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 ...

The winds in Wellington, New Zealand, last week were every bit as bad as their reputation, and the visiting tennists were every bit as good. Despite blustering westerlies that whipped through the ...

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 ...

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, ...