Antonio Palafox
Full name | Antonio R. Palafox | |||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Mexico | |||||||||||||
Born | Guadalajara, Mexico | 28 April 1936|||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||
French Open | 3R (1958, 1964) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 4R (1961, 1963) | |||||||||||||
US Open | QF (1965) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1963)[1] | |||||||||||||
US Open | W (1962) | |||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1960)[1] | |||||||||||||
US Open | F (1960) | |||||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||||
Davis Cup | FCh (1962) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antonio Palafox (born 28 April 1936) is a Mexican male former tennis player. He and compatriot Rafael Osuna won the doubles at the U.S. Open in 1962[2] and at Wimbledon in 1963. He is remembered along with Rafael Osuna, Francisco "Pancho" Contreras and Mario Llamas for guiding Mexico to the final of the Davis Cup in 1962.
He is a former coach of John McEnroe.
Grand Slam finals[]
Doubles (2 titles, 2 runners-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1961 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Rafael Osuna | Chuck McKinley Dennis Ralston |
3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 11–13 |
Win | 1962 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Rafael Osuna | Chuck McKinley Dennis Ralston |
6–4, 10–12, 1–6, 9–7, 6–3 |
Win | 1963 | Wimbledon | Grass | Rafael Osuna | Jean-Claude Barclay Pierre Darmon |
4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1963 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Rafael Osuna | Chuck McKinley Dennis Ralston |
7–9, 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 9–11 |
Mixed Doubles (1 runner-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1960 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Maria Bueno | Margaret Osborne duPont Neale Fraser |
3–6, 2–6 |
References[]
- ^ a b Wimbledon Results Archive
- ^ "Men's Doubles Championships". US Open. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
External links[]
- Antonio Palafox at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Antonio Palafox at the International Tennis Federation
- Antonio Palafox at the Davis Cup
Categories:
- 1936 births
- Mexican male tennis players
- Tennis players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- United States National champions (tennis)
- Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Living people
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- North American tennis biography stubs
- Mexican sportspeople stubs