeder 16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

LA Pacific Southwest (Sept.)
R64 defeated Johnson, Hugh 6-1, 6-0
R32 defeated Garrett, Gene 6-2, 7-5
R16 defeated Saul, Arnold 9-7, 9-7
QF defeated Ampon 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
SF defeated Sturgess 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
MF defeated Schroeder 6-3, 9-11, 8-6, 6-4

krosero, Please write "Noordwijk"

Tom Molloy, by the way, was an Australian player who later turned pro but with modest success.

It might be of interest that Pancho beat a Richard Mouledous at Newport 13-11, 6-4. That same Mouledous was described by Tilden in his 1950 book "How to play better tennis" as one of the best juniors: "Richard Mouledous, Tony Trabert and George Gentry are not bad"... But the best junior was Buddy Behrens at that time. But generally Tilden did not see a real great prospect among the juniors unlike earlier periods with their Richards, Shields, Parker, Patty and Falkenburg (Tilden wrote Falkenberg). It's astounding that out of the 1950 group of juniors only Trabert improved whereas the other ones all vanished from the scene. But at least Mouledous lost a set to Big Pancho only by 11:13...

krosero · May 14, 2016

BobbyOne said:
krosero, Thanks for the explanation. I guess the same "problem" is correct also for the late 1971 Kingston win that you maybe transfered to 1972 because, as far as I know, Gonzalez won "only" three tournaments in 1972, not four if we re-transfer the second Kingston event back to 1972 instead of 1973. Both events were held in December, the first in 1971 , the second in 1972.

Yes, that's correct. I'll do a little update of the tournament list, after I transfer the numbers to calendar years. That way they will line up with the match win/loss records which are all in calendar years.

Incidentally I only needed to count with the October-September season in the years 1969-73 because those were the years I used World Tennis as a resource. Before those years I was using McCauley, newspapers, etc.

krosero · May 14, 2016

Limpinhitter said:
Great work, Kros. Greatly appreciated by everyone, I'm sure.

I want to point out that I notice in some cases you use first names and in others, not. For example, I see Mulloy and Falkenburg listed several times. But, I also see Tom Mulloy, Tom Molloy and Tom Falkenburg listed. Is this due to lack of complete records, a possible transcription error? I am not familiar with any of the Toms listed, only Gardnar and Bob. Are the last names only intended to be Gardnar and Bob?

Thanks Limpin, I will check my sources for these years (mainly American Lawn Tennis) and see if I can clean up the names. Occasionally ALT made slight errors but the mistakes here could well be my own; I've always been most concerned with taking down scores and admittedly sloppy with recording names.

I'll probably do this clean-up for the amateur years now, before I jump into the pro years. Not tonight but soon.

Always nice to see people reading one's work at this level of detail.

krosero · May 16, 2016

I've transferred those tournament figures in the OE to calendar years; they now line up with the match win/loss records.

In the amateur years I've also added first names, where available in my sources. I made two corrections in the process. The R16 opponent at Indianapolis in '48 was Tom Molloy (the player mentioned by BobbyOne), not "Tom Mulloy" as I had it. (I confirmed the opponent's name in a newspaper report). The other instances of "Mulloy" were all Gardnar Mulloy, which I've noted in the list.

And that same year in the Southern California Champs., Gonzalez lost to Robert Falkenburg, not Tom Falkenburg (another player altogether) as I had it.

krosero · Dec 18, 2016

I've continued researching Gonzalez's pro years and I'd like to post now what I have, year by year.

I'll also edit the win/loss and tournament figures above to reflect some new findings. There aren't a lot of new findings but a few are quite interesting.

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1950

I have Gonzalez at 46-103

37-102 in tour matches (including 27-96 in the World Series, though all the newspaper reports I've seen at tour-end had 29-94; Tennis Base also has 29 wins)

9-1 in tournaments

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TOUR MATCHES

27-96 in World Series against Kramer (Tennis Base has 29 wins)

0-1 against Riggs during World Series
(lost on May 20 in Chicago, score unknown)

10-5 in New Zealand (tour ran from late November-late December), going by a 9-4 record documented at Tennis Base (2-3 vs. Pails, 5-0 vs. Budge, 2-1 vs. Parker) and McCauley’s report that the full H2H against Pails was 3-4. McCauley reported that Pails won the tour with a record of 11-4 (5-0 over Parker, 4-3 over Gonzalez, 2-1 over Budge), just slightly better than Gonzalez’s 10-5.

The World Series against Kramer, which ran from October 25, 1949 to May 21, 1950, is documented at https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/kramer-vs-gonzales-1949-1950-pro-tour.516259/ and at Tennis Base.

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TOURNAMENTS

(Going forward I'll be marking all his title victories in bold. Italics will denote information that is not McCauley.)

2-1 in Paris Indoor Pro at Coubertin (January) (McCauley has this event but did not mention Gonzalez)

4-0 in Philadelphia Pro (March 22-26) (McCauley had only the final over Kramer)

3-0 Wembley Pro (October)

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And like I said above, for the pro years I won't have detailed information for each match (score, opponent); compiling such a list will take a good while longer. But for each of the pro years I'll end each post with a full list of matches from the new results, ie, results that are not in McCauley.

So for this year 1950:

Paris Indoor Pro (results per Tennis Base)
January
RR Kramer d. Gonzalez 6-1, 6-3
RR Gonzalez d. Parker, Frank 6-0, 6-3
RR Gonzalez d. Segura 8-6, 11-9

Philadelphia Pro
March 22-26
R16 Gonzalez d. Richards, Vincent 6-2, 6-3
QF Gonzalez d. Segura 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
SF Gonzalez d. Riggs 8-6, 10-8
F Gonzalez d. Kramer 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

krosero · Dec 18, 2016

In Gonzalez's amateur period his yearly ranking is a simple matter, since the USLTA issued the rankings for all the players. The pro years are quite different. The H2H tour between Kramer and Gonzalez produced a champion but it could not produce an official ranking list of all pros, obviously. The National Professional Tennis Players Association did issue its official rankings of the following pros, with Kramer included but Gonzalez missing: Segura at number one followed by Kramer, Kovacs, Riggs, Van Horn, Parker, Carl Earn, Jimmy Evert, Nogrady, Joe Fishbach, Jack Rodgers, Joe Whalen, Al Doyle, Robert "Junior" Stubbs, Jimmy Adler, March, Faunce, Vivian McGrath, Pierre Pellizza, Bill Kenney.

I don't know exactly when that list was published (in '51 it was published in July, right after the World Pro Championships in Lakewood Park). It may have taken into account only certain tournaments sanctioned by the pro association.

