1969 Men's National Tennis League

1969 Men's NTL League

Laver won most title's this year
Details
Duration	12 February – 28 October
Edition	2nd
Tournaments	9
Categories	(Pro)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Rod Laver (6)
Most finals	Rod Laver (7)
← 1968

The 1969 Men's National Tennis League (NTL) was the final edition of the tour founded by George MacCall^[1] the league and players contracts were bought by World Championship Tennis.^[2] The tour started in Orlando, United States, 12 February and finished in Cologne, West Germany, 20 October 1969.

This is the complete schedule of events on the 1969 National Tennis League, with player progression partially documented until the quarterfinals stage.

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Feb	Orlando Invitational Pro Championships[3] Orlando, Florida, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Rod Laver 6–3, 6–2[4]	Ken Rosewall	Pancho Gonzales Roy Emerson	k.o. 4 players only
		Rod Laver Roy Emerson 6–4, 6–2[5]	Pancho Gonzales Roy Emerson
10 Feb	Hollywood Pro Championships[6] Hollywood, United States Singles – Doubles	Tony Roche 6–3, 9–7, 6–4	Rod Laver	Andrés Gimeno Tom Okker	Butch Buchholz Roy Emerson John Newcombe Ken Rosewall
24 Feb	Oakland Pro Championships[7] Oakland, United States Singles – Doubles	Tony Roche 4–6, 6–4, 11–9	Rod Laver	Marty Riessen Ken Rosewall	Pancho Gonzales John Newcombe Dennis Ralston Fred Stolle

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
3–8 Mar [8]	NTL Los Angeles Pro Championships Los Angeles, United States Carpet (i) Singles – Doubles	Rod Laver 6–4, 10–8[9]	Marty Riessen	Roy Emerson John Newcombe	Raymond Moore Dennis Ralston Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
6 Aug	St. Louis Pro Championships St. Louis, United States Hard Singles – Doubles	Rod Laver 7–5, 3–6, 7–5	Fred Stolle
4–10 Aug[10]	Binghamton Pro Masters Binghamton, United States Clay Singles – Doubles	Rod Laver 6–1, 6–2	Pancho Gonzales	Pancho Segura Fred Stolle Round robin	Round robin
11–17 Aug [11]	Colonial Pro Invitation Fort Worth, United States Hard Singles – Doubles	Rod Laver 6–3, 6–2	Ken Rosewall	Tom Okker Tony Roche	Pierre Barthès Butch Buchholz Ronald Holmberg Raymond Moore
21 August	NTL Baltimore Pro Championships[12] Baltimore, United States Grass	Rod Laver 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 9–7	Pancho Gonzales	3rd place Fred Stolle 4th place Roy Emerson	Round robin Ken Rosewall Andrés Gimeno

Date	Tournament	Winner	Finalist	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
18–20 Oct [13]	Spoga Cup Cologne, West Germany Singles – Doubles	Andrés Gimeno 6–3, 19–17	Roy Emerson	Marty Riessen Ken Rosewall	Pierre Barthès Rod Laver Tom Okker Tony Roche
		Pierre Barthès Tony Roche 10–7	Andrés Gimeno Ken Rosewall

Source:^[14]

Rank	Name	Period	Prize Money
1.	Rod Laver	30 weeks	$123,405
2.	Roy Emerson	30 weeks	$62,655
3.	Ken Rosewall	20 weeks	$46,800
4.	Pancho Gonzales	22 weeks	$46,320
5.	Fred Stolle	28 weeks	$43,115
6.	Andrés Gimeno	21 weeks	$35,115

• 1969 World Championship Tennis circuit
• Grand Prix tennis tournaments
• USTA
• International Tennis Federation

This article contains some copied text from the article National Tennis League

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• https://app.thetennisbase.com/1969 Season Main tournaments