Pancho Gonzales
 Gonzales vježba u Australiji 1954. | |
| Puno ime | Ricardo Alonso González |
|---|---|
| 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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William Larned (1908) • William Larned (1909) • William Larned (1910) • William Larned (1911) • 
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Frank Sedgman (1951) • Frank Sedgman (1952) • Tony Trabert (1953) • Vic Seixas (1954) • Tony Trabert (1955) • Ken Rosewall (1956) • Malcolm Anderson (1957) • Ashley Cooper (1958) • Neale Fraser (1959) • Neale Fraser (1960) • Roy Emerson (1961) • Rod Laver (1962) • 
Rafael Osuna (1963) • Roy Emerson (1964) • 
Manuel Santana (1965) • Fred Stolle (1966) • John Newcombe (1967)
Arthur Ashe (1968) • Rod Laver (1969) • Ken Rosewall (1970) • Stan Smith (1971) • 
Ilie Năstase (1972) • John Newcombe (1973) • Jimmy Connors (1974) • Manuel Orantes (1975) • Jimmy Connors (1976) • 
Guillermo Vilas (1977) • Jimmy Connors (1978) • John McEnroe (1979) • John McEnroe (1980) • John McEnroe (1981) • Jimmy Connors (1982) • Jimmy Connors (1983) • John McEnroe (1984) • 
Ivan Lendl (1985) • Ivan Lendl (1986) • Ivan Lendl (1987) • 
Mats Wilander (1988) • 
Boris Becker (1989) • Pete Sampras (1990) • Stefan Edberg (1991) • Stefan Edberg (1992) • Pete Sampras (1993) • Andre Agassi (1994) • Pete Sampras (1995) • Pete Sampras (1996) • Patrick Rafter (1997) • Patrick Rafter (1998) • Andre Agassi (1999) • 
Marat Safin (2000) • Lleyton Hewitt (2001) • Pete Sampras (2002) • Andy Roddick (2003) • 
Roger Federer (2004) • Roger Federer (2005) • Roger Federer (2006) • Roger Federer (2007) • Roger Federer (2008) • Juan Martín del Potro (2009) • 
Rafael Nadal (2010) • 
Novak Đoković (2011) • Andy Murray (2012) • Rafael Nadal (2013) • 
Marin Čilić (2014) • Novak Đoković (2015) • Stanislas Wawrinka (2016) • Rafael Nadal (2017) • Novak Đoković (2018) • Rafael Nadal (2019) • 
Dominic Thiem (2020) • Danil Medvedev (2021) • Carlos Alcaraz (2022) • Novak Đoković (2023)
Pancho Gonzales na Wikimedijinoj ostavi
