Pancho Gonzalez?

[marius hancu]

http://www.tennisplayer.net/members/strokearchive/golden_legends/panchogonzales/?PGFHApproachBHVFront.mov

any problem with this pic? can't access it.

also, guess it's Gonzalez, not Gonzales.

[johnyandell]

Good catch Marius. Actually it is Gonzales...check out this tribute site from the family...I get emails from his brother sometimes.

http://www.geocities.com/pancho_gonzales_tribute/

[Segoo]

Actually it is spelled S-E-G-U-R-A...Pancho Segura. Well, just kidding.
Indeed, Big Pancho was a Gonzales with an S. The confusion with the Z probably comes from the current aTp player from Chile, Fernando Gonzalez. Also a big hitter, but nowhere near the elegance of the old Gonzales.

And thanks for the link to Gorgo's family's site.

Vamos TennisPlayers!

[marius hancu]

Indeed, Big Pancho was a Gonzales with an S. The confusion with the Z probably comes from the current aTp player from Chile, Fernando Gonzalez.

Doubt that, he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1968, much earlier Fernando's even being born:-). And they are using Gonzalez:

http://www.tennisfame.com/enshrinees/pancho_gonzales.html

Thus the two spelling coexisted in his case for quite a while.