Gustavo Palafox
| 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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| Davis Cup | FAm (1948, 1950, 1954, 1956) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
References
Categories:
- 1923 births
- Mexican male tennis players
- Tennis players at the 1951 Pan American Games
- 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
- Living people