saint0917
February 6th, 2009, 08:04 AM
2/6/72:
Redoubtable 43-year-old Pancho Gonzalez rallies from two sets down to defeat Frenchman Georges Goven for a five-set victory in a pro tennis tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Gonzalez becomes the oldest player to win a tournament in the Open era. The ageless warrior missed out on a chance to win countless Grand Slam titles during the 1950s and ‘60s because those events barred professionals from competing until 1968.
B I R T H D A Y S
Babe Ruth b. 1895
Smoky Burgess b. 1927
Don Cockroft b. 1945
Richie Zisk b. 1949
Kim Zmeskal b. 1976
Redoubtable 43-year-old Pancho Gonzalez rallies from two sets down to defeat Frenchman Georges Goven for a five-set victory in a pro tennis tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Gonzalez becomes the oldest player to win a tournament in the Open era. The ageless warrior missed out on a chance to win countless Grand Slam titles during the 1950s and ‘60s because those events barred professionals from competing until 1968.
B I R T H D A Y S
Babe Ruth b. 1895
Smoky Burgess b. 1927
Don Cockroft b. 1945
Richie Zisk b. 1949
Kim Zmeskal b. 1976