“Gorgo” was what Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver called their fellow pro, Pancho Gonzalez. It was short for “gorgonzola”—i.e., the Big Cheese. The young Aussies, who dominated the barnstorming pro tours ...
Tennis in Los Angeles lives on. We have this week's men's event, as well its defending champion, Sam Querrey, of nearby Thousand Oaks. But no one is pretending that it's quite like it used to be. The ...
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Pancho Gonzalez was inducted Saturday into the U.S. Open Court of Champions. Sign up here. Self-taught on the public courts of Los Angeles, Gonzalez, the son of Mexican ...
When he comes home from his first professional tennis tour, U.S. Amateur Champion Tony Trabert will be $75,000 richer—a nice reward for polishing his game by playing with Pancho Gonzalez, pro champion ...
As I write this Roger Federer is the favorite to win the coveted 2017 Wimbledon title this Sunday. If he does it will mark a record 8 th championship, and make him the greatest Wimbledon champ of all ...