Gustavo Palafox
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| Country (sports) |  Mexico |
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| Born | 15 November 1923 Guadalajara, Mexico |
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| US Open | 3R (1952) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gustavo Palafox (born 15 November 1923) is a retired tennis player from Mexico.[1]
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 Eisdenberg, 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.
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- Tennis players at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
- Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
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