Manuel Santana (1961 and 1964)
The great Manuel Santana (Madrid, 82 years old) was the pioneer of the Spanish successes in Roland Garros and by extension in international tennis. In 1961 I beat Bey, Gulyas, Alvarez, Sangster, and two Australian legends, Emerson and Laver, before beating Italian Pietrangeli 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 and 6-2 in the final. . In 1964, he repeated the title after alighting Hainka, Koudelka, Grinda, Hewitt, Barnes and Darmon, to beat Pietrangeli in the last meeting again (6-3, 6-1, 4-6 and 7-5), which he had nightmares with him.