Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ricardo Alonso González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), also known as Richard Gonzales, and usually as Pancho Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He was the World No. 1 tennis player for an all time record eight years from 1952 to 1960. He won 17 Major singles titles including 15 Pro Slams and 2 Grand Slams.Largely self-taught, Gonzales was a successful amateur player in the late-1940s, twice winning the United States Championships. He is still widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. A 1999 Sports Illustrated article about the magazine's 20 \"favorite athletes\" of the 20th century said about Gonzales (their number 15 pick): \"If earth was on the line in a tennis match, the man you want serving to save humankind would be Ricardo Alonso Gonzalez.\" The American tennis commentator Bud Collins echoed this in an August 2006 article for MSNBC.com: \"If I had to choose someone to play for my life, it would be Pancho Gonzales.\""@en }
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- Pancho_Gonzales abstract "Ricardo Alonso González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), also known as Richard Gonzales, and usually as Pancho Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He was the World No. 1 tennis player for an all time record eight years from 1952 to 1960. He won 17 Major singles titles including 15 Pro Slams and 2 Grand Slams.Largely self-taught, Gonzales was a successful amateur player in the late-1940s, twice winning the United States Championships. He is still widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. A 1999 Sports Illustrated article about the magazine's 20 \"favorite athletes\" of the 20th century said about Gonzales (their number 15 pick): \"If earth was on the line in a tennis match, the man you want serving to save humankind would be Ricardo Alonso Gonzalez.\" The American tennis commentator Bud Collins echoed this in an August 2006 article for MSNBC.com: \"If I had to choose someone to play for my life, it would be Pancho Gonzales.\"".