Pancho Gonzales
![]() Gonzales vježba u Australiji 1954. | |
Puno ime | Ricardo Alonso González |
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Zemlja | SAD |
Rođen/a | (1928-05-09)9. 5. 1928. |
Umro/la | 03. 7. 1995. (dob: 67) Las Vegas |
Visina | 191 cm |
Težina | 83 kg |
Pro. od | 1949 |
Prestanak igre | 1974 |
Igre | desna |
Singlovi | |
Grand Slam rezultati | |
Australian Open | 3R (1969) |
Roland Garros | SF (1949, 1968) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1949, 1969) |
US Open | W (1948, 1949) |
Ricardo Alonso González (9. maj 1928 – 3. jul 1995), poznatiji kao Richard "Pancho" Gonzales (ili jednostavnoPancho Gonzalez) bio je američki teniser. 1950-ih i ranih 1960-ih je čak osam godina bio na prvom mjestu profesionalnih igrača. Osvojio je Grand slam i dvanaest Pro Slam titlula.
Odrastao je u porodici meksičkih imigranata, a tenisom se počeo baviti u dobi od 12 godina. Njegov talent je prepoznat usprkos problema sa zakonom, te se nakon dvogodišnje službe u ratnoj mornarici krajem 1940-ih nametnuo kao jedan od najboljih amaterskih igrača. 1950-ih je postao profesionalac i stekao veliki ugled, ali i neprijateljstvo drugih igrača zbog svog teškog karaktera. Nastavio je igrati i nakon početka Open ere krajem 1960-ih, kada je u prvoj rundi Wimbledonskog turnira 1969. porazio Charlesa Passarella 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9 u meču koji se igrao dva dana i ukupno trajao 5 sati i 12 minuta - a što je rekord koji neće biti oboren sve do 2010. i znamenitog meča Isner-Mahut. Upravo se taj meč navodi kao razlog zbog koga je u tenisu uvedeno pravilo tie breaka.
Gonzales je imao buran privatni život - ženio se tri puta i imao sedmoro djece. Njegova posljednje supruga je bila Rita Agassi, sestra Andrea Agassija. Umro je od raka želuca u siromaštvu, te je Andre Agassi morao platiti njegov pogreb.
Napomene
Izvori
- The Game, My 40 Years in Tennis (1979), Jack Kramer with Frank Deford (ISBN 0-399-12336-9)
- The History of Professional Tennis (2003), Joe McCauley
- Man with a Racket, The Autobiography of Pancho Gonzales, as Told to Cy Rice (1959)
- Rich Hillway, tennis historian - Q&A with the Aussies
- The Tennis Book (1981), Edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen (ISBN 0-87795-344-9)
- The Lone Wolf, by S. L. Price, Sports Illustrated, June 26, 2002
- World of Tennis Yearbook 1971 (1971), by John Barrett, London
- Little Pancho (2009) by Caroline Seebohm
Eksterni linkovi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
- Pancho González na sajtu IMDb
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