Raphael Nadal has almost every record imaginable Roland Garros but this Sunday he’s missing the one he can get and resisted for 50 years. Andrew Gimeno At 34 years and 10 months old, he became the oldest tennis player to win the championship. Yes nadal my beat Casper Ruud this Sunday would belong to him with 36 years and 2 days.
“OH MY GOD! You did Andrew. You won the Grand Slam. You can always say there was at least one. Now you can retire in peace”tennis player remembered in his biography ‘Andrés Gimeno, passion for tennis’ from the publisher turnip (2013). The Catalan tennis player, the young champion at Roland Garros, spent the best years of his career on the professional track with the Australians. stick laver, Ken Rosewall, lewis or the americans Poncho Gonzalez Y Poncho Segura. He played a world circuit he created with them. Jack Kramer It wasn’t until 1968 that the doors were reopened for amateur tennis players to compete in major tournaments, before the International Tennis Federation banned charging.
For his victory over the French local idol Patrick Proisy (4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1) Obtained in 1972, Gimeno took the prize and trophy for 25,000 pesetas (150.25 Euros at current exchange rates). Pierre Guillou was later awarded the championship. A mug only 10 centimeters high, which is Gimeno he always showed with pride and was by his side until his death at the age of 82 in a residence in Terrassa.