In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santana and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Manuel Santana
Santana in 1964
Full name
Manuel Santana Martínez
Country (sports)
Spain
Born
(1938-05-10)10 May 1938 Madrid, Spain
Died
11 December 2021(2021-12-11) (aged 83) Marbella, Spain
Turned pro
1968 (amateur tour from 1956)
Retired
1977
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF
1984 (member page)
Singles
Career record
864–227 (79.1%)[1]
Career titles
94[2][3][4]
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1965, Ned Potter)[5]
Grand Slam singles results
French Open
W (1961, 1964)
Wimbledon
W (1966)
US Open
W (1965)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games
W (1968, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record
20–22
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open
W (1963)
Wimbledon
SF (1963)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games
F (1968, demonstration)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
F (1965Ch, 1967Ch, 1970)
Medal record
Representing Spain
Mediterranean Games
1967 Tunis
Singles
1967 Tunis
Doubles
1963 Naples
Singles
1963 Naples
Doubles
Manuel Santana Martínez (10 May 1938 – 11 December 2021), also known as Manolo Santana, was a Spanish tennis player. He was ranked as amateur world No. 1 in 1965 by Ned Potter[5] and in 1966 by Lance Tingay[6] and Sport In The USSR.[7]
He won the US Open in 1965 and, before winning Wimbledon the following year, he was quoted as saying "grass is just for cows", favouring artificial surfaces.[8][9]
^"Manuel Santana: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^"Manuel Santana: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
^Robertson, Max; Kramer, Jack (1974). The encyclopedia of tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780670294084.
^ ab"Do Aussies net U.S. dollars with tired tennis nomads?". Miami Herald. 11 October 1965. p. 5-D – via newspapers.com. Australia has yielded its customary top spot to Spain's Manuel Santana.
^"Stolle Ranked Second", The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 October 1966.
^"Around the world..." World Tennis. Vol. 14, no. 8. New York. January 1967. p. 72.
^"Manuel Santana: The first and last Spanish sorcerer backs his apprentice". The Independent. 9 July 2006.
^"Did Health Issues Lead to Manolo Santana's Cause of Death?". US day News. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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