Manolo Santana was originally born Manuel Santana Martínez. He was a tennis player.
Manolo Santana was born on May 10 1938, in Madrid, Spain. He however died on 11 December 2021.
In 1965, Manolo was ranked as amateur world No.1 by Ned Potter. Santana was also ranked the same in 1966 by Lance Tingay.
Before he won the US Open and Wimbledon, Santana was of the opinion that tennis should be played on artificial surfaces, rather than the lawn tennis courts.
Manolo Santana had quite a love life. He was first married to María Fernanda González-Dopeso.
The pair had four children namely Manuel, Beatriz, Borja and Barbara. However, their union did not work out and they divorced in 1980.
Santana then married reporter Mila Ximénez. They had a daughter named Alba.
The marriage did not work out and they had a sour falling out. He then married Otti Glanzelius.
Like the previous ones, the marriage did not work. His last wife was Claudia Rodriguez.
They got married in 2013 in a private ceremony at Nueva Andalucia. The pair also got divorced.