Armando Vega Iñiguez (born 17 August 1923) was a Mexican tennis player.
Full name | Armando Vega Iñiguez |
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Country (sports) | Mexico |
Born | 17 August 1923 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | 1R (1944) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | SF (1944) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | QF (1944) |
Vega won Mexico's national singles championship as a 19 year old in 1942.[1] He was a men's doubles semi-finalist with elder brother Rolando at the 1944 U.S. National Championships.[2] From 1946 to 1951 he featured with his brother in the Mexico Davis Cup team, securing wins over Canada and Cuba.[3] He twice pushed Australia's Frank Sedgman to five sets and beat his teammate Adrian Quist on one occasion.[4] He was a civil engineer by profession.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mexican Net Champ". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. October 30, 1942.
- ^ "Pauline Betz Takes Third National Net Title". The Scranton Times-Tribune. 4 September 1944.
- ^ "Batallas Históricas 25". Respuesta Deportiva (in Spanish). 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Sedgman In Doubt For Cup Doubles". Sydney Morning Herald. July 31, 1949.
- ^ "May Surprise In Tennis Here, Mexicans Warn". The News Journal. 25 July 1949.