Pancho Gonzales, born Ricardo Alonso Gonzales on 9 May 1928 and sometimes called Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player who won 15 major singles titles, including the U.S. National Championships in 1948 and 1949 and 13 professional majors. He also took the Tournament of Champions three times, in 1957, 1958 and 1959. Ranked the amateur world number one in 1948, he turned professional and was the top ranked professional man from 1952 to 1961, winning the world professional championship tours between 1954 and 1961. He was seeded second at Wimbledon in 1949 but lost in the fourth round, and he died on 3 July 1995.
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In 1949, Gonzales performed poorly at Wimbledon, where he was seeded second but lost in the fourth round to Geoff Brown
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