Pacific Southwest Championships tournament history
Explore Pacific Southwest Championships champions and finals from 1927 to 1974. Compare title leaders, winners, runners-up, scores, surfaces, categories, and available match records.
Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.
Most Titles
| Player | Titles | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Rosie Casals | 2 | 1971, 1968 |
Only Open Era titles from 1968 onwards are counted.
Tournament Outcomes by Season
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | H2H | Match Data | Category | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Linda Lewis | 6-2 6-2 | Susan Hagey | H2H | Match data | WTA 250 | Hard |
| 1973 | Kathy May | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | Lea Antonoplis | H2H | Match data | WTA 250 | Hard |
| 1972 | Marita Redondo | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | Janice Metcalf | H2H | Match data | WTA 250 | Hard |
| 1971 | Rosie Casals | 6-6(2-0) (def.) | Billie Jean King | H2H | Match data | WTA 500 | Hard |
| 1970 | Sharon Walsh Pete | 6-3 6-2 | Lesley Hunt | H2H | Match data | WTA 500 | Hard |
| 1969 | Billie Jean King | 6-2 6-3 | Ann Jones | H2H | Match data | WTA 500 | Hard |
| 1968 | Rosie Casals | 6-4 6-1 | Marcela Bueno | H2H | Match data | WTA 500 | Hard |
| Pre-Open Era — historical archive, display only | |||||||
| 1967 | Billie Jean King | 6–0, 6–4 | Rosemary Casals | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1966 | Maria Bueno | 6–2, 6–2 | Patti Hogan | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1965 | Carole Caldwell Graebner | 6–4, 6–4 | Tory Fretz | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1964 | Maria Bueno | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | Billie Jean Moffitt | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1963 | Darlene Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | Billie Jean Moffitt | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1962 | Carole Caldwell | 6–8, 11–9, 2–4 (ret.) | Darlene Hard | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1961 | Darlene Hard | 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 | Karen Hantze Susman | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1960 | Ann Haydon | 6–4, 6–3 | Darlene Hard | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1959 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Maria Bueno | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1958 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 6–3, 9–7 | Darlene Hard | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1957 | Althea Gibson | 6–3, 6–1 | Louise Brough | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1956 | Althea Gibson | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 | Nancy Chaffee | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1955 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 6–1, 6–4 | Barbara Breit | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1954 | Louise Brough | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 | Barbara Breit | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1953 | Doris Hart | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Shirley Fry | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1952 | Maureen Connolly | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 | Doris Hart | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1951 | Maureen Connolly | 9–7, 6–4 | Beverly Baker | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1950 | Helen Perez | 6–2, 6–2 | Dorothy Bundy Cheney | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1949 | Helen Perez | 7–5, 5–7, 4–1 (ret.) | Beverly Baker | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1948 | Louise Brough | 6–2, 6–3 | Beverly Baker | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1947 | Beverly Baker | 6–3, 6–2 | Patricia Canning Todd | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1946 | Pauline Betz | 6–2, 6–2 | Dorothy Bundy | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1945 | Margaret Osborne | 11–9, 6–2 | Louise Brough | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1944 | Pauline Betz | 6–4, 6–3 | Margaret Osborne | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1943 | Louise Brough | 6–3, 6–3 | Mary Arnold | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1942 | Pauline Betz | 6–2, 6–2 | Louise Brough | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1941 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6–3, 7–5 | Dorothy Bundy | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1940 | Dorothy Bundy | 6–3, 6–3 | Valerie Scott | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1939 | Alice Marble | 9–7, 6–1 | Dorothy Bundy | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1938 | Dorothy Bundy | 6–4, 6–4 | Sarah Palfrey Fabyan | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1937 | Alice Marble | 6–1, 6–0 | Gracyn Wheeler | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1936 | Gracyn Wheeler | 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 | Alice Marble | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1935 | Ethel Burkhardt | 6–1, 6–4 | Kay Stammers | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1934 | Ethel Burkhardt | 10–8, 1–6, 6–4 | Kay Stammers | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1933 | Dorothy Round | 6–2, 6–2 | Alice Marble | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1932 | Anna McCune Harper | 10–8, 6–3 | Alice Marble | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1931 | Anna McCune Harper | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Josephine Cruickshank | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1930 | Ethel Burkhardt | 8–6, 6–0 | Marjorie Gladstone | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1929 | Betty Nuthall | 8–6, 7–5 | Anna McCune Harper | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1928 | May Sutton Bundy | 6–1, 6–2 | Marjorie Gladman | — | — | — | Hard |
| 1927 | Kea Bouman | 6–2, 0–6, 6–4 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | — | — | — | Hard |
Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards. The archive follows the women's Pacific Southwest Championships through its final 1974 edition, not the later Virginia Slims-era Los Angeles tournament. Sources: Los Angeles Tennis Club history, Pacific Southwest Championships finals tables.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Where is Pacific Southwest Championships held?
- Pacific Southwest Championships is held in Los Angeles, United States.
- Who won the most recent Pacific Southwest Championships?
- The 1974 Pacific Southwest Championships was won by Linda Lewis, who defeated Susan Hagey 6-2 6-2.
- Who has won the most Pacific Southwest Championships titles?
- Rosie Casals has won 2 Pacific Southwest Championships titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
- When was the first Pacific Southwest Championships played?
- The first edition of Pacific Southwest Championships was held in 1927.
- What surface is Pacific Southwest Championships played on?
- Pacific Southwest Championships is played on hard courts.