Pancho Segura

Pancho Segura , born Francisco Olegario Segura the June 20th 1921, was a champion of Tennis amateur and professional in the Années 1940 and 1950. Born with Guayaquil, Ecuador, it settled with the the United States at the end of the Années 1930 where he became an American citizen. It is a man of small size, not more than 1.68 bills of quantities, with wobbly legs after with the Rachitisme which he suffered in his childhood. But it compensated for these disadvantages with an extremely fast leg movement and with a blow right devastator of two hands that its frequent competitor and future promoter of tennis Jack Kramer called " The best only blow ever produced in the tennis."

Segura was incorporated in the International Tennis Hall off Famed of Newport (Rhode Island) in 1984.

Prize list

International of France: eighth of finale in 1946
US Open: Semi-finalist in 1942,1943,1944 and 1945
Wembley pro: Finalist in 1951,1957,1959 and 1960
U.S.Pro: Winner in 1950,1951 and 1952 and finalist in 1955,1956,1957 and 1962

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