Doreen Gonzales is a full-time writer of nonfiction books for young people. She enjoys camping, hiking, and skiing with her husband. Ms. Gonzales has also written Cesar Chavez: Leader for Migrant Farm Workers, Diego Rivera: His Art, His Life, and Gloria Estefan: Singer and Entertainer for Enslow Publishers, Inc. Coincidently, she shares the last name of the great Richard Gonzales.
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Tennis History
In 1978, Richard Gonzalez published another tennis book. This one was called Tennis Begins At Forty. In this book, Gonzalez gave tips for a different kind of tennis from what he had played most of his life. He described how...
Tennis History
Richard Gonzalez's name dropped permanently from World Top Ten tennis rankings in 1970. He had been a tough competitor for over twenty years, but now younger men would take his place. As they did, tennis experienced an unprecedented growth in...
Tennis History
After his amazing 2-day, five set win over Charlie Pasarell, the 41 year old Richard Gonzalez advanced in the tournament until he lost to Arthur Ashe in the fourth round of action. Rod Laver won the tournament. Laver's win was...
Tennis History
In 1968, Richard Gonzalez's twenty years in tennis were honored when he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. This placed him in impressive company. Fifty-two other players had already...
Tennis History
Professional tennis kept Richard Gonzalez on the road much of the time. When he was at home, he enjoyed pool, poker, bowling, and hunting. He also still liked car racing. In fact, he and his brother, Ralph formed a drag-racing...
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Richard Gonzalez had encountered prejudice first hand traveling across the country playing tennis. Returning to Los Angeles, he began to talk to other Mexican Americans about racism. He learned more about how discrimination was a negative force in many of...
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By now, Richard Gonzalez was known everywhere as the best tennis player in the world. In addition to his reputation for great tennis, he had developed a reputation for his personality. When Gonzalez first stepped into the public spotlight, he...
Tennis History
In 1954, Jack Kramer, who had dominated Gonzalez in his first professional tour, retired from actually competing and took over the promotion of the tour. His retirement opened the way for a new professional tennis champion. As promoter, Kramer promptly...
Tennis History
It took a record - breaking thirty - four games for Ted Schroeder to beat Richard Gonzalez in the first set of the 1949 U.S. Championships. Yet Gonzalez was not about to give up. As the match wore on, he...
Tennis History
After winning the U. S. Nationals in 1949, suddenly, Richard Gonzalez was the most popular tennis player in the nation. (Click Here for how that happened.) Articles about him appeared in The New York Times newspaper and in Time and...
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In September 1947, Richard Gonzalez made his first appearance at the United States National Championships. This tournament was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York. The top-seeded player there that year was Jack Kramer. Frankie...
Tennis History
Now that he had left school, Richard was happy. Now he could spend all his time playing tennis. When he was not on the court, he was in Frank Poulain's Tennis Shop talking about the sport. (To read Part 1...
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Young Richard Gonzalez was always very active. He went to the Los Angeles River often to skip rocks and catch frogs. He was handy, too. He liked to build toys and carve cars out of wood. He built stilts and...
Tennis History
Richard Gonzalez stood ready - ready to fight for the most important thing in his life. It was September 5, 1949, and Gonzalez was at Forest Hills, New York, seconds away from starting the United States National Tennis Championships final....