Gustavo Palafox
| Country (sports) |  Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 November 1923 Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 21, 2006 (aged 82) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| US Open | 3R (1952) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Davis Cup | FAm (1948, 1950, 1954, 1956) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gustavo Palafox (15 November 1923 – 21 August 2006) was a Mexican tennis player.[1]
Life and career[edit]
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.
In Davis Cup tennis, Palafox took part in nine ties and 20 rubbers, for 10 wins.[3] 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.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
- ^ Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Gustavo Palafox ... new Conquistador pro is ex-Mexican Davis Cupper", 3 June 1979
- ^ Davis Cup Profile
- ^ "Gustavo Palafox". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Gustavo Palafox". Family Search. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2006 deaths
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Mexican male tennis players
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Tennis players at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Mexican expatriates in the United States
- 20th-century Mexican people