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Francisco Olegario Segura, detto Pancho, è stato un tennista e allenatore di tennis ecuadoriano. È stato tra i migliori dilettanti al mondo fino al 1947 e tra i migliori professionisti nel ventennio successivo ed era famoso per la potenza dei suoi colpi di dritto impugnando la racchetta a due mani. È considerato uno dei più ...
Francisco Olegario Segura Cano (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho " Segoo " Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but moved to the United States in 1940.
19 nov 2017 · Pancho Segura, who surmounted a sickly and impoverished childhood in Ecuador to become one of the world’s leading tennis players in the mid-20th century, died on Saturday at his home in Carlsbad,...
23 nov 2017 · The Ecuadorean tennis player Pancho Segura, who has died aged 96, was possibly best known as the coach of Jimmy Connors. However, in his own right he was one of the most remarkable players of his...
4 nov 2023 · Pancho Segura è stata una delle figure più iconiche nella storia del tennis ecuadoriano e un campione che ha affrontato le sfide con determinazione e talento straordinario. La sua carriera nel tennis, il suo contributo al gioco e la sua influenza come insegnante di tennis rimarranno una parte indelebile della storia dello sport.
19 nov 2017 · CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Pancho Segura, who rose from poverty to win six U.S. Pro singles and doubles championships and was one of the world's top amateur tennis players in the 1940s and...
Never at a loss to offer an opinion, de facto tennis historian Jack Kramer said that Francisco “Pancho” Segura possessed “the single greatest shot in the history of tennis,” a lethal forehand that he hit with two hands. Video of Segura uncoiling the shot suggests that Kramer may be right.
