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Pancho Gonzales

AKA Ricardo Alonso González

Born: 9-May-1928
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Died: 3-Jul-1995
Location of death: Las Vegas, NV
Cause of death: Cancer - Stomach
Remains: Buried, Palm Valley View Memorial Park, Las Vegas, NV

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Tennis

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles

Military service: US Navy (1945-47)

Father: Manuel Antonio González
Mother: Carmen Alire
Wife: Henrietta Pedrin (m. 23-Mar-1948, div. 1958, three sons)
Son: Richard
Son: Michael
Son: Daniel
Wife: Madelyn Darrow (actress, m. 1960, div. 1968, three daughters)
Daughter: Mariessa
Daughter: Christina
Daughter: Andrea
Wife: Madelyn Darrow (remarried m. 30-Dec-1970, div. 1972)
Wife: Betty Steward (dental hygienist, m. 31-Dec-1972, div., one daughter)
Daughter: Jeanna Lynn
Wife: Cheryl Duff (m. 6-Nov-1979, div. 1982)
Wife: Rita Agassi (sister of Andre Agassi, m. 31-Mar-1984, div. 1989, one son)
Son: Skylar Richard

    Winner, US Open 1948 (singles)
    Winner, US Open 1949 (singles)
    Winner, French Open 1949 (doubles)
    Winner, Wimbledon 1949 (doubles)
    International Tennis Hall of Fame 1968
    Mexican Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Players (8-Jun-1979) Himself
    The Goodbye Girl (30-Nov-1977)

Author of books:
Man with a Racket: The Autobiography of Pancho Gonzales (1959, memoir, with Cy Rice)



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