Francisco González (tennis)
Francisco González ( born November 19, 1955 in Wiesbaden, Germany ) is a former Paraguayan tennis player.
Life
González was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, where his father was stationed as an officer on the U.S. military base. He grew up in Puerto Rico and studied at Ohio State University where he was elected to the best selection All-American.
It was the late 1970s, a professional tennis player and 1979 could claim his first doubles title on the ATP World Tour in Sydney. In the same year he achieved a second doubles title. In 1980 he celebrated his biggest career success in the singles, when he won the final of the Masters tournament in Cincinnati achieved among other things by a victory over the heavily favored Jimmy Connors, but there Harold Solomon subject. After a less successful 1981, he won the following year on the side of Matt Mitchell his third doubles title, his best individual result was the semi-finals at the Japan Open. In 1983 he was able to win four doubles titles, in the following year a further three more, including the Cincinnati Masters. In addition, he was this year in his second singles final, but lost in Brisbane against Eliot Teltscher.
In 1985, he reached the Mixed Paula Smith - finals at the French Open, where they lost to Navratilova / Günthardt in three sets. In 1986, he stood in the doubles final of three other tournaments, but he could win no further Tournament Win more. In total he won during his career ten ATP doubles titles, ten more times he stood in a double finals. Its highest listing in the tennis world ranking he reached in 1978 with position 49 in the singles and in 1984 with position 24 in doubles.
His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was the second round participation in Wimbledon 1981. 's Doubles competition he reached the quarter finals of the Australian Open, the French Open and the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, he came twice before the last sixteen.
González played between 1982 and 1989 for the Paraguayan Davis Cup team. Along with Víctor Pecci succeeded by group victories against Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador 's victory in the South American group. In the subsequent playoff against the winner of the North America Group Canada they qualified for the World Group where they penetrated in the next three years, each quarter-finals. Among his greatest successes with the team were individual victories over Andrés Gómez, Tomáš Šmíd and Henri Leconte, and a victory over the Swedish duo of Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd.