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Manuel Santana, Wimbledon's first Spanish singles champion, whose charm endeared him to British crowds – obituary
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Manuel Santana, first Spanish player to win Grand Slam tennis title, dies at 83 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
![AusOpen on X: "Vale Manuel Santana 💙 🇪🇸 One of Spain's greatest sporting heroes. Deepest sympathies from the AO family. https://t.co/ICzgo7VCuy" / X AusOpen on X: "Vale Manuel Santana 💙 🇪🇸 One of Spain's greatest sporting heroes. Deepest sympathies from the AO family. https://t.co/ICzgo7VCuy" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGXOLSWUcAEBbNy.jpg:large)
AusOpen on X: "Vale Manuel Santana 💙 🇪🇸 One of Spain's greatest sporting heroes. Deepest sympathies from the AO family. https://t.co/ICzgo7VCuy" / X
![Harvard-bound Rohan Murali helps Santana engineer first CIF boys tennis title in program history - The San Diego Union-Tribune Harvard-bound Rohan Murali helps Santana engineer first CIF boys tennis title in program history - The San Diego Union-Tribune](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ce465ce/2147483647/strip/false/crop/4653x3102+0+0/resize/1486x991!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7a%2Faf%2Ff36d1574432ba6c0a8e59469ff00%2Fdp20822.jpg)
Harvard-bound Rohan Murali helps Santana engineer first CIF boys tennis title in program history - The San Diego Union-Tribune
![Manuel Santana dies aged 83: Tributes pour in from Rafael Nadal, Pedro Sanchez and Felipe VI and many more - Eurosport Manuel Santana dies aged 83: Tributes pour in from Rafael Nadal, Pedro Sanchez and Felipe VI and many more - Eurosport](https://imgresizer.eurosport.com/unsafe/1200x0/filters:format(jpeg)/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2021/12/11/3269977-66916808-2560-1440.jpg)
Manuel Santana dies aged 83: Tributes pour in from Rafael Nadal, Pedro Sanchez and Felipe VI and many more - Eurosport
![Rafa Nadal announces Grand Slam season comeback and pays tribute to Manolo Santana, 'icon and friend' Rafa Nadal announces Grand Slam season comeback and pays tribute to Manolo Santana, 'icon and friend'](https://cdn.thinkwebcontent.com/articles/33169/800/33169-1639285822--ehGkUp-RafaNadalconManoloSantanadejvenes-EFE.jpg)
Rafa Nadal announces Grand Slam season comeback and pays tribute to Manolo Santana, 'icon and friend'
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