Võ Văn Bảy
| Country (sports) |  South Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 July 1931 Vĩnh Long, Vietnam |
| Died | 24 November 1998 (aged 67) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 1R (1954) |
Võ Văn Bảy (18 July 1931 – 24 November 1998) was a Vietnamese tennis player.
Born in Vĩnh Long, Võ was a table tennis player in his youth and took up tennis after he moved to Saigon. He was South Vietnam's leading player from the mid-1950s through to the 1970s.[1]
Võ won the Malaysian Championships in 1969.[2]
A two-time Asian Games medalist in doubles, Võ won regular medals for South Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games, including a singles gold in 1961. He won six Southeast Asian Games men's doubles gold medals.[1]
Võ competed for the South Vietnam Davis Cup team from 1964 to 1974, featuring in 14 ties. Most famously he won a Davis Cup rubber over the Japanese number one Toshiro Sakai at Saigon in 1972.[3] He was 40 years of age at that time and also defeated Jun Kamiwazumi in the reverse singles.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Quái kiệt Võ Văn Bảy tung hoành SEAP Games". Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 24 November 2019.
- ↑ "Võ Văn Bảy - người thách thức thời gian". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). 19 November 2005.
- ↑ "Miss Goolagong Beats Miss Wade". The New York Times. 9 April 1972.
External links
[edit]- Võ Văn Bảy at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Võ Văn Bảy at the Davis Cup (archived)
- Võ Văn Bảy at World Tennis
- 1931 births
- 1998 deaths
- Vietnamese male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Vĩnh Long province
- Asian Games silver medalists in tennis
- Asian Games bronze medalists in tennis
- Asian Games silver medalists for Vietnam
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games
- SEA Games medalists in tennis
- SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam
- Competitors at the 1961 SEAP Games