Pancho Gonzales career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of former tennis player Pancho Gonzales whose career ran from 1947 until 1974.

As an amateur player, Gonzales won at least 17 singles titles, including two Grand Slam tournaments. As a professional player, he won at least 85 singles titles, including 12 Pro Slam tournaments; at the same time he was banned from competing in the Grand Slam events from 1950 to 1967 due to being a professional player. During this professional period, he won seven times the World Pro Tour'. The Open era arrived very late for Gonzales, by which time he was in his forties. Even at this advanced age he was able to win at least 11 singles titles. Overall Gonzales won at least 113 titles in his career in a span of 25 years.

Major titles

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Gonzales started playing professional tennis in 1950 and was unable to compete in 73 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
	1947	1948	1949	1950 - 1967									1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
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
US	2R	W	W	Unable to compete									QF	4R	3R	3R	1R	1R	2 / 9	23–7	76.67
Pro Slam Tournaments	Professional																		12 / 31	78–16	82.98
	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967
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	F	F	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	A	W	A	QF	F	SF	A	A	8 / 13	31–5	86.11
Total:																			14 / 48	122–31	79.74

Grand Slam and Pro Slam finals

Grand Slam finals (2–0)

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

Pro Slam finals (13–6)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1950	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Welby Van Horn	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	1951	US Pro	Grass	Pancho Segura	0–6, 6–8, 1–6
Win	1951	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	6–2, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	1952	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Win	1952	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Jack Kramer	3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
Win	1953	US Pro	Indoor	Don Budge	4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	1953	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	1–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win	1954	US Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	6–3, 9–7, 3–6, 6–2
Win	1954	US Pro	Cement	Pancho Segura	6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	1955	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	21–16, 19–21, 21–8, 20–22, 21–19
Win	1956	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	21–15, 13–21, 21–14, 22–20
Loss	1956	French Pro	Clay	Tony Trabert	3–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–8, 2–6
Win	1956	Wembley Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	4–6, 11–9, 11–9, 9–7
Win	1957	US Pro	Indoor	Pancho Segura	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	1958	US Pro	Indoor	Lew Hoad	3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–1, 6–4
Win	1959	US Pro	Indoor	Lew Hoad	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Win	1961	US Pro	Indoor	Frank Sedgman	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1961	French Pro	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–8
Loss	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
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	Jan 11	Tampa Dixie Championships (United States)	?	Gardner Larned	2–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
	Jan 25	Orlando Florida Championships (United States)	?	Enrique Buse	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
	Jun 12	Berkeley California Championships (United States)	?	Earl Cochell	1–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–4
	Jun 27	Maplewood N.J. Championships (United States)	?	Don McNeil	6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–0
	Jul 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
	Aug 7	Southampton Meadow Club (United States)	Grass	Budge Patty	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
	Sep 19	U.S. National Champ., Forest Hills (United States)	Grass	Eric Sturgess	6–2, 6–3, 14–12
1949	Feb 12	La Jolla Beach Classic (United States)	?	Ted Schroeder	6–2, 6–8, 9–7
	Feb 20	Los Angeles Metropolitan (United States)	?	Seymour Greenberg	6–1, 8–6
	Mar 26	New York U.S. Indoor (United States)	Wood ?	Bill Talbert	10–8, 6–0, 4–6, 9–7
	Apr 30	Ojai Valley California Championships (United States)	?	Bob Falkenburg	7–5, 6–3
	Jul 18	River Forest U.S. Clay Court (United States)	Clay	Frank Parker	6–1, 3–6, 8–6, 6–3
	Jul 23	Haverford Pennsylvania Grass Court (United States)	Grass	Vic Seixas	6–4, 6–1, 6–0
	Aug 22	Newport Casino Invitational (United States)	Grass	Gardnar Mulloy	10–8, 9–11, 6–3, 6–4
	Sep 15	U.S. National Champ., Forest Hills (United States)	Grass	Ted Schroeder	16–18, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
	Sep 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
	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	World 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	U.S. Pro Championships, L.A. Tennis Club (USA)	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	Ostend 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 Pro Masters R.R. (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)2	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	Lew Hoad	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)2	Grass	Ken Rosewall (2nd)	19–17 5–7 6–4
1959	February 8	Sydney Marks Athletic Field (Australia)	Wood, sand/paint surface	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)	Cement	Lew Hoad (2nd)	round robin
	June 21	Toronto O'Keefe Pro Championships (Canada)	Red Clay	Frank Sedgman	6–1 6–4 6–1
	December 13	Sydney Ampol White City Tournament of Champions (Australia)2	Grass	Lew Hoad	11-9 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 late October 1961.
1963	Pancho Gonzales returned to competition in 1963 playing just one match at the U.S. Pro and losing to Alejandro Olmedo.
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	Florida Pro Championships (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 : T.O.C. = Tournament of Champions.

Open Era

Singles (1968–1972) : 10

Date		Event	Surface	Runner up	Score
1968	July 20	NTL Los Angeles Pro Championships (United States)	Carpet(i)	Rod Laver	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
	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
	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
	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.