After his loss to Kramer on the big tour Gonzalez deliberately took a long period off from tennis, to re-tool and re-group.

krosero · Dec 18, 2016

1951

I have Gonzalez at 62-20

42-12 in tour matches
20-8 in tournaments

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TOUR MATCHES

36-6 on Australia tour vs. Pails, Parker, Budge (but Tennis Base has 7 losses documented)

3-1 on US tour vs. Tilden, Parker, Rogers (April/May) [McCauley had only one stand recorded, at Sacramento], many missing results

1-0 LA exo vs. Riggs 8-6, 6-1(July 12)

2-5 in South America vs. Segura

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TOURNAMENTS

1-1 in Los Angeles Round-Robin at Beverly Wilshire Hotel (March 17-18)

4-1 in US Pro Indoor at Philadelphia (McCauley incorrectly had February; on last day, March 31, Gonzalez lost to Kramer)

3-0 in Salt Lake RR (May 4-6) (new title) over Tilden, Parker, Rogers

4-1 in US Pro Forest Hills Grasscourt (Jun-Jul) (per Tennis Base; McCauley had only 3-1) (won by Segura)

2-2 in Berlin Round Robin (flew to Europe on Sept. 19 for this event), finished third behind Segura and Carl Earn

4-0 in Wembley Pro (Sept 24-28)

1-1 provisional match record in unknown event in Europe, defeated Segura (but did not win title)

0-1 provisional match record in unknown event in Europe, lost to Segura

1-1 Oslo (Oct. 11-12) (“wound up a month and a half tour of Europe” per report)

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And the new results not in McCauley:

Los Angeles Round-Robin at Beverly Wilshire Hotel (March 17-18)
Gonzalez d. Rogers, Bob 8-3
Budge d. Gonzalez 8-3
Budge won tournament

Oct. 11 in Oslo
Segura d. Earn 6-1, 6-1
Gonzalez d. Riggs 9-7, 7-9, 6-0

Oct. 12 in Oslo
Segura d. Gonzalez 6-8, 8-6, 6-3
Earn d. Riggs 6-3, 6-3

Presumably we are missing more results from Europe.

McCauley was also missing the spring US tour and the South America tour, I'll make separate posts for each of those.

krosero · Dec 18, 2016

Gonzalez participated in a US tour with Bill Tilden, Frank Parker and George Lyttleton-Rogers; the latter was the organizer of the tour. It was billed as Tilden's last-ever tour.

Gonzalez wrote in his memoir that he met Tilden once and defeated him 6-1, 6-2, but on this tour I found a meeting between them that Pancho won 10-8, 7-5.

McCauley had only one result from this tour, in Sacramento on April 13.

A UP report on April 2 said that the tour “will cover the entire country, playing five days a week with about 80 stops scheduled.”

The following is what I could find.

April 7-8 in Palm Springs, opening stand
Unknown results

April 10 in Modesto, CA
Rogers d. Tilden 15-13
Parker d. Gonzalez 16-14
Tilden/Parker defeated Gonzalez/Rogers 6-2

April 12 in San Jose
Gonzalez vs. Parker
Tilden vs. Rogers

April 13 in Sacramento
Gonzalez d. Parker 6-3, 7-9, 6-4
J. Jossi d. Tilden 8-6, 7-5
Tilden/Parker defeated Gonzalez/Rogers 6-2, 6-4

April 14 in Oakland
Unknown results

April 16 in Grants Pass, Oregon
Gonzalez d. Parker 6-4, 1-6, 8-6
Tilden 6-4, 8-10 Rogers
Gonzalez/Tilden defeated Parker/Rogers 6-3, 6-3

April 18 in Salem, Oregon
Gonzalez d. Parker 6-2, 7-5
Tilden/Rogers 6-2, 7-5, 6-6 Gonzalez/Parker
Tilden/Parker defeated Gonzalez/Rogers 7-5

April 21-22 in Portland, Oregon
Unknown results

May 4-6 RR tournament in Salt Lake (Friday evening, Sat and Sun afternoons)
Forest Dale Sports Center
Day 1
Gonzalez d. Rogers 8-6, 6-4
Parker d. Tilden 6-2, 6-3
Day 2
Gonzalez d. Tilden 10-8, 7-5
Parker vs. Rogers
Gonzalez/Parker defeated Tilden/Rogers 6-3, 6-0
Day 3
Gonzalez d. Parker 6-4, 6-4 (Gonzalez 8 aces and 20 placements, Parker 2 aces and 9 placements)
Rogers d. Tilden 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 (Rogers 8 aces and 8 placements, Tilden 7 aces and 21 placements)
Tilden/Parker defeated Gonzalez/Rogers 6-3, 11-9

Gonzalez dropped out of the tour after a while. I cannot find signs of him participating in the tour after Salt Lake. (He was not at the Cleveland tournament on June 12-17, though he was at Forest Hills on June 21-July 4). A May 26 newspaper mentioned that he was playing baseball in California; another reported that he and a couple of friends were confronted by an ex-con and briefly held at gunpoint outside of a cafe in Los Angeles on July 17.

Even Tilden seems to have dropped out sometime around Cleveland (June), in which he participated.

July 28-29 (Sat-Sun) in Omaha (Dewey courts)
Day 1
Kovacs d. Rogers
Kovacs d. Tatom, John (Omaha pro) 6-4, 6-4
Kovacs/Tatom defeated Rogers/Parker 7-5, 6-3

Day 2
Kovacs vs. Parker
Rogers vs. Tatom

July 30 in Des Moines
Kovacs, Parker, Rogers in a round-robin

The Des Moines Register reported that Rogers “is the third member of the touring pro troupe.” Another report on July 29 said that the three men were “on a summer tour.”

krosero · Dec 18, 2016

The South America tour was not previously documented anywhere; I posted the results already at http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=509319

Oct. 27 in Caracas
Segura d. Gonzalez 6-1, 6-4, 6-3

Oct. __ in Caracas (exact date unknown)
Gonzalez d. Segura, unknown score

Oct. 31 in Bogota
Segura d. Gonzalez 8-6, 6-4, 6-2

Nov. 5 in Bogota
Segura d. Gonzalez 6-3, 6-3, 6-1

Nov. 9 in Cali, Colombia
Segura d. Gonzalez 6-1, 6-0, 6-3

Nov. 10 in Guayaquil (red clay)
Segura d. Gonzalez 9-7, 6-3

Nov. 11 in Guayaquil (red clay)
Gonzalez d. Segura 6-3, 0-6, 7-5

krosero · Dec 18, 2016

This year ('51) Gonzalez was listed in the official rankings by the National Professional Tennis Players association. He was #3.

The Des Moines Register of July 30, 1951, previewing a tour match between Frank Parker and Kovacs:

Parker, twice national champ and holder of more titles than any other American, is famous for his back hand swipes and Kovacs, present world pro champ, gained his formidable spot through booming serves and a sound net game….

Kovacs, formerly known as the Clown Prince of tennis but supposedly deadly serious about the game as a pro, beat Pancho Segura in the final of the international professional championships at Cleveland, July 17.

He was given No. 1 rating for 1951 by the Professional Tennis association, succeeding Segura.

The Times of Shreveport, LA, July 19:

Cleveland, July 18 (AP)—The National Professional Tennis Players association today picked Frank Kovacs of Oakland, Calif., as its No. 1 player for 1951.

Kovacs won the national professional tennis championship’s Benrus trophy this summer. He succeeds Pancho Segura, Ecuadorian champ who now lives in New York City.

