Pancho Gonzales
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Pancho Gonzales was a dominant American tennis player of the 1940s–1960s, renowned for his powerful serve-and-volley game and long reign as one of the world’s top professionals.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American tennis player
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human ⓘ professional tennis player ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| burialPlace | San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coached |
Jimmy Connors
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tracy Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-05-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-07-03 ⓘ |
| era |
amateur era
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pre-Open Era ⓘ professional era ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Mexican American ⓘ |
| fullName | Richard Alonzo Gonzales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | International Tennis Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| handedness | right-handed ⓘ |
| height | about 190 cm ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dominance in professional tennis in the 1950s
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powerful serve ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname |
Pancho Gonzales
NERFINISHED
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Pancho Gonzalez NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard "Pancho" Gonzales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Jack Kramer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ken Rosewall NERFINISHED ⓘ Lew Hoad NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Trabert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
tennis coach
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tennis player ⓘ |
| parentalHeritage | Mexican descent ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playingStyle | serve-and-volley ⓘ |
| plays | tennis ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
one of the greatest servers in tennis history
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one of the greatest tennis players of all time ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| retired | 1974 ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1949 ⓘ |
| wonTitle |
U.S. National Championships singles 1948
NERFINISHED
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U.S. National Championships singles 1949 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wonTournament | U.S. National Championships men's singles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldNumberOnePeriod | 1952–1960 (professional rankings, approximate) ⓘ |
| worldNumberOneRanked | yes ⓘ |
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