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. Throughout his amateur career he was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player resident in the U.S.[2] As a professional player, he was referred to as the "Ecuadorian champ who now lives in New York City".[3] After acquiring U.S. citizenship in 1991 at the age of seventy, Segura was a citizen of both countries.
Segura is the only player to have won the Cleveland/Forest Hills US Pro and International Pro titles on three different surfaces (which he did consecutively from 1950 to 1952). He won the inaugural professional Tournament of Champions at Sydney in 1957. He won the L. A. Masters tournament in 1958. In 1950, 1951, and 1952, as a professional, he was the U.S. No. 1 professional player in the USPLTA rankings and was also ranked U.S. number one professional for 1950 and 1952 in the PTPA rankings.
Segura's most potent shot was considered to be his double-handed forehand. His less-potent backhand was single-handed. He played collegiate tennis for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
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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...
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tours in 1948 (against Bobby Riggs), 1949/50 (against Pancho Gonzales), 1950/51 (against PanchoSegura), and 1953 (against Frank Sedgman). Kramer was ranked...
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Connors's mother, Gloria, took him to Southern California to be coached by PanchoSegura, starting at age 16, in 1968. But she remained part of the team as his...
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older siblings – Rita (who was married to former number one tennis player Pancho Gonzales), Philip and Tami. Andre was given the middle name Kirk after Kirk...
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semifinals in straight sets; by Frank Sedgman (second best pro in 1956) and PanchoSegura (third best pro in 1956), respectively. At the Forest Hills Tournament...
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Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford, PanchoSegura, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith...
signed Betz and Gussie Moran to play a pro tour with Jack Kramer and PanchoSegura, wherein Betz dominated Moran. Althea Gibson turned professional in...
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two-handed forehands. In the 1940s and 50s the Ecuadorian/American player PanchoSegura used a two-handed forehand with devastating effect against larger, more...
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