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 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 ...

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LOS ANGELES >> Famed tennis players Billie Jean King and Rosie Casals on Tuesday attended Cal State L.A.’s groundbreaking of a tennis center that will bring people together regardless of their ...

Like the school bully putting the new boy in his place, Pancho Gonzales has used his bazooka drives and serves to humiliate every fair-haired lad who quit amateur tennis to take a crack at his ...

1958: Rick Friedman, 14, of Des Moines, chats with Lew Hoad and Pancho Gonzales before they played a match at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The Australian Hoad won Wimbledon in 1956 and 1957 and then ...