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| Full name | Ricardo Tapia Acuña | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1909 Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 April 1996 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||
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| US Open | 1R (1928) | ||||||||||||||
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Ricardo Tapia Acuña (27 September 1909 – 2 April 1996) was a Mexican tennis player.
The son of a doctor, Tapia was born in Mexico City and competed on the international tour in the 1920s and 1930s. After his tennis career he followed his father into medicine and was a noted otolaryngologist.[1]
Tapia represented Mexico in the Davis Cup between 1928 and 1937, appearing in a total of eight ties. Often coming up against a strong United States team, he has the unenviable record of not registering a win from either his 15 singles rubbers or three doubles rubbers.
His sister María was Mexico's top women's player of her era.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "In memoriam del Académico Dr. Ricardo Tapia Acuña". www.imbiomed.com.mx (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Ricardo Tapia and His Sister Rank First in Mexican Tennis (Published 1931)". The New York Times. 29 December 1931.
External links
[edit]- Ricardo Tapia at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Ricardo Tapia at the Davis Cup (archived)
- Ricardo Tapia at World Tennis
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1996 deaths
- Mexican male tennis players
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen