Freddy de Jesús (born October 30, 1954) is a Puerto Rican former professional

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player. Born in San Juan, de Jesús was a Junior Orange Bowl winner in 1966, then in 1968 won the 14s Easter Bowl title for the tournament's inaugural year. While competing in the 16s age group he won U.S. national championships on both clay and hardcourt. De Jesús played collegiate tennis for the

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, earning All-American honors in 1974 and 1975. At the

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in Mexico City, de Jesús won two medals for Puerto Rico. He beat Chile's

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in the bronze medal play-off and partnering Maria Annexy was runner-up in the mixed doubles, to

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and

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. His best performance on the

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was a quarter-final appearance at the San Juan Open in 1981. De Jesús was a 1991 inductee into the Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:de Jesús, Freddy 1954 births Living people Puerto Rican male tennis players Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Michigan Wolverines men's tennis players Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games