The summer of 1969 was in its first week. This first round Wimbledon match had now lasted five hours and 12 minutes. Charlie Pasarell stood to receive serve. For the third year in a row, his ...

“My game’s as good as ever, maybe better,” admitted scar-faced Tennistar Pancho Gonzales. “I’m O.K. on passing shots and return of serve. We go along neck and neck, each holding service. Then he wins.

Big Jake Kramer, 28, king of the pro tennis players, looked a little gaunt at 162 Ibs. For two years, from Madrid to Melbourne, he had been eating in hotels and hash-houses, sleeping when he could, ...

A high school dropout, Pancho Gonzales went on to become one of the greatest tennis players of his generation. (photo by The Gonzales Family) When I was 11, my Aunt Amelia took me to see Pancho ...

During the evening Pancho bounced his racquet on the floor, hit and kicked the ball into the stands, indignantly had the net measured, berated the ballboys, and, incidentally, dropped an exciting ...