The rankings was announced here by George Lyttleton Rogers of Portland, Ore., board chairman of the association. Other players in the top 10, in order of rank, include:

Segura, Pancho Gonzales of Los Angeles, Jack Kramer of Los Angeles, Don Budge of Hollywood, Frank Parker of Hollywood, Bobbie Riggs of Los Angeles, Welby Van Horn of New York City, Carl Earn of Los Angeles and Bob Rogers of Los Angeles.

krosero · Dec 18, 2016

1952

I have Gonzalez at 30-6

2-1 in tour matches
28-5 in tournaments

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TOUR MATCHES

1-0 Exo match over Tilden per McCauley, 6-1, 6-2
1-0 over Segura at Eastbourne on August 4
0-1 in Zurich on Sept. 14

Exhibition in Santa Monica on May 14 vs. Tanasescu, Constantin

Regarding the Tilden match, and the tour within which it took place, I think McCauley has confused ’51 and ’52. He writes of ‘52:

There was no main tour this year but Gonzales made a minor one with Parker, Tilden and George Littleton-Rogers. Gonzales went head-to-head with Parker but we have no knowledge of the outcome. Pancho in his memoirs mentioned that he did play Tilden once and won easily 6-1 6-2.

I am sure this must be the '51 tour. I found no sign of it in '52.

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TOURNAMENTS

5-1 in Philadelphia Pro (March 21-29) (McCauley listed no matches but reported Gonzalez as the winner)

4-0 in California Pro "first annual World Professional Hardcourt Championship" in LA, beating Segura 5-7, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

3-1 in US/World Pro “third annual International Professional Tennis Tournament” in June, losing to Segura 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

1-2 in Paris Pro (June 27-29) [edit: this was on clay at Roland Garros]

5-0 in Slazenger Pro (July 28-Aug. 2) (per Tennis Base; McCauley had only 2-0)

2-1 in Ostend Pro (Aug. 23-25) on clay

2-0 in Berlin Pro (Aug. 30-31)

2-0 in Geneva Pro (week of Sept. 14)

4-0 in Wembley Pro (late Sept), was second seed, beat top-seeded Kramer in final 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 7-5

[Presumably missing many European tour matches]

The next year UP reported: “In 1952, Gonzales won the California pro championships, the world indoor crown and the British indoor competition. He defeated Jack Kramer in three tournaments and Segura in three out of four in which they both entered.”

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krosero · Dec 18, 2016

And the results not in McCauley:

Philadelphia Pro on March 21-29 (six nights of play)

March 21
Kramer d. Kovacs 7-5, 6-0
Gonzalez d. Segura 6-2, 6-4

March 22
Segura d. Kramer 6-0, 15-13
Gonzalez d. Kovacs 6-3, 6-4

March 24
Gonzalez d. Kramer 6-3, 6-4
Segura d. Kovacs 6-2, 6-2

March 26
Gonzalez d. Kramer 6-4, 6-4
Segura d. Kovacs 6-2, 6-3

March 28
Kovacs d. Gonzalez 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
Kramer d. Segura 4-6, 8-6, 6-3

March 29
Gonzalez d. Segura 6-2, 6-3 (tiebreaking rubber)
Kramer d. Kovacs 8-6, 6-2

(Kramer and Segura each finished 3-3)

California Pro/World Pro Hardcourts in LA (April 20 final)
Beverly-Wilshire Hotel
R16 Gonzalez d. Briggs, Stan 6-3, 6-1
QF Gonzalez d. Parker, Frank 6-3, 7-5
SF Gonzalez d. Budge 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
F Gonzalez d. Segura 5-7, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

Paris “French Professional tennis championships” (June 27-29, Fri-Sun)

Day 1:
Segura d. Kramer 6-3, 7-5
Gonzalez d. Budge 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Budge/Segura beat Gonzalez/Kramer 7-5, 6-1

Day 2:
Segura d. Budge 6-3, 6-2
Kramer d. Gonzalez 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

Budge/Gonzalez beat Kramer/Segura 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Day 3:
Kramer d. Budge 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
Segura d. Gonzalez 6-2, 6-2
Budge/Kramer defeated Gonzalez/Segura 6-1, 6-1

Segura finished 3-0, Kramer 2-1, Gonzalez 1-2, Budge 0-3.

Ostend “International Professional Tournament” Aug. 23-25

First day
Segura d. Pails 7-5, 6-3
Budge d. Gonzalez 6-4, 6-2
Gonzalez/Budge defeated Segura/Pails 6-4, 7-5

Second day
Gonzalez d. Pails 6-3, 6-1
Segura d. Budge 6-1, 6-2
Pails/Romanoni, Francesco of Italy defeated Budge/Curti, Andre of France 6-3, 6-4

Third day
Budge d. Pails 7-5, 7-5
Gonzalez d. Segura 6-2, 6-4
Gonzalez/Pails defeated Budge/Segura 7-5, 5-7, 6-4

Gonzalez and Segura each finished 2-1 here but Gonzalez took their personal meeting.

Geneva Pro (Tennis Base calls this “Gold Trophy” but I think that term was not used here until ’61)
Sept. 14 final
SF Gonzalez d. Pails 6-2, 6-1
SF Segura d. Budge 6-3, 6-4
F Gonzalez d. Segura 6-4, 6-3
3rd place Pails d. Budge 7-5, 6-2

Zurich (Tennis Base)
Sept. 14
Edit: this was not a tournament but rather a one-night stand
Segura d. Gonzalez 6-4, 6-4
Pails d. Budge 6-4, 6-3

Dan Lobb · Dec 18, 2016

krosero said:
In Gonzalez's amateur period his yearly ranking is a simple matter, since the USLTA issued the rankings for all the players. The pro years are quite different. The H2H tour between Kramer and Gonzalez produced a champion but it could not produce an official ranking list of all pros, obviously. The National Professional Tennis Players Association did issue its official rankings of the following pros, with Kramer included but Gonzalez missing: Segura at number one followed by Kramer, Kovacs, Riggs, Van Horn, Parker, Carl Earn, Jimmy Evert, Nogrady, Joe Fishbach, Jack Rodgers, Joe Whalen, Al Doyle, Robert "Junior" Stubbs, Jimmy Adler, March, Faunce, Vivian McGrath, Pierre Pellizza, Bill Kenney.

I don't know exactly when that list was published (in '51 it was published in July, right after the World Pro Championships in Lakewood Park). It may have taken into account only certain tournaments sanctioned by the pro association.

After his loss to Kramer on the big tour Gonzalez deliberately took a long period off from tennis, to re-tool and re-group.

According to Gonzales, Riggs told him that the pros had nothing for Gonzales after that tour against Kramer.

Limpinhitter · Dec 18, 2016

krosero said:
In Gonzalez's amateur period his yearly ranking is a simple matter, since the USLTA issued the rankings for all the players. The pro years are quite different. The H2H tour between Kramer and Gonzalez produced a champion but it could not produce an official ranking list of all pros, obviously. The National Professional Tennis Players Association did issue its official rankings of the following pros, with Kramer included but Gonzalez missing: Segura at number one followed by Kramer, Kovacs, Riggs, Van Horn, Parker, Carl Earn, Jimmy Evert, Nogrady, Joe Fishbach, Jack Rodgers, Joe Whalen, Al Doyle, Robert "Junior" Stubbs, Jimmy Adler, March, Faunce, Vivian McGrath, Pierre Pellizza, Bill Kenney.

I don't know exactly when that list was published (in '51 it was published in July, right after the World Pro Championships in Lakewood Park). It may have taken into account only certain tournaments sanctioned by the pro association.

