TENNIS PLAYER
Pancho Segura
1921 - 2017

Pancho Segura
Francisco Olegario Segura Cano (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but moved to the United States in 1940. Throughout his amateur career he was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player resident in the U.S. As a professional player, he was referred to as the "Ecuadorian champ who now lives in New York City". After acquiring U.S. citizenship in 1991 at the age of seventy, Segura was a citizen of both countries. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pancho Segura is the 295th most popular tennis player (up from 302nd in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ecuadorean Tennis Player.
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Among TENNIS PLAYERS
Among tennis players, Pancho Segura ranks 295 out of 1,569. Before him are Geraldine Beamish, Frew McMillan, Rodney Heath, Fernando Verdasco, Nikolay Davydenko, and Béla von Kehrling. After him are John Doeg, Albert Costa, Anne Smith, Andrey Rublev, Anita Lizana, and Kate Gillou.
Most Popular Tennis Players in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsGeraldine Beamish
1883 - 1972
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 289
Frew McMillan
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 290
Rodney Heath
1884 - 1936
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 291
Fernando Verdasco
1983 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 292
Nikolay Davydenko
1981 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 293
Béla von Kehrling
1891 - 1937
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 294
Pancho Segura
1921 - 2017
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 295
John Doeg
1908 - 1978
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 296
Albert Costa
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 297
Anne Smith
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 298
Andrey Rublev
1997 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 299
Anita Lizana
1915 - 1994
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 300
Kate Gillou
1887 - 1964
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 301
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1921, Pancho Segura ranks 346. Before him are Fred Buscaglione, Liz Smith, Michel Bonnevie, Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Richard Egan, and Dominique Mbonyumutwa. After him are Petter Hugsted, Steve Allen, Kjell Rosén, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Spartaco Bandinelli, and Diana Barrymore. Among people deceased in 2017, Pancho Segura ranks 409. Before him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Buchi Emecheta, Santiago Vernazza, Friedel Rausch, Yambo Ouologuem, and Roy Dotrice. After him are Alina Janowska, Armand Gatti, Dina Merrill, Paavo Lonkila, Vinod Khanna, and Catherine Hardy Lavender.
Others Born in 1921
Go to all RankingsFred Buscaglione
SINGER
1921 - 1960
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 340
Liz Smith
ACTOR
1921 - 2016
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 341
Michel Bonnevie
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1921 - 2018
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 342
Abdul Qadir al-Badri
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2003
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 343
Richard Egan
ACTOR
1921 - 1987
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 344
Dominique Mbonyumutwa
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1986
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 345
Pancho Segura
TENNIS PLAYER
1921 - 2017
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 346
Petter Hugsted
ATHLETE
1921 - 2000
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 347
Steve Allen
PRESENTER
1921 - 2000
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 348
Kjell Rosén
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 1999
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 349
Abdelmalek Benhabyles
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2018
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 350
Spartaco Bandinelli
BOXER
1921 - 1997
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 351
Diana Barrymore
ACTOR
1921 - 1960
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 352
Others Deceased in 2017
Go to all RankingsCécile DeWitt-Morette
MATHEMATICIAN
1922 - 2017
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 403
Buchi Emecheta
WRITER
1944 - 2017
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 404
Santiago Vernazza
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2017
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 405
Friedel Rausch
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2017
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 406
Yambo Ouologuem
WRITER
1940 - 2017
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 407
Roy Dotrice
ACTOR
1923 - 2017
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 408
Pancho Segura
TENNIS PLAYER
1921 - 2017
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 409
Alina Janowska
ACTOR
1923 - 2017
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 410
Armand Gatti
FILM DIRECTOR
1924 - 2017
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 411
Dina Merrill
ACTOR
1923 - 2017
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 412
Paavo Lonkila
SKIER
1923 - 2017
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 413
Vinod Khanna
ACTOR
1946 - 2017
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 414
Catherine Hardy Lavender
ATHLETE
1930 - 2017
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 415
In Ecuador
Among people born in Ecuador, Pancho Segura ranks 38 out of 147. Before him are Antonio Valencia (1985), Eugenio Espejo (1747), Enner Valencia (1989), Matilde Hidalgo (1889), Byron Moreno (1969), and Vicente Ramón Roca (1792). After him are Isidro Ayora (1879), Lucio Gutiérrez (1957), Rosalía Arteaga (1956), Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (1893), Fabián Alarcón (1947), and José María Urvina (1808).
Others born in Ecuador
Go to all RankingsAntonio Valencia
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 32
Eugenio Espejo
WRITER
1747 - 1795
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 33
Enner Valencia
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 34
Matilde Hidalgo
PHYSICIAN
1889 - 1974
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 35
Byron Moreno
REFEREE
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 36
Vicente Ramón Roca
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1858
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 37
Pancho Segura
TENNIS PLAYER
1921 - 2017
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 38
Isidro Ayora
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1978
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 39
Lucio Gutiérrez
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 40
Rosalía Arteaga
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 41
Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1969
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 42
Fabián Alarcón
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 43
José María Urvina
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1891
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 44
Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Ecuador
Among tennis players born in Ecuador, Pancho Segura ranks 2. Before him are Andrés Gómez (1960). After him are Nicolás Lapentti (1976), and Irina Falconi (1990).
Andrés Gómez
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1
Pancho Segura
1921 - 2017
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2
Nicolás Lapentti
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 3
Irina Falconi
1990 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 4