Francisco González (tennis)

Francisco González

Country (sports)	Paraguay
Residence	Fresno, CA, United States
Born	(1955-11-19) November 19, 1955 Wiesbaden, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1977
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$483,023
Singles
Career record	107–171
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 34 (12 July 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1984)
French Open	2R (1979, 1982)
Wimbledon	4R (1981)
US Open	3R (1980)
Doubles
Career record	221–200
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 22 (26 November 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1984)
French Open	QF (1980, 1983, 1985)
Wimbledon	3R (1979, 1980)
US Open	QF (1979)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	F (1985)

Francisco González (born November 19, 1955) played professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. He represented Paraguay in Davis Cup and played collegiate tennis at the Ohio State University.

González was ranked as high as world no. 34 in singles, achieved in July 1978, and no. 22 in doubles in November 1984. The biggest singles final of his career was at Cincinnati in 1980, defeating Jimmy Connors in the semifinals before falling to Harold Solomon.

Career highlights

Francisco González has been the head tennis professional at Sierra Sport & Racquet Club since 1998. He had career wins over Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Stefan Edberg, Andrés Gómez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Yannick Noah, Eliot Teltscher, Johan Kriek, and Henri Leconte. In 1978 he won the men's singles title at the Southern Championships in Greenville, South Carolina.

Career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1980	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1984	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1979	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Eliot Teltscher	Colin Dibley Tom Gullikson	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 1979	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Fred McNair	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1979	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Rod Frawley	John Lloyd Nick Saviano	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–2	Oct 1979	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Rod Frawley	Vijay Amritraj Pat DuPré	walkover
Loss	2–3	Oct 1979	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Rod Frawley	Colin Dibley Pat DuPré	6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Apr 1980	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Van Winitsky	Robert Lutz Dick Stockton	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Oct 1982	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Mike Cahill Eliot Teltscher	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	Oct 1982	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Matt Mitchell	Syd Ball Rod Frawley	7–6, 7–6
Loss	3–6	Nov 1982	Dortmund, West Germany	Carpet	Mike Cahill	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 7–6, 1–6
Win	4–6	May 1983	Florence, Italy	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Dominique Bedel Bernard Fritz	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	5–6	May 1983	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Jan Gunnarsson Mike Leach	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win	6–6	Jun 1983	Venice, Italy	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Steve Krulevitz Zoltán Kuhárszky	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–7	Aug 1983	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Matt Mitchell	Mike Myburg Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 5–7
Win	7–7	Aug 1984	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Matt Mitchell	Martin Davis Chris Dunk	7–6, 7–5
Win	8–7	Aug 1984	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Matt Mitchell	Sandy Mayer Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	9–7	Oct 1984	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Matt Mitchell	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win	10–7	Nov 1984	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Tracy Delatte	Steve Meister Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 6–1
Loss	10–8	Mar 1986	Metz, France	Carpet (i)	Michiel Schapers	Wojciech Fibak Guy Forget	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	10–9	Mar 1986	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Eddie Edwards	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	0–6, 5–7
Loss	10–10	Jul 1986	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Eddie Edwards	Vijay Amritraj Tim Wilkison	6–4, 5–7, 6–7

External links

• Francisco González at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Francisco González at the International Tennis Federation
• Francisco González at the Davis Cup