After his loss to Kramer on the big tour Gonzalez deliberately took a long period off from tennis, to re-tool and re-group.

I wonder if that is the same Bob Stubbs as this:
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/di...bert-Stubbs&lc=4937&pid=180022468&mid=6934103

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

Dan Lobb said:
According to Gonzales, Riggs told him that the pros had nothing for Gonzales after that tour against Kramer.

It's true, he really was shut out for a time.

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

So these new titles should be added at some point to Gonzalez's Wikipedia page:

All 1947 titles I listed

1948 Washington State

1951 Salt Lake

1952 World Pro Hardcourt, Ostend Pro, Geneva Pro

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

There are many things that stand out for me in the new information and I'll mention just a few.

I was surprised to see that Budge had two wins over Gonzalez (LA in '51, Ostend in '52) apart from the well-known win in LA on the '54 tour.

Finding another Gonzalez/Tilden match was a great surprise. That entire tour is forgotten today. And in competitive terms it was surely not a challenge for Gonzalez. Tilden was 58 years old, Rogers 45, Parker 35. Parker was at least no gimme for Pancho and the two were the primary matchup throughout the tour, while Rogers usually faced Tilden; Gonzalez and Tilden did not meet until the troupe got to Salt Lake and held a RR tourney there. I doubt that there are other meetings between Pancho and Tilden on the '51 tour.

The Salt Lake Tribune had this little bit about the meeting:

Gonzales Edges Tilden in Brilliant S.L. Net Battle

Master Players Set More Duels Today

William T. (Big Bill) Tilden III flashed some of the tennis brilliance which earned him the title of the world’s greatest stylist Saturday afternoon at the Salt Lake Tennis Club before falling victim to youthful Pancho Gonzales of Los Angeles, 10-8, 7-5.

That contest was the feature match of the pro net tourney which winds up a three-session stand Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Forest Dale sports hub....

Saturday’s duel between Tilden and Gonzales will long be remembered by fans who turned out for the second session. Tilden’s amazing assortment of shots more than offset his court coverage and brought continued salvos of applause from the gallery. Through the first 15 games Gonzalez had only four more points than Tilden, 50-46.

Probably the best of Gonzalez's wins in the new results is the five-set win over Segura at the '52 Hardcourt in LA, coming from two sets down.

The LA Times had this:

Gonzales Triumphs in Five-Set Battle

BY BION ABBOTT

Chalk up another win for the good big man over the equally efficient little man. This time it was big Pancho Gonzales who proved the point as he outlasted little Pancho Segura in a five-set struggle that settled the singles titles of the $5000 World’s Professional Hardcourt Tennis Championships yesterday at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel.

While he lasted Segura waged a terrific battle but Gonzales’ extra height and reach and youth took their toll in the 5-7, 11-13, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 duel.

Collectively, the Panchos surged into the doubles finals with a 6-3, 12-10 win over Sam Match and Bob Rodgers….

Plenty to Spare

Pound for pound, Segura probably beat the dickens out of Gonzales but the winning Pancho had plenty of pounds to spare.

Gonzales’ performance was somewhat spotty. His backhand missed time after time and faltered under pressure. And his big first serve consistently failed to connect during the first two sets.

At the same time Segura played like a tiger until he ran out of gas midway through the third set. His return of service was so good he virtually neutralized his foe’s delivery in the first two sets. And he piled up a big edge in passing shots despite the fact that many were executed under extreme pressure.

Gonzales Leads

Only Segura’s phenomenal court coverage and never-say-die spirit enabled him to make the match a marathon. Gonzales held a 40-love lead on his own serve while ahead 5-4 in the first set and then lost five points in a row.

In the second set Gonzales scored the first service break in the seventh game but lost his own delivery right back in the eighth game when Segura scored on two passing shots and a pair of errors. The deciding break came in the 24th game.

Grows Stronger

But Gonzales seemed to grow stronger as Segura tired. The fiery little Ecuadorian suffered a letdown as the third set got under way, losing his serve in the first game. Segura still tried for a straight-set victory, however, and made his final threatening move in the eighth game when he once more cracked his foe’s serve. But Gonzales broke right back in the ninth game, and the match was as good as over.

During the afternoon Gonzales served 17 aces that Segura could not even touch. Only four of these were in the second set and he failed to score any in the first set. Gonzales polished off the final point with an ace.

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

Stats in posts #2 and #3 are now updated

NatF · Dec 19, 2016

Great to see you back posting @krosero as usual great information.

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

1953

I have Gonzalez at 14-4

0-0 in tour matches
14-4 in tournaments

McCauley has Gonzalez 15-9 in Australia over Sedgman, winning “decisively” over McGregor, Segura also participating; but I do not think this took place. McCauley seems to place this tour sometime in October but as of Nov. 20 Gonzalez and Sedgman had never yet met as pros (one report said that they had met only once, as amateurs, Gonzalez winning their Davis Cup meeting in 1949). On December 1 Sedgman returned to Australia to help the Aussie Davis Cup team, and he was reported to return to Kramer’s troupe on Jan. 1. So this looks simply like an incorrect duplicate of McCauley’s ’54 Aussie tour with the same 4 players and similar results.

In Man With A Racquet, Gonzalez writes that he'd gotten the better of Kramer since their 1949-50 tour: “In our rivalries since my lambastings on the tour, I held an 11-5 edge.”

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TOUR MATCHES

LA school one-set exo vs. Al Fiernan on July 22

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TOURNAMENTS

3-0 in US Pro at Lakewood, Ohio (June 16-21) (McGregor reported that Gonzalez had only played about a week of tennis before this tournament, possibly meaning the entire year from Jan. 1)

3-0 in California State Pro at Beverly Wilshire (Aug. 15-16, Sat-Sun)

3-0 in Canadian Pro (Sept. 20 final)

3-1 in Wembley Pro (Nov. 16-20) (seeded first, flew in from New York on Nov. 14 with the troupe), lost in final to Sedgman 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

1-1 in Paris Indoor Pro (Nov. 21-22) in Palais de Sports (McCauley missing semis)

0-1 in Geneva Pro (Nov. 25-26), probably missing a match here

1-1 in Lyon Pro (Nov. 27-28; McCauley incorrectly has Dec. 6) on clay

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A two-day stand scheduled for Aug. 8-9 in Scheveningen (The Hague) – to feature Gonzalez, Segura, Sedgman and McGregor – was cancelled on July 10 with the announcement that the pros would instead be playing in Italy on those dates. McCauley does report some results from a tour of Italy Aug. 7-14, but without Gonzalez participating.

This bit in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Aug. 28, reporting on the Nassau Bowl Invitational amateur tournament in Long Island, shows Gonzalez was home during the summer:

[Herbie] Flam, who's been practicing all Summer against the booming service of pro star Dick (Pancho) Gonzales, wasn't particularly bothered by Trabert's service.

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

And the activity not in McCauley. All of this is taken from Carlo Colussi's archived work at Wikipedia, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:World_number_one_male_tennis_player_rankings/Archive_2

Nov. 21-22 (Sat/Sun) in Paris
SF Sedgman d. Segura 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
SF Gonzalez d. Budge 6-2, 6-4
F Sedgman d. Gonzalez 6-1, 6-3
3rd place Segura d. Budge 6-4, 6-4

Nov. 25-26 in Geneva
Segura d. Cawthorn 6-4, 6-3
Sedgman d. Gonzalez 6-3, 7-5
(It's uncertain, but I am counting this as a tournament, as it was in ’52 and from ’56 onward.)

