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player Pancho Gonzales
Pancho Gonzales
Ricardo Alonso González , generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s...

had a long-running rivalry with Australian Ken Rosewall
Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...

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Head-to-head tallies

The following is a breakdown of their documented head-to-head results:

Player	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	Total
Pancho Gonzales Pancho Gonzales Ricardo Alonso González , generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s...	58	12	4	16	2	0	0	3	7	2	2	4	3	0	107
Ken Rosewall Ken Rosewall Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...	28	3	6	5	2	0	0	11	3	3	2	6	4	2	75

All Matches: Gonzales 107-75
World Pro Tours (1957,1960): Gonzales 66-31
All Finals: 6-6
Tournaments: 26-26
Pro Slams: Rosewall 3-0
Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

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List of all matches

No.	Date	Event	Round	Surface	Winner	Score
1	1957-01-14	World Pro Tour, Melbourne	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 9-7
2	1957-01-15	World Pro Tour, Melbourne	Pro		Rosewall	7-5, 6-4, 14-12
3	1957-01-18	World Pro Tour, Sydney	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-4, 6-0
4	1957-01-20	World Pro Tour, Sydney	Pro		Gonzales	9-7, 7-5, 9-7
5	1957-01-21	World Pro Tour, Brisbane	Pro		Gonzales	3-6, 6-3, 11-9, 1-6, 15-13
6	1957-01-22	World Pro Tour, Brisbane	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 9-7, 6-2
7	1957-01-26	World Pro Tour, Wellington	Pro		Gonzales	4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
8	1957-01-27	World Pro Tour, Auckland	Pro		Gonzales	16-14, 6-4, 9-7
9	1957-01-30	World Pro Tour, Christchurch	Pro		Rosewall	2-6, 8-10, 6-3, 6-3, 9-7
10	1957-02-04	World Pro Tour, Adelaide	Pro		Rosewall	4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-1
11	1957-02-17	World Pro Tour, New York New	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-4, 6-2
12	1957-02-18	World Pro Tour, Dallas	Pro		Gonzales	8-6, 5-7, 6-4
13	1957-02-20	World Pro Tour, San Francisco San	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 6-8, 18-16
14	1957-02-22	World Pro Tour, Hollywood CA Hollywood	Pro		Rosewall	6-4, 6-3
15	1957-02-23	World Pro Tour, Los Angeles Los	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 8-6
16	1957-02-24	World Pro Tour, Phoenix	Pro		Gonzales	10-8, 6-2
17	1957-02-25	World Pro Tour, Albuquerque	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 16-14
18	1957-02-26	World Pro Tour, Lubbock TX Lubbock	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-4
19	1957-02-27	World Pro Tour, Odessa	Pro		Gonzales	1-6, 6-4, 6-4
20	1957-02-28	World Pro Tour, Fort Worth Fort	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 6-2
21	1957-03-01	World Pro Tour,	Pro		Rosewall
22	1957-03-02	World Pro Tour, Corpus Christi Corpus	Pro		Gonzales	4-6, 6-2, 6-4
23	1957-03-04	World Pro Tour, Houston	Pro		Gonzales	6-1, 2-6, 6-2
24	1957-03-05	World Pro Tour, Kansas City Kansas	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
25	1957-03-07	World Pro Tour, St Louis St	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-0
26	1957-03-08	World Pro Tour, Chicago	Pro		Rosewall	2-6, 6-3, 10-8
27	1957-03-09	World Pro Tour, Chicago	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 9-7
28	1957-03-11	World Pro Tour, Providence	Pro		Gonzales	11-9, 2-6, 6-2
29	1957-03-12	World Pro Tour, Boston	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 5-7, 24-22
30	1957-03-13	World Pro Tour, Philadelphia	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 1-6, 6-3
31	1957-03-14	World Pro Tour, Washington	Pro		Gonzales	8-6, 6-1
32	1957-03-15	World Pro Tour, Washington	Pro		Rosewall	10-8, 8-6
33	1957-03-17	World Pro Tour, Richmond VA Richmond	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 3-6, 15-13
