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1951 Davis Cup America Zone ...
The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1951 Davis Cup. 5 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. The United States defeated Canada in the final, and went on to face Sweden in the Inter-Zonal Final. Draw Quarterfinals United States vs. Japan Semifinals United States vs. Mexico Canada vs. Cuba Final Canada vs. United States References {{reflist External linksDavis Cup official website Davis Cup Americas Zone America Zone Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Davis Cup
The 1951 Davis Cup was the 40th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 21 teams entered the Europe Zone, and 5 teams entered the America Zone. The Europe Zone began using a seeding system, where the previous year's quarterfinalists were guaranteed a bye in the first round. The United States defeated Canada in the America Zone final, and Sweden defeated West Germany in the Europe Zone final. The USA defeated Sweden in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but fell to defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia on 26–28 December. America Zone Draw Final Canada vs. United States Europe Zone Draw Final Sweden vs. West Germany Inter-Zonal Final United States vs. Sweden Challenge Round Australia vs. United States References External linksDavis Cup official website {{1951 in tennis Davis Cups by year Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westchester Country Club
Westchester Country Club is a private country club located in Town of Harrison, New York. Founded in 1922 as destination for sportsmen, it was known to professional golf players and spectators for more than four decades as the home of the "Westchester Classic"," a PGA Tour favorite. Amenities include a historic clubhouse designed by architects Warren and Wetmore and two championship caliber 18-hole golf courses designed by Walter Travis. The club also boasts one 9-hole golf course, an indoor swimming pool, squash courts, grass tennis courts and a stand-alone beach, outdoor pool and restaurant facility on Manursing Island. History The Westchester Biltmore Country Club was the dream of hotelier John McEntee Bowman. Bowman purchased the former 650-acre Hobart Park Estate and planned a place to which businessmen from the New York metropolitan area could commute easily and pursue golf, riding, polo, tennis and more. The West Course was designed for championship play and has hosted PGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynaldo Garrido
Reynaldo Garrido (born August 4, 1934) was a tennis player from Havana, Cuba. Garrido won the Canadian Open (tennis), Canadian Open in 1959. He played against his brother Orlando H. Garrido in the final of the tournament. Garrido played 5 years for the Cuba Davis Cup team. His best Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam performance was reaching the third round of the 1956 U.S. National Championships (tennis), 1956 U.S. National Championships. Garrido also played jai alai in Cuba and in Miami in the 1960s at the same time that he was the tennis professional at Miami's Jockey Club. Garrido lives in Miami with his wife Maria Garrido and his two sons: Reynaldo Garrido Jr. and Ricardo Garrido. External links * * 1934 births Living people Cuban emigrants to the United States Cuban male tennis players Sportspeople from Havana Tennis players from Miami {{Cuba-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Garrido (tennis)
Orlando H. Garrido (born 1 March 1931) is a Cuban biologist and former tennis player. A native of Havana, Garrido was a University of Miami collegiate player and represented Cuba in the Davis Cup from 1950 to 1959. He featured in the singles main draw at Wimbledon five times and in 1956 made the fourth round in mixed doubles. In 1959 he was beaten by his brother Reynaldo in the singles final of the Canadian championships. Garrido, a renowned naturalist, is credited with the description of over 100 birds, insect taxa and reptiles. Two species of Cuban lizards are named in his honor: ''Anolis garridoi'' and '' Diploglossus garridoi''. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Garrido, p. 98). See also *List of Cuba Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Cuba Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Cuba have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Rochon
Henri Rochon (12 March 1924 – 5 February 2005) was a Canadian National tennis champion and Davis Cup tennis player. Born in and resident to Montreal, Rochon won the Canadian Open, the precursor to today's Rogers Cup ATP 1000 Series event, in 1949, defeating fellow Canadian Lorne Main in the final. He was also a three-time finalist, losing to American William Tully in 1948; to Canadian Brendan Macken in 1950; and to fellow Québécois Robert Bédard in 1955. Rochon appeared in U.S. National Championship fourteen consecutive times in singles, beginning in 1945. His best result came in 1951 when he reached the fourth round. In that round, he leveled his match with No. 5 seed Tony Trabert at a set all before falling in four. In the same year, he made his only Wimbledon Championships appearance, reaching the second round. Rochon won the Ontario Championships in 1947 and 1949 at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club on red clay, defeating Brendan Macken in the 1947 semifinal. Rochon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Weiss
Juan Weiss (died 29 October 2001) was a Cuban tennis player. Born in Sancti Spíritus, Weiss competed for Cuba in five Davis Cup ties between 1949 and 1955. He also represented his country at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games in Guatemala City and was a silver medalist partnering Lorenzo Nodarse in the doubles event. Weiss, who reached the third round of the 1948 U.S. National Championships, emigrated to the United States with his family in the early 1960s to escape communism. See also *List of Cuba Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Cuba Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Cuba have taken part in the competition since 1924. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuba Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup tennis pla ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Juan Year of birth missing 2001 deaths Cuban male tennis players Sportspeople from Sancti Spíritus Competitors at the 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Macken (tennis)
