Top Five Moments In Hispanic Tennis History
1. 1948 — Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez of the United States becomes the first Hispanic man to win a major championship, winning the men's singles title at the 1948 U.S. Championships. He won a second title in 1949.
2. 1977 — Guillermo Vilas of Argentina wins a men's open-era record 46-straight matches in 1977, which includes his upset victory over Jimmy Connors in the men's singles final at the 1977 U.S. Open.
3. 1990 — Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina ends the two-year U.S. Open reign of Steffi Graf at the US Open, beating the seemingly invincible German to win the 1990 U.S. Open women's singles title.
4. 1996 — Dominican born Mary Joe Fernandez and Puerto Rican born Gigi Fernandez win consecutive gold medals in women's doubles for the United States at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.
5. 2004 — Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile dominate the men's tennis competition at the Olympic Games in 2004 in Athens, Greece, with Massu winning gold medals in both singles and doubles, while Gonzalez wins the doubles gold with Massu and also wins the bronze medal in men's singles. The gold medals are the first ever Olympic gold medals for Chile.