34	1957-03-18	World Pro Tour, Lynchburg VA Lynchburg	Pro		Rosewall	8-6, 6-3
35	1957-03-20	World Pro Tour, Muncie IND Muncie	Pro		Gonzales	6-8, 6-4, 6-4
36	1957-03-21	World Pro Tour, Evansville IND Evansville	Pro		Gonzales	3-6, 6-1, 6-4
37	1957-03-23	World Pro Tour, Louisville KY Louisville	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 7-5
38	1957-03-26	World Pro Tour, Ann Arbor MI Ann Arbor	Pro		Rosewall	1-6, 6-2, 6-3
39	1957-03-29	World Pro Tour, Montreal	Pro		Gonzales	6-1, 7-5
40	1957-03-31	World Pro Tour, Sherbrooke Quebec Sherbrooke	Pro		Rosewall	6-4, 6-1
41	1957-04-01	World Pro Tour, Toronto	Pro		Gonzales	22-20, 6-4
42	1957-04-02	World Pro Tour, Ottawa	Pro		Rosewall	1-6, 6-2, 8-6
43	1957-04-03	World Pro Tour, Quebec City Quebec	Pro		Rosewall	10-8, 6-2
44	1957-04-05	World Pro Tour, Clinton NY Clinton	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 6-4
45	1957-04-06	World Pro Tour, East Orange NJ East Orange	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 9-7
46	1957-04-07	World Pro Tour, Troy NY Troy	Pro		Gonzales	6-8, 6-2, 6-4
47	1957-04-08	World Pro Tour, Rochester NY Rochester	Pro		Rosewall	2-6, 9-7, 6-2
48	1957-04-13	World Pro Tour, Detroit	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 2-6, 6-4
49	1957-04-14	World Pro Tour, Toledo	Pro		Gonzales	9-7, 6-8, 6-4
50	1957-04-15	World Pro Tour, Kalamazoo	Pro		Rosewall	9-7, 6-4
51	1957-04-16	World Pro Tour, Midland MI Midland	Pro		Gonzales	7-5, 9-7
52	1957-04-18	World Pro Tour, New Haven New	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 9-7
53	1957-04-23	World Pro Tour, Princeston	Pro		Rosewall	6-1, 6-3
54	1957-04-24	World Pro Tour, White Plains White	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 6-4
55	1957-04-25	World Pro Tour,	Pro		Gonzales
56	1957-04-26	World Pro Tour, Charlottesville	Pro		Rosewall	10-8, 23-21
57	1957-04-27	World Pro Tour, Charlotte	Pro		Gonzales	6-8, 6-3, 6-4
58	1957-04-28	World Pro Tour, Atlanta GA Atlanta	Pro		Rosewall	2-6, 6-3, 9-7
59	1957-04-29	World Pro Tour, Norfork VA Norfork	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
60	1957-04-30	World Pro Tour, Raleigh NC Raleigh	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
61	1957-05-01	World Pro Tour, Roanoke VA Roanoke	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
62	1957-05-02	World Pro Tour, Parkesburg	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-0
63	1957-05-03	World Pro Tour, Cincinnati	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 6-4
64	1957-05-04	World Pro Tour, South Bend IND South Bend	Pro		Rosewall	3-6, 8-6, 6-4
65	1957-05-05	World Pro Tour, Lansing MI Lansing	Pro		Rosewall	6-4, 8-10, 11-9
66	1957-05-07	World Pro Tour, Milwaukee	Pro		Gonzales	9-7, 6-4
67	1957-05-09	World Pro Tour, Madison	Pro		Rosewall	7-5, 6-1
68	1957-05-10	World Pro Tour, Minneapolis	Pro		Gonzales	6-1, 6-3
69	1957-05-11	World Pro Tour, Huron SD Huron	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 6-4
70	1957-05-13	World Pro Tour, Winnipeg CDA Winnipeg	Pro		Rosewall	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
71	1957-05-16	World Pro Tour, Denver	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 6-2
72	1957-05-19	World Pro Tour, Salt Lake City Salt Lake	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
73	1957-05-21	World Pro Tour, Boise ID Boise	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-2
74	1957-05-25	World Pro Tour, Oxnard CA Oxnard	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-4
75	1957-05-26	World Pro Tour, LA Jolla LA	Pro		Gonzales	1-6, 6-3, 6-1
76	1957-05-27	World Pro Tour, Bakersfield	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-8, 6-3
77	1957	NSW Pro Champs	3rd Place		Rosewall	6-1, 6-4, 6-2
78	1957	Hamilton Pro	Round 1		Gonzales	6-1, 3-6, 6-4
79	1957	Forest Hills Pro	Round Robin		Gonzales	6-2, 6-8, 6-4
80	1957	Masters RR	Round Robin		Rosewall	22-20, 1-6, 6-2
81	1958	Melbourne Pro	Round Robin		Gonzales	10-8, 6-3
82	1958-05-26	Salt Lake City	Final		Gonzales	10-8
83	1958-05-27	Boise	Final		Gonzales	8-4
84	1958	Spokane	Semifinal		Gonzales	8-2
85	1958	Palo Alto	Semifinal		Gonzales	9-7
86	1958-06-24	Forest Hills Pro	Round Robin	Grass	Gonzales	19-17, 5-7, 6-4
87	1958	Masters RR	Round Robin		Gonzales	10-8, 0-6, 12-10
88	1958	London Pro	3rd Place		Gonzales	10-8, 0-6, 7-5
89	1958	Roubaix French Tour	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 7-5
90	1958	Grenoble French Tour	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-2
91	1958	Copenhagen Euro Tour	Pro		Rosewall	6-4, 3-6, 19-17
92	1958	Linkoping Euro Tour	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 13-12
93	1958	Helsingborg Euro Tour	Pro		Gonzales	8-6, 12-10
94	1958	Vienna Euro Tour	Pro		Rosewall	6-2, 9-11, 6-3
95	1958	Barcelona Euro Tour	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 0-6, 6-2
96	1959	Cairns Pro	Pro		Rosewall	6-4, 3-6, 6-1
97	1959	Townsville Pro	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 3-6, 8-6
98	1959	MacKay Pro	Pro		Rosewall	4-6, 6-2, 6-2
99	1959	Queensland Champs	Semifinal		Rosewall	6-3, 13-11, 6-3
100	1959	Toowoomba Pro	Pro		Gonzales	2-6, 8-6, 9-7
101	1959	Hobart	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 3-6, 10-8
102	1959	Masters RR	Round Robin		Rosewall	4-6, 6-3, 6-2
103	1959	NSW Pro Champs	Semifinal		Gonzales	7-5, 6-2, 10-8
104	1959-12-19	Brisbane Pro Champs	Final	Grass	Rosewall	1-6, 7-5, 8-6, 8-6
105	1959	Sydney Pro	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-4
106	1960	San Francisco	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
107	1960	Los Angeles	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
108	1960	Philadelphia	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
109	1960	East Orange NJ	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
110	1960	Princeston NJ	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 6-3
111	1960	Washington	Pro		Gonzales	8-10, 6-3, 6-4
112	1960	White Plains NY	Pro		Gonzales	11-9, 6-1
113	1960	Montreal	Pro		Gonzales	7-5, 12-10
114	1960	Seattle	Pro		Gonzales	6-1, 6-1
115	1960	Dallas	Pro		Gonzales	1-6, 7-5, 6-3
116	1960	Greensboro	Pro		Rosewall	6-1, 6-4
117	1960	Richmond	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 10-8
118	1960	Atlanta	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 8-10, 6-4
119	1960	Brighton	Pro		Rosewall	7-5, 4-6, 12-10
120	1960		Pro		Rosewall
121	1960	Melbourne	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
122	1960	Townsville	Pro		Gonzales	3-6, 6-1, 10-8
123	1960	Canberra	Pro		Rosewall	8-6, 4-6, 6-1
124	1960	Brisbane	Pro		Gonzales	3-6, 6-3, 9-7
125	1960	Adelaide	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 5-7, 10-8
126	1960	Sydney	Pro		Gonzales	6-3, 9-7
127	1961-08-20	Geneva Gold Trophy	Final	Clay	Gonzales	8-6, 6-0
128	1961-09-17	French Pro Champs French Pro Championship In 1930 the "Association Française des Professeurs de Tennis " held its first pro tournament, titled "Championnat International de France Professionnel" June 18–22, 1930, and is considered as a part of the professional grand slam from 1927 to 1967 till the advent of Open Era.From 1930 the French...	Final	Clay	Rosewall	2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 8-6
129	1961	Padova Pro	Pro		Rosewall	4-6, 7-5, 7-5
130	1961	Pro Challenge, Turin Team	Pro		Gonzales	8-6, 4-6, 6-3
131	1964-05-31	US Pro Indoor, White Plains	Final	Wood (i)	Gonzales	5-7, 3-6, 10-8, 11-9, 8-6
132	1964	Masters RR	Semifinal		Rosewall	4-6, 6-2, 6-4
133	1964-06-14	Volkswagen Pro, St Louis	Final	Clay	Rosewall	6-4, 6-3
134	1964-06-28	Schlitz Pro, Milwalkee	Final		Rosewall	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
135	1964	Dublin Pro	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 6-4
136	1964	Trofeo Facis Series, Terni	Pro		Rosewall	8-6, 1-6, 6-4
137	1964	Trofeo Facis Series, L'Aquila	Pro		Rosewall	6-1, 2-6, 6-4