Brendan H. Macken (21 January 1923 – 12 March 2020) was a Canadian National tennis champion and Davis Cup player. Originally from Montreal, Macken won the 1950 Canadian National Championships, in singles, by defeating defending champion Henri Rochon in the final, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3. Macken had defeated French Davis Cup players Robert Haillet and Robert Abdesselam to reach the final. Despite this convincing victory, it would be his only Canadian Open championship singles title. He also won the doubles crown twice - in 1946 with his brother Jim and in 1951 partnering Lorne Main. His tournament wins were concentrated from 1948 to 1952 and included the Quebec Championships in 1948, 1950, and 1952, the Ontario Championships in 1950 and 1952, and the West Jersey Championships in 1949. Macken competed in nine consecutive United States National championships in singles, from 1945 through 1953. His best result was winning two matches to reach the third round in 1952. He also reached t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Agüero (Cuban Tennis)
José Agüero is a Cuban former tennis player. Agüero had an intermittent Davis Cup career, featuring in a total of eight ties between 1935 and 1952. In 1946 he was runner-up to Mexico's Anselmo Puente in the singles event at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, but won a gold medal in the doubles, partnering Ricardo Morales. See also *List of Cuba Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Cuba Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Cuba have taken part in the competition since 1924. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuba Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup tennis pla ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agüero, José Year of birth missing Possibly living people Cuban male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Competito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorne Main
Lorne Main (July 9, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was a Canadian world-class amateur tennis player who competed in 11 Grand Slam tournaments in singles. Main was ranked No.1 in Canada for men's singles in 1951, 1953, and 1954. He won the singles titles of the Monte Carlo tennis championship and the Belgian Open Championships in 1954, both on red clay, and was an integral Canada Davis Cup team member during the early 1950s. Still competing competitively into his 80s, Main was highly ranked, including world No. 1, within ITF Veterans, Seniors (Masters), and Super Seniors player during the 1990s and 2000s. Tennis career Main reached the round of 32 in singles five times in a major - at the 1951, '53, and '54 U.S. National, as well as the 1954 French Championships and Wimbledon. At Roland Garros, Main defeated his first two opponents, Frenchmen, handily to set up a third round encounter with No. 7 seed Mervyn Rose. Rose won the first and third sets with Main drawing level twice, takin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Royal Tennis Club
The Mount Royal Tennis Club has been the most-used venue for Canada hosting Davis Cup ties. It has been the country's most prominent grass court Davis Cup venue. The MRTC has played host to 28 Davis Cup ties between 1923 and 1964. All but the last of these ties was played on grass courts—the 1964 tie was played on clay. Only three other Davis Cup ties played in Canada have ever been on grass, one held at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club The Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club is a private sport and social club located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The club offers a variety of sporting and social programs including aquatics, cricket, croquet, curling, figure skating, fitne ... in 1952, one at the Victoria Lawn Tennis Club on Vancouver Island in 1956, and one held at the Hollyburn Country Club in Vancouver in 1992. As of 2009, the club has been operating for 102 years. References External linksThe Mount Royal Tennis Club Mount Royal Sport in Montreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolando Vega
Rolando may refer to: Entertainment *''Rolando'', a 2008 puzzle-adventure video game *'' Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid'', a 2009 puzzle-adventure video game *"Rolando", a song by Roland Kirk from the album ''Domino'' People *Rolando (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian given name *Rolando (footballer) (born 1985), Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca *Gloria Rolando (born 1953), Cuban filmmaker and screenwriter *Luigi Rolando (1773–1831), Italian anatomist Places *Rolando, San Diego, US See also *Central sulcus, originally called the "fissure of Rolando" or the "Rolandic fissure" *Roland (other) *Ronaldo (other) Ronaldo is a Portuguese given name equivalent to the English Ronald. It became a common name in all Portuguese-speaking countries, being also prevalent in Italy and Spanish-speaking countries. People Notable people known as Ronaldo include: As ... {{disambig it:Rolando sl:Rolando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Seixas
Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (; pronounced SAY-shus; born August 30, 1923)">"A Bartender at 76, Seixas Has Trophies, but Little Money," ''Los Angeles Times''. is an American former . Seixas was ranked in the top ten in the US on 13 occasions between 1942 and 1956. In 1951 Seixas was ranked No. 4 amateur in the world, two spots below , while he was No. 1 in the U.S. ranking, one spot ahead of Savitt. In 1953, Seixas was ranked No. 3 in the world by |