Vicente Banet was a Cuban tennis player.[1]
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In the 1920s he featured in seven Davis Cup ties for Cuba, winning four singles rubbers. His wins came against Jack Wright (Canada), Gilbert Nunns (Canada), Ignacio De La Borbolla (Mexico) and Ricardo Tapia (Mexico). He was part of Cuba's first ever Davis Cup team, with the island one of five countries to debut in the 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.[2]
Banet won two bronze medals for Cuba at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Canada and Cuba - Divided Singles". Montreal Gazette. 25 July 1924.
- ^ "Davis Cup Team From Cuba Here". The New York Times. 14 July 1924.
External links
edit- Vicente Banet at the Davis Cup
- Vicente Banet at the International Tennis Federation