Nov. 27-28 in Lyon
On clay in Mechanics’ Hall in the local fairgrounds
SF Segura d. Gonzalez 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
SF Sedgman d. Crawthorn, Herbert 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
F Segura d. Sedgman 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
3rd place Gonzalez d. Cawthorn 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Sedgman/Crawthorn beat Gonzalez/Segura 6-3, 7-5

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

NatF said:
Great to see you back posting @krosero as usual great information.

And great to be back!

Just a shout-out to all, any help would be appreciated, now or later, particularly with European results.

pc1 · Dec 19, 2016

The Tilden matches are great finds. Clearly Tilden at his best was a super player. Thanks @krosero

thrust · Dec 19, 2016

krosero said:
And the tournament record:

Year Won Lost Played %

1947....2....16....18....11.11%

1948....9....10....19....47.37%

1949....9....9....18....50.00%

1950....2....1....3....66.67%

1951....2....7....9....22.22%

1952....7....3....10....70.00%

1953....3....4....7....42.86%

1954....31....43....74....41.89%

1955....4....1....5....80.00%

1956....8....4....12....66.67%

1957....5....3....8....62.50%

1958....8....8....16....50.00%

1959....5....9....14....35.71%

1960....1....0....1....100.00%

1961....5....3....8....62.50%

1962................

1963....0....1....1....0.00%

1964....5....13....18....27.78%

1965....4....15....19....21.05%

1966....6....2....8....75.00%

1967....1....10....11....9.09%

1968....2....21....23....8.70%

1969....2....25....27....7.41%

1970....1....14....15....6.67%

1971....3....6....9....33.33%

1972....3....15....18....16.67%

1973....0....9....9....0.00%

1974................

1975................

1976....0....1....1....0.00%

Perhaps I am misr

krosero said:
And the tournament record:

Year Won Lost Played %

1947....2....16....18....11.11%

1948....9....10....19....47.37%

1949....9....9....18....50.00%

1950....2....1....3....66.67%

1951....2....7....9....22.22%

1952....7....3....10....70.00%

1953....3....4....7....42.86%

1954....31....43....74....41.89%

1955....4....1....5....80.00%

1956....8....4....12....66.67%

1957....5....3....8....62.50%

1958....8....8....16....50.00%

1959....5....9....14....35.71%

1960....1....0....1....100.00%

1961....5....3....8....62.50%

1962................

1963....0....1....1....0.00%

1964....5....13....18....27.78%

1965....4....15....19....21.05%

1966....6....2....8....75.00%

1967....1....10....11....9.09%

1968....2....21....23....8.70%

1969....2....25....27....7.41%

1970....1....14....15....6.67%

1971....3....6....9....33.33%

1972....3....15....18....16.67%

1973....0....9....9....0.00%

1974................

1975................

1976....0....1....1....0.00%

eading these stats, but Poncho's tournament winning % is not very impressive, much to my surprise. Most of the years when he had a high % is when he played few tournaments. He seems to have been a much better one night or tour player than a tournament winner.

krosero · Dec 19, 2016

thrust said:
Perhaps I am misr

eading these stats, but Poncho's tournament winning % is not very impressive, much to my surprise. Most of the years when he had a high % is when he played few tournaments. He seems to have been a much better one night or tour player than a tournament winner.

It's actually quite high. I made a graph of this in an older thread, you can have a look here at the best 5-year rates: https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...17-alltime-greats.562591/page-2#post-10278364

He comes out at #2 there, behind only Budge (and he's #3 in the career chart which is just above the one linked to). As I've found more events his top 5-year rate has come down a little so he would currently be at #6:

5 YEAR % IN TOURNEYS...PLAYER....%....SPAN....Age

1....Budge....72.97%....1936-40....23

2....Vines....57.69%....1931-35....22

3....Borg....56.25%....1977-81....23

4....Federer....55.68%....2003-07....24

5....Lendl....54.67%....1985-89....27

6....Gonzalez....54.55%....1955-59....29

6....Connors....54.55%....1974-78....25

8....Laver....52.56%....1965-69....29

9....McEnroe....52.44%....1981-85....24

10....Djokovic....51.90%....2011-15....26

11....Rosewall....48.53%....1960-64....28

12....Sampras....39.58%....1993-97....24

13....Nadal....37.63%....2005-09....21

14....Becker....31.33%....1986-90....21

15....Edberg....26.60%....1987-91....23

16....Wilander....24.44%....1983-87....21

17....Agassi....24.10%....1992-96....24

But the differences at the top of the list are very small and there's no doubt he had a very high winning rate, both at his peak and throughout his career (his place on the career list remains unchanged, he's at #3).

The area where my career record for Gonzalez is weakest, I would say, is European tours and tournaments, in which Gonzalez seems to have had a lower winning rate. As I find more events in Europe his rates may go down, but not by much.

As for whether he was stronger in tournaments or in tours, it's hard to say. I think he was excellent in both. That question is hard to answer through a comparison with a lot of players because I only have the data broken down for a few players. For Gonzalez it breaks down like this: on the old pro tour he won 62.3% of all his tour matches (ie, one-night stands) and 73.7% of all his tournament matches (note I am speaking just of matches, not titles). Rosewall's breakdown is nearly identical: he won 62.0% of all his tour matches and 72.7% of all his tournament matches. With Laver there's a bit more of a spread: he won 56.6% of his tour matches and 79.5% of his tournament matches (but Laver was only on the old pro tour for 5 years so his final percentages are more affected by a single "bad" year such as he had in his rookie year on the long tour against Rosewall).

So the same pattern is there for all of them: all three players have higher percentages in tournaments than in tours. That is probably perfectly normal and I wouldn't be surprised to find the same pattern holding true for other players, like Kramer, if I had their breakdown.

So I wouldn't say Gonzalez was better on tours than in tournaments; I wouldn't say it of Rosewall or Laver either.

Statistically, I don't think that can be demonstrated.

thrust · Dec 19, 2016

krosero said:
It's actually quite high. I made a graph of this in an older thread, you can have a look here at the best 5-year rates: https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...17-alltime-greats.562591/page-2#post-10278364

He comes out at #2 there, behind only Budge (and he's #3 in the career chart which is just above the one linked to). As I've found more events his top 5-year rate has come down a little so he would currently be at #6:

5 YEAR % IN TOURNEYS...PLAYER....%....SPAN....Age

1....Budge....72.97%....1936-40....23

2....Vines....57.69%....1931-35....22

3....Borg....56.25%....1977-81....23

4....Federer....55.68%....2003-07....24

5....Lendl....54.67%....1985-89....27

6....Gonzalez....54.55%....1955-59....29

6....Connors....54.55%....1974-78....25

8....Laver....52.56%....1965-69....29

9....McEnroe....52.44%....1981-85....24

10....Djokovic....51.90%....2011-15....26

11....Rosewall....48.53%....1960-64....28

12....Sampras....39.58%....1993-97....24

13....Nadal....37.63%....2005-09....21

14....Becker....31.33%....1986-90....21

15....Edberg....26.60%....1987-91....23

16....Wilander....24.44%....1983-87....21

17....Agassi....24.10%....1992-96....24

But the differences at the top of the list are very small and there's no doubt he had a very high winning rate, both at his peak and throughout his career (his place on the career list remains unchanged, he's at #3).

The area where my career record for Gonzalez is weakest, I would say, is European tours and tournaments, in which Gonzalez seems to have had a lower winning rate. As I find more events in Europe his rates may go down, but not by much.

As for whether he was stronger in tournaments or in tours, it's hard to say. I think he was excellent in both. That question is hard to answer through a comparison with a lot of players because I only have the data broken down for a few players. For Gonzalez it breaks down like this: on the old pro tour he won 62.3% of all his tour matches (ie, one-night stands) and 73.7% of all his tournament matches (note I am speaking just of matches, not titles). Rosewall's breakdown is nearly identical: he won 62.0% of all his tour matches and 72.7% of all his tournament matches. With Laver there's a bit more of a spread: he won 56.6% of his tour matches and 79.5% of his tournament matches (but Laver was only on the old pro tour for 5 years so his final percentages are more affected by a single "bad" year such as he had in his rookie year on the long tour against Rosewall).

So the same pattern is there for all of them: all three players have higher percentages in tournaments than in tours. That is probably perfectly normal and I wouldn't be surprised to find the same pattern holding true for other players, like Kramer, if I had their breakdown.

So I wouldn't say Gonzalez was better on tours than in tournaments; I wouldn't say it of Rosewall or Laver either.

Statistically, I don't think that can be demonstrated.

Very interesting, thanks!

krosero · Dec 20, 2016

1954

I have Gonzalez at 128-59

30-15 in tour matches

98-44 in tournaments (including 85-41 in the World Series which this year was a series of tournaments rather than the usual one-night stands)

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TOUR MATCHES

0-1 in Santa Barbara against Segura (I have not found this event but the LA Times reported on Sept. 6 that Gonzalez had lost his last two matches against Segura, one in the Pacific Coast event, listed below, and one in Santa Barbara; it could be a tournament but I’ve left it as a one-off)

1-0 in Pro Challenge Beverly Hills against Segura (Sept. 6)

10-8 in Far East tour (Sept. 25-Oct. 27) (McCauley had incomplete results)

19-6 in Australia tour before Dec. 31 per Tennis Base, which has him at 12-3 after Dec. 31; McCauley has him at 35-11 in a summary of the 1954 portion of the tour (broken down as 16-9 over Sedgman, 15-0 over McGregor, 4-2 over Segura), but I think McCauley’s figure actually applies to the entire tour (I'll try to explain that below).

McCauley lists a tour match in Mexico City on April 3 as if it were separate from the World Series tour but in fact it was part of the 3-day tournament held there as part of that Series.

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TOURNAMENTS

85-41 in World Series (this full tally was not known to McCauley) (Jan. 3-May 30) over Sedgman, Segura, Budge, Riggs and Earn, picking up 29 titles

3-0 in US Pro Cleveland (Apr. 28-May 2)

4-0 in US Pro Hardcourts LA (June 8-13) (McCauley had only 2-0)

6-1 in Pacific Coast Pro (Aug. 20-22) (McCauley had only the final)

0-2 in Australian Pro Invitation, aka Aussie Pro (Nov. 26-27)

At the end of ’54 McCauley lists something called the “New York Pros,” but the results and scores are virtually identical to the opening stand of the world series back in January, which he already lists, as "Madison Square Garden – New York.” And that stand was part of the larger tour, not an independent tournament. Similarly, McCauley lists a “Boston Pro Indoors” in February, but that was the Boston stand of the larger tour rather than an independent tournament.

Complex year!

EDITED TO ADD THIS BREAKDOWN OF THE WORLD SERIES

GONZALEZ vs:

Sedgman 29-20
Segura 31-19
Budge 17-1
Riggs 4-1
Earn 4-0

SEDGMAN vs:

Gonzalez 20-29
Segura 22-23
Budge 13-0
Riggs 7-0
Earn 4-0

SEGURA vs:

Gonzalez 19-31
Sedgman 23-22
Budge 23-0
Riggs 5-0
Earn 5-0

BUDGE vs:

Gonzalez 1-17
Sedgman 0-13
Segura 0-23

RIGGS vs:

Gonzalez 1-4
Sedgman 0-7
Segura 0-5

EARN vs:

Gonzalez 0-4
Sedgman 0-4
Segura 0-5

Gonzalez was 85-41 overall. He was 16-10 in b3 matches and 69-31 in all remaining matches, all of the latter single-set matches (pro sets, first to 8 games).

krosero · Dec 20, 2016

And now some of the results not in McCauley

US Pro Hardcourts Champs (the title of the event as it appears in McCauley, who only had the last two rounds documented):
June 7-13

R16 Gonzalez d. Harman, Bob 6-4, 8-6
R16 Segura d. Gorchakoff, Ben 6-0, 6-2
R16 Bob Rogers d. Toley, George 6-3, 6-4
R16 Sammy Match d. Sabin, Wayne 6-1, 6-0
R16 Sedgman d. Pellizza, Pierre 6-0, 6-1
R16 Gene Mako d. Jossi, Jack 6-1, 6-4
R16 Earn d. Wesbrook, Walter 6-2, 6-2
R16 Constantin Tanasescu d. Faunce, Johnny 6-3, 6-4

QF Earn d. Rogers 6-1, 6-3
QF Segura d. Tanasescu 6-0, 6-1
QF Gonzalez d. Mako 6-0, 6-3
QF Sedgman d. Match 6-3, 6-2

SF Gonzalez d. Sedgman 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 (Pancho unbroken in all 15 service games)
SF Segura d. Earn 6-2, 6-3, 6-1

F Gonzalez d. Segura 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

3rd place Sedgman d. Earn 6-3, 6-1
5th place Match d. Rogers 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
8th place Toley d. Jossi 6-2, 11-9

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Pacific Coast Pro (McCauley has only the final)
Aug. 20-22

Day 1
Segura d. Rogers, G.L. 7-1
Segura d. Earn 7-1
Segura d. Houghton 8-0
Segura d. Faunce 8-0
Gonzalez d. Houghton 5-3
Gonzalez d. Rogers, B. 5-3
Gonzalez d. Match 6-3
(Segura reportedly leading with 31 games won, Gonzalez 16)

Day 2
Gonzalez d. Faunce 6-2
Gonzalez d. Rogers, G.L. 8-0
Gonzalez d. Earn 5-3
Segura d. Match 7-1
Segura d. Rogers, B. 5-3

(Segura reportedly having won a total of 42 games and lost 7, Gonzalez winning 35 and losing 13 for second place)

Segura d. Gonzalez in final 5-7, 7-5, 9-7

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Australian Pro Invitation, aka, Aussie Pro
“1st Australian professional tennis singles championship at Subiaco Oval in Perth”
Nov. 25-27

Day 1:
Pails d. McGregor 11-9, 6-2
Segura d. Bonner, Max 6-3, 6-4
Byes given to Sedgman and Gonzalez

Day 2:
SF Sedgman d. Pails 6-1, 6-3
SF Segura d. Gonzalez 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Day 3:
F Sedgman d. Segura 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Pails d. Gonzalez 6-3, 6-3
McGregor d. Bonner 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

I got all of the above in local newspaper reports. TB has the same results, and the same dates. McCauley puts the event in December and has incomplete results.

krosero · Dec 20, 2016

My results for the tour of Asia below. I believe I posted these somewhere, the only difference now is that I found the location of some stands in Japan where results are still unknown.

