Los Angeles Open (tennis)

Los Angeles Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1927
Abolished2012
Editions86
LocationLos Angeles, California
United States
VenueLos Angeles Tennis Club (1927–1974, 1980–1983)
Pauley Pavilion
(1975–1979)
Los Angeles Tennis Center (1984–2012)
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series /
ATP International Series /
ATP World Series
(1990–2012)
Grand Prix Tour
(1970–1989)
SurfaceHard / outdoors
Draw28S / 32Q / 16D (2012)
Prize money$557,550 (2012)

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

  1. ^ Wright, Irvine C., ed. (1928). Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1928. Boston: Wright & Ditson. pp. 133–134.
  2. ^ Baltzell, E. Digby (1995). Sporting Gentlemen : Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. New York [u.a.]: Free Press. pp. 233–241. ISBN 9780029013151.