138	1964	Trofeo Facis Series, Reggio Calabria	Pro		Rosewall	6-2, 6-1
139	1964	Trofeo Facis Series, Palermo	Pro		Rosewall	5-7, 6-4, 6-0
140	1964	Trofeo Facis Series, Riccione	Pro		Rosewall	6-3, 6-2
141	1964	Trofeo Facis Series, Lesa	Pro		Rosewall	6-1, 6-1
142	1964-08-16	Cannes Pro Champs	Final	Clay	Rosewall	6-3, 3-6, 14-12, 6-4
143	1964	Geneva Pro Champs	Semifinal		Gonzales	10-8, 5-7, 6-2
144	1964	French Pro Champs French Pro Championship In 1930 the "Association Française des Professeurs de Tennis " held its first pro tournament, titled "Championnat International de France Professionnel" June 18–22, 1930, and is considered as a part of the professional grand slam from 1927 to 1967 till the advent of Open Era.From 1930 the French...	Semifinal	Wood (i)	Rosewall	4-6, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
145	1965	Queensland Champs	Semifinal		Rosewall	6-1, 6-4
146	1965-01-23	NSW Pro Champs	Final	Grass	Gonzales	8-6, 3-6, 6-4
147	1965	Western Australian Pro	Semifinal		Gonzales	6-3, 6-4
148	1965	Oklahoma City Pro Champs	Round 1		Gonzales	6-2, 7-5
149	1965	US Pro Indoor, New York	Semifinal		Gonzales	6-4, 6-2
150	1965-05	CBS TV Pro, Dallas	Final	Clay	Gonzales	8-10, 7-5, 12-10
151	1965	Masters RR	Round Robin		Gonzales	10-3
152	1965	San Rafael Pro	Semifinal		Gonzales	8-10, 6-4, 6-2
153	1965	Greater Washington Pro, Reston	Semifinal		Rosewall	6-3, 6-4
154	1965	US Pro Champs U.S. Pro Tennis Championships The U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was the oldest professional tennis tournament played until its final year of 1999 and is considered as a part of the professional grand slam from 1927 - 1967 until the advent of Open Era... , Longwood	Semifinal	Grass	Rosewall	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
155	1966	Madison Square Garden Pro	Semifinal		Rosewall	7-5, 7-5
156	1966	International Team Pro, LA Team	Pro		Gonzales	10-6
157	1966	BBC2 Pro, Wembley	Round 1		Gonzales	13-11
158	1966	Forest Hills Pro	Round Robin		Rosewall	31-21
159	1966	Forest Hills Pro	Playoff		Rosewall	31-20
160	1967	Australian Pro Tour, Sydney	Pro		Gonzales	3-6, 6-4, 6-4
161	1967	Australian Pro Tour, Adelaide	Pro		Rosewall	6-4, 8-6
162	1967	Australian Pro Tour, Shepparton	Pro		Gonzales	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
163	1967	BBC2 Pro, Wembley	Round 1		Rosewall	10-7
164	1968	Burger King Pro, Hollywood	Semifinal		Rosewall	4-6, 6-3, 6-3
165	1968	Paris Pro Champs	Semifinal		Rosewall	6-4, 8-6
166	1968	Wembley Invitational	Semifinal		Rosewall	7-5, 6-3, 6-3
167	1968	Los Angeles NTL Champs	Round 1		Gonzales	8-6, 1-6, 7-5
168	1968	Oakland NTL Champs	Round 1		Gonzales
169	1968	Pacific SW	Quarterfinal	Hard	Rosewall	11-9, 6-2
170	1968	Marseille One Night Stand	Pro		Gonzales	6-2, 6-4
171	1968	Lyon One Night Stand	Pro		Rosewall	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
172	1968	Madison Square Garden Pro	Round 1		Gonzales	7-5, 5-7, 6-4
173	1968	Australia versus USA, Evanston Team	Pro		Rosewall	9-7, 3-6, 6-3
174	1969	Oakland Pro Champs	Quarterfinal		Rosewall	4-6, 6-3, 11-9
175	1969	US Pro Champs	Quarterfinal	Carpet	Rosewall	7-9, 9-7, 6-2
176	1969	Baltimore RR	Round Robin		Gonzales	3 sets
177	1969	Incline Valley, NV	Semifinal		Rosewall	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
178	1969	Pacific SW	Round of 16	Hard	Gonzales	6-4, 11-13, 6-4
179	1969-09-05	Midland TX	Final		Rosewall	5-7, 6-1, 7-5
180	1969	Las Vegas	Quarterfinal		Gonzales	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
181	1970	New South Wales Open	Quarterfinal		Rosewall	6-0, 10-8, 6-2
182	1970	Wembley	Quarterfinal		Rosewall	6-2, 6-3

Sources

Joe McCauley, The History of Professional Tennis, London 2001
World Tennis (The US Magazine)
World of Tennis (Annuals edited by John Barrett)
Marion Anthony "Tony" Trabert in Tennis de France (French magazine)
Gonzales Rosewall Head to Head ITF tournies

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