October 9, 2019: The day Spanish tennis legend Andres Gimeno passed away
Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 2019 to pay a tribute to the oldest-ever Roland-Garros champion, Andres Gimeno
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On this day, October 9 in 2019, Andres Gimeno, who in 1972 at 34 years and 10 months old became the oldest player to win Roland-Garros, passed away at the age of 82. The Spanish tennis pioneer, who had been inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame, inspired several generations of countrymen after him.
Andres Gimeno, born in 1937, was one of the first Spanish players to compete at the international level, along with Manolo Santana. Having won the junior event at Roland-Garros in 1955, he reached the quarter-finals of the men’s event in 1960 (lost to Nicola Pietrangeli, 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2). That…
