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Gustavo Palafox (15 November 1923 – 21 August 2006) was a Mexican tennis player.[1]

Gustavo Palafox

Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	(1923-11-15)15 November 1923 Guadalajara, Mexico
Died	August 21, 2006(2006-08-21) (aged 82) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	3R (1952)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	FAm (1948, 1950, 1954, 1956)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 1951 Buenos Aires Mixed doubles 1955 Mexico City Men's doubles 1955 Mexico City Mixed doubles 1959 Chicago Men's doubles 1959 Chicago Mixed doubles 1951 Buenos Aires Men's singles

Life and career

Palafox won five Pan American Games gold medals during the 1950s.[2]

He competed at the US National Championships four times and made the third round in 1952, with wins over Robert Kerdasha and Don Eisenberg, before a loss to 11th seed Gardnar Mulloy.[3]

In Davis Cup tennis, Palafox took part in nine ties and 20 rubbers, for 10 wins.[4] He beat Australian Ken McGregor in 1950 and four years later made history when he beat Vic Seixas, becoming the first Mexican to defeat an American in the Davis Cup.

Palafox died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in August 2006 at the age of 82.[5][6]

References

External links

• Gustavo Palafox at the Association of Tennis Professionals

На других языках

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Gustavo Palafox (Guadalajara, México) fue un tenista mexicano. Destacado por las competencias en las que representó a México, principalmente en Copa Davis y en los Juegos Panamericanos, en la modalidad de dobles y dobles mixtos. Cabe destacar que es el mexicano con más medallas en los Juegos Panamericanos. Ampliamente recordado por haberle arrebatado un punto en la serie de la Copa Davis de 1954 a Vic Seixas quien en ese entonces ya había llegado a 5 finales de Grand Slam, en las cuales venció en 2 oportunidades.

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