Profile:Country United States
Born May 9, 1928(1928-05-09)
Died July 3, 1995(1995-07-03) (aged 67)
Las Vegas, NV
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 1949
Retired 1974
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3R (1969)
French Open SF (1949, 1968)
Wimbledon 4R (1949, 1969)
US Open W (1948, 1949)
Ricardo Alonso González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales (or, less often, as Pancho Gonzalez) was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s. He won two Major titles and twelve Pro Slam titles.
Largely self-taught, Gonzales was a successful amateur player in the late-1940s, twice winning the United States Championships. He is still widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game.[1] A 1999 Sports Illustrated article about the magazine's 20 "favorite athletes" of the 20th century said about Gonzales (their number 15 pick): "If earth was on the line in a tennis match, the man you want serving to save humankind would be Ricardo Alonso Gonzalez." The American tennis commentator Bud Collins echoed this in an August 2006 article for MSNBC.com: "If I had to choose someone to play for my life, it would be Pancho Gonzalez.
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