Sedgman won the tour as a whole with a narrow edge over Gonzalez and Segura.

[Results below updated and corrected]

Sept. 25 (Saturday), afternoon
Tokyo
Denen Coliseum (prob. clay)
Sedgman d. Gonzalez 7-5, 6-4
Segura d. Kramer 9-7, 6-2
Kramer/Segura defeated Sedgman/Gonzalez 8-6, 3-6, 6-3

Sept. 27 (Monday)
Tokyo
Denen Coliseum (prob. clay)
Kramer d. Gonzalez 2-6, 6-3, 8-6
Segura d. Sedgman 6-3, 6-8, 7-5
Sedgman/Segura defeated Kramer/Gonzalez 6-2, 6-1

Sept. 29
Osaka Prefectural Gym at night
Sedgman d. Kramer 6-3, 6-4
Gonzalez d. Segura 6-4, 6-4
Gonzalez/Segura beat Kramer/Sedgman 6-3, 6-4

Sept. 30
Osaka Prefectural Gym, 6 pm
Gonzalez d. Kramer 6-4, 6-3
Sedgman d. Segura 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Gonzalez/Kramer defeated Sedgman/Segura 4-6, 6-3, 10-8

Oct. 3 in Fukuoka
Higashi Park
Unknown results

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October 4 in Seoul
8th Army courts (clay)
Segura d. Kramer 8-4
Gonzalez d. Sedgman 8-5
Sedgman/Segura defeated Kramer/Gonzalez 8-5
Gonzalez/Segura defeated Sedgman/Golden, Grant (Pfc), “Far East service champion,” 8-5

October 5 in Seoul
8th Army courts (clay)
Kramer d. Sedgman 6-4
Segura d. Gonzalez 8-6
Gonzalez/Golden defeated Segura/Sedgman 10-8
(Gonzalez defeated Golden 7-5 “before all-Korean audience at Seoul City Stadium” earlier in the day)

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October 6 in Nagoya
Sakaecho Courts
Unknown results

October 9 in Sapporo
Sports Center
Sedgman d. Segura 6-4, 6-2
Kramer d. Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4
Segura/Sedgman defeated Kramer/Gonzalez 11-9, 6-4

October 11 (Monday)
Yokohama, “at Fryar Gym” per Nippon Times
Sedgman d. Kramer 6-4, 7-5
Gonzalez d. Segura 6-3, 6-4
Sedgman/Segura defeated Kramer/Gonzalez 6-4, 6-0

October 13 in Sendai
Miyagi Tennis Courts
Kramer d. Segura 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Gonzalez d. Sedgman 7-5, 6-4
Kramer/Sedgman defeated Gonzalez/Segura, unknown score

October 16 (Saturday 1 pm)
Tokyo
Denen Coliseum (prob. clay)
Segura d. Gonzalez 7-5, 7-5
Kramer d. Sedgman 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Kramer/Gonzalez defeated Sedgman/Segura 6-2, 7-5

October 17 (Sunday 1 pm)
Tokyo
Denen Coliseum (prob. clay)
Sedgman d. Gonzalez 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Segura d. Kramer 6-3, 6-3
Sedgman/Segura defeated Kramer/Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4

The Manila Times gave this summary of the Japan tour:

Firing back at reporters, thin-haired six-foot Kramer officially recognized as the world’s professional champion, bruited that he “can beat any of the hottest amateur’s today.”

It was a frank conjecture, though it slightly conflicted with his record in their Japanese tour where he lost six of 11 matches, won four and tied one with Sedgman.

Sedgman posted the best record, winning seven matches and losing three and tying one. Thirty-two-year-old Segura and 27-year-old Los-Angeles-born Mexican Gonzales, owner of the strongest service in tennis today, tied with five matches won and six lost.

Although Sedgman proved to be the most consistent, however, Segura stirred a lot of excitement by winning his closing matches to pull into his tie with Gonzales.

But the big match in the Manila series, as speculations go, appears to be Sedgman’s brawl with Gonzales—in the final set Sunday.

Some of the zest in their “big game” may probably be taken away by the condition of the local court which Kramer said is “slow.”

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October 20 in Manila
Wednesday 6 pm
Indoors in Rizal Coliseum (clay)
Gonzalez d. Kramer 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Segura d. Sedgman 11-9, 1-6, 6-2 (13 aces by Sedgman)
Kramer/Sedgman defeated Segura/Gonzalez 6-3, 6-2

These three matches were reported as “their 12th, 13th, and 14th in their current tour of the Far East.” Per the AP, “All players suffered from the heat as 12,000 persons packed Rizal Coliseum”.

Manila Times:

For Gonzales, it was actually his smashing service that nailed down Kramer and forced the 32-year-old recognized world tennis king into the defensive.

October 22 in Manila
Friday 6 pm
Indoors in Rizal Coliseum (clay)
Gonzalez d. Segura 6-3, 6-2
Sedgman d. Kramer 9-7, 3-6, 6-2
Gonzalez/Kramer defeated Sedgman/Segura 6-4, 6-1

October 24 in Manila
Sunday 5 pm
Indoors in Rizal Coliseum (clay)
Segura d. Kramer 6-2, 6-2
Sedgman d. Gonzalez 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Gonzalez/Sedgman defeated Kramer/Segura 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

Each man finished 2-1 in Manila singles, except Kramer who finished 0-3

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October 26 (Tuesday) in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Cricket Club Centre Court (“the comparatively slow court”)
Sedgman d. Segura 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
Gonzalez d. Kramer 6-2, 6-4
Gonzalez/Segura defeated Kramer/Sedgman 6-3, 6-2

October 27 (Wednesday) in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Cricket Club
Segura d. Kramer 9-7, 6-4
Gonzalez d. Sedgman 6-4, 6-2
Gonzalez/Kramer 11-9, 4-4 Segura/Sedgman, called off due to failing light

These HKCC matches must have been on grass.

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So the final results for the tour can be calculated:

Sedgman 7-3-1 in Japan, 0-2 in Seoul, 2-1 in Manila, 1-1 in HK, total of 10-7-1

Gonzalez 5-6 in Japan, 1-1 in Seoul, 2-1 in Manila, 2-0 in HK, total of 10-8

Segura 5-6 in Japan, 2-0 in Seoul, 2-1 in Manila, 1-1 in HK, total of 10-8

Kramer 4-6-1 in Japan, 1-1 in Seoul, 0-3 in Manila, 0-2 in HK, total of 5-12-1

Second place for the entire tour seems to have been a tie, Gonzalez and Segura each at 10-8.

krosero · Dec 20, 2016

The world series in '54 is a funny animal because it was a series of two-night stands that were each labelled as a tournament. The entire series is documented at Tennis Base.

Most of the matches were pro sets though they sometimes went to best of three.

Of the 70 tournaments held, Gonzalez won 29, Sedgman 21, Segura 20.

