| Description |
1 online resource (x, 210 pages, [44] pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 197) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: a match to remember -- Miracle in Ecuador -- The education of a tennis prodigy -- Hasta luego! -- Love on and off the court -- The professional circus act -- A new contender -- Big Pancho and Little Pancho -- Playing hard, playing tough -- Coach to the stars -- Happy days in Beverly Hills -- Jimbo rules! -- Lows and highs -- Staying loose at La Costa -- "Tennis is my life." |
| Summary |
Born into a poor family in Ecuador, Pancho Segura was an undersized and undernourished kid working as a ball boy at an exclusive tennis club when he first picked up a racket. Little Pancho is the story of how this improbable athlete, with his bandy legs, infectious smile, and unorthodox two-handed style of play, became one of the greatest and most beloved tennis players of all time. During his twenty years in pro tennis, general audiences appreciated his spirit as a master entertainer, while tennis fans adored him. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Segura, Pancho.
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Tennis players -- Ecuador -- Biography.
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Tennis players -- United States -- Biography.
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Segura, Pancho.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Tennis.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Seebohm, Caroline. Little Pancho. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 9780803220416 0803220413 (DLC) 2008047511 (OCoLC)268789872 |
| ISBN |
9780803224674 (electronic bk.) |
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0803224672 (electronic bk.) |
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