LA Times:

Gonzalez finished with a 30-20 margin in victories over Segura and 29-20 over Sedgman. Segura, who nosed out Sedgman yesterday, finished in front of the Aussie ace, 23-22. Earn failed to win and Don Budge scored once over Gonzales.

The Albany Democrat Herald of June 2 had all of the final figures:

GONZALES TOPS PRO-NETTERS

LOS ANGELES (U.P.)—Richard (Pancho) Gonzales today was seeded No. 1 in the U.S. Professional Tennis Tournament that opens at the Los Angeles Tennis Club Monday night.

Pancho Segura of Ecuador received second seeding over Australia’s Frank Sedgman by a narrow margin.

Gonzales won the most singles matches, the most tournaments and the most money in Jack Kramer’s 70 tournament pro tennis tours. He won $39,425, 29 tourneys and 85 singles matches. He lost 41 encounters and had a 40 win-31 loss doubles record.

Segura finished second in the money column with $35,125, followed by Sedgman with $31,025. Sedgman won 21 tourneys to Segura’s 20.

The final standings:

Prize Money

Richard Gonzales $39,425
Pancho Segura $35,125
Frank Sedgman $31,025
Don Budge $12,050
Jack Kramer $3,170
Bobby Riggs $2,125
Carl Earn $1,550

The tour is often labelled a championship tour but Kramer was the organizer and there is evidence that he himself did not regard it as such; that is, he did not regard it as taking away his own status as pro king. For example he wrote in his memoir that he remained the pro champion until the Gonzalez/Trabert series of '56:

When Tony Trabert won both Wimbledon and Forest Hills in 1955, I was still the pro champ. But after I signed Trabert, my first thought was to retire gracefully and bring in Gorgo to play Tony.

Of the ’54 tour Kramer writes:

I tried something different. Instead of an animal act and a feature attraction which was traditional, I thought maybe the fans would go for a mini-tournament format. I took the year off myself just to promote, and used four players—Gonzales, Sedgman, Segura and Budge, who was thirty-eight but still a name and still in shape. An equivalent four today would be Connors, Borg, Gerulaitis and Rosewall. Pretty good show? We couldn’t give it away. We would play a two-night series. The first night it was usually Gonzales vs. Budge and Sedgman vs. Segura. Then the next night, the winners and losers would play.

We played for purse money too. In the Garden the winner got $4,000, runner-up $2,500, third $1,500, fourth $1,000—plus there was a $1,000 doubles pot. (The percentages were about the same, with lesser amounts in smaller cities.) But it was apparent from the first that tennis fans were only interested in traditional tournaments which the amateurs had….

And then also you can see in the reports from the '54 Asia tour that I excerpted above, Kramer was probably telling the local reporters that he himself was still the recognized pro champion, even though Gonzalez had won the big round-robin tour.

Dan Lobb · Dec 20, 2016

krosero said:
The world series in '54 is a funny animal because it was a series of two-night stands that were each labelled as a tournament. The entire series is documented at Tennis Base.

Most of the matches were pro sets though they sometimes went to best of three.

Of the 70 tournaments held, Gonzalez won 29, Segura 21, Sedgman 20.

LA Times:

Gonzalez finished with a 30-20 margin in victories over Segura and 29-20 over Sedgman. Segura, who nosed out Sedgman yesterday, finished in front of the Aussie ace, 23-22. Earn failed to win and Don Budge scored once over Gonzales.

The Albany Democrat Herald of June 2 had all of the final figures:

GONZALES TOPS PRO-NETTERS

LOS ANGELES (U.P.)—Richard (Pancho) Gonzales today was seeded No. 1 in the U.S. Professional Tennis Tournament that opens at the Los Angeles Tennis Club Monday night.

Pancho Segura of Ecuador received second seeding over Australia’s Frank Sedgman by a narrow margin.

Gonzales won the most singles matches, the most tournaments and the most money in Jack Kramer’s 70 tournament pro tennis tours. He won $39,425, 29 tourneys and 85 singles matches. He lost 41 encounters and had a 40 win-31 loss doubles record.

Segura finished second in the money column with $35,125, followed by Sedgman with $31,025. Sedgman won 21 tourneys to Segura’s 20.

The final standings:

Prize Money

Richard Gonzales $39,425
Pancho Segura $35,125
Frank Sedgman $31,025
Don Budge $12,050
Jack Kramer $3,170
Bobby Riggs $2,125
Carl Earn $1,550

The tour is often labelled a championship tour and I think it can be defined that way, but Kramer was the organizer and there is evidence that he himself did not regard it as such. When he wrote his memoir he didn't, because he wrote that he remained the pro champion until the Gonzalez/Trabert series of '56:

When Tony Trabert won both Wimbledon and Forest Hills in 1955, I was still the pro champ. But after I signed Trabert, my first thought was to retire gracefully and bring in Gorgo to play Tony.

Of the ’54 tour Kramer writes:

I tried something different. Instead of an animal act and a feature attraction which was traditional, I thought maybe the fans would go for a mini-tournament format. I took the year off myself just to promote, and used four players—Gonzales, Sedgman, Segura and Budge, who was thirty-eight but still a name and still in shape. An equivalent four today would be Connors, Borg, Gerulaitis and Rosewall. Pretty good show? We couldn’t give it away. We would play a two-night series. The first night it was usually Gonzales vs. Budge and Sedgman vs. Segura. Then the next night, the winners and losers would play.

We played for purse money too. In the Garden the winner got $4,000, runner-up $2,500, third $1,500, fourth $1,000—plus there was a $1,000 doubles pot. (The percentages were about the same, with lesser amounts in smaller cities.) But it was apparent from the first that tennis fans were only interested in traditional tournaments which the amateurs had….

And then also you can see in the reports from the '54 Asia tour that I excerpted above, Kramer was probably telling the local reporters that he himself was still the recognized pro champion, even after the world series.

Fascinating. Remember also that 1955 appearance of Gonzales on Groucho Marx' show, where Groucho asks Gonzales, "Who says that you are the greatest tennis player in the world? What's wrong with Kramer? Has he gotten fat?"
And Gonzales replies, "He's gotten fat in more ways than one...I've been lucky in the pro championships, I've won them", without specifying what he meant by that, it could be a reference to Wembley or Cleveland or the 1954 L.A. Hardcourt.
There was apparently no trophy or presentation ceremony for the "winner" of that 1954 tour.

krosero · Dec 21, 2016

Thanks Dan, I'd forgotten about that show.

At 15:16, and pretty funny

Seems to have first aired on December 14, 1955

krosero · Dec 21, 2016

Here's how Gonzalez described the '54 tour in Man With A Racket, published in early '59:

I studied Jack as he launched into his proposals. He wanted me for a round-robin tour against Sedgman, the crowd-pleasing Segura, and the old redhead, Budge. The standings of the wins and losses would be tabulated, and the lion's share would go to the victor. I was ready to roar like a lion.

... I won the round robin, but it wasn't exactly a howling financial success. However, it proved I could beat anyone in the world. The year I clashed with Kramer to initiate our tour in Madison Square Garden, eighteen thousand tennis fanatics showed up. I earned $5,400 for a single night's play. The round robin drew only 4,300 paying fans. In smaller places hardly more than four to five hundred turned out.

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